Kindergarten- Reading Focus Calendar
-August 2013
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions1 / 2
5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16
19First Day of School / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23
Letter- ABCDEFGH
(recognition)
Word- I / Unit 0 Week _1__:
How is everyone special?
Oral Vocabulary:
special
26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30
Letter –IJKLMNOPQR (recognition)
Word- can
Color – Red
Shape - Circle / Unit _0_ Week _2__:
Who is in your family?
Oral Vocabulary:
Family words
September 2013
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions2Labor Day
/ 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 Letter- STUVWXYZ (recognition)
Word- review I, can
Color – Yellow
Shape - Rectangle / Unit _0_ Week _3_:
What can you do?
Oral Vocabulary:
Action words
9
/ 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
Letter M
Word- the
Color – Blue
Shape -Square / Unit _1_ Week _1__:
How can we get along with friends?
Oral Vocabulary:
Friend, problem, escape, grasped, rescue
16
/ 17 / 18 / 19 / 20
Letter- A
Word- we
Color – Green
Shape -Oval / Unit _1_ Week _2__:
How do baby animals move?*
Oral Vocabulary:
Adventure, movement, arrive, exciting, exhausted
23
/ 24 / 25 / 26 / 27
Teacher
Workday
Letter- S
Word- see
Color – Orange
Shape -Triangle / Unit 1__ Week __3_:
How can your senses help you?
Oral Vocabulary:
Explore, senses, feast, finished, needs
30
October 2013
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions30
/ 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Letter- P
Word- a
Color – Purple
Shape - Trapezoid / Unit _2_ Week _1__:
How do tools help us explore?*
Oral Vocabulary:
Tool, discover, defeated, fetch, rumble slender
7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11
Letter-T
Word- like
Color – Brown
Shape - Hexagon / Unit 2__ Week _2__:
What shapes do you see around you?
Oral Vocabulary:
Materials, nature, decoration, games,
world
14
/ 15 / 16 / 17 / 18
End of 1st grading period
Letter- review
Word-review
Color – Pink
Shape - Rhombus / Unit _2_ Week _3__:
What kinds of bugs do you know about?*
Oral Vocabulary:
Curious, observe, attaches, process, slender
21
Teacher
Workday / 22Second grading period begins / 23 / 24 / 25
Letter- I
Word- to
Color – White
Shape - Pentagon / Unit 3_ Week 1___:
What rules do we follow in different places?
Oral Vocabulary:
Cooperate, rules, guard, prank, responsibility
28
/ 29 / 30 / 31 / 1
Letter- N
Word- and
Color – Black
Shape - Octagon / Unit 3__ Week _2__:
What are the different sounds we hear?
Oral Vocabulary:
Listen, volume, chat, exclaimed, familiar
November 2013
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions1
4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
Letter- C
Word- go / Unit _3_ Week 3___:
What places do you go to during the week?
Oral Vocabulary:
Local, neighborhood, routine, intelligent, volunteer
11
Student/
Teacher
Holiday / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15
Letter- O
Word- you / Unit _4_ Week 1___:
What do people use to do their jobs?*
Oral Vocabulary:
Equipment, uniform expect, remained, utensil
18
/ 19 / 20 / 21 / 22
Letter- D
Word- do / Unit 4__ Week _2__:
Who are your neighbors?
Oral Vocabulary:
Appreciate, cultures, prefer, proud, tradition
25
Thanksgiving Holiday / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29
December 2013
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions2
/ 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Letter- review
Word- review / Unit _4_ Week _3__:
How can people help to make your community better?
Oral Vocabulary:
Community, improve, confused, harvest, quarrel
9
/ 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
Letter- H
Word-my / Unit 5__ Week 1___:
What do living things need to grow?*
Oral Vocabulary:
Require, plant, crowd, harmful, soak
16
/ 17 / 18 / 19 / 20
Letter- E
Word- are / Unit _5_ Week 2___:
How do living things change as they grow?*
Oral Vocabulary:
Amazing, develop, content, enormous, imagine
23
Winter Break / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27
30 / 31
January 2014
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions1
Winter Break Continues / 2 / 3
6
/ 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
Letter- F, R
Word- he, with / Unit _5_ Week _3__:
What kinds of things grow on a farm?
Oral Vocabulary:
Delicious, fresh, beneath, raise, special
13
/ 14 / 15 / 16End of Second Grading Period / 17
Teacher
Workday / Unit __ Week ___:
Oral Vocabulary:
20
Teacher/
Student
Holiday / 21Third Grading Period Begins / 22 / 23 / 24
Letter- B, L
Word- is, little / Unit _6_ Week _1__:
What are the seasons and how are they different?*
Oral Vocabulary:
Weather, seasons, migrate, active, spot
27
/ 28 / 29 / 30 / 31
Letter- K
Word- she, was / Unit 6__ Week _2__:
What happens in different kinds of weather?
Oral Vocabulary:
Predict, temperature, storm, clever, drought
February 2014
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions3
/ 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
Letter- review
Word- review / Unit 6__ Week _3__:
How can you stay safe in bad weather?
Oral Vocabulary:
Safe, prepare, notice, celebration, enough
10
/ 11 / 12 / 13 / 14
Letter- U
Word- for, have / Unit 7__ Week _1__:
How are some animals alike and how are they different? *
Oral Vocabulary:
Appearance, behavior, wander, plenty, exercise
17
Teacher/
Student
Holiday / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21
Letter- G, W
Word- of, they / Unit _7_ Week _2__:
How do you take care of different kinds of pets?*
Oral Vocabulary:
Responsibility, train, compared, social, depend
24
/ 25 / 26 / 27 / 28
Letter- V, X
Word- said, want / Unit _7_ Week __3_:
Where do animals live?*
Oral Vocabulary:
Habitat, wild, complain, stubborn, join
March 2014
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
Letter- J, Q
Word- here, me / Unit 8__ Week __1_:
What can help you go from here to there?
Oral Vocabulary:
Transportation, vehicle, journey, wide, fierce
10
/ 11 / 12 / 13 / 14
Letter- Y, Z
Words- this, what / Unit _8_ Week _2__:
What do you know about your country?*
Oral Vocabulary:
Country, travel, purpose, careful, connect
17
/ 18 / 19 / 20 / 21End of Third Grading Period
Letter- review
Words- review / Unit 8__ Week 3___:
What do you see in the sky?*
Oral Vocabulary:
Distance, recognize, surface, challenge, space
24
Spring Break / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28
31
Teacher Workday
April 2014
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions31
/ 1Fourth Grading Period Begins / 2 / 3 / 4
Letter-long A, a_e
Word- help, too / Unit _9_ Week _1__:
How can you help out at home?*
Oral Vocabulary:
Chores, contribute, member, accomplish, organize
7
/ 8 / 9 / 10 / 11
Letter- long I, i_e
Word- has, play / Unit _9_ Week _2__:
What do good citizens do?*
Oral Vocabulary:
Citizen, respect, tidy, necessary, hauled
14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18
Letter- long O, o_e, o (go)
Word- where, look
Teacher/Student
Holiday / Unit _9_ Week _3__:
How can things in nature be used to make new things?*
Oral Vocabulary:
Natural resources, create, designs, knowledge, weave
21
/ 22 / 23 / 24 / 25
Letter- long U, u_e
Word- good, who / Unit _10_ Week _1__:
What can happen when we work together?*
Oral Vocabulary:
Decide, opinion, grateful, ragged, marvel
28 / 29 / 30 / 1 / 2
Letter- long E, e_e, ee, e(we)
Word- come, does / Unit _10_ Week _2__:
In what ways are things alike? How are they different?*
Oral Vocabulary:
Sort, similar, perfect, endless, experiment
May 2014
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions1 / 2
5
/ 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
Letter- review
Word- review / Unit 10__ Week _3__:
What ideas can you suggest to protect the environment?
Oral Vocabulary:
Environment, protect, recycle, wisely, encourage
12
/ 13 Multi- Cultural Day / 14 / 15 / 16 / Unit __ Week ___:
Oral Vocabulary:
19
/ 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / Unit __ Week ___:
Oral Vocabulary:
26
Teacher/
Student
Holiday / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / Unit __ Week ___:
Oral Vocabulary:
June 2014
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Essential Questions2
/ 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Last Day of School / Unit __ Week ___:
Oral Vocabulary:
9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20
23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27
30