Class Reading/Language Arts: Kindergarten Instructor Bucholz____
Month Content Standards/Benchmarks Skills Assessments
Sept-May phonemic awareness and phonics Identifying letters and One on one oral assessment
Word Recognition, Analysis hearing letter sounds in our Teacher observations of
and fluency: See,hear,say and language student participation in group
write phonemes Writing letters using correct activities such as using
pencil strokes using Zaner- environmental print, guided
Bloser handwriting reading,journaling, etc.
Matching upper case to Teacher created assessments
lower case letters with pictures/manipulatives
Sept-Oct: learning about for identification of
print and letters in students beginning and ending sounds,
name and rhyming
Rhyming ID, and say rhyming words Journaling with pictures and
encouraging writing
Oct-Dec: focus on rhymes
Student matches rhyming
objects, pictures, and
verbally produces rhymes
Journaling with pictures and
letters/1 or 2 letter sight
words
Nov-May: Focused writing
and phonics activities
isolating individual letters
Journaling includes pictures
and writing words
progressing to sentences.
Sept-May: Using all letters
during ‘teachable moments’
as opportunities arise
Sept
Sept-May Cvc writing Match consonant and short Nov-May: writing One on one oral assessment
vowel sounds to letters letters/short sight words in Teacher observations of
writing practice, writing student participation in group
projects, and journaling activities such as using
Identifying beginning and environmental print, guided
ending sounds in single reading, journaling, etc.
syllable words Teacher created assessments
Nov-May: Further develop with pictures/manipulatives
phonemic awareness when for identification of
writing words (and sight beginning and ending sounds
words) , then sentences with
punctuation and
capitalization
Beginning to ID syllables in
words
Sept-May High Frequency words Reading: 10 High frequency Sept: student reads/Id’s 4 One on one assessment using
words high frequency words high frequency word cards
Oct-Nov: 8 high frequency Teacher observations of
words student during guided reading
Dec/Jan: 25 high frequency sessions and their ability to
words read high frequency words
Feb-May: 50+high frequency Teacher observations of
words student participation in group
Dec-May: Use of letter tiles learning activities with
during a group to form CVC environmental print or other
and 4-5 letter words. reading and writing activities
Sept-May Verbal descriptions: Vocabulary: developing and Sept-May: Students practice Teacher observations and
People,places,things,location,size expanding reading, listening and and work with descriptive interactions with students,
Color,shape,direction,actions speaking skills language development as One on one student
they participate in: skill/language assessments
Story discussions, individual with
and groups presentations (all manipulatives/equipment,
curricular areas), Assessment of student’s
dramatizations, daily lesson writing/journaling,
activities and interactions teacher made activities
Sept-May Predicting and inferring Vocab: using context to predict Sept-May: Students will Teacher observations of
and infer word meanings learn to predict and infer student participation in class
word meanings by the discussions,
teacher’s questioning Teacher questioning and
techniques and class one on one verbal
discussions. This skill is interactions with student
worked on in all-academic
areas.
Sept-May Learning new words Vocabulary expansion through Sept-May: Students will Teacher observations of
instruction learn new words by: listening student participation in group
to and discussing literature and one on one discussions
selections and follow up Teacher assessment of
activities (all curricular students use of new words
areas), via writing or speaking
Participating in ‘pre-reading’
activities that intro new
words/concepts
Sept-May Questioning Comprehension: verbal and Students will demonstrate Teacher observations and
written comprehension by: interactions with students
Their participation in group during class discussions as
discussions, attentiveness well as one on one
and interest, and questioning interactions
practices-asking and Assessment of journal
answering questions writing
Journaling appropriate and
related ideas via pictures
Sept-Oct, and pictures and
letters/words Nov-Dec.
Pictures/words/sentences
Jan-May
Sept-May Predictions based from Comprehension Sept-May: Students will Teacher observations of
illustrations examine illustrations to students use of guided
discuss story lines with every reading books, observations
literature selection used in of student in group learning
the school year. setting,
Students will predict Interactions with student
events/outcomes through when follow up questioning
teacher questioning and class is used by the teacher
discussion techniques
Sept-May Concept associations Comprehension: relating text to Sept-May: Student will Teacher observations of
prior knowledge/experiences participate in group student in group
discussions and sharing their discussions/activities and one
experiences and thoughts on one interactions with
with the class, or individually student
with the teacher throughout Journal activities
the school year
Sept-May Multi-Cultural learning through a Literature Sept-May: Teacher observations of
variety of genres Students will participate in student in group
group discussions, writing discussions/activities and one
activities, puppetry, on one interactions with
dramatizations, and other student
vocab/reading activities as Journal activities
they learn about the different
genres
Jan-May: Students will
differentiate writings of:
poetry, fiction, non-fiction,
and folk tales
Nov-May ID parts of a story Literature: Sept-Dec: students will Teacher observations of
characters/events/actions in a identify characters in a story student participation in
story Dec-May: Students will teacher guided discussions,
verbally ID events and Student writing or picture
actions in a story: beginning, time lines of a story
middle, and end of the story
Oct-May Retelling of a story Literature: using story parts Oct-May: Teacher observations of
Students will participate in student participation in class
plays with simple story lines discussions, dramatizations,
and repetitive speaking parts and puppet performances.
Progressing to impromptu or Assessment of written /
student created speaking picture representations of a
parts. story
Students will make a variety Assessment of journal
of puppets to include: sock, activities
stick, cup, bag, and paper
plate puppets for the re-
telling of a story through
puppet plays
Sept-May Personal enjoyment of literature Literature: listening to and Sept-Oct: Students will look Teacher observations of
looking at at classroom books and students handling and
library books at various interest/attentiveness in
times throughout the books or listening to stories
day/week as planned by the in class
teacher Student participation in
Nov-Dec: Students will classroom discussions about
demonstrate enjoyment of books/stories/
books by interactive
sharing/reading of classroom
books
Oct-May: Students will be
given opportunities to
verbally share literature
selections, write about
literature selections, and
compare literature selections
for enjoyment
Sept-May Understanding reasons to write, Writing: types, elements of Sept: Students will Teacher observations of
and how to write writing, spelling understand the concept of writing activities in the
letters vs numbers, and classroom,
letters are used to form Journal entries
words Group discussions with
Oct: Letters are used in visual aids when learning
journaling to begin to form about spelling,
words-correct writing strokes Group writing activities
are not expected
Nov-Dec: writing name with
correct writing strokes is
encouraged, using sight
words and letters in
journaling is encouraged
Jan-May: Writing includes
use of upper case letters,
punctuation (period,
exclamation mark, question
mark), and spaces between
words. Students use
knowledge of phonics to
spell words.
Feb-May: Students will use
sight words with most
spelled correctly in their
writing activities
April/May: 2 and 3 sentences
in journal writing is
encouraged. Vowels used in
words, Students will write
correctly a majority of sight
words that they can read.
Sept-May Correct formation of upper and Handwriting Sept: Students will learn to Evaluation of Practice
lower case letters and numbers write their first names and writing papers of the Zaner-
numbers 0-5 Bloser curriculum,
Oct-April: continued name Teacher created writing
writing practice of name, and assessments,
numbers 0-110 Everyday Math number
Students will learn to write writing assessment papers
each letter with Observation of student
individualized focus on writing activities such as:
upper and lower case letters chalkboard writing, group
Students will write writing, and whiteboard
letters/words from left to writing activities
right and top to bottom in
journal writing or writing
associated with art projects
January: Students will learn
to write last names and
regular practice of sight
words
April-May: writing review,
increased journal writing
activities
Sept-May Interactive communication skills Communication: Speaking and Sept: Students will be Teacher observation and
Listening introduced to, and begin to interaction with students in
follow group discussion classroom discussions and
Attend to and Understand the guidelines activities
meaning of messages Oct: Students will interact Teacher observations of
appropriately with peers and student-student
adults in the classroom communication
Uses voice level appropriately setting Teacher observations of
Students will demonstrate student behaviors in
and appropriate level of structured and non-structured
Recites/responds to attention to classroom learning situations.
poems,rhymes,songs activities
Begins to correct voice
level/loudness independently
in the classroom setting
Nov-Dec: Students will
Communicates feelings and participate in group
ideas to peers/adults discussions either
independently or when called
upon
Student uses voice
appropriately when reading,
reciting, re-telling, playing,
or singing
Jan-May: Students will
demonstrate confidence in
speaking skills and develops
fluency when interacting
with peers in group
discussions and classroom
activities involving poetry,
rhymes, songs.
Sept-May: Students
recognize language patterns
in stories and poems and can
respond verbally to share
their ideas.
Sept-May Handling of books Viewing Students will handle books
appropriately as they turn Daily teacher observations of
pages from front to back. students handling/reading of
Students will demonstrate the books and other printed
ability to follow print from materials
left to right and top to bottom One on one teacher/student
assessments
Dec-May: Students will
handle other reading
materials appropriately such
as: big books, reference
books, magazines and
newspapers