Language
K2
Grade 1
Grade 2
Discussion
Students will raise their
hands to speak in turn.
Children will listen to others
and respect one another.
Students will learn to wait
patiently.
Students will raise their hands Students will raise their hands,
to speak in turn. They will
speak in turn, and respect the
respect the contributions of contributions of others.
others.
Questioning,
Listening,
Contributing
Students will contribute to
the discussion of a variety
of topics.
Students will contribute ideas Students will pose questions
and information, as well as
following an oral presentation to
ask pertinent questions.
acquire knowledge. Students
will work in groups.
Oral
Presentation
Students will make oral
presentations of
information, personal
experiences and songs.
Students will present finished
work to the class using
complete and audible
sentences while staying on
topic.
Students will provide oral
presentations based on personal
experiences. Students will stay
on topic while providing an oral
presentation of projects. Ex: fire
safety, science, biography.
Students will be able able to
answer questions posed by
other students.
Vocabulary and Students will be familiar
Students will use visual cues Students will keep a journal of
Concept
with basic high frequency in the classroom. Students
vocabulary words from their
Development
words. Students will be
will identify homographs
reading and use these words in
familiar with past, future and (saw/saw), use context clues, their writing. Students will
present tense, homonyms, compound words, root words, identify synonyms, antonyms,
and compound words.
and context vocabulary.
homographs and compound
Students will use picture
words. Students will learn to
and context cues.
use a dictionary.
Structure and Students will understand
Origins of
that words have different
Modern English meanings and uses.
Students will identify and use
nouns, form plurals, and
identify and use adjectives,
verbs,pronouns, correct
capitalization and end marks.
Students will identify parts of
speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives
and pronouns. Students will
learn capitalization rules for
names, places and dates.
Students will identify appropriate
end marks.
Formal and
Informal
English
Students will learn to use
complete sentences when
speaking and writing.
Students will listen to a
variety of literature that
models language use.
Students will recognize and use
appropriate language based on
the type of writing assignment
and audience.
Students will learn that
words can have different
meanings.
Beginning
Reading
Students listen to read
Students will recognize that Students will recognize that
alouds and provide a
printed material provides
there are correct spellings for
reading response. Students information or entertainment. words including high frequency
will participate in shared
Students will learn that words words. Students will learn
reading to reinforce
are separated with spaces
consonant blends, r- controlled
concepts of print, spacing, and sentences are made from words and multi-syllable words.
punctuation and
words. Students will learn
capitalization. Students will that phonemes can be
learn word families and how isolated and manipulated.
to build words through
Skills include initial, medial
digraphs and blends.
and final sounds, blends,
syllables, letter/sound
relationships, and rhyme.
Understanding Students will use picture
a Text
clues and listen to the
beginning, middle and end
of stories.
Students will use picture
Students will retell a story and
cues, make predictions and make predictions prior to
make comparisons. Students reading. Students will identify
will re-tell a story, and identify the main idea and supporting
the sequence of events in
details in a story. Students will
fiction and non-fiction text.
distinguish cause from effect.
Students will answer who,
what, when,where and why
questions, and contrast and
compare characters.
Making
Connections
Students will read and hear Students will connect stories to
different versions of the same other stories and to their own
story. Students will identify, lives. Students will participate in
compare and contrast plot,
author studies.
setting, solution, problem and
characters.
Students will learn to
connect stories and books
to other literary works.
Genre
Students will listen to daily
read alouds to develop
knowledge of a variety of
genres.
Theme
Students will relate themes in Students will compare
fiction and topics in noncharacters in fiction and nonfiction to personal experience. fiction to themselves through
discussion and graphic
organizers.
Students will show an
Students will read and
Students will read and identify
understanding of various
identify character, setting, plot character, setting, plot and
texts and provide evidence and sequence. They will
sequence.
of their comprehension
identify who, what, where,
through student illustrations. when and how elements.
Fiction
Students will identify fantasy Students will identify biography,
and reality, fiction and non- fiction, non- fiction and poetry.
fictions, poetry and fables.
They will reenact dramatic
scenes.
Non-fiction
Students will learn that non- Students will use text features Students will use the title,
fiction contains facts and
such as content vocabulary, headings, and pictures within a
opinions. Students will
charts and illustrations to
text to make predictions and
identify title, headings,
enhance comprehension.
identify the subject matter.
captions, and table of
Students will make
Students will identify the main
contents.
predictions through accessing idea and supporting details in a
their prior knowledge.
text.
Poetry
Students will identify theme, Students will identify the
structure and rhythm
elements of poetry, including
through the reading and
theme and rhyme. Students
writing of poetry.
will participate in choral
reading.
Students will define and identify
stanza, beat, rhyme and rhythm.
Students will read rhyming
poems and free verse poems.
Students will discuss poetry and
the author's intent in writing.
Style and
language
Students will be exposed to
a variety of literature
through daily read aloud
and discussion.
Myth,
Traditional
Narrative and
Classical
Literature
Students will learn about
myth, classical literature,
and traditional narratives
through read alouds and
videos.
Dramatic
Literature
Dramatic
Reading and
Performance
Students will identify the
"voice" of the author.
Students will note the
author’s use of descriptive
words, and analyze the word
choices that the author
makes to create the mood
and intent in literature.
Students will dramatize, retell and analyze reoccurring
features within a text.
Students will identify words that
describe the five senses.
Students will use graphic
organizers to analyze the mood,
imagery, and tone created by an
author’s word choice.
Students will listen to, read, and
retell nursery rhymes, fairy tales
and fables. They will identify
common themes and features,
including identifying the moral
within a fable.
Students will reenact dramatic
literature within the class.
Students will perform
dramatic presentations at
school events.
Students will participate in
Students will focus on fluency,
rhymes, songs and choral
volume and clear annunciation
speaking. Students will
in choral reading. Students will
perform plays, stories and
present informal plays.
songs while using appropriate
eye contact and volume.
Composition
Writing
Consideration
of Audience
and Purpose
Revising
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Students will practice daily
writing as the teacher
models writing through
interactive lessons.
Students will learn left to right Students will write using a
progression, use of phonetic beginning, middle and end
spelling and use of complete format. Students will learn to
sentences. Students will
write for different purposes.
write daily in journals/learning
logs. Students will write
paragraphs with topic
sentence and details.
Students will write for
various purposes and
audiences.
Students will write factual
paragraphs, personal
narratives, friendly letters,
and fictional stories,
Students will write creatively in
their journals, Students will
produce reports from factual
material, and express opinions
through book reports.
Students will create a final
copy of their writing by
correcting work that has
been edited.
Students will peer edit through
suggestions of added detail,
organization, or word choice.
Standard
English
Conventions
Students will use the correct Students will use upper case Students will space words and
spelling of high frequency letters to begin sentences
indent paragraphs. Students will
words and the capitalization and names. Students will use use appropriate end marks to
of names and places.
the correct end mark to
complete a sentence. Students
complete a sentence.
will use upper-case letters where
Students will use proper
appropriate. Students will use
spacing between words and the correct spelling of previously
the correct spelling of high
taught vocabulary and high
frequency words and featured frequency words.
content vocabulary.
Organizing
Students will provide
Students will create stories
Students will place sentences in
Ideas in Writing illustrated stories with a
and re-tell stories in writing
proper order, grouping
beginning, middle and end. incorporating a beginning,
information in a way that is clear
Students will identify the
middle and end. Students will and makes sense.
order of events.
place events in chronological
order. Students will use a
four square template to write
a well organized paragraph.
Research
Students will generate
Students will use a “KWL”
questions from material that chart to document newly
is presented.
learned information from
material that is presented to
them.
Evaluating
Writing and
Presentation
Students will respond to
presentations.
Students will gather and
combine relevant information
from a variety of sources on a
given topic.
Students will respond to
Students will provide feedback
presented material and offer to one another during peer
suggestions for the
editing.
improvement of written work
that is presented by their
peers.
Analysis of
Media
Media
Production
Students will identify
techniques used in media,
such as sound effects,
music, etc.
Students will identify
techniques used in media via
books on tape, video, Smart
Board and iPad.
Students will identify search
engines and appropriate web
sites when using the computer
Smart Board or iPad.
Students will create
presentations using various
iPad applications.
Students will create video
lessons following specific
guidelines.