Language Arts - Kindergarten

Course Description

The Boise District's Elementary Language Arts program focuses on providing skills training in phonics, word identification, comprehension, study skills, and writing skills in a course of study which exposes students to quality literature from a variety of authors.

Adopted Materials

Literature Lists

Copyright Resources

Kindergarten Handbook & Curriculum Guide

Course Scope

Unit

Reading

Ongoing

007.01 Use decoding and word recognition strategies to fluently read kindergarten materials.

Standard Reference
671.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Use phonemic awareness/phonics and sight word recognition to become familiar with reading strategies.

Kindergarten Month by Month Phonics; More than ABC's; My Kid Can't Spell; Pass the Poetry, Please; Phonemic Awareness in Young Children; Phonemic Awareness Song and Rhymes (Fall, Winter, Spring); , Phonics from A to Z: A Practical Guide; Ready-to -Go –Phonics; Support Guide for the Idaho Reading Indicator; Visual Phonics;

Kindergarten Handbook; Waterford Program and Supplement Activities; AlphaTales; Scholastic, Letter Tubs; Lakeshore; Hands on Alphabet Activities for Young Children; Teaching Reading Resources; 26 Interactive Alphabet Mini Books; Alphabet Sounds Photo Library; Lakeshore

IRI, BKAB, TO, TMA

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Unit

Reading - Phonics/Phonemic Awareness

Ongoing

007.02. Using various techniques, identify and /or name two or more words that rhyme: Complete phrases and sentences with rhyming words. Produce a word that rhymes with a given word. Recognize if two or more one-syllable words rhyme.

Standard Reference
671.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Using various techniques, identify and or orally name two or more words that rhyme: Complete phrases and sentences with rhyming words; Produce a word that rhymes with a given word; Recognize if two or more one-syllable words rhyme.

Refer to 007.01

IRI, BKAB, TO, TMA

007.03 Using varied techniques, orally segment: Sentences into words; Syllables into sounds; Words into syllables and sounds

Standard Reference
671.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Using varied techniques, orally segment: Words into syllables. Match first sounds. Identify a letter, word, and sentence Identify words in a sentence. Syllables into sounds.

Refer to 007.01

IRI, BKAB, TO, TMA

007.04 Orally blend phonemes into words

Standard Reference
671.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

The student will blend vowel-consonant sounds orally to make words or syllables.

Refer to 007.01

IRI, BKAB, TO, TMA

007.05 Recognize names of upper and lower case letters.

Standard Reference
671.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

The student will recognize the alphabetical order of letters. Name uppercase letters. Name lowercase letters Fluently name upper and lower case letters in random order.

Refer to 007.01

IRI, BKAB, TO, TMA

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Unit

Reading - Phonics

Ongoing

007.06 Associate letters to letter sounds

Standard Reference
671.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Associate letters to letter sounds

Refer to 007.01

IRI, BKAB, TO, TMA

007.07Identify beginning, middle, and ending letters in a word.

Standard Reference
671.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Identify beginning, middle and ending sounds. Identify beginning, middle and ending letters.

Refer to 007.01

IRI, BKAB, TO, TMA

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Unit

Reading - Concepts About Printing (CAP)

Ongoing

007.08 Identify front of book; attend to print; use picture clues to support text; use story language; know where to start reading; move left to right across print; make return sweep to next line of text; match word by word; understand first and last of text, top and bottom of page, and order of pages for turning; read left page before right page; identify one or two letters; first and last letter, and capital letters; point to specific letter when requested; match upper and lower case letters; and use beginning sounds and final letters.

Standard Reference
671.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Identify front of book; attend to print; use picture clues to support text; use story language; know where to start reading; move left to right across print; make return sweep to next line of text; match word by word; understand first and last of text, top and bottom of page, and order of pages for turning; read left page before right page; identify one or two letters; first and last letter, and capital letters; point to specific letter when requested; match upper and lower case letters;

Hands on Alphabet Activities for Young Children; Foundations of Literacy; More than ABC's;

Kindergarten Handbook; Waterford Program and Supplement Activities

BKAB, TO, TMA

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Unit

Reading - Reading Strategies

Ongoing

007.09 Draw on prior knowledge, discuss, and generate questions to predict text; prior to reading, preview illustrations and opening pages of a text, title page, and table of contents.

Standard Reference
671.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Use pre-reading strategies, drawing on prior knowledge, discussing, generating questions, and making pre-reading predictions. Preview illustrations and opening pages of text (title page, table of contents) to gain pre-reading information about the text. Respond to and engage with text (remember and talk about stories, relate information gained from listening or viewing to prior knowledge and experience, tell an experience related to the topic). Determine a probable outcome or logical future action in a text or presentation, based on his or her knowledge of the world.

Refer to 007.08

TO, TMA

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Unit

Reading - Context Clues

Ongoing

007.10 Use pictures and follow patterns to group meaning from print.

Standard Reference
671.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Use pictures and follow patterns to group meaning from print.

Refer to 007.08

BKAB, TO, TMA

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Unit

Reading - Word Analysis

Ongoing

007.11 Use beginning letter sounds and pictures to identify words in order to cross check.

Standard Reference
671.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Use beginning letter sounds and pictures to identify words in order to cross check.

Refer to 007.01

IRI, BKAB, TO, TMA

007.12 Offer relevant background information during pre-reading discussion.

Standard Reference
671.02

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Offer relevant background information during pre-reading discussion

Refer to 007.08

TO, TMA

007.13 Demonstrate understanding of vocabulary of story during post-discussion or story response

Standard Reference
671.02

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Demonstrate understanding of vocabulary of story during post-discussion or story response. Recognize the correct meaning of words indicated orally.

Refer to 007.08

TO, TMA

007.14 Retell a story that includes setting, plot, and characters.

Standard Reference
671.03

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Identify main idea; Retell the plot of a story or an event with a beginning, middle, and end.

Refer to 007.08

TO, TMA

007.15 Identify the following story elements within a literary text: character; setting; simple sequences of events, including clear beginning, middle, and end, problems and solutions.

Standard Reference
671.03

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Identify the following story elements within a literary text: character; setting; simple sequences of events, including clear beginning, middle, and end; problems and solutions.

Refer to 007.08

TO, TMA

007.16Determine cause and effect relationships by responding to "why," "how," and "what-if" questions.

Standard Reference
671.03

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Determine cause and effect relationships by responding to "why," "how," and "what-if" questions.

Refer to 007.08

TO, TMA

007.17Distinguish between fiction and nonfiction and real and pretend.

Standard Reference
671.03

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Distinguish between fiction and nonfiction and real and imaginary.

Refer to 007.08

TO, TMA

007.18 Locate resources for finding words in the classroom: word wall; color word chart; number word chart; familiar books; children's name labels and name tags; pictionary; computer; title page; dictionary.

Standard Reference
671.04

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Locate some resources for finding words in the classroom: word wall; color word chart; number word chart; familiar books; children's name labels and name tags; pictionary; computer; title page; dictionary; read common single-syllable sight words; match or compare shapes and objects.

Refer to 007.01

IRI, BKAB, TO, TMA

007.19Identify five software icons located in the classroom and school.

Standard Reference
671.05

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Identify five software icons located in the classroom and school.

Refer to 007.20

TO, TMA

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Unit

Writing

Ongoing

007.20 Demonstrate understanding and application of steps of writing process: brainstorm; draft; teacher conference; revise; edit; publish; share.

Standard Reference
672.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Demonstrate understanding and application of steps of writing process: brainstorm; draft; teacher conference; revise; edit; publish; share.

A Fresh Look at Writing; My Kid Can't Spell; The Art of Teaching Writing; The Beginnings of Writing; What Did I Write?; Interactive Writing; Writing Without Tears; 26 Interactive Alphabet Mini Books; Waterford and Supplemental Activities; Kindergarten Handbook

TO, TMA

007.21 Write Legibly.

Standard Reference
672.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Correctly grip pencil, and correctly form letters using district's handwriting curriculum (D'Nealian) and lower case letters.

Refer to 007.20

IRI, BKAB, TO, TMA

007.22 Use technology to create a piece for publication

Standard Reference
672.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Use word processing program to produce a piece of writing: type own name; type simple sentence (I love mom); print and illustrate writing; Waterford.

Refer to 007.20

TO, TMA, Waterford

007.23 Develop vocabulary

Standard Reference
672.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Develop written vocabulary by: copying words, inventive spelling, memorizing words, and/or sound/symbol correspondence

Refer to 007.20

TO, TMA

007.24 Apply rules and conventions for the following: grammar; punctuation; capitalization; spelling.

Standard Reference
672.02

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Apply rules and conventions for the following: grammar; punctuation; capitalization; spelling.

Refer to 007.20

TO, TMA

007.25 Develop a sentence that focuses on a main idea, differentiate between letters and words, and write for personal and practical needs.

Standard Reference
672.02

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Develop a sentence that focuses on a main idea:
Consistent focus in a piece of writing or a drawing;
Write for personal and practical needs.
Differentiate between letters and words.

Refer to 007.20

TO, TMA

007.26 Write a narrative composition with a picture and at least one simple sentence that establishes and supports a central idea.

Standard Reference
672.03

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

Write or dictate a narrative composition with a picture and at least one simple sentence that establishes and supports a central idea.

Refer to 007.20

TO, TMA

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Unit

Listening

Ongoing

007.27 Listen and respond to a variety of electronic and live presentations

Standard Reference
673.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Identify the purpose for listening or viewing (enjoyment, gathering information, problem solving) and apply strategies for the purpose (attending respectfully and courteously, offering verbal and nonverbal feedback).

Kindergarten Handbook; Waterford Program and Supplement Activities; Wright Group Books/Read Along Stories/ Interactive Books; Interactive Writing Journal Writing/Reading

TO, TMA

007.28 Listen to gain enrichment and information about various cultures

Standard Reference
673.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Identify the purpose for listening or viewing (enjoyment, gathering information, problem solving) and apply strategies for the purpose (attending respectfully and courteously, offering verbal and nonverbal feedback).

Refer to 007.27

TO, TMA

007.29 Listen to literature presented using a variety of media such as teacher reading, computer, tape, or video.

Standard Reference
673.02

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Listen to literature presented using a variety of media such as teacher reading, computer, tape, or video.

Refer to 007.27

TO, TMA

007.30 Listen for specific information

Standard Reference
673.03

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Listen for specific information

Refer to 007.27

TO, TMA

007.31 Frequently provide opportunities for students to follow verbal directions

Standard Reference
673.04

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

The student will repeat and follow one-step and multi-step directions.

Refer to 007.27

TO, TMA

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Unit

Speaking

Ongoing

007.32 Develop awareness of speaker behaviors, such as posture, articulation, volume, and use of complete sentences and organization.

Standard Reference
674.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Begin to develop awareness of speaker behaviors, such as posture, articulation, volume, and use of complete sentences and organization.

Refer to 007.27

TO, TMA

007.33 Orally share known literature through various presentations and activities.

Standard Reference
674.02

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Orally share known literature through various presentations and activities.

Refer to 007.27

TO, TMA

007.34 Express opinions and solve problems.

Standard Reference
674.03

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Express opinions and solve problems.

Refer to 007.27

TO, TMA

007.35 Encourage others' participation while exhibiting courteous, attentive, and appropriate behavior during discussions.

Standard Reference
674.03

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Encourage others'participation while exhibiting courteous, attentive, and appropriate behavior during discussions.

Refer to 007.27

TO, TMA

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Unit

Viewing

Ongoing

007.36 Create awareness of different media

Standard Reference
675.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Create awareness of different media.

Kindergarten Handbook

TO, TMA

007.37 Demonstrate understanding of the main idea using various responses (filmstrip, video, slide).

Standard Reference
675.01

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Identify main idea of media presentation using various response modes.

Refer to 007.27

TO, TMA

007.38 Develop awareness of various media

Standard Reference
675.02

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Develop awareness of various media.

Kindergarten Handbook

TO, TMA

007.39 Differentiate between real and pretend

Standard Reference
675.03

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Differentiate between real and imaginary.

Refer to 007.08

TO, TMA

007.40 Compare two media that present the same story

Standard Reference
675.03

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Compare two media that present the same story.

Kindergarten Handbook

TO, TMA