K+Language+Arts

1.How can Families Change? 2.What are the family changes we read about? 3.What are some of the things we can do with our families? 4.How are we different from the people in our families? 5. Do friends always like the same things? 6.What games do you like to play outside? 7.Some friends like the country and some like the city. Which do you like? 8. Who can be a friends 9. Can a brother be a friend? Can a cousin be a friend? 10. What do you do when you meet a new friend? 11.What do you like best about having a friend? 12. Why is it important to have a friend? || Phonics:
 * ~ [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/editor/insert_table.gif]]Unit ||~ Start Date (duration) ||~ Essential Questions ||~ Content / Concepts ||~ Skills/Core ||~ Texts ||~ Supporting / Supplementary Materials || **Assessment** ||
 * 1: Families || Beginning of Sept. (3 weeks) || MM-

A group: s,a,m,p sounds and blend

HF Words: We, the Like a

animal parent & baby names || Comprehension: Making Predictions

research skills collaborating with a partner

phonemic awareness and connection

Map classroom

Then/Now -What you could do as a bay and what you could do now || Whose Baby Am I? The Picnic at Apple Park Peter's Chair Jennifer Bing ,Why don't you sing? What do you like? Country Mouse & City Mouse Friends All around Oral vocab cards:Brer turtle Helps out Fable:The Lion & The Mouse

App:
 * Family Fun
 * Time to Eat
 * Reading as we Grow
 * I am in my attic
 * We like
 * We like Sam
 * Pen pals
 * Animal friends

On:
 * We Can
 * Family Dinner
 * I Grow Up
 * I am in my attic
 * We like the playground
 * Sam likes school
 * We like Sam
 * We can share

Beyond:
 * Animal Families
 * Pot Luck Supper
 * Dinner at Home
 * Same likes school
 * Pen pals
 * I like my friends || //include the website of the videos for research//

//Treasures web sight// || Treasures Assessment

Observational assessment at work center ||
 * Smart Start || Beginning of School (3 weeks) ||  || HF Words: I, can

Letter Recognition: Review all letters

Phonemic Awareness: Phoneme isolation Recognizing Rhymes || Recognize the alphabet

letter sound correspondence || Animals in the Park: An ABC Book Hands Can Jazz Baby || Starfall/ABCYA.com || Letter- sound checklist

Treasures || Friends || Beginning of October duration 3 weeks || what would the world be without friends?
 * 2:

what is a friend? can a brother, cousin be a friend? || HFW: Like, A

Phonics; s: initial and final p: initial and final || Comprehension: Asking questions including identifying charachter and compare and contrast || Big Books: What Do You Like ,Friends All Around

Approaching:
 * We Like
 * Animal Friends
 * Hats

On:
 * We Like the Playground
 * We Can Share
 * We Like Painting

Beyond: Duration 3 weeks || transport= movement people move for 3 food/water shelter/relationship
 * Sam Likes School
 * I Like My Friends
 * Ice Skating Fun! || starfall/abcya.com ||  ||
 * 3; Transportation || End of October/ Beginning of November
 * vacations*

why do people move?

how does transportation help people move? now? before? || HFW: See, Go

Phonics: T & I || Comprehension: Make and Confirm predictions, identify plot understanding before and now (earlier times vs now)

sorting matching sequencing categories || Big Books: The Bus For Us On the Go, Duck on a Bike

Approaching:
 * Bear Goes to Town
 * It Can Go Up
 * Pigs On Wheels

On:
 * Tig Can See,
 * Fast or Slow?
 * Pig's Trip

Beyond:
 * How They Go
 * The Train Trip
 * Chip Likes Nuts || video eg maasi tribes in kenya

puzzles

pictures of types of transportation ||  || 3 weeks || Morning Messages
 * 4: Food || December

Essential ones......
 * How does the food get from the farm to us?
 * How do you get a garden to grow?
 * What have you learned about the foods you eat? || HFW: to, have

Phonics: n, k, c || Comprehension: Summarize, Identify Sequence, make inferences

Phonemic Awareness:

Fluency

Language Arts: Grammar: action words Writing:shared,interactive,independent,journal and sentence,menu,recipe || Big Books: Apple Farmer Annie, Our Special Sweet Potato Pie, Yoko

Approaching:
 * Food For a Day,
 * We Have Vegetables!
 * Good Food All Year Long

On:
 * We Pick Food!,
 * Let's Have Dinner
 * Thanksgiving

Beyond:
 * What Is It?
 * Foods That Grow
 * How Corn Grows || food pyramid game and website ||  ||
 * 5. Animals || December/January (3 weeks) || Morning Message

Essential ones... /f/o/
 * What is a way to keep a pet health?
 * What is a way baby animals grow and change?
 * How do different animals play?
 * Is it good to take an animal home to play with?
 * Is a pond a good home for a duck or a dog?
 * How is a desert different from a river?
 * || phonics:
 * || phonics:

HFW: play,is

word families: _at,_an,_am,_op, || oral Language: Phonemic Awareness oral Vocabulary Morning Messages

Language Arts: writing -shared,independent,journal || Big Books: Mama Cat has three Kittens,Animal Babies ABC

Read Aloud Anthology: Mole & The Baby Bird

Approaching:
 * Where is it?
 * Baby animals?
 * Time to play

On level:
 * Animals in nature
 * Animals and their babies
 * We can play

Beyond level:
 * Good pets
 * Animal babies
 * Nature Park || * zoo-camera online
 * National geographic website
 * types of animals online ||  ||
 * 6. Neighborhood || January (3 weeks) || Morning Message:

Essential ones.... /d/,/h/,/r/
 * Who is a neighbor?
 * What are some jobs people do at the firehouse?
 * What are some special places in your neighborhood?
 * What are some places in your neighborhood? Who can find you there?
 * What are some ways you can help a neighbor?
 * What are some things neighborhood workers do for you?
 * What would be the best job for you someday? Why?
 * || Phonics:

HFW: are,you for || Oral Language: Phonemic awareness Oral Vocab

Reading/writing(handwriting,journals,sentences)

Fluency || Big Book: Russ and the Firehouse,Bis Stops

Read Aloud: Alicia's Happy Day

Readers: A:
 * In my neighborhood
 * People who help
 * We work for you

O:
 * Where are you?
 * This is for you
 * Panda House

B: Kinds of weather,Seasons,How weather affects us || January-February || Morning Message:
 * Places in the neighborhood
 * The Good idea
 * Bunny Town helper || * map ( neighborhood ,state,country)
 * __**State project**__ (each child researches a state and presents it on a poster -favorite places,state bird,state food etc...) ||  ||
 * 7. Weather-

/b/, /l/ ,/e/ _it,_ib,_id word families
 * What is the weather like today?
 * What do you see outside this school when it rains?
 * Do you know what the weather will be tomorrow?
 * This week we read about all kinds of weather, which do you like best?
 * || Phonics:

HFW: this,do,and,what || Oral Language: Build background, Oral vocabulary,Phonemic awareness, writing (shared,journal, interactive) || Big Books: In the yard A rainy day

Book: Bear snores on

Readers:

A:
 * Do you like rain?
 * What can Len do?
 * What can we do?

O:
 * What can you do?
 * Go and play
 * In the snow

B:
 * Look at the weather
 * How the bear lost his tail
 * The Woodpecker || Weather graph ||  ||