Conventions
Standard: RF K.1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage
when writing and speaking.
CA Related
L K 1.a: Print many upper and lowercase letters.
Essential Skills/Concepts
 Recognize upper and lowercase
letters
 Correctly form letters
Teaching Notes/Strategies
Standard:
Resources
CA Related
Standard:
Standard:
LK1.b: Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs.
Essential Skills/Concepts
Define:
Nouns: people, places, things
Verbs: action words
Teaching Notes/Strategies
Resources
Standard: LK1 (cont…)
CA Related
L K 1.c: Form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/.
Essential Skills/Concepts
 Understand that singular=1
 Plural= more than 1
 Singular nouns can become
plural by adding –s or –es.
Teaching Notes/Strategies
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LK 1.d: Understand and use question words.
Essential Skills/Concepts
Form questions: WHO, WHAT,
WHERE, WHEN, WHY, HOW
Teaching Notes/Strategies
 Build in with Inquiry Charts
 RI/RL K1.:Ask and answer
questions about text
CA Related
Standard:
Resources
Standard: LK1 (cont…)
CA Related
LK 1.e: Use the most frequently occurring prepositions.
Essential Skills/Concepts
 Know that position of objects
can be described by using:
from, in, on, above, below, behind,
around, inside, outside, etc…
Teaching Notes/Strategies
Standard:
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L K1.f: Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.
Essential Skills/Concepts
 Speak in complete sentences
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Know that details can be
added to expand sentences
“tell me more”
Teaching Notes/Strategies
 Super sentences
Color code various parts of a
sentence (WHO, WHAT,
WHERE, WHEN, HOW, WHY)
***Tie into revising standard W K.5
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CA Related
Standard:
Resources
Conventions (cont…)
Standard: LK.2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling when writing.
CA Related
Standard:
LK 2.a: Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.
Essential Skills/Concepts
 Know that a sentence begins
with a capital letter
 I
 Use phonetic spelling when
writing
Teaching Notes/Strategies
Resources
CA Related
Standard:
Standard:
LK 2.b: Recognize and name end punctuation.
Essential Skills/Concepts
 Know when to use a period,
question mark, and
exclamation point
 Know and write a sentence
Teaching Notes/Strategies
 Anchor charts/living charts
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Mentor text: examples of
different sentences
Movements tied to
punctuation marks
Resources
CA Related
L K 2.c: Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short vowel sounds
Essential Skills/Concepts
 Understand the relationship
between a letter and a sound
that it makes
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Teaching Notes/Strategies
 Tie into RF K1b
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Standard:
Resources
Tie into RF K1.d
Proper letter formation
CA Related
Standard:
Standard:
L K 2.d: Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound letter relationships
Essential Skills/Concepts
 Retrieve appropriate letter
when identifying a sound
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Phonetic spelling
Teaching Notes/Strategies
Resources
Knowledge of Language (begins in Grade 2)
Vocabulary
Standard: 4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases
based on Kindergarten reading and content.
CA Related
LK 4.a: Identify the new meanings for familiar words and apply them accurately
(e.g. knowing duck is a bird and learning the verb to duck)
Essential Skills/Concepts
 Know that some words have
other meanings
 Use context and/or pictures
to help determine a new
meaning for a known word
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Teaching Notes/Strategies
Use context and picture clues
to help determine a new
meaning
Living charts with lots of
visuals!
TPR
Board Language
Standard:
Resources
CA Related
Standard:
Standard:
LK 4.b: Use the most frequently occurring inflections and affixes as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word
Essential Skills/Concepts
 Know that parts can be added
to a word to change its
meaning
 (e.g. –ed, -s, re-, un-, pre-, ful, -less)
Teaching Notes/Strategies
 Board Language
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Teach meanings of the word
parts
Resources
Standard: 5. With guidance and support from adults, demonstrate understanding of word
relationships and nuances in word meanings.
LK 5 a: Sort common objects into categories to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
Essential Skills/Concepts
 Categorize and Classify
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Teaching Notes/Strategies
CA Related
Standard:
Resources
Sort objects into groups;
name the groups
CA Related
Standard:
Standard:
LK 5.b: Demonstrate understanding of frequently occurring verbs and adjectives by relating them to their
opposites
Essential Skills/Concepts
 Define: Verbs
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Teaching Notes/Strategies
 Tie into L K1.b
 Anchor Charts
Define: Adjectives
Know what an opposite is
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If it is not ____; it is ____.
Riddles and guessing games
Resources
CA Related
Standard:
LK 5.c: Identify real life connections between words and their use
Essential Skills/Concepts
 Make connections to real
world experiences and the
meaning of the word
Teaching Notes/Strategies
 The house is cozy. What do
you do in a house that is cozy?
 Can you think of a place here
at school that is colorful?
Standard:
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CA Related
Standard:
Standard:
LK 5.d: Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing the same general action by acting out the meanings.
Essential Skills/Concepts
 Know what a verb is
 Teach synonyms in the
context of:
____ is another word for ______.
Teaching Notes/Strategies
 Living charts
 TPR/ Acting out the verbs
 Board Language
(e.g. walk, march, strut, prance)
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Tree map
Resources
Standard: 6.Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and
responding to texts.
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Essential Skills/Concepts
Know how to take turns/rules
for speaking to others
Respond in complete sentences
Stay on topic
Use vocabulary in
conversations about what you
have learned
Teaching Notes/Strategies
 Teach procedures
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Sentence frames for
discussion with A/B partners
Tie into RI/RL reading comp
standards
Use Pictorial Input as a
starting point for
conversations
Resources