Pre-Kindergarten Unit at a Glance
Theme 2: Marvelous Me! ¡Soy una maravilla!
Week 6: Celebrate Freedom Week | Week 7 | Week 8 | End of 1st Quarter- Week 9 | ||||||||||||||||
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Who Am I? | My Body and Senses | My Family and Friends | Things That I Like | ||||||||||||||||
Phonological Awareness Skills Alphabet Knowledge Skills | Phonological Awareness Skills Alphabet Knowledge Skills | Phonological Awareness Skills Alphabet Knowledge Skills | Phonological Awareness Skills Alphabet Knowledge Skill | ||||||||||||||||
Motivation to Write Skills Writing as a Process | Motivation to Write Skills Writing as a Process | Motivation to Write Skills Writing as a Process | Motivation to Write Skills Writing as a Process | ||||||||||||||||
Classification and Patterns | Classification and Patterns Skills | Counting Skills | Measurement Skills | ||||||||||||||||
Life Sciences Skills | Life Sciences Skills | Life Sciences Skills | Life Sciences Skills | ||||||||||||||||
People, Past and Present Skills | People, Past and Present Skills | People, Past and Present Skills | People, Past and Present Skills |
Theme 2 | Phonological Awareness Skill Focus: Sentence Segmenting Alphabetic Knowledge
Concepts of Print Focus: Proper letter formation
Teacher Action: Think aloud as you write and include an emphasis on the correct letter formation. (Start letters from the top using proper strokes.) | Phonological Awareness Skill Focus: Sentence Segmenting Alphabetic Knowledge
Concepts of Print Focus: Directionality
Teacher Action: Think aloud as you demonstrate directionality (starting location, left to right) as you write the morning message. | Phonological Awareness Skill Focus: Sentence Segmenting Alphabetic Knowledge
Concepts of Print Focus: Directionality
Teacher Action: Think aloud as you demonstrate directionality (top to bottom) as you write the morning message. | Phonological Awareness Skill Focus: Sentence Segmenting Alphabetic Knowledge
Concepts of Print Focus: Directionality
Teacher Action: Think aloud as you demonstrate directionality (return sweep) as you write the morning message. |
Alphabet Knowledge
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Learning Targets and Understandings
| Emergent Literacy: Reading
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| Emergent Literacy: Writing
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Week 1 Who Am I? | PK4.III.B.4 Child manipulates compound words with pictorial or gestural support. PK4.III.D.2 Child uses information learned from books by describing, relating, categorizing, or comparing and contrasting. PK4.III.D.3 Child asks and responds to questions relevant to the text read aloud. | ★PK4.IV.A.1 Child intentionally uses marks, letters, or symbols to record language and verbally shares meaning. PK4.IV.B.3 Child shares and celebrates class-made and individual written products. | PK4.V.E.1 Child sorts objects that are the same and different into groups and uses language to describe how the groups are similar and different.
| ★PK4.VI.B.1 Child observes, investigates, describes, and discusses the characteristics of organisms. PK4.VII.A.1 Child identifies similarities and differences between himself, classmates, and other people through specific characteristics and cultural influences | PK4.I.A.2 Child shows self-awareness of physical attributes, personal preferences, and own abilities. PK4.I.B.1.a Child follows classroom rules and routines with occasional reminders from adults.
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Learning Targets and Understandings | Emergent Literacy: Reading
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Week 2 My Body and Senses | PK4.III.B.5 Child begins to blend and segment syllables in multisyllabic words. ★PK4.III.B.6 Child identifies rhyming words. PK4.III.C.1 Child recognizes and names at least 20 letters (upper- or lower-case letters). PK4.III.C.2 Child recognizes at least 20 distinct letter-sound correspondences. PK4.III.D.3 Child asks and responds to questions relevant to the text read aloud | PK4.IV.B.3 Child shares and celebrates class-made and individual written products.
| ★PK4.V.E.3 Child recognizes, duplicates, extends, and creates patterns.
| ★PK4.VI.A.1 Child observes, investigates, describes, and discusses characteristics of common objects. PK4.VII.D.1 Child identifies the United States and Texas flag.
| PK4.I.A.1 Child is aware of where own body is in space and respects personal boundaries. PK4.I.B.1.a Child follows classroom rules and routines with occasional reminders from adults.
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Learning Targets and Understandings | Emergent Literacy: Reading
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Week 3 My Family and Friends | PK4.III.B.5 Child begins to blend and segment syllables in multisyllabic words. ★PK4.III.B.6 Child identifies rhyming words. PK4.III.C.1 Child recognizes and names at least 20 letters (upper- or lower-case letters).
| ★PK4.IV.A.1 Child intentionally uses marks, letters, or symbols to record language and verbally shares meaning. | PK4.V.A.4 Child instantly recognizes the quantity of up to 6 objects without counting (subitizes). ★PK4.V.A.5 Child recognizes numerals 0-10.
| ★PK4.VI.A.1 Child observes, investigates, describes, and discusses characteristics of common objects. PK4.VII.A.2 Child identifies similarities and differences in characteristics of families. PK4.VII.B.3 Child discusses roles and responsibilities of family, school, and community helpers. | PK4.I.A.3 Child shows reasonable opinion of his own abilities and limitations. PK4.I.B.1.a Child follows classroom rules and routines with occasional reminders from adults. | |
Learning Targets and Understandings | Emergent Literacy: Reading
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Week 4 Things That I Like | PK4.III.B.5 Child begins to blend and segment syllables in multisyllabic words. PK4.III.C.2 Child recognizes at least 20 distinct letter-sound correspondences.
| ★PK4.IV.A.1 Child intentionally uses marks, letters, or symbols to record language and verbally shares meaning. ★PK4.IV.C.1 Child writes first name (or nickname) using legible letters in the proper sequence. | ★PK4.V.D.1 Child recognizes and compares heights or lengths of people or objects.
| ★PK4.VI.B.1 Child observes, investigates, describes, and discusses the characteristics of organisms. PK4.VII.A.1 Child identifies similarities and differences between himself, classmates, and other people through specific characteristics and cultural influences. | PK4.I.B.1.a Child follows classroom rules and routines with occasional reminders from adults. PK4.I.B.2.b Child uses verbal and nonverbal communication to communicate basic emotions and feelings. | |
PK 3 Learning Targets and Understandings | Emergent Literacy: Reading | Emergent Literacy: Writing | Math | Science/ Social Studies | Social Emotional Learning | |
Week 1 Who Am I? | PK3.III.B.4 *Three-year olds do not typically develop word manipulation skills, so no outcome is included* PK3.III.D.2 Child makes personal connections to books read aloud. PK3.III.D.3 Child asks and answers ageappropriate questions about a book.
| PK3.IV.A.1 Child engages in free-choice drawing and writing activities. PK3.IV.B.3 Child shares written products with others. | PK3.V.E.1 Child sorts objects that are the same and different. | No PK3 outcomes for this domain of learning. (PK4.VI.B.1) No PK3 outcomes for this domain of learning. (PK4.VII.A.1) | PK3.I.A.2 Child can identify own physical attributes and indicate some likes and dislikes when prompted. PK3.I.B.1.a Child follows simple rules and routines when assisted by adults. | |
Week 2 My Body and Senses | PK3.III.B.5 Child participates in oral syllabication activities. PK3.III.B.6 Child uses rhyming words through playful activities such as songs, nursery rhymes, and fingerplay. PK3.III.C.1 Child shows awareness of letters by singing alphabet songs and recognizing some frequently encountered letters (e.g., first letter of name or letters in environmental print). PK3.III.C.2 Child identifies the letter associated with the sound of the first letter of his name. PK3.III.D.3 Child asks and answers ageappropriate questions about a book.
| PK3.IV.B.3 Child shares written products with others. | PK3.V.E.3 Child recognizes and duplicates patterns. | No PK3 outcomes for this domain of learning. (PK4.VI.A.1) No PK3 outcomes for this domain of learning. (PK4.VII.D.1) | PK3.I.A.1 Child is building competence in controlling own body movements. PK3.I.B.1.a Child follows simple rules and routines when assisted by adults. | |
Week 3 My Family and Friends | PK3.III.B.5 Child participates in oral syllabication activities. PK3.III.B.6 Child uses rhyming words through playful activities such as songs, nursery rhymes, and fingerplay. PK3.III.C.1 Child shows awareness of letters by singing alphabet songs and recognizing some frequently encountered letters (e.g., first letter of name or letters in environmental print). | PK3.IV.A.1 Child engages in free-choice drawing and writing activities. | PK3.V.A.4 Child instantly recognizes the quantity of up to 3 objects without counting (subitizes). PK3.V.A.5 Child recognizes numerals 0-5.
| No PK3 outcomes for this domain of learning. (PK4.VI.A.1) No PK3 outcomes for this domain of learning. (PK4.VII.A.2 ) No PK3 outcomes for this domain of learning. (PK4.VII.B.3) | PK3.I.A.3 Child begins to show awareness of own abilities. PK3.I.B.1.a Child follows simple rules and routines when assisted by adults. | |
Week 4 Things That I Like | PK3.III.B.5 Child participates in oral syllabication activities. PK3.III.C.2 Child identifies the letter associated with the sound of the first letter of his name. | PK3.IV.A.1 Child engages in free-choice drawing and writing activities. PK3.IV.C.1 Child attempts to write some letters of own name (usually beginning with the first letter). | PK3.V.D.1 Child understands that lengths of objects can vary and be compared.
| No PK3 outcomes for this domain of learning. (PK4.VI.B.1) No PK3 outcomes for this domain of learning. (PK4.VII.A.1) | PK3.I.B.1.a Child follows simple rules and routines when assisted by adults. PK3.I.B.2.b Child is familiar with basic feeling words (e.g., happy, sad, mad, scared). | |