2013/14 Kindergarten Curriculum

Subject Readers Workshop September October Teaching RW (2nd Week) My turn Your Turn Everyones turn We are Readers (3rd Week) - Read the pictures - Take care of books - Read front to back - Read left to right - Talk about books (Retell, Beginning, Middle, End, Key details, Characters, Making connections) Writers Workshop We are writers - Stories through pictures - Writers workshop strategies - Small moments *Handwriting - Calendar math - Puzzles Exploration - Sorting / counting objects - Counting & Cardinality - Count to answer how many? - Counting in sequence starting at different numbers November December Readers have super powers (Use all they know to read) - Point to words we read - Use patterns (Notice when patterns change) - Match the words we say with the words we point to. - Recognize words we know by heart - Keep reading *Guided reading - Key details, Retell, Connections, Unknown words, Ask and answer questions about text, support answers with examples from text) Writers have super powers - Spell the best we can - Stretch out tricky words * Handwriting *Publish small moment - Counting/ writing numbers to 15 - Counting in sequence - Comparing numbers to 15 - Names of shapes - Shapes in the world - Making and comparing shapes - Sorting/ classifying by attributes - Describing location and position of shapes K.G.A.1 K.B.G.4 K.G.B.5 K.G.B.6 January February Readers are detectives - Read books that are just right for them - Use the pictures to read the words - Use patterns to figure out tricky words - Solve their tricky words by breaking it into parts they know * Look all the way through words * Use the first letter/last letter * Tricky sounds - Stop and re-read parts that dont make sense - Stop and think about what happened in the story Authors as mentors - Writers share what they think (opinion writing) Writers share what we know through writing (math/science) *Publish Opinion Piece - Counting and representing numbers up to 21 - Writing numbers to 20 - Counting by 10s - Comparing numbers (greater/less) - 2D/3D geometry - Represent addition and subtraction problems with objects and drawings - Solve addition and subtraction word problems March April Readers read like scientists - Learn from nonfiction books - Read nonfiction text features (Labels, pictures, table of contents, ect.) - Stop and think about what they learned - Think of questions and look for answers - Become experts on topics and teach others (Key details and retell) *How are books about the same topic the same and different Nonfiction Project - Animals Everywhere - Creating nonfiction books and flashcards about Zambian Animals *Publish nonfiction book - Counting to 50 - Making combinations of 10 - Compose/ decompose 11-19 into 10s and 1s - Compose/ decompose 11-19 into 10s and 1s - Making combinations of 10 - Measuring/ Comparing length and weight K.NBT.A.1 K.OA.A.3 K.MD.A.1 K.MD.A.2 May June Readers are storytellers - Make in a movie in their mind and watch it as the story changes - Reread a story until we sound like a storyteller - Use voice, facial expressions, and body gestures to go with the characters actions and feelings (Acting out) - Retell - Think about the elements of literature - Read everything they can get their eyes on - Challenge themselves Writing fiction stories - Elements of a story Setting, characters, problem, solution *Publish fiction book - Counting and using number patterns to 100 - Compose/ decompose 1119 into 10s and 1s - Fluency with numbers

Math

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K.CC.A.1 K.CC.A.2 K.CC.B.4 K.CC.B.5

K.CC.A.1 K.CC.A.2 K.CC.C.7 K.G.A.2 Fabric

K.CC.A.1 K.CC.A.3 K.CC.C.6 K.G.A.3 Making our supplies count! - How can we conserve our school supplies and share what we have?

K.OA.A.1 K.OA.A.2 K.O.A.A.5 Animals 2x2

K.NBT.A.1 K.OA.A.3 K.MD.A.1 K.MD.A.2

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Science Projects Who Am I? - How am I the same and how am I different from my classmates - Focus: speaking and listening skills. We are a classroom community - Class meetings - Kelsos choices - How do we make friends?

Whats your story? - Sharing story your with our friends at Dwankhozi Hope - Focus: Small moment writing.

Positive Discipline

We are problem solvers - Brain Hand - Calm/Safe Space - Kelsos choice problems - What do we do to be a good friend?

Why do we have Animals everywhere Making our noses? - Learning about Zambian Animals to share with supplies count! - Looking at our Dwankhozi friends - Focus: Number structures and - Focus: Nonfiction writing, research, relations (math functions of collaboration common core) animal parts. and Focus: Science collaboration and collaboration We are self-directed learners We learn everywhere, we learn together - What do I need to do to help myself be a better - How can I share and learn from my friends. learner? We are good teammates? - What do we need to do to be a good partner or member of a group

2013/14 Kindergarten Curriculum