Kindergarten Yearlong Ongoing
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Instructional Goals |
Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Alphabet |
Land of the Letter People Program, |
Upper and lower case letter identification, letter/sound recognition. |
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Phonemic Awareness and Concepts of Print |
Various activities are interwoven into our Thematic Units. Big Books, Daily Message, Charts, Posters, Journals |
Rhyming, segmentation, blending, book handling, awareness of print/message, directional rules, high frequency words |
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Instructional Goals |
Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Shape & Color review |
Shape Parade/Mathland |
Square, rectangle, rhomus, circle, triangle, oval |
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Ocean |
Traveling Tide pool |
ocean |
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Tide pool |
Books: |
sea star |
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Coral reef |
A House for Hermit Crab |
bi-valve |
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Shore |
Swimmy |
Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian |
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Patterns and Sorting |
Big Science – Ocean Life |
tide pool |
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Rainbow Fish |
coral reef |
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Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor |
exoskeleton (endoskeleton) |
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Mini Units: |
Down By the Sea |
regenerate |
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Mini Unit: Apples, Nature |
apple graph, Nature Walk |
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Instructional Goals |
Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Continue Ocean Unit |
Live Tide Pool Demonstration |
Sea stars, sea urchins, baleen, horseshoe crabs |
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Fire Safety (stop, drop, roll, fire plan: two ways out, meeting place, 911) |
Learn Not to Burn |
Stop, drop, & Roll, Crawl under smoke |
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Sing It Say It (CD) |
smoke detector, alarm meeting place |
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Halloween |
Halloween books & Spooky House Math |
AB, ABC Patterns |
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Instructional Goals |
Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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All About Me |
Uniquely Me Chart |
unique |
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Family |
Books: |
favorite |
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Friends |
I Like Me |
measure |
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Future goals |
All About You |
family |
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Address |
My Hands |
friends |
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Phone number |
The Five Senses |
senses |
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Five senses |
Self portraits |
graph |
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Measurement (height, hands, feet) |
MathLand |
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Future goals |
All About You |
family |
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Address |
My Hands |
friends |
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Phone number |
The Five Senses |
senses |
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Five senses |
Self portraits |
graph |
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Measurement (height, hands, feet) |
MathLand |
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Instructional Goals |
Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Family Celebrations |
Family Traditions |
holiday |
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Sharing Times |
sharing |
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Books: |
tradition |
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Mini: Winter |
The Giving Tree |
celebration |
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Claude the Dog |
giving |
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The Snowy Day |
winter |
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Instructional Goals |
Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Dinosaurs |
Museum of Science |
names of dinosaurs |
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Names of dinosaurs |
Magic School Bus- Dinosaurs CD ROM |
herbivore |
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Counting, Comparing sizes |
Dino-counters, MathLand |
carnivore |
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Carnivores |
Excavation Kits |
omnivore |
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Herbivores |
Books: |
fossils |
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Omnivores |
Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp |
extinct |
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Daniel’s Dinosaurs |
excavate |
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If the Dinosaurs Came Back |
paleontologist |
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Patrick’s Dinosaur |
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Digging up Dinosaurs |
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My Visit to the Dinosaurs |
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We Sing: Dinosaurs |
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Instructional Goals |
Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Clifford / Author study: Norman Bridwell |
Norman Bridwell video |
first |
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Books: |
second |
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Pet Care |
Clifford the Big Red Dog |
third |
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Journal writing |
Clifford’s Family |
author |
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Measurement |
Clifford Gets a Job |
Journal |
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Clifford’s Manners |
pet care |
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Mini Unit: Valentine’s Day |
Clifford the Small Red Puppy |
veterinarian |
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Counting to 100 |
(Various other Clifford Titles) |
breed |
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Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for the 100th Day |
hundred |
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The 100th Day of School |
tens |
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MathLand |
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Instructional Goals |
Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Author Study: Dr. Seuss |
Books: |
word families |
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rhyming and rhythm |
The Cat in the Hat |
rhyme |
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cooking |
Green Eggs and Ham |
nonsense words |
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Hop on Pop |
recipe |
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(Various other Dr. Seuss Titles) |
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The Cat in the Hat |
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Dr. Seuss videos |
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Green Eggs and Ham Breakfast |
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Instructional Goals |
Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Author Study: Beatrix Potter |
Beatrix Potter Videos |
exert |
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Books: |
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Sequence (first, second, third, fourth) |
The Tale of Peter Rabbit |
implore |
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Comparing numbers |
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny |
fortnight |
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Patterns |
The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck |
pinafore |
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Cooperation |
The Tailor of Gloucester |
twist |
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Mathland Units |
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Story Map Carrots |
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Egg Math (using rabbits, eggs and chicks erasers) |
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Rabbit visit and talk |
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Instructional Goals |
Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Grocery Store |
Books: |
food groups |
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Nutrition |
Tommy at the Grocery Store |
dairy |
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Food Groups |
On Market Street |
produce |
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Grouping |
Shopping |
meat |
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Money |
26 Letters and 99 Cents |
fruit |
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Transportation |
Transportation Theme Box: Airplanes by Byron Barton The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper The Wheels On The Bus by Mary Ann Kovalski Load ‘Em UpTrucks by Deborah Pearson |
Vehicles |
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Mini Unit: Young Authors |
Eating the Alphabet |
vegetables |
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Field trip to Roche Bros. |
bakery |
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MathLand |
author |
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Classroom Store |
illustrator |
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Nutrition baskets |
publish |
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binding |
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Instructional Goals |
Resources/Tools |
Key Vocabulary |
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Author Study/Eric Carle |
Eric Carle Video |
metamorphosis |
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Insects |
Butterfly Kit |
caterpillar |
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Patterns |
Books: |
chrysalis |
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Symmetry |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
insect |
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Geometry/Shapes |
The Very Quiet Cricket |
abdomen |
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The Grouchy Lady Bug |
thorax |
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(Other Eric Carle Titles) |
antenna |
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MathLand |
symmetry |
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Mini Unit: Mother Goose |
Mother Goose Play |
collage |