Grade Level & Subject:

Grade K Reading

Curriculum Map

Year  2003-04

Calendar

February

March

 

 

Third Nine Weeks – February -March

 

Possible Resources

 

 

Collections, Grade K, Harcourt (Anchor Text)

 Short Stories, Teacher Activity Book, Poems, Process Phonics, Leveled Text

 

 

Nine Weeks Focus

 

Volume 2, Theme 7-9 p. T 14 – T 295 Collections, Grade K, Harcourt (Anchor Text)

 

Children’s exposure to concepts of print, letters, and words will be expanded.

 

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. M

2. Identify and complete rhyming words and patterns.  R

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. R

6. Distinguish letters from words by recognizing that words are separated by spaces. 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. R

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

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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. R

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. R

 

 

 

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. R

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

3. Know the differences between illustrations and print. M

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

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

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

7. Recall information from a story by sequencing pictures and events. M

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 O N T E N T S TA N D A R D S

1. Use pictures and illustrations to aid comprehension. M

2. Identify and discuss the sequence of events in informational text. M

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

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

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. M

5. Recognize predictable patterns in stories. M

 

Communication: Oral and Visual

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

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

3. Follow simple oral directions. R

4. Speak clearly and understandably. M

5. Deliver informal descriptive or informational presentations about ideas or experiences in logical order with a beginning, middle and end. I

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

 

 

Assessment

Choices