Reading
Current Focus -- "Art of Reading"
Students are
Current Common Core Standards
Current Focus -- "Art of Reading"
Students are
- using decoding strategies to figure out unknown words.
- reread texts with purpose.
- be able to identify what their book is mainly about and give events from the story to support this.
Current Common Core Standards
- RFK.3a- Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.
- RFK.3c- Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Read common high frequency words by sight (e.g., the, to, you, she, my, is, are, do). Key Ideas and Details RLK.2- With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
- RIK.2 – With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
Writing
Current Focus -- Procedural Writing: “How-To” Books
Students are
Current Common Core Standards
Current Focus -- Procedural Writing: “How-To” Books
Students are
- completing the writing process with their "How To" books, publish, and share
- using the How-to checklist to see which parts they have and which parts they need to work on. editing to check their writing to make it easy for their reader to read.
- creating a title page that tells a reader what they will learn when they read this book.
- practicing reading their book until they can read fluently
- reflecting on all that they have learned and celebrate
Current Common Core Standards
- WK.2-Use combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
- WK.5- With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
- WK.6 With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
- RFK.1c- Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
- LK.2- Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.
- SLK.3- Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood
- SLK.4- Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.