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Early Kindergarten Curriculum

Early Kindergarten Curriculum

ecognition
 
September and October
Letter Names
  • Name the letters in print, in random order M, B, T, S, F, A, R, D, C, N, P, and E
  • Matches upper and lower case letters
  • Indentifies and acts on letters when named (e.g. "Find a B so we can put the B on this bag.")
  • Names letters in order from A to Z in unison
Print Awareness
  • Points to written words as reads
  • Uses letters to stand for words (allwos a T on a trash bag to stand for trash)
  • "Reads" words and phrases in context (environmental print examples: "back packs" on cubby; "snack" on the snack table)
  • Find initial letters in printed words (M, B, T, S, F, and A)
  • Discriminates between letters, numbers, and words in text
  • Identifies where text begins and ends
  • Correctly points out sequence in print
Rhyming
  • Rhymes with -ack, -ad, -ag, -am, -an, -ap, -at
  • Indentifies oddity (non-example) in rhymes (e.g., -an: man, fan, table)
  • Creates a series of short "a" rhyming words orally
Alliteration, Initial Sound Indentification
  • Repeats or acts out aliteration phrases with /m/, /b/, /s/, /t/, /f/ (e.g., pretends to be a big , burly, bumbly, bouncy, bear, etc.)
  • Sorts objects by same first sound for /m/, /b/, /s/, /t/, /f/
  • States the initial vowel heard in short "a" words (e.g., apple, at, ant, ask, etc.)
Sound Blending
Letter-Sound Association
  • Matches sounds to letters for M, B, T, S, F, and A
  • Uses initial letter to read words in context for M, B, T, S, F and A
  • Produces the letter sounds when presented with the letters for M, B, T, S, F, and A
Word Analysis
  • Makes short "a" words by substituting initial consonant for words with -ack, -ad, -ag, -an, -at, -ap, rhyme endings (e.g. mad, sad; fan, man, tan, can; bag, tag,; mat, fat, sat, bat; map, tap; back, tack, sack)
Decoding
  • Blends onset and rhyme to make and read short "a" word family words
  • Reads word families with physical and visual context support (e.g. back, pack, sack, tack, rack; mad, sad, bad; bag, tag; Sam, ram; man, tan, fan; bat, fat, sat)
  • "Reads" predictable, repetitive text
Spelling
  • Spells own first name
  • Selects a letter to represent a sound (e.g. find the M for the /m/ in man)
  • Adds M, B, S, T, and F to a rime ending to make short vowel words (e. g. man, bat, sat, fat; man, pan, fan; bag, tag)
Sight Word Recognition
  • Recognizes Group 1 high frequency sight words
  • a/an, like, see, no, I, can -- introduced in isolation or pairs.

 

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