Required Materials |
Kindergarten Project Read Reimers, Fernando; Chopra, Vidur; Chung, Connie; Higdon, Julia; O'Donnell, E. (2016-07-28). Empowering Global Citizens: A World Course. Kindle Edition. Project Read Bridge Preview Project Read Volume 1 Preview |
Required Texts |
Motion
Assessment Texts: Pushes and Pulls, I Fall Down |
Foundational Skills (Daily) |
Foundational Reading Daily
Foundational Writing
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Lesson 1 (daily) |
Revisit Informational and Opinion Writing using Lucy Calkins Units of Study.
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Lesson 3 (ongoing) |
Instruct students on pushes and pull and motion using Stem Scopes and the text Motion. Instruction should include direct teach on comparing and contrasting two texts. Vocabulary should focus on push, pull, motion, force, gravity, inertia, gravity, and motion words (up and down, back and forth, around).
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Suggested Texts |
The Three Little Pigs
Wonderful Houses Around the World, by Yoshio Komatsu Imagine a House, by Angela Gustafson Homes in Many Cultures, by Heather Adamson Clothes in Many Cultures, by Heather Adamson Children Just Like Me: A Celebration of Children Around the World, by Anabel Kindersley and Barnabas Kindersley I See a Kookaburra! Discovering Animal Habitat Around the World, by Steve •Jenkins and Robin Page In A Small, Small Pond, by Denise Fleming Children from Australia to Zimbabwe: A Photographic Journey Around the World, by Maya Ajmera, Anna Rhesa Versola, and Marian Wright Edelman |
Optional Lessons
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Reading Text
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Writing
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Speaking/Listening
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Language
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Foundational Skills
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Question
Complete sentence Key details Clarification Title page Front cover Back cover Compare/contrast Different/alike Similar Reading for meaning Setting a purpose Non-‐fiction/ informational text |
Personal narrative Sequence of events
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Complete sentence Turn-‐taking Listening to speaker Eye contact
Think-‐pair-‐share Complete sentence Clarification Ask questions Answer questions Complete sentence Clarification Describe Details EventsFamiliar Illustration Visual display Provide Additional Audibly Express Appropriate volume |
Uppercase/lowercase Plural
Naming words Action words Complete sentences Question words Capitalization Punctuation Period Question mark Exclamation mark/point Phonetic spelling Categorize Opposites/antonyms Synonyms Action words/verbs |
Tracking
Letters Blend Syllable Consonant Vowel Beginning sound Ending sound Sound/phoneme Letter Sound Word Long vowel Short vowel Sight words Accurately Smoothly With expression Strategy use Reading for meaning Setting a purpose Spatial Words: there, here; in, on; in front of, behind; at the top of; at the bottom of; under, over; above, below; next to, in the middle of; near, far; inside, outside; around, between; up, down; high, low; left, right; front, back; |