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Subject: Language Arts Calendar :3 Nine Weeks
Timeframe: 9
weeks
Level/Grade:
Kindergarten
Unit Objectives
After completing the theme, most children should show progress toward mastery of the following skills:
Concepts of Print:
 Directionality
 Pictures and Text
 Poetry
 Letters and Words
 Punctuation
 High-Frequency Words
Phonemic Awareness:
 Blend Phonemes
 Middle Sound
 Segment Phonemes
 Substitue Phonemes
Phonics and Decoding:
 Letters/Sound: short i
 Blending Words
 Letter/Sound: g
 Letter/Sound: r
 Letter/Sound: d
 Letter/Sound: b
 Letter/Sound: 0
 Letter/Sound: x
 Letter/ sound: j
 Decodable Readers
Vocabulary and High Frequency Words:
 Read High-Frequency Words it, how, find, this, will, be, go, for,are, now, is, make, play, good, said
 Classify and Categorize: Science Words
 Multiple-Meaning Words
 Rhyme
 Antonyms
 Synonyms
 Classify/Categorize: Number Words
 Figurative Language: Simile
Comprehension:
 Cause and Effect, Infer/Predict
 Details, Summarize
 Conclusions, Infer/Predict
 Author’s Purpose: Analyze/Evaluate
 Cause and Effect: Question
 Sequence of Events: Visualize
 Sequence of Events: Analyze/Evaluate
 Story Structure: Analyze/Evaluate
Literary Response:
 Identify elements of a story including setting, characters, and key events
 Discuss the main idea (theme) of a well-known folk tale
 Recognize recurring phrases and characters in traditional fairytales, lullabies, and folk tales from various
cultures.
 Respond to rhythm and rhyme in poetry through identifying a regular beat and similarities in word and
sounds.
 Retell a main event from a story read aloud
 Describe characters in a story and the reasons for their actions.
 Identify the topic and details in expository text heard or read, referring to the words and/or illustrations.
 Retell important facts in a text, heard or read.
 Follow pictorial directions.
 Use titles and illustrations to make predictions about the text.
Writing:
 Write letters.
 Dictate a message.
 Dictate a letter.
 Write a letter.
 Write a story.
 Personal Narrative
Listening and Speaking:
 Listen attentively by facing speakers and asking questions to clarify information.
 Follow oral directions that involve a short related sequence of actions.
 Share information and ideas by speaking audibly and clearly using the conventions of language.
Follow agreed-upon rules for discussion, including taking turns and speaking one at a time.
Lesson 14:
TLW listen to stories Turtle Splash! And Where Animals Live and answer essential question,” What causes
event in a story to happen?”
Comprehension: cause and effect, infer and predict
Fluency: read with expression
Phonics: letter/sound b, blending words
Phonemic awareness: blend phonemes and middle sound
Vocabulary Strategies: classify and categorize number words
Writing: story; focus trait: organization
Grammar: verbs in past tense
Words to know: are, now
Lesson 15:
TLW listen to stories What a Beautiful Sky? and What will the Weather Be Like? and answer the essential
question, “ Why is it improtant to know what happens first, next, and last in a selection?
Comprehension: analyze, evaluate; sequence of events
Fluency: pause for punctuation
Phonics: blending review
Phonemic Awareness: blend phonemes, middle sound
Vocabulary Strategies: figurative language: simlie
Writing: Story; Focus trait: organization
Grammar: statements
Words to know: come, me, with, my, you, what, are, now
Lesson 16:
TLW listen to stories What is Science: and Benjamin Franklin, Inventor, and answer the essential question, “
Why are details helpful?”
Comprehension: summarization and details
Fluency: pause for punctuation
Phonics: letter/sound short i, blending words
Phonemic awareness: blend phonemes, middle sound
Vocabulary strategies: classify and categorize: science words
Writing: message; focus trait: organization
Grammar: proper nouns
Words to know: is, how
Lesson 17:
TLW listen to stories I Love Bugs! and Anansi and Grasshopper and answer the essential question, “ What clues
help me figure out things the author does not tell me?”
Comprehension: inferring and predicting, drawing conclusions
Fluency: read with expression
Phonics: letter/sound g, blending words
Phonemic awareness: blend phonemes, segment phonemes
Vocabulary strategies: multiple-word meanings
Writing: message; focus trait: organization
Grammar: proper nouns for places
Words to know: find, this
Lesson 18:
TLW listen to stories In the Big Blue Sea and Poems About the Sea and answer the essential question, “ How
does knowing why the author wrote a selection help me?”
Comprehension: analyze/evaluate, author’s purpose
Fluency: read with expression
Phonics: letter/sound r , blending words
Phonemic awareness: blend phonemes, segment phonemes
Vocabulary strategies: rhyme
Writing: letter writing; focus trait: organization
Grammar: verbs in future tense
Words to know: will, be
Lesson 19:
TLW listen to stories Sheep Take a Hike and The Three Billy Goats Gruff and The Builder and the Oni and
answer the essential question, “ What causes events in a story to happen?”
Comprehension: cause and effect, strategy: questioning
Fluency: pause for punctuation
Phonics: letter/sound d, blending words
Phonemic awareness: blend phonemes, segment phonemes
Vocabulary strategies: antonyms
Writing: storywriting; focus trait: word choice
Grammar: verbs in past tense
Words to know: go, for
Lesson 20:
TLW listen to Curious George’s Dinosaur Discovery and Exploring Land and Water and answer the essential
question, “ Why is it important to know when things happen in a story?”
Comprehension: visualization and sequence of events
Fluency: Reading rate
Phonics: blending review
Phonemic awareness: blend phonemes, segment phonemes
Vocabulary Strategies: synonyms
Writing: storywriting; focus trait: word choice
Grammar: verbs- past, present, future
Words to know: is, how, find, this, will, be, go, for
Lesson 21TLW listen to the stories The Best of Friends and Poems About Friends focusing on the essential question,
“How do characters change in a story?”
Comprehension Skill- Understanding Characters and Infer/Predict
Fluency- Read with Expression
Sight Words- make, play
Phonics- Letter Sound short o and Blending Words
Phonemic Awareness- Blend and Segment
Vocabulary Strategies- Multiple Meaning Words
Writing- Lists and Organization
Grammar- Pronouns he, she, we
Lesson 22TLW listen to the stories Leo the Late Bloomer and What Can a Baby Animal Do? Focusing on the essential
question, “How do the parts of a story work together?”
Comprehension Skill- Story Structure and Analyze/Evaluate
Fluency- Reading Rate
Sight Words- said, good
Phonics- Letters/Sounds: x, j and Blending Words
Phonemic Awareness- Blend and Segment Phonemes and Substitute Phonemes
Vocabulary Strategies- Antonyms
Writing- Lists and Organization
Grammar- Pronouns: they, it, I
Activity Type:
Large Group
Small group
Discussion
Modeling
Individual Work
Guided Practice
Hands on
Handouts
TEKS:
K.2D,G
K.3A
K.4A,B
K.8A
K.10A,B
K.12A
Materials:
Student Practice Books
Vocabulary in Context Cards
Construction Paper
Scissors
Glue
Pencils
Markers
Crayons
Retelling Cards
Wipe-off Boards
Picture Cards
Sound/Spelling Cards: i, g, r, d
Alphafriend Cards: i, g, r, d
Letter/Sound Cards: i, n, r, d, s, f,
g, m, p
Word Cards: is, find, this, see,
will, be, how, now, for
K.13A
K.15
K.16A,B
K.19A,B
K.20B
K.22
RC-K(C),(D
SE Modifications:
Resources:
TA TEKS:
See individual ARDS for
individual modifications
Focus Wall
A Journey in Songs and Rhyme
A Journey from A to Z
What is Science?, Benjamin
Franklin, Inventor, Dear Mr.
Blueberry, What Is It?,
It is My Cab, My Yard, Camping
Under the Stars, In My Yard, I
Love Bugs!, Anansi and
Grasshopper, It is the Wind, Can
You Find It?, Gig Pig, Find the
Bug, Bugs! Look for Bugs, In the
Big Blue Sea, Poems About the
Sea, On-Dog Canoe, What Will it
Be? Rac is It, Let’s Swim,
Swimming, Sheep Take a Hike,
The Three Billy Goats Gruff,
Nicky and the Rainy Day, Go for
It!, D is for Dad, Summer Camp,
Going for a Hike, Fun at Camp,
Curious George’s Exploring Land
and Water, Duck & Goose, The
Big Dig, W Fit, Curious George
and the Hungry Animals, The
Animal Park, Curious George and
the Animals
Interactive Instructional Flip
Chart
Phonics Express
Type to Learn (computer lab)
Starfall (computer lab – internet)
Leave class for special assistance
Reduced Assignment
Aide Supervision
TEKS:
TEKS listed for grades K -2
Modified for grade level
1A
1B
2A
2C
3A
7A
Ready-Made Work Stations
Grab-and-Go
Smart Board
Vocabulary Kit
GT Modifications:
Evaluation Methods:
None identified
Teacher observation, question and answer, theme assessments