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Our goal is to provide children a language rich environment.
This will increase the development of oral language skills and increase independence in all areas
of instruction.
UNITS OF STUDY: We follow the aligned Sol standards and the IEP goals agreed upon
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School Safety
Self Awareness
Colors and Shapes
Classroom themes and Holidays
Oral Language: Students will demonstrate growth in the use of language
K.1 The Students will demonstrate growth in the use of oral language.
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Listen to a wide variety of literary forms, including stories and poems.
Participate in Choral speaking and recite short poems, rhymes, songs, and stories with
repeated patterns.
Participate in creative dramatics.
K.2 The students will use listening and speaking vocabularies.
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Use words to describe/name people, places, and things.
Use words to describe location, size, color and shape.
K.3 The students will build oral communication skills.
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Begin to follow implicit rules for conversation, including taking turns and staying on topic.
Listen and speak in informal conversations with peers and adults.
Begin to initiate conversations.
Participate in discussions about books and specific topics.
K.4 The students will hear, say, and manipulate phonemes (small units of sound) of spoken
language.
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Blend sounds orally to make words or syllables.
Divide one-syllable words into sounds (phonemes).
K.5 The students will understand how print is organized and read.
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Hold print materials in the correct position.
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Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
Follow words from left to right and top to bottom.
K.6 The students will demonstrate an understanding that print makes sense.
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Identify common signs and symbols.
K.7 The students will develop an understanding of basic phonetic principles.
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Identify and name the upper and lower case letters of the alphabet that have been
introduced.
K.8 The students will demonstrate comprehension of fiction and nonfiction.
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Retell familiar stories using beginning, middle and end.
Discuss characters, setting, and events.
Identify what an author does and what an illustrator does.
Reading: Sol # k.6,k.8,k.9
Identify parts of book
Left /right progression
Settings, characters, events
Responding to comprehension questions
Building word families
Understanding that letters represent sounds
Rhyming patterns of words
Writing: Students will match letters or symbols K.2 to, K.3, K.10, K 11, and K13
Letter formation
Shapes
Write /Trace name in upper and lower case letters
Retell stories using beginning/end
Expanding sentence length
Draw pictures to describe events
Use computer for writing
K.9 The students will print the upper and lower case letters of the alphabet that have been
introduced independently.
K.10 The students will his/her first name.
K.11 The students will write to communicate ideas.
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Draw pictures and/or use letters and phonetically spelled words.
K.12 The students will explore the uses of technology for reading and writing.
Math: Students will match numbers or symbols SOL k 1.1 to
111.2,4,5,8,10,16,17,18,19,20
1:1 Correspondence
Position of object
Sorting objects
Data collecting, charts, graphs, tallies
K.1 The students, given two sets containing 10 or fewer concrete items, will identify and
describe one set as having more, fewer, or the same number of members as the other set, using
the concept of one-to-one correspondence.
K.2 The students given a set containing 10 or fewer concrete items, will:
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Tell how many are in the set by counting the number orally.
Select the corresponding numeral from a given set.
Write the numeral to tell how many are in the set.
K.6 The students will add and subtract whole numbers, using up to 10 concrete items.
K.8 The students will identify the instruments used to measure length (ruler), weight (scale),
calendar (day, month, seasons) and temperature (thermometer).
K.11 The students will identify, describe, and draw two-dimensional (plane) geometric figures
(circle, triangle, square, and rectangle).
K.18 The students will identify, describe, and extend a repeating relationship (pattern) found in
common objects, sounds, and movement
Science: Students will participate, observe and explore their environment K.1 to K 8
Weather patterns, season changes
Sequence
Caring for health, Seasonal changes
Theme related activities
K.4 The students will investigate and understand the position, motion, and physical properties of
an object can be described. Key concepts include:
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Colors (red, orange, yellow, green, purple, blue, black and white);
Shapes (circle, triangle, square and rectangle) and forms (flexible/stiff, straight/curved)
Textures (rough/smooth) and feel (hard/soft).
Relative size and weight (big/little, large/small, heavy/light, wide/thin, long/short)
Position (over/under, in/out, above/below, left/right) and speed (fast/slow)
History and Social Science: Students will learn about being a citizen SOL: K.1 to K.9
Community membership, description of community jobs and environments
Commemorative Holidays
K.8 The students will demonstrate that being a good citizen involves:
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Taking turns and sharing.
Taking responsibility for certain classroom chores.
Taking care of personal belongings and respecting what belongs to others.
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Following rules and understanding the consequences of breaking rules.
Practicing honesty, self-control, and kindness to others.
K.9 The students will recognize the American Flag, The Pledge of Allegiance, and that the
President is the leader of the United States.
Technology: Students will participate, observe and explore their environment SOL#C/T5.2
Mouse skills
Log on/ Off
Appropriate software for academic areas
Projects with Reading Buddies
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