ROCKY FORD CURRICULUM GUIDE
SUBJECT: Reading/Writing/Comm
TIMELINE: 2nd Quarter
GRADE: PreK
Grade Level
Expectation
Evidence Outcome
Student-Friendly
Learning Objective
Level of
Thinking
Resource Correlation
Academic
Vocabulary
2. Listening and
comprehension skills are
required to be clearly
understood
3. Early knowledge of
phonemic awareness is
the building block of
understanding language
1. Print conveys
meaning
d. Remember spoken information
for a short period of time. I
We will remember spoken
information.
Know
Recall, questions and
answers, visual cards, story
time re-visit.
Spoken information,
language, and visual
cue.
a. Recognize patterns of sounds in
songs, storytelling, and poetry I
We will identify patterns of
sounds.
Know
Calendar, song charts, flip
charts, poems, nursery
rhymes.
c. Recognize that printed material
conveys meaning and connects to
the reader’s world. I
We will identify the printed
material has meaning and
connects to the real world.
Comp
Classroom signs, classroom
labels, books.
1. Print conveys
meaning
d. Use and interpret illustrations to
gain meaning. I
We will connect pictures to
written words.
Comp
Picture word cards, books, flip
charts, Nursery Rhymes,
2. Symbol, object, and
letter recognition is a
fundamental of reading
and requires accuracy
and speed
1. Pictures express
ideas
b. Recognize the names of a
minimum of 10 letters of the
alphabet, specifically letters in own
name. I
We will identify letters in
our own name.
Know
Labels, alphabet chart, name
tags, hand writing work
sheets. Magnet letters,
Recognize, identify,
poetry, rhyming.
Sounds, AB, AAB,
Pattern
Recognize, conveys,
and connects
meaning, print,
special. Author,
reader.
Interpret,
illustrations, connect,
symbols, pictures,
drawings.
Recognize, identify,
alphabet, name
minimum
Comp
Drawings, books, dry-erase
boards,
Represent, ideas,
express.
Know
Name tags, daily sign sheet.
In-Out sign sheets, Birthday
chart, popsicle sticks, clothes
pins. Cubbies, unlimited items
for writing materials, shaving
cream, play-dough,
McGraw Hill, Calendar, Flash
cards, Visual Posters, 3-Dial
Assessments, Mulipulatives,
books, home-activity packet,
Flip Charts, Mailbox catalog,
Recognize letters.
Special, write, print,
sign-in. Name
2. Letters are formed
with accuracy
c. Use shapes, letter-like symbols,
and letters to represent words or
ideas. I
b. Write and recognize letters in
own name. I
We will identify a minimum
of 10 letters .
We will use letters or
pictures to express our
ideas.
We will recognize the
letters in our own name.
We will write the letters in
our own name.
1. Conceptual
a. Identify and sort common
understanding conveyed objects, events, pictures, words,
through vocabulary
colors, shapes, and textures into
words can occur using a various classifications C
variety of
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We will identify and sort
common objects into
groups that are the same
and different.
Comp
Identify, look,
sorting, objects,
same, different,
alike, shapes,
textures,
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ROCKY FORD CURRICULUM GUIDE
SUBJECT: Reading/Writing/Comm
Grade Level
Expectation
Evidence Outcome
TIMELINE: 2nd Quarter
GRADE: PreK
Student-Friendly
Learning Objective
Level of
Thinking
Resource Correlation
modalities
Academic
Vocabulary
Smooth, rough,
bumpy, soft, hard,
classify.
2. Listening and
comprehension skills are
required to be clearly
understood
b. Recite songs, poems, and stories
with repeated rhyme C
We will recite songs and
rhymes.
Know
Flip Charts, Rhyming Cards,
Visual Song Posters, homeactivity packet,3-Dial
Assessments, books, CD’s
(Frank Lito), Classic Nursery
Rhymes, CD(Greg and Steve)
www.everythingpreschool.com
www.mrsjonesroom.com
www.scholastic.com
www.songsforteaching.com
www.kidszone.ws
www.sheknows/kids-activitycenter
www.preschool-learning-andcrafts.com
www.atozteacherstuff.com
www.alphabetsoup.net
Recite, poems,
rhyming. Ending
sounds. Blending
sounds.
3. Early knowledge of
phonemic awareness is
the building block of
understanding language
c. Recognize rhyming words and
alliterations C
We will recognize rhyming
words.
Comp
Rhyming flash cards, Visual
Rhyming posters, homeactivity packets, Word wall,
books.
www.everythingpreschool.com
www.mrsjonesroom.com
www.scholastic.com
www.songsforteaching.com
www.kidszone.ws
www.sheknows/kids-activitycenter
www.preschool-learning-andcrafts.com
Recognize,
Rhyming, Beginning
sounds.
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We will recognize words
with the same beginning
sounds
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ROCKY FORD CURRICULUM GUIDE
SUBJECT: Reading/Writing/Comm
Grade Level
Expectation
Evidence Outcome
TIMELINE: 2nd Quarter
GRADE: PreK
Student-Friendly
Learning Objective
Level of
Thinking
Resource Correlation
Academic
Vocabulary
www.atozteacherstuff.com
www.alphabetsoup.net
a. Hold books in upright position,
turn pages sequentially, recognize
correct orientation (top to
bottom, left to right) C
b. Recognize print in the
environment C
We will hold a book and
turn pages correctly.
Appl
Variety of different size books
including board and paper.
Book, turn pages,
recognize, correctly,.
right, wrong, order
We will identify print in our
environment
Know
a. Recognize own name in print C
We will identify our own
names.
Know
Alphabet chart, word wall,
classroom signs, books, name
plates, calendar, and labels.
Name tags, names on wall for
birthdays and activities.
Popsicle sticks. Clothes Pins.
Recognize, see,
spot, find, identify,
environment.
Recognize, identify,
unique, name
a. Draw pictures to generate,
represent, and express ideas or
share information C
b. Orally describe or tell about a
picture C
We will draw pictures to
share our ideas.
Know
We will describe our
pictures that are shown to
us. (Verbally)
Comp
Books, picture models,
stencils, crayons, paper,
markers, colored pencils.
Picture cards, books, flip
charts
1. Pictures express
ideas
d. Dictate ideas to an adult C
We will share our ideas
verbally to an adult.
Comp
2. Letters are formed
with accuracy
a. Begin to develop proper pencil
grip when drawing or writing C
We will hold our pencils
correctly.
Appl
2. Listening and
comprehension skills are
required to be clearly
understood
2. Listening and
comprehension skills are
c. Listen with comprehension, and
follow two-step
directions C
We will follow directions by
using our listening ears.
Comp
Listening to stories, follow
school rules, instructional
lessons.
d. Remember spoken information
for a short period of time. C
We will remember spoken
information.
Know
Listening to stories, follow
school rules, instructional
Draw, create,
pictures, creativity,
express, share.
Speak, describe,
express, show-n-tell.
Who, what, when,
why, where, how.
Tell, share, ideas,
describe, who, what,
when, why, where,
how.
Proper, grip,
correctly, grasp,
position, firm.
Comprehension,
Directions. Two step
direction, first,
second. Success.
Spoken information,
language, and visual
1. Print conveys
meaning
1. Print conveys
meaning
2. Symbol, object, and
letter recognition is a
fundamental of reading
and requires accuracy
and speed
1. Pictures express
ideas
1. Pictures express
ideas
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Show-n-Tell, All About Me
poster, one-on-one questions
and answers. Stuffed animal
taken home.
Modeling, Hand Writing
without Tears, pencil grips,
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ROCKY FORD CURRICULUM GUIDE
SUBJECT: Reading/Writing/Comm
Grade Level
Expectation
Evidence Outcome
required to be clearly
understood
© Learning Keys, 800.927.0478, www.learningkeys.org
TIMELINE: 2nd Quarter
GRADE: PreK
Student-Friendly
Learning Objective
Level of
Thinking
Resource Correlation
Academic
Vocabulary
lessons.
cue.
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