TCSD Pacing Guide September-January- Kindergarten
| Subject Area/Focus | September | October | November | December | January |
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Skills (Fundations, Spelling) |
Fundations Intro Unit 1- Week 1-2 Lowercase letters Fine motor skills forming skyline letters, print/word awareness |
Unit 1 Week 3-6 Lowercase letters Fine motor skills forming lowercase letters, print/word awareness, story retelling, rhyming books |
Unit 1 Week 7-10 Lowercase letters Lowercase letters Fine motor skills forming lowercase letters, print/word awareness, beginning and final sounds, rhyming books |
Unit 1 Week 11-12 Unit 1 Test Unit 2 Week 1 +fluency and phrasing choral reading, teach to tap, blending, abc order, reading CVC |
Unit 2 Week 2-4 Unit 2 Test Unit 3 Week 1 +Uppercase letter formation |
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Literacy Learning (Domains/Modules) |
Domain 1 (16)Nursery Rhymes and Fables Demonstrate familiarity with particular nursery rhymes and fables Describe the characters and/or events in nursery rhymes and fables Recite certain nursery rhymes Identify rhyming words in nursery rhymes Identify lines that repeat in nursery rhymes Identify dialogue in nursery rhymes and fables Explain that fables teach a lesson that is stated as the moral of the story Identify the moral of fables Explain how animals often act as people in fables (personification) |
Domain 2 (12) The Five Senses Identify and describe the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste ,and touch Identify the body parts associated with the five senses Provide simple explanations about how the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin work Describe how the five senses help people learn about their world Describe some ways people take care of their bodies Describe some ways the five senses help protect people from harm Describe the experiences and challenges of someone who is blind or deaf Explain the contributions of Ray Charles Explain the contributions of Helen Keller |
Domain 3 (14) Stories Listen to and demonstrate familiarity with stories, including the ideas they express Explain that stories that are made-up and come from a writer’s imagination are called fiction Identify the beginning, middle, and end of a given story Identify the sequence of events in a given story Identify the characters of a given story Identify the plot of a given story Identify the setting of a given story Identify the characteristics of subgenres of fiction, including folktales and trickster tales Reading |
Domain 4 (15) Plants Begin Domain 5 Farms Explain that different kinds of plants grow in different environments Explain that plants are living things Describe what plants need to live and grow: food, water,air, and light Identify the root, stem, branch, leaf, flower, fruit, and seed of a plant Explain that roots anchor the plant and take in water and nutrients Explain that stems support the plant and carry water and nutrients to the various parts of the plant Explain that the plant makes its food in its leaves Explain that seeds are the beginnings of new plants Explain the basic life cycle of plants Explain that some plants produce fruit to hold seeds Compare and contrast the fruits and seeds of different plants Identify the parts of specific plants that are eaten by people Identify the petals on a flower Describe how bees collect nectar and pollen Describe how bees make and use honey Describe the important role bees play in plant pollination Demonstrate familiarity with the tall tale “Johnny Appleseed” Compare and contrast deciduous and evergreen trees Explain that deciduous trees are a type of plant that loses its leaves in the fall and becomes dormant in the winter Explain that evergreen trees are a type of plant that stays green all year and does not become dormant in the winter Identify how deciduous trees are important to people and nature Identify things that plants provide to people: oxygen, food, and important products Describe the life and scientific achievements of George Washington Carver |
Domain 5 (13) Farms Explain what a farm is Describe a farmer’s and a shepherd’s jobs Identify animals found on farms and the sounds animals make Identify buildings found on farms Identify machines and tools of farming Demonstrate familiarity with the songs “Bingo” and “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” Identify needs of farm animals: food, water, and space to live and grow Describe how farm animal babies need to be fed and cared for by their parents or people Explain why farmers raise animals Identify foods that come from animals Explain why farmers grow crops Identify crops as plants grown on farms for use as food Describe how some food comes from farms as crops Sequence the seasonal rhythm of planting, growing, and harvesting Describe how farmers protect their crops from drought, and pests Sequence events of crops from farm to store (planted, harvested, transported, packaged)
Domain 6 Native Americans (12) Recall that Native Americans were the first-known inhabitants of North America Explain that there are many tribes of Native Americans Explain that although there are many diverse tribes of Native Americans, they all needed food, clothing, and shelter to survive Explain the importance of the buffalo to the Lakota Sioux Describe the nomadic lifestyle of the Lakota Sioux Describe the food, clothing, and shelter of the Lakota Sioux, the Wampanoag, and the Lenape Describe the environment in which the Lakota Sioux, the Wampanoag, and the Lenape lived Describe aspects of the Lakota Sioux, Wampanoag, and Lenape culture Identify the Wampanoag and Lenape as tribes that settled in a particular area rather than ones that moved from place to place Explain that Native Americans still live in the United States today Explain how some Native Americans today keep alive some of the traditions and practices of their ancestors |
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Writing |
Name Writing Weekly News Class Book Class Chart Illustrate a Read Aloud Picture matches story |
Weekly News Class Book Illustrate a Read Aloud Picture matches story Story Sequence-3 box planning b,m,e |
+fiction vs. non-fiction, choosing a topic to write about, Does your story have a character? Response to reading-Favorite part, character, etc. |
+Labeling, diagram, non-fiction book, 3 box planning, table of contents |
+compare and contrast, venn diagram |
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Vocabulary |
rhyme roses sweet violets ashes ring away character pouring snoring candlestick nimble plum fetch pail tumbling beside frightened market roast beef buckle wish diamond twinkle wonder struck stockings sheep wagging haystack meadow under lane wool great together disturbed favor gnawing grateful feast greedy reflection stream boasting darted steadily |
SV LESSON 1- Words Are Like Faces SV LESSON 2-There's A Cow In The Road! SV LESSON 3- Molly Rides The Schoolbus
amazing harm sight smell taste touch iris leap protect pupil echo invisible sound waves vibrate volume molecules mucus nostrils scents smell receptors congested flavorful pucker saliva taste buds nerves sensitive skin texture blind disability disease opportunity remarkable deaf disobedient frustrated sensations |
SV LESSON 4-Rainy Day Play SV Lesson 5- Stop That Pickle! SV Lesson 6-We're Going on a Bear Hunt!
Lesson 1 acorn character den fiction sly Lesson 2 blazing chimney huff plot puff Lesson 3 creaked gobble longed scarcely setting Lesson 4 bleated disguise kids miller terrified Lesson 5 musician panting perched Lesson 6 island pheasant swooped Lesson 7 brush journey perilous swayed Lesson 8 compassion enormous fragrances misused Lesson 9 peep startled suddenly wee Lesson 10 boast bold foolishness might |
SV LESSON 7-The Squirrel SV LESSON 8- We All Went on Safari SV LESSON 9- Friend Frog
Lesson 1 environment nutrients plants, n. plant, v. soil Lesson 2 flowers leaves photosynthesis roots seeds stems survival Lesson 3 germinate life cycle mature sapling seedlings Lesson 4 budge gigantic stew Lesson 5 honey nectar petals pollen pollination Lesson 6 blossoms core fruit produce scrumptious Lesson 7 eventually hero orchards Lesson 8 bare deciduous dormant habitat sheds Lesson 9 cones conifers deciduous evergreen needles Lesson 10 bouquet lumberjack medicines oxygen provide Lesson 11 botanist botany canvas crops |
SV LESSON 10- Mr. Umaga's Birthday SV LESSON 11- There Was an Old Lady SV LESSON 12- Griz's Pet
Lesson 1 crops harvest pastures shelter tools Lesson 2 grazing herd produces Lesson 3 collects hatch peck perching Lesson 4 litter raise valuable wallow Lesson 5 fleece flock responsibilities shepherd stray Lesson 6 edible grains produce Lesson 7 dough ripe weeds Lesson 8 drought fertilizer irrigate pests pesticides Lesson 9 canning earn livestock processed spoil Lesson 1 borrow coast deserts roamed shelter tribes Lesson 2 agile galloping sacred warriors Lesson 3 chief mischief parfl eche travois Lesson 4 fi nally horizon hunting party succulent Lesson 5 bay feast rockweed wading Lesson 6 burrows harvested trekked wigwam Lesson 7 canoes moccasins tipis totem poles Lesson 8 harmony powwows traditions
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Grammar |
Capital letters in names |
Punctuation marks Capital Letters in Names, beginning of sentences |
+introduce: quotation marks, question marks, exclamation points |
+using capitals, and periods appropriately |
+ Capatilize "I", spell CVC words |
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Science |
-MATERIALS IN OUR WORLD Getting To Know Wood
TREES AND WEATHER Investigation 3
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TREES AND WEATHER Investigation 2 Observing Leaves
DOMAINS Five Senses Body Parts |
TREES AND WEATHER Investigation 4 (1-3)
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ANIMALS TWO BY TWO Goldfish and Guppies- The Structure of Goldfish
DOMAINS Parts of a Plant Life Cycle of a Plant Trees |
ANIMALS TWO BY TWO Water and Land Snails - Observing Water Snails - Shells -Land Snails
DOMAINS Farm Seasons |
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Social Studies |
Creating a Classroom Community
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Communties/Farms |
Native Americans/Domain 6 Holidays |
Native Americans/Domain 6 |
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Mathematics |
Domain: Counting and Cardinality Topic 1- 1-5 (9) |
Domain: Counting and Cardinality Topic 2: Comparing and Ordering 0-5 (10) Topic 3: 6-10 (9) |
Domain: Counting and Cardinality Topic 3: 6-10 (9) Topic 4: Comparing and Ordering 0-10 (12) |
Domain: Counting and Cardinality Operations and Algebraic Thinking Topic 5: Numbers to 20 (7) Topic 7: Understanding Addition (9) |
Domain: Operations and Algebraic Thinking Topic 7: Understanding Subtraction (9) |
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Mentor Texts |
Kissing Hand Treasury of Nursery Rhymes Knuffle Bunny Series The Lion and the Mouse Rainbow Fish |
Pete the Cat Series The Five Senses Series Polar Bear, Polar Bear My Five Senses It Looked Like Spilt Milk |
Cinderella Goldilocks and The Three Bears Henny Penny Little Red Riding Hood The Little Red Hen
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Eating The Alphabet Growing Vegtable Soup I Am a Seed Planting a Rainbow I am an Apple I am a Leaf |
From Seed To pumpkin Farming |
