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Kindergarten and First Grade Curriculum Map (Language Arts)
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Key Concepts |
Skills Taught |
Strategies Used to Teach |
Term |
Assessments |
Standards Addressed |
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Concepts of Print |
Upper/lower case letters Count letters/words Read L to R Top to bottom Identify title, author Identify letters, words, sentences |
Shared Reading Big books Word Wall Writing Workshop |
First |
Oral
Pointing to selected areas of text Writing Pieces |
K: oral knowledge 1.1-1.2 K: reading comprehension 2.1-2.5 1st: reading 1.1-1.3
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Vowels |
Short vowels CVC words |
Sound Tubs Letter Tiles Song Games Flash Cards |
First |
Oral Flash Card Game Don Potter track list |
K: concepts about print 1.6 1st: phonemic awareness 1.4 |
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Consonants |
Initial & Ending |
Sound Tubs Letter Tiles Song Games Flash Cards |
First |
Oral Flash Card Game Don Potter Track list |
K: phonemic awareness 1.11 1st: phonemic awareness 1.4 |
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Phonics |
Varies according to child: Don Potter’s lessons 1-44 Refer to website listed below |
Mini lessons Letter Tiles Building words activities |
First-third |
Oral |
K: decoding and word recognition 1.14-1.16 1st: reading 1.1-1.15 |
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Phonological Awareness |
Rhyming Segmenting Word Families |
Sorting Activities Mini-lessons Leveled Readers |
First |
Oral Dictated writing on whiteboard |
K: phonemic awareness 1.10 1st: phonemic awareness 1.4 |
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Sight Words |
Recognition in isolation Recognition in context |
Word Walls Mini-lesson Games Read alouds |
First-third |
Writing workshop Shared Reading Morning Message |
K: decoding and word recognition 1.15 1st: written & oral English language conventions 1.8 |
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Comprehension |
Retelling Predicting Story Sequencing |
Modeling in read-alouds Sequencing activities |
First |
Oral Completed sequencing activities |
K: reading comprehension 2.4 K: speaking applications 1.1-1.3 1st:speaking applications 2.1-2.4 1st: reading comprehension 2.2-2.7 |
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Vocabulary Development |
Words in context |
Read alouds Shared reading Word Walls |
First |
Oral |
K: vocabulary and concept development 1.17-1.18 1st: reading 1.17 |
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Purpose of Writing |
Print conveys meaning Communication Telling stories in illustrations Matching thoughts to words Matching illustrations to text |
Modeling Mini-lessons |
First |
Journals Writing pieces |
K: writing strategies 1.1-1.4 1st: writing applications 2.1-2.2 1st: writing strategies 1.1-1.3 |
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Conventions |
Capitalization Directionality Left to right Spacing between words Letter-sound correspondence |
Mini-lessons |
First-second |
Journals Writing pieces |
K: writing strategies 1.1-1.4 1st: written & oral English language conventions 1.1-1.8 |
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Introduction to Writer’s workshop (Lucy Calkins)
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Writers tools & expectations Writing independently Choosing a topic Journaling Author’s chair Revision Seeing themselves as authors Lists & letters |
Teacher modeling Mini-lessons Mentor texts Turn & talk Add to the picture Add to the words Start a new piece Alphabet chart Author celebrations |
First |
Observation Writing pieces Interactive writing Journals |
K: written and oral English language Conventions 1.2 K: writing strategies 1.1-1.4 1st: writing applications 2.1-2.2 |
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Personal Narrative Writing (Lucy Calkins) |
Understanding a small moment story Stretching a story Spelling Revising Editing Published stories |
Teacher modeling Share with a friend Tell your story across the fingers Stretching out the words Author celebrations |
First |
Journals Writing pieces |
K: writing strategies 1.1-1.4 1st: writing applications 2.1-2.2 1st:literary response & analysis 3.1 |
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Writing for Readers: Teaching Skills & Strategies (Lucy Calkins)
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Re-reading Self-evaluation Spelling site words Focused small moments Revision Editing |
Teacher modeling Mini lessons Role play Turn and talk Partnerships Word walls Flash cards |
Second |
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K: writing strategies 1.1-1.4 1st: written & oral English language conventions 1.8 |
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The Craft of Revision (Lucy Calkins) |
Re-reading Inserting details Taking away details Adding dialogue Revising leads Showing not telling Revising endings Published stories |
Teacher modeling Mini lessons Role play Turn and talk Partnerships Word walls
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Second |
Observation Writing samples Demonstrations Conferences |
K: writing strategies 1.1-1.4 1st: writing strategies 1.1-1.3 |
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Authors and Mentors |
Emulating author Techniques Introduce ellipses Introduce “come back”
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Read alouds Mentor text Author celebrations Students share |
Second |
Observation Writing samples Conferences |
K: writing strategies 1.1-1.4 1st: literary response & analysis 3.2-3.3 |
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Non-fiction Writing Procedures and Reports
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How to booklet Features All about books: table of contents, labeled diagrams Revising Editing Published stories
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Teacher modeling Informational texts Study Visualizing Author celebration
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Third |
Writing prompt Writing samples |
K: writing strategies 1.1-1.4 1st: writing applications 2.1-2.2
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Key Concepts |
Skills Taught |
Strategies Used to Teach |
Term |
Assessments |
Standards Addressed |
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Poetry |
Seeing through a poets eyes Hearing the music in poetry Listening for line breaks Showing not telling Structure: repetition and pattern Revising Editing Published poems |
Visualization Author samples |
Third |
Writing samples Journals |
K: writing strategies 1.1-1.4 1st: listening & speaking 1.1-1.5 |
http://www.donpotter.net/PDF/Reading%20Made%20Easy%20with%20Blend%20Phonics%20justified.pdf
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K/1 Curriculum Map for Mathematics |
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Key Concepts |
Skills Taught |
Strategies Used to Teach |
Term |
Assessments |
Standards Addressed |
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Calendar Skills |
Recognizing 1-100 Place Value: ones, tens, hundreds Patterns Counting by 2, 5, 10 Counting with coins and straws Name the days of the week |
Music Books Stories Counting Manipulatives
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First Second |
Oral Written Observation |
K: number sense 1.1-1.3 K: measurement & geometry 1.3 1st: number sense 1.1, 1.4 1st: number sense 2.4 |
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Patterns |
Recognizing patterns in number, nature, and everyday items |
Stories Manipulatives Calendar time Worksheets Clapping Rhythms Science Art
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First-third |
Oral Written Observation Projects |
K: algebra & functions 1.0 1st: Statistics, Data Analysis, and Probability 1.1
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Counting |
Counting & grouping objects 1-100 Comparing groups of objects Inequalities <, >, = |
Manipulatives Stories Worksheets Art Centers Science |
First-Third |
Oral Written Observation Projects |
K: number sense 1.1-1.3 1st: number sense 1.1-1.2, 1.4 |
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Telling Time |
Telling time to the hour, half-hour, quarter hour, 5 and 10 after a number Telling time with digital & analogue clocks |
Manipulatives Stories Worksheets Pocket chart Art |
Second |
Oral Written Observation Projects |
K: measurement & geometry 1.2, 1.4
!st: measurement & geometry 1.2
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Measurement |
Measure height, length, width of everyday objects Concept of: bigger, smaller, shorter, longer Weight |
Rulers Scales Projects Pocket chart
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First |
Oral Written Observation Projects |
K: measurement & geometry 1.1 1st: measurement & geometry 1.1
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Graphing |
Creating bar graphs, tally graphs, and pictorial graphs |
Calendar time Projects Science projects |
First-Third |
Written Projects |
K: mathematical reasoning 1.0, 2.0 1st: Statistics, Data Analysis, and Probability 1.1-1.2, 2.0 1st: mathematical reasoning 1.0, 2.0, 3.0
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Money |
Recognizing coins and bills Simple addition & subtraction with money |
Stories Games Manipulatives Worksheets |
First-third |
Oral Written Observation Projects |
1st: measurement & geometry 1.2
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Addition |
Adding objects with numbers Adding single digit numbers Adding double digit numbers Adding triple digit numbers Regrouping |
Stories Games Manipulatives Worksheets |
First-third |
Oral Written Observation Projects |
K: mathematical reasoning 1.1-1.2, 2.1-2.2 1st: mathematical reasoning 1.1-1.2, 2.1-2.2 1st: algebra & functions 1.1-1.3 1st: number sense 2.1-2.7 |
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Subtraction |
Subtracting with single digit numbers Subtracting with double digit numbers Subtracting with triple digit numbers Regrouping |
Stories Games Manipulatives Worksheets |
First-third |
Oral Written Observation Projects |
K: mathematical reasoning 1.1-1.2, 2.1-2.2 1st: mathematical reasoning 1.1-1.2, 2.1-2.2 1st: algebra & functions 1.1-1.3 1st: number sense 2.1-2.7 |
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Geometry
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Learn shapes such as square, triangle, circle Learn plane and solid objects such as 2 dimensional objects like lines drawn on paper, and 3 dimensional objects such as cube and sphere |
Manipulatives |
First-third |
Oral Written Observation Projects |
K: measurement & geometry 2.1-2.2
1st: measurement & geometry 2.1-2.4 |
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Estimation |
Guessing quantities then checking work |
Manipulatives |
First-third |
Oral Written Observation
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K: number sense 3.0-3.1 1st: number sense 3.0-3.1 |