Cherry Creek Academy Kindergarten Curriculum Map 2012-2013
August/September
Reading / Writing / Math / CORE Knowledge science and social studiesCore Story:
*Goldilocks and the Three Bears
*Three Pigs
Core Poem:
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe; Hey Diddle, Diddle;
Comprehension Strategies:
1. Beginning, middle, end
2. retelling
Sight Words:
a, I, the, an, blue, red, see, green, yellow, here, is, on, my, orange, purple, black, brown, pink, white, to, go, was, we, in, and
Letter recognition and beginning Consonant Sounds
*introduce one letter a day Monday-Thursday: using the alphabet order
*identify capital/lower case
*beginning consonant sounds in words
ReadingStrategies
*picture clueshelp determine what is written
Concepts of Print
*letter vs word
*title
*cover/front and back of a book
*title page, author, illustrator
*copy write page
*a space tells where a word begins
*some letters can look different ways in print (‘g’ and ‘a’ are good examples)
*begin identify capital/lower case (cross references into writing)
*left to right/ top to bottom with a return sweep
*pictures to predict print
*use pictures to check
meaning
*Rhyming
*Syllables
*Long Vowels
*Short Vowels
Word Recognition Strategies and cueing systems
* letter recognition
*recognize sight words in
text
*initial/consonant sounds / Pre writing skills
*words are a group of letters
*spaces tell where a new word begins
*capital letter begins a sentence
*punctuation ends a sentence
“Writing through the Alphabet” (Full-day kindergarten)
*a is for apple
*b is for bear
*c is for cat
*d is for…
**draw the picture that matches the letter then have students use inventive spelling to communicate something about their picture
Handwriting:
*Introduce each letter in D’Nealian style Handwriting
*Begin introducing number writing-using Saxon math style
*Write first name independently using D’Nealian style
Organize Writing:
Introduce THINKING MAPS-
*circle map
*tree map / Daily Calendar Math
*Month, day, year
*Patterning
* count school days
* Grouping hundreds, tens, ones
*Weather graphing
*one to one correspondence counting
*count by 1’s
*days of the week
*months of the year
*graphing temperatures throughout the months
*morning songs
*job assignments
*write and count tallies
Identify
*numbers 1-20
*writing numbers
*One to one correspondence with numbers (1-10) and items
*circle,square, triangle, and rectangle
*sides
*angles-corners
*Smallest to largest
*Problem solving using data
*few and more
*Ordering numbers 0-9
*Using data to construct a bar graph
*some, some more (beginning understanding of addition)
*Counting pennies
*Identifying a number between two numbers
*Dividing a solid in half
*Graphing a picture on a pictograph
*Writing addition number sentences
*Ordinal position to the sixth / Social Studies:
-Good Conduct Book:
Introduces each Eagle Honor Characteristics:
*Compassion:
I am kind.
I treat others with care and empathy.
I work to make everyone in the community feel valued.
*Leadership:
I represent Cherry Creek Academy in a positive way.
I lead by example.
I am a positive role model for others.
I bring out the best in others.
*Integrity:
I am a person of my word.
I can be counted on to do the right thing.
I am honest.
*Responsibility:
I am accountable for my actions.
I meet my academic obligations.
I am prepared to come to school everyday to do my best.
*Loyalty:
I am faithful to my country.
I am a reliable member of my school and community.
I am true to myself and to my ideals.
*Respect:
I honor other people’s opinions.
I consider how my actions affect those around me.
I value the opportunities that are available to me.
I am an advocate for myself and my rights
*Diligence:
I finish what I start.
I persevere and do not give up.
I take pride in my work
-All about Me
*family members
*age, favorite things
*what makes me special
Maps and Globes unit:
*define a globe
*define a map
*identify North, South, East, West
*map symbols
*map tell us where things are
*land vs. water
*7 continent names-memorize song
*Johnny Appleseed
-stages of growth with an apple tree
-tall tale
Science
Healthy Bodies Unit
*food pyramid
*body hygiene-teeth, washing hands, body
*sleep
*exercise
Colorado
Standards 1, 2
Open Court and Riggs / Colorado
Standards 2.3, 3 / Colorado Standards 1-4
Saxon Math / Colorado Standards
Core Knowledge Curriculum
October
Reading / Writing / Math / CORE Knowledge science and social studiesCore Stories:
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Little Red Riding Hood
Core Poem:
Three Little Kittens
Hickory Dickory Dock
Three Blind Mice
Sight Words:
can, you, are, at, he, she me, look
*retell a story in order, beginning, middle, end
(simple story)
Listen to, read and respond to non-fiction/facts
Identify character and setting of a story
Dramatize a literature selection or poem
RIGGS:
Sounds:
a, c, d, f, m, i, s, t, / Handwriting: D’Nealian
Identify upper and lower case letters
Write upper case letters
Write lower case letters
Use Thinking Maps to organize writing:
Circle map
Tree Map
Spacing between words
Punctuation is found at the end of a sentence
Using sight words in writing
*putting words in order to make sense
Use right to left directionality when writing
Use letters heard in writing
Capitalize beginning of first name
Use of lowercase letters
Non-fiction writing:
*5 senses
*safety / CalendarMath
previously taught with the following added:
*counting pennies
*identify morning and afternoon
*Writing addition number sentences
*Ordinal position to the sixth
*Addition facts: doubles with sums to 10
*Identifying the number of sides and angles on a rectangle
-doubles facts to sums of 20
-Identifying lighter and heavier using a balance
-Ordering numbers to 20
-identifying one more
-Ordering numbers to 20
-counting backwards
-some, some went away sentences (subtraction) / Social Studies:
Christopher Columbus
-three ships
-sailed across the Atlantic
-natives were called Indians
-Italian but sailed for Spain
Science
Safety Unit:
*Car safety-seat belts
*street safety-cross walks
*stranger danger
*fire safety-visit of fire department
5 Senses:
*sight
*hear
*taste
*touch
*smell
*multiple senses can be used
Standards
Colorado
Standards 1, 2
Open Court and Riggs / Colorado
Standards 2.3, 3 / Colorado Standards 1-4
Saxon Math / Colorado Standards
Core Knowledge Curriculum
November
Reading / Writing / Math / CORE Knowledge science and social studiesPoems-
“Bo Peep”, “Miss Muffit”
“Little Jack Horner”, “Little Boy Blue”
“Old King Cole”,
“Old Mother Hubbard”
Story- Cinderella
Jumping Mouse
Sounds: b, e, g, k, j, l, qu, r, v, w, x
Sight words:
said, like, have, do
*cvc words
*blending sounds / *Listening to the sounds we hear
*Circle map with favorite season pictures.
*using sight words in their writing
*circle map on Native Americans
*tree map on Native American
*two sentence writing on Indians / Calendar Math
previously taught with the following added:
*counting pennies
*identify morning and afternoon
*telling time to the hour
*counting by 10’s
*counting backwards
*counting by 2’s
-adding zero to a number
-covering patterns with blocks (spatial practice)
-counting by 10’s to 100
-using clues to solve problems
-subtracting one from a number
-counting dimes, counting by 2’s, telling time to the hour
-facts: +1 and -1
-capacity
-Even numbers
-locating numbers on the hundreds chart
-counting dimes and pennies
-lines of symmetry / Social Studies
*Native Americans: Pueblo (Southwest Indians)
*First Thanksgiving
*North America
Science
*4 seasons: fall, winter, spring, summer
*weather-use Open Court unit books
Standards
Standards 1, 4, 5 and 6
Literacy by Design Curriculum- K / Standards 2, 3 and 4 / Standards 1-6
December
Reading / Writing / Math / CORE Knowledge science and social studiesPoems:
“There Was a Little Girl”
“There was an Old Women
Story:
The Velveteen Rabbit
Sounds:
Y, z, (introduce: er, ir, ur)
Sight words:
Who down one this / Introduce:
flow map
Bubble map
Double bubble
*topic sentence with one supporting sentence / Calendar Math
previously taught with the following added:
*even numbers
*odd numbers
*skip counting by twos
*counting by 5’s
-ID odd number
-telling time to the hour
-numbering a clock face
-Measuring length using unit blocks
-number words 0-10
-ID pairs
+2 to a number / Social Studies
*North America
-symbols-eagle, white house, Mt. Rushmore,
flag-13 stripes, 50 stars
Science
*weather-use Open Court unit books
-wind,
-rain
-temperature (hot vs cold),
-thermometer reading (hot vs cold)
Standards
January
Reading / Writing / Math / CORE Knowledge science and social studiesPoems-
“Star, Light, Star Bright”
“Twinkle, Twinkle”
“Jack Sprat”, “Jack and Jill”, “Jack be Nimble”
Story-
Winnie-the-Pooh
Snow White
Sounds:
er, ir, ur, wor, ear, sh, ee, th, ay, ai, ow, ou, ck, ed
Spelling:
a, it, is, she, see, can
Sight words
two, where, three, come
*Beginning, middle, and ending sounds,
*Blending words
CVC words: (consonant, vowel, consonant)
*isolation of sounds
*word families
*telling a story using picture clues / Writing: circle maps, tree maps, bubble and double bubble
*creative writing stories
*writing with order of events / *Using the cent sign
*telling how many dimes and pennies in price tags, *subtracting two, *tally marks
*Measuring,
*Adding 2 digit numbers without regrouping
*using dimes and pennies
*Adding two columns without regrouping, *graphing, *congruent shapes,
*place value-2 digit numbers (ones, tens)
Facts: adding two
Review: +/- 1
Doubles plus one / Magnets:
-lodestone,
-magnetism, metals containing iron attract magnets
-north and south poles
-Bar, rod, disc, and horseshoe magnet
Social Studies:
South America
-Tropical Rain forest
-coffee
-Amazon River and Forest
-hot and wet
(equator)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
-civil rights-black and white people need to be treated equal
Standards
February
Reading / Writing / Math / CORE Knowledge science and social studiesStory:
Aesop Fables
The Peach Boy
Poems:
‘Early to bed, early to rise’, ‘Time to rise’
Sight Words:
Four does six very
Spelling:
run, the, in, so, no, now, bed, beds
top, tops, act, he, are, tan, she, me
Sounds:
oy, oi, ch, ng, aw, au, ea, ea, oo, ar, or
Synonyms (same), antonyms (opposite)
syllables / circle maps, tree maps, bubble and double bubble
*creative writing stories
*writing with order of events
*2 sentences on topic / 100’s Day Activites
100 chart, even, odd, counting by 5’s, 10’s.
*Adding two digit numbers
*groups of ten with ‘leftovers’, *telling time to the ½ hour
*adding 10 to a number
*dividing a square into fourths (¼)
*Adding 10 to a number
*comparing and ordering numbers to 100
*counting by 100s, sums of 10
*Congruent shapes
*measuring to the nearest inch
*counting by 5s using nickels and pennies
facts:
sums of ten-
It is helpful to review how the kids are learning these-
“The following go together to equal 10… 1 and 9, 2 and 8, 3 and 7, 4 and 6, 5 and 5!”
The kids can say this little ‘rap’ / Social Studies:
Asia
-China-characters instead of numbers/letters
-India
-Japan-volcano
-rice
-three oceans
-largest continent
-tiger, elephant, panda
Presidents:
George Washington-
-Legend of the cherry tree
-quarter and dollar bill
-Monticello
-1st president
-“Father of our Country”
Abe Lincoln-
-“honest Abe”
-penny and $5
-16th president
-taught himself how to read
Theodore Roosevelt:
-hunted bears-didn’t kill one
-“teddy” bear
Standards
March
Reading / Writing / Math / CORE Knowledge science and social studiesStory:
The Ugly Duckling
The Bremen Town Musicians
poems: ‘Baa Baa Black Sheep’, ‘Mary had a Little Lamb’, ‘Humpty Dumpty’
spelling:
like, not, you, your, look, good, us, am, end, want, red, have, out, had, of, off, big, this, come, net, did, him, book, her
Sight words
eight there
nine, some, ten could / Writing:
Beginning, middle, end events from a story
adding adjectives to our nouns
*nouns/plural
*verbs-action
Synonyms (same), antonyms (opposite)
syllables / Lesson 101-110
Subtracting from 10
Lesson 111-115
Adding three digit numbers, ID sphere and cones, last 8 (oddball facts)
L
esson 116-118
Counting pennies, dimes, and nickels, ID fractional parts of a whole, the last 4 facts-8+3, 8+4, 8+5, 8+6
FACTS: sums of ten- / Social Studies:
Africa
Theodore Roosevelt
Science:
Taking care of the earth
Standards
April
Reading / Writing / Math / CORE Knowledge science and social studiesStory:
King Midas Little Red Hen
Henny Penny
poems: “Rain, Rain Go Away” “April Rain Song by Langston Hughes”
spelling: boy, boys, over, under, must, go, to, here / Writing:
Beginning, middle, end events from a story, adding adjectives to our nouns
*nouns/plural
*verbs-action
*adjectives-describes
Writing:
verbs, adding more adjectives to our nouns / Lesson 119-122
Line segments to the nearest centimeter, geometric solids, subtracting numbers where the difference =1
Lesson 123-126-
Subtracting 10, ID polygons, ID quarters, Subtract 2 digit numbers without regrouping
Facts:
adding 9 and review
subtracting difference of 1 and review subtraction facts / Social Studies:
Europe-England, Italy, and France,
Antarctica
Science:
Taking care of pets
Animals:
(learning the mother, father, and baby names of common ‘barn’ animals
Standards
May/June
Reading / Writing / Math / CORE Knowledge science and social studiesStory:
Henny Penny
Sight words:
REVIEW
previous words:
a, I, the, red, blue, an, see, green, yellow, is, here, orange, purple, on, my, black, brown, pink, white, go, to, we, and, was, in, can, are, you, at, he, she, me, look, too, what, said, like, have, do, who, down, one, this, two, where, three, come, four, does, five, little, six, very, seven, with, eight, there, nine, some, ten, could / Language
*nouns/plural
*verbs-action
*adjectives-describes
Writing:
Cause and effect
Whole to part / Fractional parts
Prediction
probability
polygons
REVIEW OF ALL CONCEPTS and facts / Social Studies:
Antarctica
Australia
Science:
PLANTS
Farm animals
Standards