Kindergarten Language Arts Curriculum Map
2005-06
First Nine
Weeks
ONGOING
ALL YEAR
Reading
Workshop
Weeks 1 – 4
Date______________
Weeks 5-8
Date _____________
Listen to a variety of literary forms, including stories and poems
Listen to a variety of literary forms, including stories and poems
Listen and speak in informal conversations with peers and adults
Listen and speak in informal conversations with peers and adults
Increase vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interest and knowledge
Listen attentively to respond to questions and to follow one- to two-step
directions
Increase vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interest and knowledge
Listen attentively to respond to questions and to follow one- to two-step
directions
Identify own first name in print
Identify own first name in print
Relate written language to spoken language
Relate written language to spoken language
Explore common words such as colors, numbers, names and places
Explore common words such as colors, numbers, names and places
Relationship words: top, bottom, inside, outside, in front of, behind
Relationship words: top, bottom, inside, outside, in front of, behind
Begin to discriminate between spoken words and sentences
Begin to discriminate between spoken words and sentences
Distinguish between written letters, words and sentences
Distinguish between written letters, words and sentences
Responds to literal questions about the story
Responds to literal questions about the story
Demonstrate principles of directionality by holding print materials in the
correct position and using left-to-right and top-to-bottom
Demonstrate principles of directionality by holding print materials in the
correct position and using left-to-right and top-to-bottom
Participate in choral speaking and creative drama (I)
Participate in choral speaking and creative drama (I)
Repeat words and phrases in poems, stories and songs (I)
Repeat words and phrases in poems, stories and songs (I)
Recognize words in a familiar context (I)
Recall orally a series of three visually presented items (C)
Recognize common environmental print such as
common signs and logos (C)
Week 9
Date__________
COMMON
ASSESSMENTS
REVIEW
AND
PREVIEW
Kindergarten Language Arts Curriculum Map
2005-06
Writing
Workshop
Write own first name with capital initial letter.
Write own first name with capital initial letter.
Express ideas using pictures, letters and words
Express ideas using pictures, letters and words
Dictate words, sentences and stories
Dictate words, sentences and stories
Copy simple shapes, designs, numerals and letters
Copy simple shapes, designs, numerals and letters
Cuts on straight and curved lines
Cuts on straight and curved lines
Demonstrate an understanding that print makes sense by reading and
explaining own writings and drawings
Demonstrate an understanding that print makes sense by reading and
explaining own writings and drawings
Use left to right and top to bottom directionality in writing
Use left to right and top to bottom directionality in writing
Point out a capital letter and a small letter
Use examples from literature to create individual and group stories (I)
Point out a capital letter and a small letter
Relate sounds and letters
Relate sounds and letters
Verbalize consonant sound when shown the consonant letter
Verbalize consonant sound when shown the consonant letter
Identify and match each upper and lower case letter of the alphabet
Identify and match each upper and lower case letter of the alphabet
Word Study
Recognize rhyming words
Point out a letter, a word and two words that are the same
COMMON
ASSESSMENTS
REVIEW
AND PREVIEW
COMMON
ASSESSMENTS
REVIEW
AND PREVIEW
Kindergarten Language Arts Curriculum Map
2005-06
Second Nine
Weeks
ONGOING
ALL YEAR
Reading
Workshop
Weeks 1 – 4
Date______________
Weeks 5-8
Date _____________
Listen to a variety of literacy forms, including stories and poems
Listen to a variety of literacy forms, including stories and poems
Listen and speak in informal conversation with peers and adults
Listen and speak in informal conversation with peers and adults
Increase vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interest and knowledge
Increase vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interest and knowledge
Listen to, select and explore a variety of traditional, contemporary, and
multicultural material for pleasure or for own purposes
Listen to, select and explore a variety of traditional, contemporary, and
multicultural material for pleasure or for own purposes
Listen attentively to respond to questions and to follow one- to two-step
directions
Listen attentively to respond to questions and to follow one- to two-step
directions
Identify own first name in print
Identify own first name in print
Relate written language to spoken language
Relate written language to spoken language
Explore common words such as colors, numbers, names and places
Explore common words such as colors, numbers, names and places
Relationship words: top, bottom, inside, outside, in front of, behind
Relationship words: top, bottom, inside, outside, in front of, be
Begin to discriminate between spoken words and sentences
Begin to discriminate between spoken words and sentences
Distinguish between written letters, words and sentences
Distinguish between written letters, words and sentences
Responds to literal questions about the story
Responds to literal questions about the story
Demonstrate principles of directionality by holding print materials in the
correct position and using left-to-right and top-to-bottom
Demonstrate principles of directionality by holding print materials in the
correct position and using left-to-right and top-to-bottom
Participate in choral speaking and creative drama (I)
Tell stories with wordless picture books and picture sequences
Repeat words and phrases in poems, stories and songs (I)
Sequence events of a story, sequence pictures to tell story
Recognize words in a familiar context (I)
Predict story events and outcomes
Recall orally a series of three visually presented items (C)
Discriminate between real and imaginary content
Recognize common environmental print such as common signs and logos (C)
Participate in choral speaking and creative drama (I)
Repeat words and phrases in poems, stories and songs (I)
Recognize words in a familiar context (I)
Recall orally a series of three visually presented items (C)
Recognize common environmental print such as
Week 9
Date__________
COMMON
ASSESSMENTS
REVIEW
AND
PREVIEW
Kindergarten Language Arts Curriculum Map
2005-06
common signs and logos (C)
Explore the identification of beginning, middle and end of stories (I)
Use words that signal sequence relationships such as first, next, and last (I)
Interprets pictures to identify main idea, sequence of events and prediction of
logical outcomes (I)
Writing
Workshop
Write own first name with capital initial letter.
Write own first name with capital initial letter.
Express ideas using pictures, letters and words
Express ideas using pictures, letters and words
Dictate words, sentences and stories
Dictate words, sentences and stories
Copy simple shapes, designs, numerals and letters
Copy simple shapes, designs, numerals and letters
Cut on straight and curved lines
Cut on straight and curved lines
Demonstrate an understanding that print makes sense by reading and
explaining own writings and drawings
Demonstrate an understanding that print makes sense by reading and
explaining own writings and drawings
Use left to right and top to bottom directionality in writing
Use left to right and top to bottom directionality in writing
Use examples from literature to create individual and group stories (I)
Use examples from literature to create individual and group stories (I)
Point out a capital letter and a small letter
Explore the use of a pictionary or dictionary to identify words (C)
Point out a capital letter and a small letter
Relate sounds and letters
Relate sounds and letters
Verbalize consonant sound when shown the consonant letter
Verbalize consonant sound when shown the consonant letter
Identify and match each upper and lower case letter of the alphabet
Identify and match each upper and lower case letter of the alphabet
Recognize rhyming words
Recognize rhyming words
Point out a letter, a word and two words that are same
Point out a letter, a word and two words that are same
Word Study
Recognizes simple opposites (I)
Explore the uses of the media center, picture books, audiovisual resources and
available technology for reading and writing (C)
COMMON
ASSESSMENTS
REVIEW
AND PREVIEW
COMMON
ASSESSMENTS
REVIEW
AND PREVIEW
Kindergarten Language Arts Curriculum Map
2005-06
Third
Nine Weeks
Weeks 1 – 4
Date______________
Weeks 5-8
Date _____________
Listen to a variety of literary forms, including stories and poems
Listen to a variety of literary forms, including stories and poems
Increase vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interest
and knowledge
A
L
Listen and speak in informal conversations
L with peers and adults
Increase vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interest and knowledge
Listen to, select and explore a variety of traditional,
contemporary, and
Y
multicultural material for pleasure or for E
own purposes
A
R
Increase vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interest and knowledge
Listen to, select and explore a variety of traditional, contemporary, and
multicultural material for pleasure or for own purposes
Listen attentively to respond to questions and to follow one- to two-step
directions
Listen attentively to respond to questions and to follow one- to two-step
directions
Identify own first and last name in print
Identify own first and last name in print
Relate written language to spoken language
Relate written language to spoken language
Explore common words such as colors, numbers, names and places
Explore common words such as colors, numbers, names and places
Relationship words: (all of prior words) behind, above, below, under, in,
on, out of, between, left, right
Relationship words: (all of prior words) behind, above, below, under, in,
on, out of, between, left, right
Begin to discriminate between spoken words and sentences
Begin to discriminate between spoken words and sentences
Distinguish between written letters, words and sentences
Distinguish between written letters, words and sentences
Responds to literal questions about the story
Responds to literal questions about the story
Demonstrate principles of directionality by holding print materials in the
correct position and using left-to-right and top-to-bottom
Demonstrate principles of directionality by holding print materials in the
correct position and using left-to-right and top-to-bottom
Tell stories with wordless picture books and picture sequences
Tell stories with wordless picture books and picture sequences
Sequence events of a story, sequence pictures to tell stories
Sequence events of a story, sequence pictures to tell stories
Predict story events and outcomes
Predict story events and outcomes
Discriminate between real and imaginary content
Discriminate between real and imaginary content
Respond to literal, inferential and evaluative questions about the story
Respond to literal, inferential and evaluative questions about the story
Communicate effectively when using descriptive language, relating
experiences and retelling stories
Communicate effectively when using descriptive language, relating
experiences and retelling stories
Participate in choral speaking and creative drama (I)
Participate in choral speaking and creative drama (I)
Week 9
Date__________
ONGOING
Reading
Workshop
Listen and speak in informal conversations with peers and adults
Increase vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interest and knowledge
COMMON
ASSESSMENTS
REVIEW
AND
PREVIEW
Kindergarten Language Arts Curriculum Map
2005-06
Writing
Workshop
Repeat words and phrases in poems, stories and songs (I)
Repeat words and phrases in poems, stories and songs (I)
Recognize words in a familiar context (I)
Recognize words in a familiar context (I)
Explore the identification of beginning, middle and end of stories (I)
Explore the identification of beginning, middle and end of stories (I)
Use words that signal sequence relationships such as first, next, and last (I)
Use words that signal sequence relationships such as first, next, and last (I)
Interprets pictures to identify main idea, sequence of events, prediction of
logical outcomes (I)
Interprets pictures to identify main idea, sequence of events, prediction of
logical outcomes (I)
Recall orally a series of three visually presented items (C)
Recall orally a series of three visually presented items (C)
Recognize common environmental print such as common signs and logos (C)
Write own first and last name with capital initial letter.
Recognize common environmental print such as
common signs and logos (C)
Write own first and last name with capital initial letter.
Express ideas using pictures, letters and words
Express ideas using pictures, letters and words
Dictate words, sentences and stories
Dictate words, sentences and stories
Copy simple shapes, designs, numerals and letters
Copy simple shapes, designs, numerals and letters
Cuts on straight, curved lines
Cuts on straight, curved lines
Demonstrate an understanding that print makes sense by reading and
explaining own writings and drawings
Demonstrate an understanding that print makes sense by reading and
explaining own writings and drawings
Use left to right and top to bottom directionality in writing
Use left to right and top to bottom directionality in writing
Use examples from literature to create individual and group stories (I)
Use examples from literature to create individual and group stories (I)
Explore the use of a pictionary or dictionary to identify words (C)
Explore the use of a pictionary or dictionary to identify words (C)
Explore prewriting, drafting, revising, editing and publishing (I)
Point out a capital letter and a small letter
Explore prewriting, drafting, revising, editing and publishing (I)
Point out a capital letter and a small letter
Relate sounds and letters
Relate sounds and letters
Verbalize consonant sound when shown the consonant letter
Verbalize consonant sound when shown the consonant letter
Identify and match each upper and lower case letter of the alphabet
Identify and match each upper and lower case letter of the alphabet
Recognize rhyming words
Recognize rhyming words
Point out a letter, a word and two words that are the same
Point out a letter, a word and two words that are the same
Recognizes simple opposites (I)
Recognizes simple opposites (I)
Word Study
COMMON
ASSESSMENTS
REVIEW
AND PREVIEW
COMMON
ASSESSMENTS
REVIEW
AND PREVIEW
Kindergarten Language Arts Curriculum Map
2005-06
Explore the uses of the media center, picture books, audiovisual resources and
available technology for reading and writing (C)
Explore the uses of the media center, picture books, audiovisual resources and
available technology for reading and writing (C)
Kindergarten Language Arts Curriculum Map
2005-06
Weeks 1 – 4
Date______________
Fourth
Nine Weeks
Listen to a variety of literary forms, including stories and poems
ONGOING
Increase vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interest
and knowledge
A
L
Listen and speak in informal conversations
L with peers and adults
Listen to, select and explore a variety of traditional,
contemporary, and multicultural material for pleasure
Y
or for own purposes
E
A
R
Listen attentively to respond to questions and to follow one- to two-step directions
Weeks 5-8
Date _____________
Week 9
Date__________
Listen to a variety of literary forms, including stories and
poems
Increase vocabulary to reflect a growing range of interest
and knowledge
Listen and speak in informal conversations with peers
and adults
Listen to, select and explore a variety of traditional,
contemporary, and multicultural material for pleasure or
for own purposes
Listen attentively to respond to questions and to
follow one- to two-step directions
Identify own first and last name in print
COMMON
ASSESSMENTS
Identify own first and last name in print
Relate written language to spoken language
Reading
Workshop
Relate written language to spoken language
Explore common words such as colors, numbers, names and places
Explore common words such as colors, numbers,
names and places
Relationship words: (all of prior words) behind, above, below, under, in, on, out of, between, left,
right
Relationship words: (all of prior words) behind,
above, below, under, in, on, out of, between, left, right
Begin to discriminate between spoken words and sentences
Distinguish between written letters, words and sentences
Responds to literal questions about the story
Demonstrate principles of directionality by holding print materials in the correct position and using
left-to-right and top-to-bottom
Tell stories with wordless picture books and picture sequences
Sequence events of a story, sequence pictures to tell stories
Predict story events and outcomes
Begin to discriminate between spoken words and
sentences
Distinguish between written letters, words and
sentences
Responds to literal questions about the story
Demonstrate principles of directionality by holding
print materials in the correct position and using leftto-right and top-to-bottom
Tell stories with wordless picture books and picture
sequences
Discriminate between real and imaginary content
Respond to literal, inferential and evaluative questions about the story
Sequence events of a story, sequence pictures to tell
stories
Communicate effectively when using descriptive language, relating experiences and retelling stories
Predict story events and outcomes
Participate in choral speaking and creative drama (I)
Discriminate between real and imaginary content
REVIEW
AND
PREVIEW
Kindergarten Language Arts Curriculum Map
2005-06
Repeat words and phrases in poems, stories and songs (I)
Respond to literal, inferential and evaluative
questions about the story
Recognize words in a familiar context (I)
Explore the identification of beginning, middle and end of stories (I)
Communicate effectively when using descriptive
language, relating experiences and retelling stories
Use words that signal sequence relationships such as first, next, and last (I)
Participate in choral speaking and creative drama (I)
Interprets pictures to identify main idea, sequence of events, prediction of logical outcomes (I)
Repeat words and phrases in poems, stories and songs (I)
Interprets pictures to identify cause-effect (I)
Recognize words in a familiar context (I)
Recall orally a series of three visually presented items (C)
Explore the identification of beginning, middle and end
of stories (I)
Recognize common environmental print such as
common signs and logos (C)
Use words that signal sequence relationships such as first,
next, and last (I)
Interprets pictures to identify main idea, sequence of
events, prediction of logical outcomes
Interprets pictures to identify cause-effect (I)
Recall orally a series of three visually presented items
(C)
Writing
Workshop
Write own first name with capital initial letter.
Recognize common environmental print such as
common signs and logos (C)
Write own first name with capital initial letter.
Express ideas using pictures, letters and words
Express ideas using pictures, letters and words
Dictate words, sentences and stories
Dictate words, sentences and stories
Copy simple shapes, designs, numerals and letters
Copy simple shapes, designs, numerals and letters
Cut on straight and curved lines
Cut on straight and curved lines
Demonstrate an understanding that print makes sense by reading and explaining own writings and
drawings
Demonstrate an understanding that print makes sense
by reading and explaining own writings and drawings
Use left to right and top to bottom directionality in writing
Use left to right and top to bottom directionality in
writing
Use examples from literature to create individual and group stories (I)
Explore prewriting, drafting, revising, editing and publishing (I)
Explore the use of a pictionary or dictionary to identify words (C)
Use examples from literature to create individual and
group stories (I)
Explore prewriting, drafting, revising, editing and
publishing (I)
COMMON
ASSESSMENTS
REVIEW
AND PREVIEW
Kindergarten Language Arts Curriculum Map
2005-06
Explore the use of a pictionary or dictionary to identify
words (C)
Point out a capital letter and a small letter
Point out a capital letter and a small letter
Relate sounds and letters
Relate sounds and letters
Verbalize consonant sound when shown the consonant letter
Verbalize consonant sound when shown the consonant
letter
Word Study
Identify and match each upper and lower case letter of the alphabet
Recognize rhyming words
Identify and match each upper and lower case letter
of the alphabet
Point out a letter, a word and two words that are the same
Recognize rhyming words
Explore the uses of the media center, picture books, audiovisual resources and available technology for
reading and writing (C)
Point out a letter, a word and two words that are the
same
Explore the uses of the media center, picture books,
audiovisual resources and available technology for
reading and writing (C)
COMMON
ASSESSMENTS
REVIEW
AND PREVIEW