Language and Literacy

Grant County Schools

Standards Based Map

Pre-K

LANGUAGE AND LITERACY

Timeline / Standard(s) / Student Learning Target(s) / Essential Questions / Academic Vocabulary / Strategies / Activities / Resources / Materials / Assessments / Notes / Self - Reflection
ongoing / Domain: Language and Literacy
1. Domain Area:
Listening and
Speaking / Utilization of receptive and expressive language for a variety of purposes
1. Demonstrates an increasing ability to attend to and understand communication. / How do you address the unknown ?
I can take turns in conversations. Understands concept of sharing and is able to share at times. Empathizes with feelings of others. /

Text
Vocabulary
Letter of the week

/ *Examine Text
*Context Clues
*Picture Clues
*Decoding Strategies
*Group Play/discussions
*Hands on activities
*learning about time
*Daily Schedule
*Calendar talks
*Sign Language intro
/Spanish intro show differences among people to work on Empathy. / *Text
*Web support
*Stations
*Table toys
*Group games
Starfall.com
*Short videos / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Work Samples / Introduce small group early in year .
Start early learning about what feeling are in beginning of year.
ongoing / Domain: Language and Literacy
1. Domain Area:
Listening and
Speaking / Utilization of receptive and expressive language for a variety of purposes
2. Communicates needs and wants through a variety of verbal and symbolic forms. / I can Expresses needs and feelings verbally without being aggressive and suggests solutions. Channels negative feelings through specific positive coping techniques. / Moods
Feelings
Bully prevention / *Readings Text
*Activities
*Dictated writings
*Play acting
*Discussions
*Drawings
*Art Projects
*Teaching Character Traits. / *Text
*Other books that talk about feelings.
songsabout Character traits. / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Work samples
ongoing / Domain: Language and Literacy
1. Domain Area:
Listening and
Speaking / Utilization of receptive and expressive language for a variety of purposes
3. Understands and uses increasingly complex and varied vocabulary/sentences in listening and speaking. / I can use complex sentences and strong vocabulary. Participates in discussions by asking questions and making connections. / What
Where
Why
Who
Vocabulary / *Context Clues
*Picture Clues
*Decoding *Strategies
*Group Play
*Sign language
*punctuation lessons.
*Readings Text
*Activities
*Dictated writings
*Play acting
*Discussions
*Drawings
*Art Projects
*Research projects
*Science talks
*Small group games
*Individual one on one talks. Activities. / *Text
*Web support
*Teachers pay Teachers lesson ideas support materials.
Starfall
Alpha Tales
My “Alphabet” Books / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Work Samples / Most weeks I use a book/theme and explore all areas about it pulling out vocabulary and more.
ongoing / Domain: Language and Literacy
1. Domain Area:
Listening and
Speaking / Comprehension and collaboration
4. Comprehends and expands on oral language. / I can understand and add to conversations with peers and adults. / Conversation
Taking turns
Discussions / *Context Clues
*Picture Clues
*Decoding *Strategies
Group Play
Small Group
Whole Group
*punctuation lessons.
*Readings Text
*Play acting
*Discussions
*Science talks
*Small group games
*Pair share / *Texts
*Centers
*Groups
*Power points
*Teachers pay *Teachers *lesson ideas support materials.
*Student experiences. / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Work samples / Students are invited to share things about home life when it relates to the subject we are discussing at time which makes it personalized.
Domain: Language and Literacy
1. Domain Area:
Listening and
Speaking / Comprehension and collaboration
5. Participates in conversations with peers and adults about topics of interest. / I can participate in conversations about things that interest me. / Myself
Interest
coversation / Group Play
Small Group
Whole Group / Centers
Groups / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Domain: Language and Literacy
1. Domain Area:
Listening &
Speaking / Comprehension and collaboration
6. Listens to others and takes turns speaking. / I respect others when I learn to take turns. / Listening
Taking turns,
Respect / Group Play
Small Group
Whole Group
Character Education. / Centers
Groups
Activities / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Domain: Language and Literacy
1. Domain Area:
Listening &
Speaking / Comprehension and collaboration
7. Asks questions to get information, seeks help, or clarifies something that is not understood. / I can ask when I don’t understand something or need help. / Questioning
Information
Understand
Help / Group Play
Small Group
Whole Group / Centers
Groups
Activities / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Domain: Language and Literacy
2. Domain Area:
Foundational Skills for Reading / Print Concepts
1. Holds book upright and identifies the front and back of a book. / I can correctly hold a book and name the front and back. / Book
Front
Back / Language and Literacy,
Centers / Text
Books Fiction, Non-fiction,
Activities
Groups / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Domain: Language and Literacy
2. Domain Area:
Foundational Skills for Reading / Print Concepts
2. Progresses in learning how to handle and care for books; knows how to view one page at a time in sequence from front to back; and understands that a book has a title, author, and illustrator. / How is the work of an author different from an illustrator?
I know how to care for books and I know the parts of books. /

Author
Illustrator
Illustrations
Photographs
Paintings
Drawings
Captions

/ Identify the author and illustrator and discuss their job.
Let the child become the author and illustrator by making books.
Name and identify book parts. / A variety of texts / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Domain: Language and Literacy
2. Domain Area:
Foundational Skills for Reading / Print Concepts
3. Demonstrates increasing awareness of concepts of print, such as reading moves from top to bottom and from left to right, speech can be written down, and print conveys a message. / I can demonstrate how to read a page and that it has a message. / Top-bottom
Left –right / Language and Literacy,
Centers,
Small Group / Text
Books Fiction, Non-fiction,
Activities
Groups
Songs / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Domain: Language and Literacy
2. Domain Area:
Foundational Skills for Reading / Print Concepts
4. Develops an awareness of environmental print such as signs, letters, newspapers, lists, messages, and menus. / I know that written language is all around me. / Environmental print, / Language and Literacy,
Writing,
Centers,
Small Group / Text
Books Fiction, Non-fiction,
Activities
Groups
Label Items around the classroom / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Domain: Language and Literacy
2. Domain Area:
Foundational Skills for Reading / Print Concepts
5. Knows that letters of the alphabet are a special category of visual graphics that can be individually named. / I can Identify many letters and comments about letters in the environment. Recognizes that letters form words. / Alphabet
Words / Language and Literacy,
Writing
Centers,
Small Group / Text
Books Fiction, Non-fiction,
Activities
Groups
Student led exploration of alphabet / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Domain: Language and Literacy
2. Domain Area:
Foundational Skills for Reading / Print Concepts
7. Recognizes words as units of print that are separated by spaces. / I understand that I can put letters together to make words. Each word has its own space. / Words
Space
Print / Language and Literacy,
Writing
Centers,
Small Group / Text
Books Fiction, Non-fiction,
Reading Activities,
Writing Activities,
Groups / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Domain: Language and Literacy
2. Domain Area:
Foundational Skills for Reading / Phonological Awareness
8. Listens to and identifies sounds that are in the environment. / I can listen and identifies sound around me. / Letter sounds,
Natural sounds / Language and Literacy,
Centers,
Listening center
Small Group / Text
Books Fiction, Non-fiction,
Reading Activities,
Writing Activities,
Groups,
Audio recordings / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Domain: Language and Literacy
2. Domain Area:
Foundational Skills for Reading / Phonological Awareness
9. Shows growing ability to hear and discriminate separate syllables in / I can separate words into syllables. Creates own rhymes and alliteration. / Rhymes
Syllables / Language and Literacy,
Centers,
Listening center
Small Group / Text
Books Fiction, Non-fiction,
Reading Activities,
Writing Activities,
Groups,
Audio recordings / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Domain: Language and Literacy
2. Domain Area:
Foundational Skills for Reading / Phonological Awareness
10. Progresses in recognizing matching sounds and rhymes in familiar words, games, songs, stories, and poems. / I can recite chants and rhymes. / Chants
Rhymes
Poems / Language and Literacy,
Centers,
Listening center
Small Group / Rhyming Text
Audio recording
Weekly Poems
Activities / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Domain: Language and Literacy
2. Domain Area:
Foundational Skills for Reading / Phonological Awareness
11. Shows growing awareness of beginning and ending sounds of words. / I can repeat language with repetitive beginning sounds (alliteration). / Alliteration / Language and Literacy,
Centers,
Listening center
Small Group / Rhyming Text
Audio recording
Weekly Poems
Activities
Web Letter Sound study / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Domain: Language and Literacy
2. Domain Area:
Foundational Skills for Reading / Word Recognition
12. Recognizes a word as a unit of print. / I can identify words in simple sentences. / Sight Words / Small group
Whole group
Centers / Text
Writing Activities / Teacher observation
Teacher Assessment
Domain: Language and Literacy
2. Domain Area:
Foundational Skills for Reading / Word Recognition
13. Recognize words such as his/her name, names of family & friends, & familiar environmental print. / I can verbally labels familar and drawing. Provides dictation to an adult to be written on a piece of work. / Door
Light
Table
Chair
Calendar
computer / Whole Group
Small Group
Centers / Environmental print
Teacher made activities / Teacher observation
Teacher assessment
Domain: Language and Literacy
3. Domain Area:
Literature / Key Ideas and Details
1. Shows growing interest and involvement in listening to and discussing a variety of fiction and nonfiction books and poetry. / How can asking and answering questions about the important parts of a story help us understand the books we read? /

Literary text
Retell
Identify
Key Details
Main Ideas
Events
Support
Author’s Purpose

/ Read literary text
See, think, wonder activities
Story Boards
Retell Cards
Story Webs
Story Diagrams / Selection of Read Alouds
Story Boards
Retell Cards
Story Webs
Story Diagrams / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Domain: Language and Literacy
3. Domain Area:
Literature / Key Ideas and Details
2. Looks through books independently and asks to have books read to them. / I enjoy listening to and independently looking thru books. / Title
Author
Illustrator / Introduce books through whole group
Students are independently able to choose high interest books / Literacy Center changes with seasons/themes, and monthly. / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Domain: Language and Literacy
3. Domain Area:
Literature / Key Ideas and Details
3. Recognizes story elements such as characters, sequence of events, and theme of a story. / Why are the characters, setting, and events in a story important elements? /

Characters
Setting
Events
Literary
Identify

/ Story Boards
Retell Cards
Literary Text
Role Play
Story Webs
Story Diagrams / Story Boards
Retell Cards
Literary Text
Puppets
Story Webs
Story Diagrams / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Domain: Language and Literacy
3. Domain Area:
Literature / Key Ideas and Details
4. Demonstrates progress in retelling and dictating stories from books and experiences; acts out stories in dramatic play; asks to take home books; goes to the library; and engages in pretend reading with other children. / How can you compare this to another story? /

Retell
Text
Literary Details
Sequence

Retell
Text
Literary Details
Sequence

/ Using pictures to retell story
Connect pictures and text to make predictions
Student drawings / Informational Text
Fictional text / Teacher Observation
Teacher Checklist
Domain: Language and Literacy
4. Domain Area: Writing / Text Type and Purposes
1. Progresses from using scribble shapes or pictures to represent ideas, to using letter-like symbols or invented spelling, to copying or writing familiar words such as his/her own name. / How can you convey thoughts other then speaking?
Why do we need to learn how to write? / Letters
Sentences
Sight words / Journals
Free Writing/Drawing
Centers
Whole/small group work / White boards
Journals
Shaving Cream
Play Dough
Paint on Easel / Teacher observation
Reviewing journals
Domain: Language and Literacy
4. Domain Area: Writing / Text Type and Purposes
2. Uses a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to communicate ideas, thoughts, and feelings. / What are ways you can tell people how you feel? / Ideas
Thoughts
feelings / Journals
Free Writing/Drawing
Centers
Whole/small group work / White boards
Journals
Shaving Cream
Play Dough / Teacher observation
Domain: Language and Literacy
4. Domain Area: Writing / Text Type and Purposes
3. Demonstrates an understanding that writing relays a message that can
be read. / Why do we learn to read? / Beginning
Middle
End of sentences / Morning message
Incorporate sight words in sentences
Students dictate then read sentences / Whiteboards
Journals
Free writing / Teacher observation
Teacher assessments
Domain: Language and Literacy
4. Domain Area: Writing / Text Type and Purposes
4. Begins to use functional print in play. / What is way we could remember someone’s order at a restaurant? / Waitress
Construction worker
job / Clip boards
Whole group
Small group
centers / Centers-
Provide clipboards and pencils / Teacher observation
Domain: Language and Literacy
4. Domain Area: Writing / Text Type and Purposes
5. Uses a variety of writing tools and materials, such as pencils, crayons and computers. / How can we use different writing tools to write? / Computer / Free writing
Small group
computers / Journals
White boards / Teacher observation
Teacher assessments
Domain: Language and Literacy
4. Domain Area: Writing / Text Type and Purposes
6. Begins to recognize that writing patterns progress from top to bottom,
left to right, and words are separated by spaces. / Why do we need to write and read in a certain order? / Whole group
Small group / Decodeable books
Texts/ fiction/nonfiction
Morning message / Teacher observation
Teacher assessments