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Late K Curriculum

Late Kindergarten Curriculum

 
March and April
May
Letter Names
  • Matches upper and lower case letters
  • Names Previously learned letters effortlessly, rapidly and accurately when presented in print in random order
  • Identifies and acts on letters when named (e.g. "Find a B so we can put the B on this bag.")
  • Matches upper and lower case letters rapidly
  • Names and discriminates small /b/ and /d/
  • Names previously learned letters effortlessly, rapidly and accurately
Print Awareness
  • Shows sequence of print by pointing to individual words in left to right order
  • Finds initial letters in printed words (L, V, J, and E)
  • Points to written words as read
  • Identifies where text begins and ends
  • Uses L, V, J, and E to stand for objects, actions, choices, or turns (e.g., L for log, lock; V for van, vase; J for jog; E for end, enter)
  • Identifies punctuation in text
  • Points to written words as read
  • Points to individual words in text
  • Finds initial letters in printed words
  • Shows sequence of print by pointing to individual words
  • Indentifies where text begins and ends
  • Uses letters to stand for objects or actions (e.g., X to mark a spot or signal a choice; Y for yes J for jump)
  • Identifies punctuation in text
Rhyming
  • Rhymes with -et, -ed, -en
  • Identifies oddity (non-example) in rhymes (e.g., bed, sky, red)
  • Creates a series of short "e" rhyming words orally
  • Rhymes with -up. -ug, -uck, -un, -up, -ut
  • Identifies odddity (non-example) in rhymes (e.g., mug, tug, fun, rug, dug)
  • Creates a series of short "u" rhyming words orally
Alliteration, Initial Sound Indentification
  • Generates words that start with target sound
  • Plays with or repeats alliteration phrases
  • Says what a word or sound starts with for previously introduced sounds
  • States sound heard in short "e" words (e.g., end, every, echo, edge,end, elf, eg, elbow, elephant, empty etc.)
  • Says what sound a word starts with for previously introduced sounds
  • Generates words that start with previously introduced sounds (e.g., /m/, /b/, /d/, /k/, /l/, /g/)
  • States initial sound heard in short "u" words
Sound Blending
  • Segments short "e" CVC words into phonemes or CCVC into onset and rhyme
  • Blends individual phonemes
Letter-Sound Association
  • Matches phonemes to the letters L, V, J, and E
  • Uses initial letter to read words in context
  • Produces with automaticity the letter sounds when presented with the letters for M, B, T, S, F, A; R, D, C, N, P, O; K, G, W, H, I; L, V, J, E
  • Match consonant and short vowel sounds to letters for U, X, Z, Y
  • Produces with automaticity the letter sounds when presented with the letters for M, B, T, S, F, A; R, D, C, N, P, O; K, G, W, H, I; L, V, J, E; U, X, Z, Y
Word Analysis
  • Make short "e" words by substituting initial consonant with -et, -ed, -en (e.g., finds the B for /b/ to add to -ed so we make bed)
  • Identifies recurring words with same ending
  • Make short "u" words by substituting initial consonant with ub, ug, uck, un, up, and ut endings
  • Identifies recurring words with same ending
Decoding
  • Blends onset and rime for short “e” word families
  • Reads -et. -ed, -en word families with support: bet, pet, wet, jet, net, get, met, set
  • Reads new short "a," "e," "i," and "o" words: ten, pen; man, fan, tan; bag, tag, rag; mat, pat; cap, map, tap; pot, got, not; tip, lip, rip, sip
  • "Reads" predictable, repetitive text
  • Blends initial and final consonant with short "u" to make words
  • Reads short "u" word families with support
  • Blends one-on-one phonemes onto one syllable words and decodes pre-primer text
  • Uses decoding by anaology to recognize words (e.g., "If I know, nut, then I can spell hut, cut, rut.")
Spelling
  • Writes letters when given their sound: M, B, T, S, F and A; R, D, C, N, P, and O; K, G, W, H, and I; L, V, J, and E
  • Adds letters to rhyme endings to make log, dog, hog, fog, etc.
  • Writes CVC words for short "a," "o," and "e..
  • Writes letters when given new sounds orally
  • Segments individual phonemes from dictated words to their spellings
  • Adds initial letters to endings to make words (cut, hut, nut; bug, tug; etc. )
  • Uses decoding by analogy to make words
Sight Word Recognition
  • Recognizes Group 4 high frequency sight words - do, have, me, not, said, come, you - introuduced in isolation or pairs
  • Spells Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3 sight words with automaticity
  • Reads high frequency sight words in Groups 1 through 4
  • Spells Group 4 sight words
  • Spells Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3 sight words without struggle
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