Students will learn the foundations of handwriting.
Core Curriculum Content Standards
PA Common Core: English Language Arts (2013)
Foundational Skills: Students gain a working knowledge of concepts of print, alphabetic principle, and other basic conventions.
GRADE K
Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.-Follow words left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.-Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.-Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.-Recognize and name all upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.(1.1.K.B)
Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).-Recognize and produce rhyming words.-Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.-Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.-Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sound (phonemes) in the three-phoneme (CVC) words.(1.1.K.C)
Know and apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.-Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to one letter-sound correspondence.-Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings for the five major vowels.-Read grade level high-frequency sight words with automaticity.-Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.(1.1.K.D)
Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text – with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
GRADE K
With prompting and support, identify basic similarities and differences between two texts (read or read aloud) on the same topic.(1.2.K.I)
Reading Literature: Students read and respond to works of literature - with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
GRADE Kindergarten
With prompting and support, retell familiar stories including key details.(1.3.K.A)
Answer questions about key details in a text.(1.3.K.B)
With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.(1.3.K.C)
Recognize common types of text.(1.3.K.E)
Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
GRADE K
Demonstrate a grade appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and spelling.-Capitalize first word in sentence and pronoun I.-Recognize and use end punctuation.-Spell simple words phonetically.(1.4.K.F)
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces on familiar topics.(1.4.K.G)
Demonstrate a grade appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and spelling.-Capitalize first word in sentence and pronoun I.-Recognize and use end punctuation.-Spell simple words phonetically.(1.4.K.R)
Units
Unit #1 - Unit 1- Lower case letters
Unit #2 - Unit 2- Upper-case letters
Unit #3 - Unit 3- Blending and Segmenting
Unit #4 - Unit 4- Digraphs and decoding three-sound words
