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TCSD Pacing Guide February -June ELA-Kindergarten

Skills

(Fundations, Spelling)

Unit 3/Week 2

Narrative story

Form-character,setting,main events

Continue with blending and segmenting of sounds in cvc words:teach trick words: the, a

Unit 3/Week 3

Continue with decoding and encoding of CVC words; teach trick words :and , are, to

Unit 3/Week 4

Distinguish between long and short vowel sounds; fluency and phrasing with echo choral reading; teach trick words is, his

Unit 3/Week 5

Distinguish /k/ sound with c and k spelling: distinguish between long and short vowels, narrative story form; teach trick words :has, as

Unit 3/Week 6

Long and short vowel sounds; narrative story form; teach trick words :has

Unit 4/Week 1

Teach digraphs: wh, ch,sh,th,ck. teach how to mark up words; Narrative story form; teach trick words : we, he ,be

Unit 4/Week 2

Continue with digraph instructions; teach trick words: be, me

Unit 4/Week 3

Teach spelling of "ck" ; phrasing for story; teach trick words I, you

Unit 4/Week 4Review tapping and spelling words with digraphs; Review spelling of /k/ sound; reading story chorally; teach trick words: they

Unit 5/Week 1

Review sentence structure; begin sentence dictation; narrative fiction vs. informational books; teach trick words or. for.

 

 

Unit 5/Week 2

Continue with sentence dictation; additional practice with fiction vs. informational; narrative structure; teach trick words of, have

Unit 5/Week 3Review sentence dictation; review reading sentences with fluency; reinforce sentence structure and spelling; reinforce narrative vs. informational books; teach trick words: from

Unit 5/Week 4Continue with reading and dictation of sentences; teach trick words : by, my

Unit 5/Week 5Reading and dictate sentences using phrasing; narrative vs. informationaltext; teach trick word : do

Unit 5/Week 6Final review of blending, segmenting of CVC words; reading and scooping to phrase sentences; dictation of sentences; teach trick word: one.

Review

Assesments

Literacy Learning

(Domains/Modules)

Domain 7 Kings and Queens (12)

 

Describe what a king or queen does

Identify and describe royal objects associated with a king or queen

Indicate that kings and queens still exist today, but that there were many more kings and queens long ago

Describe a royal family

Identify important factors (children, partnerships, arranged marriages) that ensured a royal family’s success

Describe that kings usually possess gold and other treasures

Discuss the difference between valuing relationships with people and valuing wealth

Describe the behaviors that reinforce that kings and queens are royal

Recite “Old King Cole”

Recite “Sing a Song of Sixpence”

Describe the characters, settings, and plots in fiction read-alouds

Demonstrate familiarity with a given story or poem

 

Domain 8 Weather and Seasons (12)

Demonstrate understanding of the following units of time and their relationship to one another: day, week, month, year

Name the four seasons in cyclical order, as experienced in the United States, and correctly name a few characteristics of each season

Characterize winter as generally the coldest season, summer as generally the warmest season, and spring and autumn as transitional seasons

Draw pictures that show an understanding of each season

Characterize the North and South Poles as always cold in temperature, the middle section of the earth as usually warm, and most of the United States as having four seasons

Describe daily weather conditions of their own locality in terms of temperature (hot, warm, cool, cold), cloud cover (sunny, cloudy), and precipitation (rain, snow, or sleet)

Name at least one month in a specific season while referring to a calendar

Name at least one holiday in a specific season

Describe any unique seasonal differences that are characteristic of their own locality (change of color and dropping of leaves in autumn; snow or ice in winter; increased rain and/or flooding in spring, etc.)

Identify ways in which weather affects daily routines, such as dress, activities, etc.

Identify a thermometer as an instrument used to measure temperature and describe how it works: when it is hotter outside, the liquid in the thermometer rises; when it is cooler, the liquid descends

Explain the lesson the grasshopper learns at the end of the fable “The Grasshopper and the Ants”

Identify the following characteristics of thunderstorms: heavy rain, thunder, lightning, and strong winds

Describe safe and unsafe behaviors during thunderstorms

Explain why weather prediction is important in their daily lives

Continue Domain 8

Domain 9: Columbus & the Pilgrams (13)

 

Identify the continents of Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, and South America

Explain why Europeans wanted to travel to Asia

Identify King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

Recall that 1492 was the year of Columbus’s first voyage to America

Recall the names of Columbus’s three ships: Niña, Pinta, and Santa María

Explain that Columbus’s journey was very long and difficult

Explain why Columbus called the land where he landed the Indies and the inhabitants Indians

Describe why we remember Columbus on Columbus Day

Explain why Europeans eventually thought Columbus had discovered a New World

Explain that native people were already living on the continent where Columbus’s ships landed

Identify the reasons the Pilgrims left England

Describe the Pilgrims’ voyage on the Mayflower

Explain the significance of Plymouth Rock

Describe the Pilgrims’ first interaction with the Wampanoag

Describe the Pilgrims’ first year in America

Describe the first Thanksgiving Day celebration

Continue Domain 9

Domain 10 Colonial Townspeople (14)

 

Identify the key characteristics and differences between “towns” and “the country” or “countryside” during the colonial period of American history

Explain that long ago, during the colonial period, families who lived on farms in the country were largely self-sufficient, and all family members had many daily responsibilities and chores

List similarities and differences between modern family life and colonial family life

Identify reasons why people who lived in the country traveled to town

Describe some features of colonial towns, such as a town square, shops, and adjacent buildings

Explain that tradespeople have an occupation and expertise in a particular job

Name the different kinds of tradespeople found in a colonial town

Describe the different kinds of tradespeople in a colonial town

Identify, and associate with the appropriate trade, the tools used by colonial tradespeople

Identify original plant or animal products needed to make flour and cloth

Explain how the tradespeople in colonial towns saved farming families time and effort

Describe the process of making cloth from cotton, flax, or wool

Demonstrate familiarity with “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”and “Pat-a-Cake”

Explain that ready-made clothing was not available for sale in colonial shops; clothing was made to order according to the exact measurements of each person

Explain the essential role of the blacksmith in making tools for other tradespeople

Explain the necessity of heating objects before the blacksmith can shape them

Continue Domain 10 Colonial Towns

Domain 11 Taking Care of the Earth (14)

Explain why people have a special responsibility to take care of the earth

 

Explain that Earth is composed of natural resources (land, water, and air) and that humans, plants, and animals depend on Earth’s natural resources to live

 

Explain different types of pollution, including litter, air pollution, and water pollution, and how most types of pollution are caused by people

 

Explain what happens to garbage from its creation to being dumped in the landfill; to recyclable materials from home to a recycling factory; to discarded food from the table to the compost pile to the garden; and the water cycle

 

Identify the recycling symbol and the phrase “reduce, reuse, and recycle,” and understand that recycled materials are made from items that have already been used and otherwise would be garbage

 

Identify common recyclable materials, including glass, plastic, aluminum, cardboard, and paper; and that composting is a type of recycling

 

Identify possible solutions for the problems of garbage, litter, pollution, and conserving natural resources

 

Domain 12 Presidents and American Symbols (14)

 

Name the current president of the United States

Identify the White House as the president’s home

Describe Washington, D.C., as the city in which the current president lives and where monuments of past presidents can be found

Identify the American flag

Describe the differences between a president and a king

Name George Washington as someone admired for his honesty

Identify the cherry tree story as a legend

Describe George Washington as a general who fought for American independence

Explain that George Washington led his army to victory even though his army was smaller than the British army

Identify George Washington as the first president of the United States

Explain the sacrifices George Washington made for the country

Identify Thomas Jefferson as the third president of the United States

Identify Thomas Jefferson as the primary author of the Declaration of Independence

Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence as a statement of America’s liberty

Identify the Statue of Liberty

Identify Abraham Lincoln as an important president of the United States

Explain that Abraham Lincoln was known as “Honest Abe” and why he was called that

Explain Abraham Lincoln’s role during the U.S. Civil War

Identify Theodore Roosevelt as an important president of the United States

Describe how Theodore Roosevelt’s childhood affected his life as president

Describe how Theodore Roosevelt loved the outdoors

Explain that Theodore Roosevelt worked for nature conservation

Identify Barack Obama as the forty-fourth president of the United States

Identify Barack Obama as the first African

American to be elected president of the United States

Explain the importance of education in Barack

Obama’s life and presidency

Identify the Mount Rushmore presidents

Identify Mount Rushmore as a monument

Explain that Mount Rushmore was carved on

Native American sacred land

Writing

+ Draw and label an image, Illustrate a Read-aloud, Friendly Letter

-Describe an event in sequential order

+ new story ending

+Personal Narrative

+Sequence Story Events, opinion writing

Vocabulary

SV LESSON 13-Listen To The Rain

SV LESSON 14- The Enormous Carrot

SV LESSON 15- The Flea's Sneeze

 

Lesson 1

kingdom

royal

rules

servants

Lesson 2

advantages

crown prince

disadvantages

prosperity

reign

Lesson 3

fond

gazed

satisfi ed

spoiled

treasures

Lesson 4

bowl

fi ddlers

merry

soul

Lesson 5

dainty

maid

pecked

Lesson 6

delicate

graceful

howled

Lesson 7

cinders

hearth

merriment

stumbled

tattered

Lesson 8

fairest

peddler

pity

rage

stomped

Lesson 1

characteristics

cycle

patterns

seasons

weather

Lesson 2

blizzards

cautiously

freezing point

frigid

halt

Lesson 3

blossoms

fl oods

gradually

seedlings

thaw

Lesson 4

distinct

indoors

sunscreen

thermometer

Lesson 5

chill

progresses

shed

Lesson 6

bare

future

last

personifi cation

shivering

Lesson 7

gear

severe

shelter

strike

Lesson 8

meteorologist

meteorology

record

satellites

warning

SV LESSON -16- The Raccoons That Live in Our Attic

SV LESSON - 17 -The Sleepy Doormouse

SV Lesson -18- Mickey Mouse Speaks!

 

Lesson 1

journey

ships

spices

travelers

treasures

Lesson 2

adventures

convince

fl eet

navigators

victorious

Lesson 3

cabin

crews

expedition

rulers

shore

Lesson 4

courage

discovered

explore

island

native

Lesson 5

ashamed

empire

governor

historians

Lesson 6

colonies

disappointed

explorers

religion

refused

Lesson 7

cargo

destination

glory

overboard

passenger

Lesson 8

chief

fascinated

legend

survival

tribe

Lesson 9

celebration

crops

harvest

store

wisdom

SV LESSON 19- Off We Go!

SV LESSON 20- The Night Worker

SV LESSON 21- The Koala and the Kangaroo

 

Lesson 1

apprentice

churn

country

trade

tradesperson

weave

Lesson 2

bartered

blacksmith

cobbler

everyday

rare

tailor

Lesson 3

customers

grindstones

kneaded

miller

yeast

Lesson 4

garments

loom

spindles

spinners

weavers

Lesson 5

breeches

fabric

fastened

measure

patterns

Lesson 6

attractive

elves

poor

rich

thrilled

Lesson 7

chisel

mason

mortar

patiently

trowel

Lesson 8

essential

forge

horseshoes

metal

Lesson 9

coal

downcast

haste

merry

miner

Lesson 10

grocer

peered

spirits

sympathy

SV LESSON 22- Caterpillar Garden

SV LESSON 23-The Butterfly Kiss

SV LESSON 24- Moles Can Dance

 

Lesson 1

creatures

Earth

outer space

responsibility

surface

Lesson 2

decompose

dumpster

hazardous

landfi ll

Lesson 3

conserve

decayed

natural resources

oxygen

Lesson 4

action

generate

products

recycle

reduce

Lesson 5

aluminum

furnace

solution

sorted

Lesson 6

compost

leftovers

nutrients

process

Lesson 7

litter

pollution

smog

toxic

Lesson 8

appliance

exhaust

global

harmed

Lesson 9

evaporate

pollutants

reservoirs

supply

Lesson 10

carpool

effort

organize

Lesson 1

capital

liberties

monuments

nation

president

symbol

Lesson 2

confession

honest

legend

national

respect

Lesson 3

captured

clever

colonel

general

supplies

Lesson 4

convince

defeated

monarchy

rule

spectacles

Lesson 5

admired

authors

colonists

declaration

independence

Lesson 6

proclaim

reputation

serious

Lesson 7

compassion

education

expert

governor

judge

Lesson 8

accomplishment

ancestors

humble

politics

Lesson 9

carved

determined

mines

sculptor

Grammar

+ use punctuation, introduce nouns

+nouns and verbs, using connecting words "and" & "because"

- plural nouns

-question words

Science

Big and Little Worms- The Structure of Redworms

- Redworm Behavior

-Comparing Redworms to Night Crawlers

Pill Bugs and Sow Bugs

- Isopod Observations

- Identifying Isopods

- Isopod Movement

- Animals Living Together

CONTINUE STUDY 

TREES AND WEATHER Investigation (7-9)

  • What do spring trees look like?
  • forcing twigs
  • bark hunt
  • visiting adopted trees

 

CONTIUE STUDY 

Materials In Our World-Investigation 5

  • how are rocks different?
  • what happens when soil gets wet?
  • how can we change water?
  • how can we conserve natural resources?
  • what can we make from different materials?

 

Social Studies

Needs vs. Wants/Domain 5

Native Americans/Domain 6

Columbus and the Pilgrims/Domain 9

Weather and Seasons/ Domain 8

Taking Care of the Earth/ Domain 11

American Symbols and Presidents/Domain 12

Mathematics

Domain:Counting and Cardinality

Topic 6: Numbers to 100 (7)

Domain: Operations and Algerbraic Thinking

Topic 8: Understanding Subtraction (10)

Domain: Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Topic 9 More Addition and Subtraction (11)

Domain: Number and Operations in Base Ten

Topic 10: Composing Numbers 11-19 (5)

Domain:Number and Operartions in Base Ten

Topic 11: Decomposing Numbers 11-19 (6)

Domain: Measurement and Data

Topic 12: Measurement (9)

Domain: Measurement and Data

Topic 13 Sorting, Classifying, Counting, and Categorizing Data (9)

Domain: Geometry

Topic 14 Identifying and Describing Shapes (10)

Domain: Geometry

Topic 15 Position and Location of Shapes (6)

Topic 16 Analyzing, Comparing, and Composing Shapes (6)

Mentor Texts

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