Grades K-3

SUBJECT Language Arts GOALS Students will:

1. Recognize the alphabet independently.
2. Phoneme awareness (isolation)
3. High frequency words
4. Recognize different types of literature.
5. Build robust vocabulary
6. Express ideas orally.
7. Listen for details and meaning.
8. Print the alphabet letters correctly.
9. Space correctly between words.

CONTENT/SKILLS

1. Capital and small letters
2. Letter sounds; consonants, short vowels.
3. Phoneme isolation and blending
4. Comprehension skills, sequencing, retelling
5. Cause/effect, drawing conclusion, prediction, details.
6. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, alliteration
7. Oral and silent reading.
8. Class discussion,expand oral vocabulary.
9. Printing letters, one syllable words.
10. Spacing between words , high frequency words, complete sentences,
proper punctuation.
RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)
Treasures A Reading/Language Arts Program Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Smart boards




SUBJECT Reading/Phonics/Spelling

GOALS Students will:

1. Decode words phonetically.
2. Read basic sight words.
3. Use comprehension skills.
4. Show interest in prose and poetry.
5. Expand vocabulary.
6. Read orally with expression.
7. Listen for details and meaning.
8. Correctly spell, write, and use weekly spelling words.

CONTENT/SKILLS

1. Letter sounds; consonants, short and long vowels.
2. Letter combinations; diphthongs, digraphs, blends, r-controlled vowels.
3. Word endings: er, est, ed, ing, s, es, y.
4. Sight words at 1st grade level.
5. Alphabetical order to first and second letter.
6. Comprehension skills; context clues, sequencing, cause/effect,
inferencing, drawing conclusions, prediction, main idea/detalis,
fantasy/reality.
7. Story mapping and oral retelling.
8. Oral and silent reading.
9. Antonyms and synonyms.
10. Compound words.
11. Contractions.

RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Reading textbooks (2011)
Modern Curriculum Press Phonics Manual, student texts, testing (2003)
Sight word - Flash cards
Supplemental texts
Library books
Supplementary worksheets
Leveled Reading Books
On-line Resources, Smart Board Activities



SUBJECT Grammar/Creative Writing

GOALS Students will:

1. Communicate effectively through oral and written expression.
2. Distinguish between sentence types and parts of a sentence.
3. Identify the basic parts of speech.
4. Use correct capitalization and punctuation.
5. Use reference skills.
6. Distinguish between present and past tense.


CONTENT/SKILLS

1. Sentence Parts (Subjects and Predicates) and Sentence Types (Declarative,
Exclamatory and Interrogative sentences).
2. Periods after declarative sentences, question marks after interrogative
sentences, exclamation marks after exclamatory sentences.
3. Capitalization of first word in sentence, pronoun “I”, proper nouns.
4. Writing with a beginning, middle and end.
5. Dictionaries.
6. Nouns, plural nouns, proper nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
7. Pronouns
8. Contractions with not.
9. Commas.
10. Possessives.
11. Present and past tense verbs.


RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)

Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Grammar Workbook (2011)
Journals
Dictionaries
Control paper
Supplementary worksheets
On-line Resources
Smart Board Activities




SUBJECT HANDWRITING


GOALS Students will:

1. Print the upper and lower case alphabet letters correctly.
2. Space correctly between words.


CONTENT/SKILLS

1. Printing letters and words.
2. Spacing between words.



RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)

Control paper
Supplementary worksheets
Smart Board Activities




SUBJECT Reading/Phonics/Spelling

CONTENT Students will:

1. Decode words phonetically.
2. Read basic sight words.
3. Use comprehension skills.
4. Exposure to different genres.
5. Expand vocabulary.
6. Read orally with fluency.
7. Sight words

GOALS

1. Students will identify fiction and nonfiction genres.
2. Students will apply comprehension skills: identifying characters, plot,
setting, main ideas and details, making and confirming preditions, discuss
cause and effect, making inferences, comparing and contrasting details,
summarizing plots, drawing conclusions, sequencing events, u
using illustrations to interpret text, and identifying the author's purpose
for writing.
3. Students will organize words alphabetically to the third letter.
4. Students will identify context clues to interpret the meaning of unfamiliar
words.
5. Students will use word parts such as prefixes, suffixes, and inflected
endings to decode and comprehend unfamiliar words.
6. Students will demonstrate knowledge of how to use a dictionary and
thesaurus.
7. Students will distinguish the difference between multiple meaning words,
idioms, synonyms and antonyms, and homophones.
8. Students will read aloud, individually and chorally.
9. Students will spell and decode words by using long and short vowel
patterns, r-controlled vowels, compound words, blends, diphthongs, and
digraphs.
10. Students will decode and divide wods using syllabications rules.
11. Students will read and write sight words.


RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS (that are standard no matter who teaches the course)
Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Treasures Series--phonics/spelling book, practice book,
leveled readers, readers, Read Aloud Anthology, Assessments books
(unit, weekly, & diagnostics)
whisper phones SMARTBoard


SUBJECT English

CONTENT Students will:

1. Sentence structure
2. Subjects and predicates
3. Identify the basic parts of speech.
4. Write and speak in complete sentences.
5. Use correct capitalization and punctuation.
6. Use reference skills.
7. Organize information into paragraphs.

GOALS

1. Students will write words in an order that makes sense when developing
sentences.
2. Students will identify the four different types of sentences: statement,
command, question, and exclamatory.
3. Students will identify the subject and predicate part of a sentenc and apply
this skill when writing a sentence.
4. Students will identify nouns, pronouns, proper nouns, possessive nouns,
plural nouns, action verbs, linking verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
5. Students will begin sentences and proper nouns with a capital letter.
6. Students will end sentences with the correct punctuation mark.
7. Students will use a comma in a series and to form a compound sentence.
8. Students will use a topic sentence and details to construct a paragraph.
9. Students will apply dictionary skills to proofread their written work.



RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)

Harcourt Language Book
Harcourt blackline masters (Practice Book , Reteach Book, Language skills
and Writing Assessment, Vocabulary Power, Standardized Test Preparation for
Language Arts)




SUBJECT Handwriting

GOALS Students will:

1. Correctly print the alphabet letters.
2. Space correctly.


CONTENT/SKILLS

1. Practice and printing letters and words.
2. Practice spacing between words.



RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)

Lined paper




SUBJECT Spelling

GOALS Students will:

1. Correctly spell, write and speak words used throughout language arts
curriculum.
2. Decode words phonetically.
3. Write and read basic sight words.
4. Increase vocabulary.

CONTENT/SKILLS

1. Initial, medial and final consonants.
2. Short and long vowels.
3. Compounds, words with le, hard e soft c and g.
4. Blends, y as a vowel digraphs, r-controlled vowels.
5. Contractions, endings and suffixes.
6. Vowel pairs, vowel digraphs. diphthongs.
7. Prefixes, synonyms, antonyms and homonyms.


RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)

Phonics Book (Modern Curriculum Press)
Garden Gates and Going Places Reading Books
Supplementary worksheets for Garden Gates and Going Places
Manipulatives, puzzles, and games
Overhead transparencies




SUBJECT Reading

GOALS Students will:

1. Read basic sight words.
2. Decode multi syllable words phonetically
3. Apply comprehension skills.
4. Develop independent reading strategies.
5. Expand vocabulary.
6. Read orally with expression and fluency.
7. Experience a variety of writing genres.
8. Summarize plot using Main Ideas/
9. Understand author’s stated or unstated theme.

CONTENT/SKILLS

1. Word attack skills using syllabication rules to break word into smaller
parts
2. Summarize selection deciphering main ideas and important details from
unimportant details
3. Inferencing skills based on picture clues, word clues, and experience
4. Cause and effect that contribute to story events or story outcome
5. Sequencing of story plot events
6. Characterization based on what character says or does
7. Fluent oral reading, focusing on punctuation indicators and expression

RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)

MacMillan/McGraw-Hill (Treasures)
Accompanying worksheets (publisher/teacher generated)
Selection Tests (combination of publisher/teacher generated)
Novels
Smart Board
Fluency Tests (Publisher)
Book Reports






SUBJECT English

GOALS Students will:

1. Understand structure of a sentence.
2. Distinguish between 4 types of sentences.
3. Name both complete subject/predicate and simple subject/predicate.
4. Identify parts of speech.
5. Use correct capitalization and punctuation.
6. Increase vocabulary in oral and written expression.
7. Organize ideas into paragraph form.

CONTENT/SKILLS

1. Nouns (plural, proper, possessive)
2. Verbs (correct use and spelling of verb tenses)
3. Pronouns as referents to Nouns
4. Adjectives to aid visualization in written expression
5. Adverbs to specify verbs
6. Punctuation (end marks, commas in compound sentences, apostrophes in
contractions and possessive nouns, punctuation of quotation marks in
dialogue)
7. Sentence writing using specific wording
8. Regular use of compound sentences across the curriculum
9. Paragraphs written with topic, supporting, and concluding sentence
10. Story writing in minimum of 3 paragraphs (beginning, middle, ending)
11. Steps of Writing Process (prewriting, first draft, editing, final draft)
12. Use of dictionary and thesaurus in editing
13. Experience writing in variety of genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry)


RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)

English Text (Harcourt Language) Smart Board Activities
Worksheets (Publisher and Teacher generated) Dictionaries
Transparencies (Teacher generated) Thesaurus
Tests (Publisher and Teacher generated)




SUBJECT Spelling

GOALS Students will:

1. Write sight words spelled correctly.
2. Spell regularly seen words correctly
3. Apply phonetic patterns to unknown spellings.
4. Use spelling skills across all curriculum.

CONTENT/SKILLS

1. Short and long vowel patterns
2. Consonant blends
3. Diphthongs and vowel digraphs
4. Consonant digraphs.
5. Prefixes and suffixes.
6. SpellingRules for adding suffixes
7. Syllabication rules with phonetic patterns applied
8. Alphabetizing to fourth letter
9. Dictionary skills and information (emphasis on homonyms and multiple
meanings of words)
10. Spelling Dictation of known and unknown words
11. Spelling as integral to all subject areas

RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)

MacMillan/McGraw-Hill (Treasures)
Weekly spelling tests
Nightly homework (Publisher/Teacher generated)
Accompanying worksheets
Smart Board





SUBJECT Handwriting

GOALS Students will:

1. Write correct form of upper and lower case cursive letters.
2. Apply connecting strokes and proper spacing.
3. Apply correct alignment and sizing .

CONTENT/SKILLS

1. Connecting cursive strokes
2. Spacing of words and sentences
3. Writing on both control paper and unlined paper

RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES, ASSESSMENTS
(that are standard no matter who teaches the course)

Worksheets
Control paper
Smart Board