K Language Arts

 

 

 

Subject ___Language Arts________                    GREENEVILLE CITY SCHOOLS - CURRICULUM MAPPING GRID                                         Grade Level: ___K___

 

 

MONTHS

 

 

 

 

STRANDS

 

 

August

 

September

 

October

 

November

 

December

 

January

 

February

 

March

 

April

 

May

 

 

Reading

Development

 

 

 

ORIENTATION

 

recognize name

 

say ABC’s

 

distinguish

between numbers & letters

 

Letter recognition

 

Recognize relationship between written & spoken language

 

Predict story endings

 

Know the difference between individual letters and words

 

Identify beginning sounds

 

Word families

 

rhyming words

 

change sounds within words to make new words

 

change ending of a story

 

Blend sounds to make words

 

 

Identify ending sounds

 

Recognize high frequency words

 

Writing

 

 

 

 

write first name

 

 

 

Draws to illustrate an idea or event

 

copying and tracing

 

writes first name correctly

Reproduce upper & lower case letters

 

 

writing last name

 

 

 

use inventive spelling

 

Spelling

 

 

 

Correctly spell first name

 

 

 

 

 

 

Correctly spell last name

 

 

 

 

 

Grammar

 

 

 

develop and use age appropriate vocabulary

 

 

Develop basic word meanings

 

 

 

 

Introduce use of capitalization and punctuation

 

 

Identify words that name persons, places, things, and actions

 

Mechanics

 

 

 

match same letters

 

recognize likeness and differences (visually and auditory)

 

develop gross and fine motor skills

days of the week

 

 

opposites

 

follow progression from left to right, top to bottom

 

recognize parts of a book

 

Distinquish between fact and fantasy

 

classify objects and pictures

match partner letters

Recognize sequence of events

 

 

 

months of the year

alphabet sequencing

 

recognize that words within a sentence are separated by a space  & a group of words make a sentence

 

dictate simple sentences

 

Divide spoken sentences into individual words

 

Draw Conclusions

 

 

dictate a story

 

 

Research/

Presentation

 

 

 

 

Brainstorm ideas

Create graphic organizers as a group

 

 

Use cause & effect to recall information

 

 

 

 

 

Speaking/

Listening

 

 

Listens and follows directions

 

Listens to stories

participate in songs, fingerplays, stories, and show & tell

 

Follows rules of conversation

retell and act out stories

 

uses a variety of media

 

Asks and responds to questions

role playing

 

recalls factual information

 

 

rote memory of rhymes

 

 

 

Gives simple oral directions

 

Related

Literature

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field Studies

 

 

 

 

 

Trip to Little Theatre

 

 

 

 

 

Traveling theatre

 

 

 

Technology

 

 

 

Bailey’s Book House

 

 

 

 

CCC

Reading readiness

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assessment

 

 

Personal conversations

Observations

Alphabet checklist

Act out stories

Assessment of names written on individual work

Sounds bingo

Recites at least 5 nursery rhymes

Assessment of last names written on papers

Writing portfolio

Observations of writing journals