Grade Level & Subject:

Grade K Reading

Curriculum Map

Year 2003-04

Calendar

November

December

January

 

Second Nine Weeks – November - January

 

Possible Resources

 

 

Collections, Grade K, Harcourt (Anchor Text) Collections, Grade K, Harcourt (Anchor Text)

Text Book, Short Stories, Teacher Activity Books, Poems, Songs, Process Phonics, Leveled Texts

 

Nine Weeks Focus

 

Volume I, Theme 4-6 p.T 318 – T 523 Collections, Grade K, Harcourt (Anchor Text)

 

Children will be exposed to letters, words, and concepts of print.

 

NOTE:  I, R, M letters below indicate if the skill is labeled “introduced,” “ reinforced,” or “mastered” according to the scope and sequence guide of the anchor text.” 

 

Skills/Standards

(To teach and measure)

 

Phonemic Awareness, Word Recognition and Fluency

1. Read own first and last name.  R

2. Identify and complete rhyming words and patterns. I

3. Distinguish the number of syllables in words by using rhythmic clapping, snapping, or counting.  R

4. Distinguish and name all upper- and lower-case letters.  I

7. Hear and say the separate phonemes in words, such as identifying the initial consonant sound in a word, and blend phonemes to say words.

8. Read one-syllable and often-heard words by sight.

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Acquisition of Vocabulary

1. Understand new words from the context of conversations or from the use of pictures within a text.  I

2. Recognize and understand words, signs and symbols seen in everyday life.  M

3. Identify words in common categories such as color words, number words and directional words.  R

4. Determine the meaning of unknown words, with assistance, using a beginner’s dictionary.  I 

 

 

 

 

Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension

Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies.A

1. Demonstrate an understanding that print has meaning by explaining that text provides information or tells a story.  I

2. Hold books right side up, know that people read pages from front to back and read words from left to right.  I

3. Know the differences between illustrations and print.  I

4. Visualize the information in texts, and demonstrate this by drawing pictures, discussing images in texts or dictating simple descriptions.  R

5. Predict what will happen next, using pictures and content as a guide.  R

6. Compare information (e.g., recognize similarities) in texts using prior knowledge and experience.  R

8. Answer literal questions to demonstrate comprehension of orally read grade-appropriate texts.  M

9. Monitor comprehension of orally read texts by asking and answering questions.  R

10. Identify favorite books and stories and participate in shared oral reading.  M

 

Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and

Persuasive Text E M I  C O N T E N T S TA N D A R D S

1. Use pictures and illustrations to aid comprehension.  M

3. Tell the main idea of a selection that has been read aloud.  R

4. Identify and discuss simple maps, charts and graphs.  I

5. Follow simple directions.  R

 

Reading Applications: Literary Text

1. Identify favorite books and stories.  M

2. Identify the characters and setting in a story.  R

3. Retell or re-enact a story that has been heard.  M

4. Distinguish between fantasy and reality.  R

5. Recognize predictable patterns in stories.  M

 

 

 

Communication: Oral and Visual

1. Listen attentively to speakers, stories, poems and songs.  I

2. Connect what is heard with prior knowledge and experience.  R

3. Follow simple oral directions.  R

4. Speak clearly and understandably.  R

6. Recite short poems, songs and nursery rhymes.  R

 

 

Assessment

Choices