Week 1

September

Literacy: As a whole class makes rules for the year.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.1.a
Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking
turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion).

Art: Students draw a picture of them acting out one of the new classroom rules.
Speaking and Listening: Students act out being respectful and following the
rules.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.6
Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.

Week 2

Literacy: Students have a discussion about their family and who they live with.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.4
Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and
support, provide additional detail.

Art: Students draw a picture and label their family members and parts of their
house.

Math: Students will count how many people that are in their family and compare
it to the rest of the class.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.B.4
Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting
to cardinality.

Week 3

Literacy: Students will draw a picture of their favorite book and write the name of

the book.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.1
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in
which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about
and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book
is...).

Speaking and Listening: Students will explain why they chose their favorite
book.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.1.b
Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.

Math: Students will count as a class how many people had the same favorite

book.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.B.4
Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting
to cardinality.

Week 4:

Literacy: Teacher will read Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.1
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a
text.

Literacy: Students will come up with their own rhyming words and share them to
the class.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2.a
Recognize and produce rhyming words.

Art: Students will draw their rhyming words. Ex: Hat and Sat

October- Fall curriculum

Week 1 &2: Leaves
ELA: With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
Math: Count to 100 by ones and by tens
Science: Answer questions by explaining observations of the natural world.
Week 1: Collect leaves from nearby park
Science: I will prompt students on questions about trees as we are collecting leaves
History: Talk about how to identify the age of a tree (also integrate math by counting)
Math: Count how many leaves they collected and each type.
Art: Leaf coloring
Literacy: We will read a book about leaves. Students will be paired up with their elbow partner
and partner A will be talking about characters and Student B will be talking about what
happened to the characters

Week 2:
Literacy: We will read about fall and the activities during fall, prompting the students to talk
about what their family does during the fall and have them draw a picture of that activity.
Math: Practice counting by tens by making groups with little pumpkin cutouts.
Week 3 &4: Pumpkins
ELA: Recognize common types of texts (e.g.,storybooks, poems).
Math: Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20
Science: Different kinds of materials display different properties
Week 3:
Literacy: read2 or 3 fiction books about pumpkins and talk about the similarities between each
(how they grow, how long it takes)
Math: Count with our pumpkin seeds by writing pictures of each number of seeds.
Science: We will play with pumpkin guts, shaving cream, mod podge to see the different
properties (texture) of the different materials.
Art: playing with the different materials and creating

Week 4:
Literacy: We will read non-fiction books about pumpkins and talk about the similarities between
the books and the differences between fiction and non-fiction
Math: Counting apples
Senses: We will taste test different kinds of apples to show that different materials show different
properties(taste)

November Curriculum
Week 1

Math- Pumpkin Pie Counting

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A.1
Count to 100 by ones and by tens.

Art-Draw picture of favorite thanksgiving dish

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Component 1.1: Understands and applies arts concepts and vocabulary.

Literacy- A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a
text.

Week 2

Science- Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

LS1.C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms

All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants
or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow. (K-LS1-1)

Social Studies- Field trip to Pumpkin Patch

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Component 1.2: Understands the purposes, organization, and function of

governments, laws, and political systems.

Week 3
Writing- I am Thankful For.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.1
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in
which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about
and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book
is...)

Math- Turkey Counting

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A.1
Count to 100 by ones and by tens.

Week 4

Science- Indian Corn

Art- Make a turkey
Assessment

Literacy assessment will be informal. Students will identify characters, events, and
settings in the books. They will also need to answer questions about the different texts
we read in class.
Math, art, science, social studies, and technology assessment will be by informal
observation. They need to complete their worksheets and projects.
.

December
Week 1
Literacy
Read There Was A Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow
Answer some questions about the story and talk about the vocabulary.
Art
Make a cold lady out of a paper bag and let the students feed her items from
the story.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.4.A
Identify new meanings for familiar words and apply them accurately
Week 2
Science
Show the students how to fill ice trays and freeze the water. After the ice is
frozen place and ice cube in the sun and show the kids how it melts.
K-ESS3-3 Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the
land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
Week 3
Social Studies
Christmas Around the world
Art

 Print off coloring pages of Christmas from different countries and have the kids
color them and talk about the different places.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.C
Identify real-life connections between words and their use

January
Week 4
Math
Cut out mittens and little snow flakes. Have the kids each get 9 mittens. They
will start with he first mitten and glue one snowflake onto it. On the second
mitten glue two snowflakes on that one and cont inue until they get done with
the ninth mitten.
K.CC a. When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order,
pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name
with one and only one object.

Week 5
Science
Make a bin that is full of salt and clear crystals that you would put into a vase.
The kids can play in it and it feels like they are playing in snow and ice.
K-ESS3-3 Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the
land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
Week 6
Literacy
Print off a picture of a penguin and put a word pool at the bottom. Have the
students label the different parts of the penguin using the words from the word
pool.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.4.A
Identify new meanings for familiar words and apply them accurately

Assessment
The literacy assessment will be informal. I will be reading a story to them and they will
answer questions about the story. Math and art will be informal. I will walk around and
look at the students work to see how they are doing.

February
Week One-Groundhog theme
Literacy: Student read about groundhog facts and have discussion about seasons
Math: Making hypothesis if the ground hog will see its shadow.
K.MD.A.1 Measure and Data. Describe and compare measurable attributes.
Art: Trace outlines of bodies on black paper to make shadows
Science: Put a flashlight in a paper bag and shine it to demonstrate shadows.
Week Two- Valentines Day
Literacy: Read stories about valentines day.
Math: Counting and graphing candy hearts
K.MD.A.2 Measurement and Data Describe and compare measurable attributes 2.
Directly compare two objects with measurable attributes.
Art: Making valentines
Social Science: Talking about people in our families that we love
Week Three-Presidents Day
Literacy: Read about the Presidents
Math: Counting the presidents with a math game
K.CC.A.1 Counting and Cardinality. Know number and count sequence. 1. Count to 100
by ones and by ten.
Art: making an Abraham Lincoln house out of pretzels, president puppets out of paper
bags

Week Four-Dental Health

Literacy: Read about teeth
Math: Sorting and counting different types of teeth

K.CC.B.5 Count and tell the number of objects.

Art: Making teeth
Science: Learning about what are teeth. Take a trip to the dentist.

March- Dr. Suess Curriculum

Week 1

Literacy- Would you like the Cat in the Hat to come to your house? (Draw & write)
Literacy- Read and question and answer Dr. Suess books during circle/story time
(The Cat in the Hat)
Art- Make Cat in the Hat hats (with rhyming words listed on hat)
RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a
text.
RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a
story
RW.K. 1. Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces
in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and
state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is . . .).

EALR.3.2: Uses the arts to communicate for a specific purpose

Week 2

Math- Do you like green eggs and ham? (Chart/graph)

Literacy-Read and question and answer Dr. Suess books during circle/story time
(Green Eggs and Ham)
K.CC. 6. Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than,
or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting
strategies.
RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a
text.

Week 3
Science-Talk and observe about trees and how to keep our Earth clean (The
Lorax)

Literacy-Read and question and answer Dr. Suess books during circle/story time
(The Lorax)
K-ESS3-3 Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the
land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a
text.

Week 4

Social Studies- Oh The Places Youll Go bucket list

Technology-Listening Center (Dr. Suess book recordings ( Oh the Places Youll

Go))
GLE.5.3.1 States own viewpoints and listens to the viewpoints of others
EALR. 1.2: Collaborate: Use digital media and environments to communicate and work
collaboratively to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.

Assessment
Literacy assessment will be informal. Students will identify characters, events, and
settings in various Dr. Suess books. They will also need to answer questions about the
different texts we read in class.
Math, art, science, social studies, and technology assessment will be by informal
observation. They need to complete their worksheets and projects.

April:
Week 1

SPRING BREAK

Week 2

Technology: Students will be at the listening center listening to Pete the Cat
books.
EALR. 1.2: Collaborate: Use digital media and environments to communicate and
work collaboratively to support individual learning and contribute to the learning
of others.

Literacy: Students will write something that they liked from their Pete the Cat
book.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.1
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a
text.

Art: Students will draw a picture to go with their writing to match their book.

Week 3

Literacy: As a class students will come up with descripting sentences about Pete
the Cat. We will make a poster as a class with a drawing of Pete in the middle
and the sentences attached to the poster so everyone can see the characteristics
of Pete. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.7
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and
the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration
depicts).

Art: Students will draw pictures of themselves and write down characteristics that
match their personality.

Week 4

Literacy: Teacher will read aloud Pete the Cat and his 4 Groovy Buttons.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.1

With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a
text.

Math: Students will complete their Pete the Cat math paper. (Pete the cat has 7
groovy buttons, 4 popped off. How many does he have now? Etc.)
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.B.4.a
When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing
each object with one and only one number name and each number name with
one and only one object

Assessment: Teacher will collect students work. Teacher will also complete a checklist
to help her assess. Teacher will be using informal assessments as well. Participation,
questioning and interacting conversations will all be included on the checklist. Informal
observation will also take place.

May-Flower unit
Week 1&2 standards
ELA: Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several
loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a
reaction to what happened.
Math: Fluently add and subtract within 5.
Science: The Sun and the Moon appear to have patterns of movement that can be observed
and recorded.
Week 1
Literacy: Read a book about the seasons and what happens in may
Literacy: Write/ draw the process of a flower growing
Math: flower number bonds
Science: Calculate how many hours of sun the flowers get to grow when the sun is out and
when does the moon come out
Week 2
Literacy: Read a book about bees
Literacy: Write/draw a sentence about beginning and end
Math: dice (1-5) game. Roll the die and whatever number you land on you have to subtract from
5

Art: Draw flowers and bees and how they interact

Week 3&4 standards
ELA: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when
writing or speaking.
Math: Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several
measurable attributes of a single object.
Science: Plants and animals meet their needs in different ways.
Week 3:
Literacy: Write sentences on how they feel about their mom not worrying about spelling of words
(Mothers Day)
Math: Measure various objects outside with rulers, paperclips, and shoes noting that each tool
is different therefore their measurements arent always the right standard
Science: We will keep adding to our data of the flowers we planted in April to see how fast they
are growing. We will also grow flowers in the classroom and students will have the opportunity
to manage it for a day.
Week 4:
Literacy: Write mini books with three word sentences making sure to note capitalization, periods,
commas.
Literacy: Bee books- learning about the life of a bee
Math: measure our flowers growth in length and add to the graph weve been doing all of May.
Science: We will begin our bee unit and see how bees survive off of flowers nectar.

June- Summer
Week 1
Literacy: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including
key details
Math: Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by
using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 5 = 2
+ 3 and 5 = 4 +
Literacy: Teacher will read aloud Pete the Cat: I love my white shoes. Students will complete
their cause and effect book based on the events that happened in the story.
Math: Number bonds with numbers up to 10
Writing: they will write about their favorite memory form the previous summer and write about
what they are excited about for this summer.

Math assessments will be from the curriculum so it will be formal.

We will do spelling tests for literacy as well as informal assessment with questioning and
observing