Flemington-Raritan Regional School District
Flemington, New Jersey
Kindergarten Curriculum
Gregory Nolan, Superintendent
Daniel Bland, Assistant Superintendent
Carol Baker, Language Arts Supervisor
Anthony DeMarco, Science/Social Studies Supervisor
Sandra Pollock, Mathematics Supervisor
Colleen Ewing
Regina Loreti
Anne McDougald
Katherine O’Leary
Susan Shames
Council of Instruction Review: December 9, 2009
Staff Review/Vote:
BOE Curriculum Committee Review: December 2, 2009
Board of Education Approval: December 14, 2009
Flemington-Raritan Regional School District
Kindergarten Curriculum
Table of Contents
Page
Table of Contents .............................................................................. 1-2
District Mission Statement ................................................................ 3
Philosophy ......................................................................................... 4
Concepts ............................................................................................ 5-6
Objective I: Prereading ..................................................................... 7
Objective I: Reading ......................................................................... 8
Objective I: Postreading ................................................................... 9
Objective I: Prewriting ..................................................................... 10
Objective I: Drafting ......................................................................... 11-12
Objective I: Postwriting .................................................................... 13
Objective II: Story Elements ............................................................ 14-15
Objective III ....................................................................................... 16
Objective IV ...................................................................................... 17-19
Kindergarten Mathematics Activities ................................................ 20-36
Kindergarten Author Study ............................................................... 37
Kindergarten Pacing Guide ............................................................... 38
Social Studies Curriculum Standards ................................................ 39
Integrated Unit: School Community/Classroom Community .......... 40
Integrated Unit: ME, FAMILY, FRIEND ........................................ 41-42
Integrated Unit: Five Senses ............................................................. 43-44
Integrated Unit: Seasons- Fall .......................................................... 45
Integrated Unit: Maps and Globes .................................................... 46
Integrated Unit: Culture/Pilgrims/Native Americans ....................... 47
Integrated Unit: Sharing and Giving ................................................ 48
Integrated Unit: Celebration of Lights ............................................. 49
Integrated Unit: Winter - Seasons .................................................... 50-51
Integrated Unit: Nutrition ................................................................. 52-53
Integrated Unit: Spring - Seasons ..................................................... 54
Integrated Unit: Earth - Recycle ....................................................... 55
Integrated Unit: Life Cycle – Butterfly & Moth .............................. 56-57
Integrated Unit: Culture - Halloween ............................................... 58
Integrated Unit: Culture – Chinese New Year ................................. 59
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Page
Integrated Unit: Groundhogs ............................................................ 60
Integrated Unit: Martin Luther King, Jr. .......................................... 61
Integrated Unit: Abraham Lincoln ................................................... 62
Integrated Unit: George Washington ................................................ 63
Integrated Unit: Mother’s Day – ME Unit ....................................... 64
Integrated Unit: Father’s Day – ME Unit ......................................... 65
Kindergarten Science Curriculum ..................................................... 66
Year-at-a-Glance ............................................................................... 67-69
Unit: Five Senses .............................................................................. 70-72
Unit: Living Organisms .................................................................... 73-74
Unit: The Seasons ............................................................................. 75-77
Unit: Nutrition/Health ...................................................................... 78-80
Unit: Properties of Matter ................................................................. 81-82
Unit: Earth/Recycling ....................................................................... 83-84
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Kindergarten Curriculum
District Mission Statement
The Flemington-Raritan Schools, a caring and proactive district, in partnership with the community, will provide
each student with:
A sound educational foundation,
The guidance to strive for his/her full potential, and
The inspiration to become a lifelong learner and a responsible, productive citizen in an ever-changing global
society.
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Flemington-Raritan Regional School District
Kindergarten Curriculum Guide
PHILOSOPHY
The Kindergarten Curriculum is based on the belief that the developmental growth of each child is unique. The social,
emotional, physical, and intellectual growth of each child develops through active and purposeful learning experiences.
Children acquire information, develop concepts, and discover the relevance of what they learn through an integrated
curriculum which reflects developmentally appropriate practices.
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CONCEPTS
Language Arts Concepts
The children will begin their development as life-long readers and writers through their participation in reading, writing
listening, and speaking activities. The children will:
Understand that print conveys meaning and use print to make meaning.
Identify, form, and use upper and lower case letters.
Hear and use letter sounds in writing with temporary and conventional spellings.
Demonstrate concepts about print: front/back, left/right, top/bottom, letters/words/spaces/punctuation, and
words/illustrations.
Enjoy and participate in a variety of reading writing experiences.
Math Concepts
The children will reason, solve problems, and communicate mathematically in meaningful activities. The children will:
Apply mathematics knowledge and language to common applications.
Recognize and write numbers and use them to count in a variety of ways.
Name and use basic shapes.
Identify, extend, and create patterns.
Explore measurement of time, distance, and money.
Health Concepts
The children will develop awareness of health information which includes personal health, family living, and safety. They will
learn that:
Eating a variety of healthful foods and getting enough exercise and rest helps people to stay healthy.
Some diseases are caused by germs, some are not.
Diseases caused by germs may be spread by people who have them.
Washing one’s hands with soap and water reduces the number of germs that can get into the body or that can be passed
on to other people. (from Benchmarks, p. 144)
Social Studies Concepts
1. The children will recognize and respect themselves and others as unique persons. They will learn that people have
different external features, such as the size, shape, and color of hair, skin, and eyes, but they are more like one another
than like other animals. (from Benchmarks, p. 128)
2. The children will recognize their roles, and the roles of others, in various social units. They will come to understand
that:
People tend to live in families and communities in which individuals have different roles.
Different families or classrooms have different rules and patterns of behavior.
Some behaviors are not accepted in most families or schools. (from Benchmarks, pp. 128 and 154)
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3. The children will explore the concept of giving of oneself and learn to respect and appreciate the customs, traditions,
and contributions of others. (from Benchmarks, p. 165)
4. The children will recognize maps and globes as representations of the world. They will learn that a model of
something is different from the real thing but can be used to learn something about the real thing. (from Benchmarks,
p. 268)
Science Concepts – Life, Physical & Earth
Life: The children will develop an awareness that living things grow and change. They will learn that:
Some animals are alike in the way they look and in the things they do, and others are very different from
one another.
Animals have features that help them live in different environments.
Stories sometimes give plants and animals attributes they really do not have.
Most living things need water, food, and air.
Plants and animals have features that help them live in different environments. (from Benchmarks, pp.
102 and 111)
Physical: The children will recognize that they interpret their world through their five senses. They will observe and
come to know that:
People use their senses to find out about their surrounds and themselves.
The senses can warn individuals about danger.
Different senses give different information.
People can often learn about things around them by just observing those things carefully, but sometimes
they can learn more by doing something to the things and noting what happens.
Primary and secondary colors are used to describe many things that can be seen.
People can learn from each other by telling and listening, showing and watching, and imitating what others
do.
Objects can be described in terms of the materials they are made of (clay, cloth, paper, etc.) and their
physical properties (color, size, shape, weight, texture, flexibility, etc.). (from Benchmarks, pp. 10 and
136)
Earth: 1. The children will recognize seasonal change. They will predict and observe to learn that:
Some events in nature have a repeating pattern.
The weather changes some from day to day, but things such as temperature and rain (or snow)
tend to be high, low, or medium in the same months every year.
2. The children will become aware of ways to preserve the environment and its inhabitants.
Creative Arts Concepts
The children will sue art, music, and movement to express their ideas and feelings about the concepts they are exploring in
other content areas. Resources used by teachers for music and movement include: The World of Music (teachers guide and
accompanying CD’s are available from each building’s music teacher and kindergarten level of the Physical Education Guide).
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Objective I: Students will develop strategies to monitor and improve comprehension, composition, and verbal communication.
Standards Learning Experiences Assessments Resources
I. Pre-reading
A. Predictions
3.1.E.2
3.1.E.3
3.1.G.6
3.5.A.1
Picture Walk
Predictions from book jacket
(title, author, illustrations,
summaries, etc.)
Predictions from story
elements
Student
Make sensible predictions (orally)
Make predictions based on available clues
Listen and respond courteously to
predictions made by classmates
Good Habits, Great Readers, Unit 2,
Week 1
Good Habits, Great Readers, Unit 7,
Week 1
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Objective I: Students will develop strategies to monitor and improve comprehension, composition, and verbal communication.
Standards Learning Experiences Assessments Resources
II. Reading
A. Cues of phonics, syntax
(sentence structure), and
semantics
3.1.A.1
3.1.A.2
3.1.A.3
3.1.A.4
3.1.A.5
3.1.B.1
3.1.B.2
3.1.B.3
3.1.B.4
3.1.C.1
3.1.C.2
3.1.C.3
3.1.E.1
3.1.F.1
Shared Reading
Direct instruction of letter names
Direct instruction in printing letters
upper and lower case
Direct instruction of phonetic cues
(letter-sound relationships,
specifically: initial consonants.
Vowel awareness: a-e-i-o-u as
vowels, letters that are different from
consonants.
Direct instruction of rhyming
Direct instruction of early reading
strategies on Shared Reading:
- Directionality
- One-to-one matching
Recognizing high frequency words
Problem-solving unfamiliar words
Student
Will complete tasks from the January
and April Kindergarten Assessments
Will demonstrate reading behaviors
noted on Kindergarten Progress
Report
Teacher
Observe students’ Shared Reading
behaviors and concepts about print in
independent reading
Observe student’s ability to hear and
record sounds in words in their
writing.
Devices
January and April Assessments
DIBELS Assessment
Big Books
Alphabet Chart & Song
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting Series
Materials for teaching of phonics
(published texts, flip books)
Phonemic Awareness in Young
Children, Chapter 9
Phonemic Awareness in Young
Children, Chapter 4
Good Habits, Great Readers
Good Habits, Great Readers, Unit 2,
Week 1; Unit 2, Week 3; Unit 3, Week
3
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Standards Learning Experiences Assessments Resources
III. Postreading
A. Referral to pre-reading
thinking
B. Identification and application
of new information
3.1.D.1
3.1.D.2
3.1.D.3
3.1.D.4
3.1.E.4
3.1.G.1
3.1.G.2
3.1.G.3
3.1.G.4
3.5.B.1
3.5.B.2
C. Oral Response
3.1.D.2
3.1.D.4
3.1.E.4
3.1.E.5
3.1.F.1
3.1.F.4
3.1.G.2
3.3.A.1
3.3.A.3
3.4.A.2
3.4.B.1
3.4.B.2
Checking predictions
Read and retell (orally)
Graphic Organizers (Venn Diagram
and Webbing)
Projects
Finding main ideas
Using context clues
Student
Provide oral responses to
comprehension questions
Teacher
Assess reading comprehension
through students’ ability to revise
their prereading thinking as needed
Evaluate quality of students’
response and projects (be they
dramatic or artistic)
See prereading strategies
Graphic Organizers
Good Habits, Great Readers, Unit 2,
Week 4; Unit 3, Week 1
Big Books
Good Habits, Great Readers, Unit 2,
Week 2; Unit 2, Week 3
Story Map
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Objective I: Students will develop strategies to monitor and improve comprehension, composition, and verbal communication.
Standards Learning Experiences Assessments Resources
IV. Prewriting
A. Purpose setting
3.2.A.1
3.2.A.2
3.2.A.3
3.2.A.4
3.3.C.1
3.1.D.1
B. Oral (speaking and listening)
3.1.A.6
3.1.A.7
3.2.A.6
3.2.A.7
3.3.A.1
3.3.A.2
3.3.B.1
3.3.B.2
3.3.C.1
3.3.C.2
3.5.B.1
Establishing self-selected topics
Responding to assigned topics
Pair discussion
Group discussion
Oral composing
Brainstorming
Role-playing
Student
Identify purpose and topic for piece
Teacher
Observe students’ ability to identify
and use purpose-setting strategies
Observes to determine degree to
which students meet evaluation
criteria
Student
Speaks clearly (with appropriate
volume and projection) at appropriate
rate
Participates as a speaker and as a
listener in oral activity
Questions effectively as a way of
learning
Expresses opinions
Provides positive feedback to peers
Critiques ideas without criticizing the
person and responds courteously
Journals
What’s Next for this Beginning
Writer?
Props, pictures, music
Chart paper, markers
Good Habits, Great Readers, Unit 5,
Week 1; Unit 6, Week 1 & Week 4;
Unit 7, Week 1
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Objective I: Students will develop strategies to monitor and improve comprehension, composition, and verbal communication.
Standards Learning Experiences Assessments Resources
V. Drafting
A. Using developmentally
appropriate methods for self-
expressions
3.1.A.2
3.1.A.3
3.1.A.4
3.1.B.2
3.1.B.3
3.1.B.4
3.2.A.1
3.2.A.2
3.2.A.4
3.2.A.5
3.2.A.7
3.2.C.1
3.2.C.3
3.2.C.4
3.2.C.5
3.2.D.1
Pictures, scribbles, and developmental
spelling
Taking compositional risks without
fear of error
Engaging in sustained writing
Independent Writing
Teacher
Evaluates student performance on
basis of developmental descriptions
Observes for evidence of phonemic
segmentation, hearing, and recording
sounds in words, and use of initial,
final, middle consonants, and vowels
DIBELS Assessment
Hearing Sounds in Word Assessment
What’s Next for this Beginning
Writer?
Journals
Phonemic Awareness in Young
Children, Chapters 8 & 9
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Standards Learning Experiences Assessments Resources
V. Drafting (Cont.)
B. Participating in development of
whole-class and small-group
stories
3.2.A.2
3.2.A.6
3.2.D.1
3.3.A.1
3.3.A.2
3.3.A.3
3.3.C.1
3.4.A.2
3.5.A.1
C. Establishing and maintaining
focus of draft
3.1.A.7
3.1.D.1
Oral composing
Teacher as scribe for whole class
Shared Writing
Guided Writing
Matching picture and text
Teacher
Observe students’ participation
Teacher
Observe to determine students’
fluency in drafting
Chart Paper
Overhead
Writing Book
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Objective I: Students will develop strategies to monitor and improve comprehension, composition, and verbal communication.
Standards Learning Experiences Assessments Resources
VI. Postwriting
3.1.B.1
3.1.B.2
3.1.D.1
3.1.D.2
3.3.A.1
3.3.A.3
3.3.C.1
3.3.C.2
3.3.D.1
3.3.D.2
3.5.A.2
3.5.B.1
3.5.B.2
Sharing writing with a variety of
audiences in a variety of ways
Student and Teacher
Comparison of writing over time
Teacher
Observations of students’ sharing
What’s Next for this Beginning
Writer?
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Objective II: Students will be exposed to the elements of good literature and will be encouraged to employ those elements in their writing.
Standards Learning Experiences Assessments Resources
I. Story Elements
A. Characters
1. Speech and action
2. Inner thoughts and feelings
3. Reactions and opinions of
other characters
4. Author’s physical description
5. Main and minor characters
B. Setting
1. Time
2. Place
3. Importance of setting in plot
Or character development
3.1.A.6 3.1.H.2
3.1.B.5 3.3.A.3
3.1.C.1 3.3.B.2
3.1.D.2 3.3.C.1
3.1.D.3 3.3.C.2
3.1.D.4 3.3.D.1
3.1.E.4 3.4.A.2
3.1.F.1 3.4.A.3
3.1.F.3 3.4.B.1
3.1.F.4 3.4.B.2
3.1.G.1 3.5.A.1
3.1.G.2 3.5.A.2
3.1.G.3 3.5.B.1
3.1.G.4 3.5.B.2
3.1.G.5
3.1.G.6
Venn Diagram
Dramatization/Puppets
Character Map
Compare and contrast
Illustration
Illustration
Story Map
Presentation of passages rich in setting
clues
Teacher modeling of setting clues
Student
Identify and describe main character
Explain why the main character is the
main character
Student
Identify setting
Scrutinize clue words to decipher and
identify setting
Big Books and Guided Reading
Selections
Good Habits, Great Readers, Unit 4,
Week 2
Big Books and Guided Reading
Selections
Good Habits, Great Readers, Unit 4,
Week 2; Unit 4, Week 3
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Objective II: Students will be exposed to the elements of good literature and will be encouraged to employ those elements in their writing.
Standards Learning Experiences Assessments Resources
I. Story Elements (cont.)
C. Plot
D. Theme Identification
E. Figurative language repetition
3.1.A.6 3.1.H.2
3.1.B.5 3.3.A.3
3.1.C.1 3.3.B.2
3.1.D.2 3.3.C.1
3.1.D.3 3.3.C.2
3.1.D.4 3.3.D.1
3.1.E.4 3.4.A.2
3.1.F.1 3.4.A.3
3.1.F.3 3.4.B.1
3.1.F.4 3.4.B.2
3.1.G.1 3.5.A.1
3.1.G.2 3.5.A.2
3.1.G.3 3.5.B.1
3.1.G.4 3.5.B.2
3.1.G.5
3.1.G.6
Story Map
Dramatization
Illustration
Story Map
Teacher Modeling
Teacher Modeling
Choral Reading
Student
Summarize plot of story
Student
Respond to themes in stories
Teacher observation
Good Habits, Great Readers, Unit 4,
Week 2
Good Habits, Great Readers, Unit 4,
Week2
Good Habits, Great Readers, Unit 4,
Week 3; Unit 6, Week 4
Poems
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Objective III: Students will relate reading and writing to personal experiences and purposes.
Standards Learning Experiences Assessments Resources
Purposes for reading and writing
Elements of various reading material
that evoke a personal response
Ways readers respond to types of
reading
Ways to elicit specific responses
from readers of own writing (sense of
audience)
Common themes of literature
3.1.A.6 3.4.A.1
3.1.D.4 3.4.A.2
3.1.F.3 3.4.A.3
3.1.F.4 3.4.B.1
3.1.G.1 3.4.B.2
3.1.G.2 3.5.A.2
3.1.G.3 3.5.B.1
3.1.G.4 3.5.B.2
3.1.H.1
3.1.H.2
3.3.A.1
3.3.A.2
3.3.A.3
3.3.B.1
3.3.B.2
3.3.D.2
Think Alouds
Teacher modeling of journal entries
and responses
Responding to reading and writing in a
variety of ways
Student
Use text to substantiate response
Understand and validate responses of
other group members
Teacher
Observe and conference with students
Big Books
Variety of trade books
Good Habits Great Readers, Unit 7,
Week 2; Unit 3, Week 1, Unit 3, Week
2
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Objective IV: Students will become independent, life-long readers and writers.
Standards Learning Experiences Assessments Resources
I. Awareness of sources of printed
Material
II. Different type of reading materials
3.1.D.1 3.2.B.1
3.1.D.4 3.2.B.2
3.1.E.1 3.2.C.3
3.1.E.4 3.2.C.4
3.1.E.5 3.2.C.5
3.1.F.1 3.2.D.1
3.1.F.2 3.2.D.2
3.1.G.1 3.3.A.3
3.1.G.2 3.3.B.1
3.1.G.3 3.3.B.2
3.1.G.4 3.3.C.1
3.1.G.5 3.4.A.1
3.1.G.6 3.4.A.2
3.1.H.1 3.4.A.3
3.1.H. 2 3.4.B.1
3.2.A.1 3.4.B.2
3.2.A.2 3.5.A.1
3.2.A.3 3.5.A.2
3.2.A.4 3.5.B.1
3.2.A.6 3.5.B.2
3.2.A.7
Read Alouds
Book display including student written
published books
Brainstorming list of print sources
Displaying magazines, sign, plays, etc.
Teacher modeling of personal reading
Using a variety of reading materials in
class lessons
Publication and display of student
work
Introduction of non-fiction text
Student
Find books independently
Find books from many sources
Use books as resource for own writing
Student
Choose to read from a variety of
reading materials
Extensive book collection
Chart paper
Shelves, racks, bookcases
Environmental print
Good Habits, Great Readers, Unit 1,
Week 1; Unit 1, Week 2
Magazines
Signs
Good Habits, Great Readers, Unit 5,
Week 4; Unit 5, Week 3
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Standards Learning Experiences Assessments Resources
III. Reading as a pleasurable activity
IV. Different types of writing
3.1.D.1 3.2.B.1
3.1.D.4 3.2.B.2
3.1.E.1 3.2.C.3
3.1.E.4 3.2.C.4
3.1.E.5 3.2.C.5
3.1.F.1 3.2.D.1
3.1.F.2 3.2.D.2
3.1.G.1 3.3.A.3
3.1.G.2 3.3.B.1
3.1.G.3 3.3.B.2
3.1.G.4 3.3.C.1
3.1.G.5 3.4.A.1
3.1.G.6 3.4.A.2
3.1.H.1 3.4.A.3
3.1.H.2 3.4.B.1
3.2.A.1 3.4.B.2
3.2.A.2 3.5.A.1
3.2.A.3 3.5.A.2
3.2.A.4 3.5.B.1
3.2.A.6 3.5.B.2
3.2.A.7
Reading workshop
SSR (Sustained Silent Reading)
Teacher modeling
Sharing of books
Publication and celebration of student
writing
Release of responsibility for book
choice to students
Making writing materials available
Teacher modeling of personal writing
Use of a variety of writing purposes
and formats in class lessons
Display of student work
Student
Respond to books on own and in
groups
Choose reading as a pastime
Converse spontaneously about books
Student
Choose writing as a vehicle for self-
expression
Choose to share writing with others
Rocker, pillows, rugs, etc.
Multitudes of books and other reading
material
Book binding machine, hand-bound
book covers, bulletin board displays,
class books
Good Habits, Great Readers, Unit 1,
Week 3
Variety of papers
Variety of pens, markers, etc.
Word and concept charts
Good Habits, Great Readers, Unit 6,
Week 2
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Standards Learning Experiences Assessments Resources
V. Writing as a pleasurable activity
3.1.D.1 3.2.B.1
3.1.D.4 3.2.B.2
3.1.E.1 3.2.C.3
3.1.E.4 3.2.C.4
3.1.E.5 3.2.C.5
3.1.F.1 3.2.D.1
3.1.F.2 3.2.D.2
3.1.G.1 3.3.A.3
3.1.G.2 3.3.B.1
3.1.G.3 3.3.B.2
3.1.G.4 3.3.C.1
3.1.G.5 3.4.A.1
3.1.G.6 3.4.A.2
3.1.H.1 3.4.A.3
3.1.H.2 3.4.B.1
3.2.A.1 3.4.B.2
3.2.A.2 3.5.A.1
3.2.A.3 3.5.A.2
3.2.A.4 3.5.B.1
3.2.A.6 3.5.B.2
3.2.A.7
Writing workshop
Teacher modeling
Sharing of student writing
Celebration of student writing
Student
Write
Choose writing as a pastime
Converse spontaneously about writing
Writing center
Variety of writing material
Book binding machine, hand-bound
book covers, bulletin board displays,
class books
Dialog Journal
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Kindergarten Mathematics Activities
Everyday Math Activity Standard/Indicator (Activities in BOLD are CORE ACTIVITIES)
Number of the Day 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.5
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. D.1
Partner Math 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.5
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.1, D.3, D.4
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.3, A.4, B.4, E.1
Building and Measuring in the Block Corner 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.1, E.1
Coins in the Classroom 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.1
Pattern Blocks 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.1, D.6
Cleanup Count Routine 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2, A.5
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. D.1
Job Chart Routine 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.3
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. C.1
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. D.1
Simon Says 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2, B.3
Listen and Count 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.3
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Everyday Math Activity Standard/Indicator (Activities in BOLD are CORE ACTIVITIES)
Number Board 0-10 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.1
Weather Observation Routine 4.4 Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics. A.2, B.1, C.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, B.1, E.3, F.1
This Old Man 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
Feeley Bag or Box 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2, C.1, C.2, C.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. D.6
Look and Find (1-10) 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.1, B.1
Egg-Carton mathematics 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.1, A.5
Building the Monthly Calendar Routine 4.4 Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics. A.2, C.1
Age Change 4.3 Patterns and Algebra. C.1
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics. A.1, B.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, C.5, C.6, E.1, E.3
Give the Next Number 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
Countdowns 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
Review Numbers 1-10 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
Finger Counting 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
Attribute Blocks 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4, D.1
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics. A.2, D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. D.1, D.3
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Everyday Math Activity Standard/Indicator (Activities in BOLD are CORE ACTIVITIES)
Counting Patterns 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2, A.5
Patterns All Around 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2
Matching Coin Games 4.4 Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics B.1, D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, A.4, E.1
Exploring the Penny 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.3, A.4
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.1
Exploring Penny Power 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, A.3, A.4
Comparing Lengths 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2, C.1
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.3, D.1, D.2, D.3, D.4, E.2
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, A.4, B.1, C.1, C.2
Sand and Water Play 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, A.4
Things That Float and Sink 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. C.2
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.5, B.4, C.3, C.4, D.4, D.5, E.1, E.2
Rocker Balance 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.5
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.1, D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.1
Simple Hopscotch 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
Children’s Number Cards 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.5
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, A.3, B.1
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Kindergarten Mathematics Activities
Everyday Math Activity Standard/Indicator (Activities in BOLD are CORE ACTIVITIES)
Door Clock 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, A.4
Attendance Routine 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.3
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics. D.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. B.1
Dismantling the Monthly Calendar 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.3
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, A.4
Recording Daily Temperature Routine 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2, A.5
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.2, C.1, D.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, A.4, B.3, B.4, E.3
Singing Game 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.1, A.2
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics. D.3
Using a Pattern Block Template 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.2, B.1, B.2
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.1
Do the Hokey Pokey 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.1, A.3
Symmetry with Paints 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.1, A.3
Symmetry in Nature-Autumn Leaves 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.1, A.3
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. B.3, B.4, D.1
Halloween Faces 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. B.1, B.2
Symmetry Fold-and-Cut Projects 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.1, A.3
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Kindergarten Mathematics Activities
Everyday Math Activity Standard/Indicator (Activities in BOLD are CORE ACTIVITIES)
Teacher Number Cards Activities 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.3, E.2, F.2, F.4
Sandpaper Numbers 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.3, E.2, F.2, F.4
Telephone Book 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2, A.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.3, B.3, B.4, E.2, F.2, F.4
No-Mess Finger Painting 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.1
Shapes by Feel 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.1, A.2, D.1
Shape Designs 4.2. Geometry and Measurement. A.1, A.4, B.1, B.2
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
Using Straws to Make Geometry Shapes 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.1, A.2, A.3, B.1, B.2
4.5 Mathematical Processes. D.3, E.3, F.1
Patterns with Craft Sticks 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, A.4, D.3
Patterns with Color 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
Numbers in the Sand 4.1 Numbers and Numerical Operations. A.2
4.5 Mathematical Processes. B.2, E.1, F.1
Writing on Backs 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
Spin a Number 1-10 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. B.1
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Kindergarten Mathematics Activities
Everyday Math Activity Standard/Indicator (Activities in BOLD are CORE ACTIVITIES)
“Teen” Partner Game 10-20 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
4.5 mathematical Processes. A.3
Monster Squeeze Game 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2, C.1, C.2
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.5, B.1, D.4, D.5
Children Make Monster Squeeze Games 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
4.5 Mathematical Processes. B.2, E.1, F.1
Using a ¢ Sign (Pennies) 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.4
Concentration with Number Cards and Dominoes 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2, B.3, B.6, B.7, C.2
Number Stories throughout the Year 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.1, B.2, B.3, B.4, B.6, B.7, C.2
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, A.4, B.1
One More or One Less 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.3
Comparing Body height to Objects 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. C.2
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.1, D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, A.4
Slow and Fast 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.6, B.7, C.2
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.1, D.3
Beating Out Time 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
Beanbag Game 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
4.4 Data Analysis, probability and Discrete Mathematics. D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. D.5
“What’s My Rule” Fishing 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4, D.1
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. B.1
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Kindergarten Mathematics Activities
Everyday Math Activity Standard/Indicator (Activities in BOLD are CORE ACTIVITIES)
Birthday Bar Graph 4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. A.1, A.2, C.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, B.4, E.1, E.3, F.4
Class Patterning 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.4
Follow My Pattern 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. E.1, F.1, F.5
Paper Folding Geometry 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.2
4.5 Mathematical Processes. D.3
Find the Block 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.1, A.2, D.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. E.1
Body Shapes 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.2, B.1, B.2
Rope Shapes 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.2, B.1, B.2, E.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. B.1
Number Books: Writing Numbers 0-10 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2, A.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. B.1
Slate Writing Activities 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
Listen and Do (10-20)
Interrupted Count (0-50)
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Kindergarten Mathematics Activities
Everyday Math Activity Standard/Indicator (Activities in BOLD are CORE ACTIVITIES)
Counting Walks 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. C.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, A.4
Meet the Calculator 4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.3, E.1, E.2, F.1, F.2, F.4, F.5
How Many? 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
4.5 Mathematical Processes. E.1, F.1, F.5
Calculator Displays
Counting and Calculators 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.1, B.2, B.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.3, E.2, F.2, F.4
Counting Shortcut 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.3
Counting on with Calculators 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.1, B.2, B.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.3, E.2, F.2, F.4
Count to 70 by Tens 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
Joining Objects 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.1, B.3, B.6, B.7, B.8, C.2
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, A.4, E.1, F.4
How Long is a Minute? 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. D.6
Arranging Items by Length 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. C.1
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.3
Measuring with Children’s Feet 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.1, D.3, D.4, E.2
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Kindergarten Mathematics Activities
Everyday Math Activity Standard/Indicator (Activities in BOLD are CORE ACTIVITIES)
How Big is a Foot 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.2, D.3, D.4, E.2
4.5 mathematical Processes. C.5, C.6
Calculator Telephone 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. E.1
Introduction to Skip Counting by 2’s 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.2
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
Introduction of the Dime 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.1
Comparing Coins by Feel 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.1
Introduction of the Nickel 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.1, C.3, C.4
Need for a Standard Measurement of 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.1, D.2, D.4, E.2
Marking Off Lengths 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3, D.4
Tools for Measuring Length 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
Weaving Belts or Headbands on Straws 4.5 Mathematical Processes. D.3
Following a Simple Map 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. C.1
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. D.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. C.3, C.4
Time to the Hour with a Timer 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4, D.3
Order-of-Daily Events Art Project 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.1, D.3
4.5 mathematical Processes. B.1, C.5, C.6
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Everyday Math Activity Standard/Indicator (Activities in BOLD are CORE ACTIVITIES)
Favorite Colors Graph 4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. A.1, A.2, C.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, B.1, B.2, C.5, C.6, D.2, E.1, E.3, F.4
Pattern-Block Puzzles 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
Stand, Squat or Knell Patterns 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.4
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1, B.1
How Many Ways for Three People to Line Up 4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
4.4. Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. B.1, C.2, D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.4, A.2, B.1
Macaroni Necklaces 4.2 Geometry and measurement. A.4
4.5 Mathematical Processes. D.3
Read My Mind Game 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4, D.1
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. D.3
Counting Paris of Objects 4.5 Mathematical Processes. D.6
More or Less on a Rocker Balance 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. C.1
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.3, B.2, D.2, E.2, F.1, F.4
Classrooms Playing Cards 4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.3, E.2, F.2, F.4
Top it 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.3, B.4
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.3, E.2, F.2, F.4
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Everyday Math Activity Standard/Indicator (Activities in BOLD are CORE ACTIVITIES)
Are All Handfuls the Same? 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. C.3
4.4. Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. B.1, B.2
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.3, B.1
Interrupted Skip Counts (0-50) 4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
Count Fingers by 5s 4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
Reminder for Tally Marks 4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
Play Store 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.4
4.5 Mathematical Processes. D.3
Portrait of Lincoln 4.5 Mathematical Processes. C.2, C.3, C.4, C.5, C.6
Introduction of the Quarter 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.4, B.4
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.1, C.2
Comparing Coins by Feel 2 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.3
“B-I-N-G-O” 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
Pets Bar Graph 4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. A.1, A.2, C.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, B.1, B.2, C.5, C.6, D.2, E.1, E.3, F.4
Three Object Patterns 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
Shoe Patterns
Counting Backward with Calculators 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. F.1, F.5
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Kindergarten Mathematics Activities
Everyday Math Activity Standard/Indicator (Activities in BOLD are CORE ACTIVITIES)
Hand Weighing With Two Containers 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. C.1
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
Estimating Clock Time with the Hour 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
Make an Hour Hand Clock 4.5 Mathematical Processes. B.2, D.3, E.1, F.1, F.5
Printing Shapes 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. C.1
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.2
Change-to-less (Subtraction Stories) 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. E.1
Number Line Mathematics 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. D.6, F.1, F.5
Divide Groups into Half Groups 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.4
Pocket Game (Change to More, Change to Less) 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations, B.3, B.4
Operator, Operator 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.1, B.2
4.5 Mathematical Processes. E.1
Which Weighs More, Dry or Wet? 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. C.1
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.1, D.3
Skip Count with Calculators 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.3, E.2, F.2, F.4
Ordinal Numbers: Standing Line 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.1
Which Operation Do I Need? 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.1, B.2, B.3, B.4
Introduction to Collections of Numbers 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.1
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Kindergarten Mathematics Activities
Everyday Math Activity Standard/Indicator (Activities in BOLD are CORE ACTIVITIES)
Name Collections with Objects 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.5, B.1, B.2, B.3, B.4
Preparation for 100 Day 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
Number Hunt and 100 Chart 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. B.1
Games on the 100 Chart 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. D.3
Disappearing Train 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.3, B.4
Comparing Shapes 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. C.1
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.2
“I Spy” 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.2
4.5 Mathematical Processes. C.5, C.6
Number Grid` 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.1
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
Domino Name Collections 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.1, B.2, B.3, B.4
Plus or Minus Game 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.4
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. D.3
Class Storybook 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.1, B.2, B.3
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. C.2
4.5 Mathematical Processes. B.1, C.3, C.4
Hidden Stick 4.3 Patterns and Algebra. D.1
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Kindergarten Mathematics Activities
Everyday Math Activity Standard/Indicator (Activities in BOLD are CORE ACTIVITIES)
Bead String Name Collections
Craft-Stick Name Collections 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.1, B.1, B.2, B.3
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. D.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. D.3
Making Pattern-Block Pictures 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4, B.1, B.2
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. D.3, E.1
Weight of Ice Cubes vs. Water 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.1, D.3
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. C.2
Comparison of Volumes 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. C.2
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.2, D.4, E.2
How Long Does it Take 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
4.4. Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. B.2
Measuring Volume 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. D.6
Making Modeling Dough 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.3, D.3, E.2, F.2, F.4
How Did You Come to School? 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.1
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. A.1, A.2, B.2, C.1,
C.2, D.4
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, B.4, C.5, D.1, D.2, E.1, F.4
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Everyday Math Activity Standard/Indicator (Activities in BOLD are CORE ACTIVITIES)
Fraction Stories 4.5 Mathematical Processes. B.1, E.1, E.2, F.4
“What’s My Rule?” with Pairs of Numbers 4.3 Patterns and Algebra. B.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. B.1
“What’s My Rule?” Numbers in Sequence
“What’s My Rule?” Numbers Out of ?
“What’s My Rule? Large Numbers 4.3 Patterns and Algebra. B.1
Your Hand, Minute Hand Story 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. B.1
Adding the Minute Hand to the Clock 4.5 Mathematical Processes. C.3, C.4
Matching Game: Analog and Digital Clocks 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. E.1
Class Collection Project 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4, D.1
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
Reading and Comparing Numbers 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.5
Introduction of the Dollar Bill 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.4
4.2 Geometry and measurement. D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.1, C.3, C.4
Digits Game 4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. D.3
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.3
Double-Digit Dice 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.1
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. B.1, D.3
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Everyday Math Activity Standard/Indicator (Activities in BOLD are CORE ACTIVITIES)
Shape Jigsaw Puzzles 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.2
Covering Shapes 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.4
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. B.1, B.2
Solid Shapes Museum 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.1, A.2
“What’s My Rule?” with Four-Sided Polygons 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.1, A.2
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. B.1
Number Clues 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.3, B.4
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. C.2
Dice Addition
“What Number Am I Thinking Of?” 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.3, B.4
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.3
How Many Hidden Objects?
Rocker Balance Name Collections 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.1, B.2, B.4
4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.3
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. C.2
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.3, D.1, E.2. F.2. F.4
Say the Next Number by 10s 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
Place Value on Calculators 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.1, E.1
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Everyday Math Activity Standard/Indicator (Activities in BOLD are CORE ACTIVITIES)
Noticing Numbers 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. A.4
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. A.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. C.3
Ascending and Descending Order 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.5
Craft Stick Mathematics
Say the Next Number (Counting? 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.1
Keeping Score: Place Value 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.1
Ones, Tens, Hundreds Game 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. A.1
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. D.3
Graphing Sums of Dice Throws 4.2 Geometry and Measurement. D.1
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. A.1, A.2, B.2, C.1
4.5 Mathematical Processes. A.2, C.5, C.6, F.4
High Roller 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.3
4.4 Data Analysis, Probability and Discrete Mathematics. B.1
Number Model Cards 4.1 Number and Numerical Operations. B.4
4.3 Patterns and Algebra. C.2
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Kindergarten Author Study
The objective of Author Study in Kindergarten is for students to come to know the work of four prominent children’s author illustrators well enough to recognize
their work, identify their stylistic uniqueness, and refer to their work in comparison to other authors and illustrators. The children require daily exposure to the
work of a single author over the course of a month to assure that all of them meet the objective. When the children have learned enough about the
author/illustrator to recognize books by him or her easily, returning to the author for readings of additional books is an exciting opportunity for children to use
what they have learned.
The two author illustrators we study are Eric Carle and Dr. Seuss. The books studied are:
Eric Carle: Dr. Seuss:
The Very Quiet Cricket The Cat in the Hat
The Very Lonely Firefly Green Eggs and Ham
The Very Hungry Caterpillar The Foot Book
The Very Busy Spider Wacky Wednesday
The Grouchy Ladybug One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
A House for Hermit Crab Horton Hatches the Egg
Have You Seen My Cat? And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street
The Secret Birthday Message
Is It Larger, Is It Smaller?
Is It Red, Is It Yellow, Is It Blue?
The Mixed-up Chameleon
Suggested:
Mercer Mayer
Lois Ellert
Donald Cruz
The “Meet the Author” Video Series includes all of these authors.
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September
Me/Family
School Community- School Tour
School Nurse
Class Rules
Everyday Math- UCSMP/Everyday Learning
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
Seasons Begin
Constitution Day
Fire Drill
December
Sharing and Giving*
Celebration of Lights*
Everyday Math – UCSMP/Everyday Learning
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
Maps and Globes
March
Seasons
St. Patrick’s Day*
Dr. Seuss – Read Across America
Everyday Math – UCSMP/Everyday Learning
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
October
Five Senses*
Seasons – Continue
Holidays – Halloween, Columbus Day*
Fire Safety
Everyday Math – UCSMP/Everyday Learning
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
January
Seasons
Nutrition – Begin
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Chinese New Year*
Everyday Math – UCSMP/Everyday Learning
Mid-Year Assessment
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
April
Earth*
Everyday Math – UCSMP/Everyday Learning
End-of-Year Assessment
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
November
Pilgrims and Native Americans*
Everyday Math – UCSMP/Everyday Learning
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
Parent Conferences
February
Genre: African-American Folk Tales
Groundhog Day (genre – legend)*
Valentine’s Day*
(Postal/Community Helper) – LA Focus, S.S.
Presidents’ Day*
Everyday Math – UCSMP/Everyday Learning
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
May
Mother’s Day*
Everyday Math – UCSMP/Everyday Learning
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
Celebration of Learning
Parent Conferences
June
Father’s Day*
End-of-Year Celebration
Everyday Math – UCSMP/Everyday Learning
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
Fall – Sept. – Dec. - Two Author Studies Character Trait Per Month
Spring – Jan. – May – Two Author Studies
*Website included for this unit
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Kindergarten Curriculum Standards
Social Studies
Based on 2004 NJCCS
School Tour Life Cycle-Butterfly & Moth
6.6.2.A.1
6.6.2.B.1 Life Cycle-Chickens
ME Pizza Culmination
6.2.2.A.6
Columbus Day
Five Senses 6.1.2.A.4
6.5.2.B.1 6.4.2.B.3
6.6.2.D.2
Halloween
Fall 6.2.2.E.2
Pilgrims/Native Americans Chinese New Year
6.2.2.A.6 6.2.2.E.1-3
6.4.2.B.2-3 6.6.2.B1-2
Maps and Globes Groundhogs
6.6.2.A.1 6.1.2.A.4
6.6.2.A.2-3 6.2.2.E.2
Sharing and Giving Martin Luther King, Jr.
6.2.2A.6 6.1.2.A.4
6.2.2.A.4 & 6
Celebration of Lights 6.4.2.B.1-3
6.2.2.E.1-3
6.4.2.B.3 Abraham Lincoln
6.1.2.A.4
Winter 6.4.2.B.1-3
6.5.2.A.2 6.6.2.A.1 & 3
6.6.2.E.2
George Washington
Nutrition 6.1.2.A.4
6.5.2.A.2 6.4.2.B.1-3
6.6.2.A.1 & 3
Spring
6.5.2.A.2 Mother’s Day
6.6.2.C.1 6.4.2.A.2 & 4
6.6.2.E.2 6.5.2.A.1
Earth Father’s Day
6.6.2.E.3 6.4.2.A.2 & 4
6.5.2.A.1
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School Community/Classroom Community
Key Concept: The students will become acquainted with the new
school and personnel by searching the building for smiles
(This is a Social Studies concept)
Language Arts
1. Shared Reading:
2. “Kindergarten Smile”
3. Me On the Map
4. School Personnel Helper Booklet
Math
1. September EDM Activities
Social Studies
1. Map of school
2. Following directions – Where do we find…
Approximately one week of instruction is devoted to this unit.
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Key Concept:
The children recognize and respect themselves and others as unique persons.
(This is a Social Studies concept) (6.2.2.A.6)
ME, FAMILY, FRIEND
Language Arts
1. Read Aloud:
We are All Alike, We Are All Different
Baby Writer - Nigel Hall
Just Me and My Family - Mercer Meyer
2. Shared Reading:
Stories:
I Like Me – Nancy Carlson
Here Are My Hands – Bill Martin, Jr.
Just Me
3. Poems:
You Are Special
I Like to be Me – P. Rankin & E. Stenson
A Special Kind of Me – P. Rankin & E. Stenson
Now I Am Five – Jill Eggleton
4. Introducing Journal Writing – Shared Writing
5. Patterns at Learning – Grade 4 PALS
3. V.I. P. Presentation/Star of Week
4. Me Booklet
Math
1. Classifying: Physical attributes of class, likes and dislikes of class, numbers of letters in names, numbers of family
members
2. Counting, graphing, and interpreting results
3. Measuring using non-standard measures
4. Motions and actions – Body patterns
Science/Health
1. Parts of the Body
2. Caring for Self
3. Observing Similarities and Differences
4. Comparing and Contrasting Humans and other Animals
Stories sometimes give animals human attributes they really do not have
Music/Movement (2.5.2.A.5, 1.2.2.B.1)
Songs:
“Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”
“I’m a V.I.P.”
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Key Concept:
The children recognize and respect themselves and others as unique persons.
(This is a Social Studies concept) (6.2.2.A.6)
ME, FAMILY, FRIEND (Cont.)
Art (1.2.2.D.3)
1. Self-portraits
2. Thumb prints
3. Name illustrations
4. Me Booklet
Approximately ten days of instruction are devoted to this unit.
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Kindergarten Integrated Units
Five Senses
Key Concept: The children will recognize that they interpret their world through their five senses.
1. People use their senses to find out about their surrounds and themselves
2. Different senses give different information
(This is a Science concept)
Language Arts
1. Read Aloud:
Hand Made Alphabet – Laura Rankin
My Five Senses – Aliki (focus book)
Round Trip – A. Jonas
Hand Signs – Kathleen Fair
The Five Senses Series – Maria Ruis, et.al.
Hand Signs – Kathleen Fair
Things to Touch – D. C. W. Knox (poem)
About Taste – V. Gould
2. Shared Reading:
About Me – S. C. Granahan (poem)
Wonderful World – E. Grant (poem)
“Five Senses Poem” – Unknown
Who’s in the Shed? – Brenda Parkes (BB)
What Can You See? – Avelyn Davidson (BB)
3. Journals
4. Five Senses Booklet (individual)
5. Class book – Our Five Senses
6. Use of comparative and descriptive - Ex.: soft/hard; hot/cold
Math
1. Graphing:
Sounds - Loud, soft
2. Sorting – Which sense do you use?
3. Classifying – Colors, shapes
4. Recognize shapes in environment
7. Texture Walk - Outside - feel variety of textures with hands
- Inside - variety of material in separate containers; walk barefoot, describe
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Five Senses (cont.)
Key Concept: The children will recognize that they interpret their world through their five senses.
1. People use their senses to find out about their surrounds and themselves
2. Different senses give different information
(This is a Science concept)
Science/Health
1. Body – Name parts used for each sense
2. Warnings – Tastes – Safe and unsafe
Smells – Smoke and fire
Sounds – Alarms
Sights – Symbols
3. Mixing Colors – primary to create secondary colors
4. Listening Canisters (Childcraft)
5. Listening Walk – Paul Showers (book)
6. Feely Box
Social Studies
1. Sign Language
Music/Movement (1.2.B.1, 2.5.A.1, 2.5.A.5)
2. “Fast and Slow March” – Hap Palmer Records
3. “The Teacher Who Couldn’t Talk” – Hap Palmer Records
Art (1.2.D.1, 1.2.D.3)
1. Touch Quilt
2. Finger Painting - variations
Approximately ten days of instruction are devoted to this unit.
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Kindergarten Integrated Units
Seasons - Fall
Key Concept: The children will recognize seasonal changes.
They will observe and note signs of autumn
(This is a Science concept)
Language Arts
1. Read Aloud:
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf – Lois Ehlert
How Do You Know It’s Fall? – Fowler Series
A Busy Year – Lionni
2. Shared Reading:
J. Prelutskys’ Book of Poetry
Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens
3. Journals
Math
1. Classifying: Physical attributes of nature in our area, daily weather patterns, leaves bigger and smaller than hand
2. Counting, graphing, comparing and interpreting results of a weather graph
3. Tally counting of weather pattern
Science/Health
1. Appropriate dress for season
2. Observation and prediction
Music/Movement
1. Falling leaves music
2. Piggyback Songs (Totline)
Art (1.2.D.1, 1.2.D.3)
1. Leaf prints, exploring the natural colors of nature
2. Torn Paper Tree
3. Sponge Painting
4. Seasonal scenes using variety of artistic mediums
5. Changing tree bulletin board
6. Sponge painting
Approximately three days of instruction are devoted to this unit.
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Maps and Globes – Integrate Into Other Units
Key Concept: the children will recognize maps and globes
as representations of the world. They will learn that a
model of something is different from the real thing but can
be used to learn something about the real thing
(Benchmarks, pg. 268)
(This is a Social Studies concept)
Language Arts
1. Read Aloud
Maps & Globes – Jack Knowlton
This is My House
Children’s Atlas
I Know About Maps – Rand McNally
2. Shared Reading:
Big Book – What a Wonderful World from the DLM Early Childhood Program by George David Weiss and
Bob Thiele
3. Teacher Resource: Nystrom Early Learning Skills
Math
1. Directionality – (north, south, east, west)
2. Comparing sizes of continents
3. Making maps of classroom
Social Studies
1. “Winter Saturday” – Scholastic, Let’s Find Out
2. Locating countries and continents on the map
Science
1. Preservation of the earth
2. What the earth is made of (water and land)
Music/Movement (2.5.A.1, 2.5.A.5)
1. “We All Live Together” – Greg and Steve
2. “Big Beautiful Planet” – Raffi
3. Demonstrate the earth and sun rotation
4. “What a Wonderful World” – Louis Armstrong
Art
1. Make a Relief Map
2. Wall Story – “What a Wonderful World”
This is an ongoing unit that begins in October and continues through the year
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Kindergarten Integrated Units
Culture/Pilgrims/Native Americans
Key Concept: The children will learn to respect and appreciate
the customs, traditions, and contributions of others.
(This is a Social Studies concept)
Language Arts
1. Shared Reading
Poems: “I Am Thankful”& “Five Little Pilgrims”
Story: Thanksgiving Rebus Story
2. Read Alouds:
The First Thanksgiving – Jean Marzollo
Oh, What A Thanksgiving – S. Kroll
Sarah Morton’s Day – Kate Waters (picture walk only)
Samuel Eaton’s Day – Kate Waters (picture walk only)
Squanto and the First Thanksgiving – Joyce Kessel
Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving – Dave Pikey
Class or individual books about giving thanks
Storytelling (Native American tales)
3. Journals
4. Small group instruction, if appropriate, to student population (ongoing)
Math
1. Weighing
2. Patterning
3. Drawing shapes
Social Studies/Dramatics
1. Compare and contrast contributions of Pilgrims and Native Americans
2. Dramatize role of Pilgrim children and Native American children. Compare to present day roles.
3. Dramatize story of the Pilgrim’s journey
4. Create a Mayflower ship, hut, canoe
5. Thanksgiving celebration/feast
Science
1. Cooking – cranberries, pumpkin cookies, corn muffins, applesauce, etc.
Music/Movement (1.2.B.1, 2.5.A.1, 2.5.A.5)
1. “Smells Like Thanksgiving”
2. “Turkey Wobble”
Art (1.2.D.1, 1.2.D.3, 1.2.D.4)
1. Create costumes for Pilgrims/Native Americans
2. Collage – “We Are Thankful”
3. Make clay pots or beads
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Kindergarten Integrated Units
Sharing and Giving
Key Concept: The children will explore the concept of giving of oneself.
(This is a Social Studies concept)
Language Arts
1. Shared Reading:
The Rainbow Fish – M. Pfister (focus books)
2. Read Aloud:
Ask Mr. Bear – M. Flack
The Giving Tree – S. Silverstein
Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present – C. Zolotow
Tico and the Golden Wings – Leo Lionni
Frederick – Leo Lionni
3. Compare and contrast:
Ask Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
The Rainbow Fish and Tico and the Golden Wings
4. Retelling
5. Dramatic Retelling: The Rainbow Fish
6. Journals
7. Poem: “One for Me”
Math
1. Equal/Not Equal
2. One-to-one correspondence
Social Studies
1. Sharing day with another class
2. Game: The Giving Chair
Science
1. Ask Mr. Bear – M. Flack
2. Class mural of gifts other animals could give
Music (1.2.B.1)
1. “Sharing Song,” by Raffi
Art (1.2.B.1)
1. Paint a picture to share
2. Create fish with aluminum scales
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Kindergarten Integrated Units
Celebration of Lights
Key Concept: The children will explore the concept of giving of oneself and learn to
respect and appreciate the customs, traditions, and contributions of others
(This is a Social Studies concept)
Kwanzaa – One Day
1. Seven Candles for Kwanzaa – Andrea Davis Pinkney – Scholastic
2. Kwanzaa Craft – Pattern – 3 Red, 1 Black, 3 Green
3. Multicultural Rhythm Stick (M.C.R.S.) – “Kurlengay”
4. Celebration of Light booklet and Map
Oiwali – One Day
1. Oakshmi resource
2. Oipas made of clay
3. Oivali snack (animal crackers w/syrup)
4. Celebration of Light Booklet and Map
Las Posadas – One Day
1. The Legend of the Poinsettia – Tomie dePaola
2. Class Piñata
3. Celebration of Light Booklet and Map
Light
1. First Discovery Book – Scholastic
2. Holiday Lights Booklet
3. Plane trip w/passports and map
4. Candle holiday gift and wrap
5. Holiday cards
6. Customs and traditions survey
7. Celebration of Light Booklet and Map
Hanukkah – Two Days (1.2.B.1)
1. Latkes and Applesauce – Fran Manuskin
2. A Picture Book of Hanukkah – David A. Adler
3. Hanukkah Lights, Hanukkah Nights – Leslie Kimmelman
4. Laughing Latkes – M. B. Goffstein
5. Latkes w/Applesauce – Fran Manuskin
6. Play Dreidle
7. “My Dreidle” CD-4/24 Word of Music (WOM), pp. 170-171
8. “Candles of Hanukkah” CD-4/23
9. Celebration of Light Booklet and Map
Christmas – Example: Sweden – Two Days
1. Celebration of Lights Feast
2. “Must Be Santa” – WOM CD-4/27, p. 174
3. “Santa Lucia”
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Kindergarten Integrated Units
Winter - Seasons
Key Concept: The children will recognize seasonal change. They
will predict and observe changes in weather, temperature, and clothing.
(This is a Science concept)
Language Arts
1. Shared Reading
On a Cold, Cold Day – Andrea Butler
Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens – Louise Borden
2. Read Alouds:
The Snowy Day – Ezra Jack Keats
Frosty the Snowman
Winter’s Coming – Eve Bunting
The Snowman – Raymond Briggs (wordless)
Berenstein Bears Almanac – Stan & Jan Berenstein
Goodbye Geese – Nancy White Carlstrom
How Do You Know It’s Winter? – Fowler
When Winter Comes – Maas
The Jacket I Wear in the Snow
3. Poems:
“I’m A Little Snowman”
“Five Little Snowmen”
“The Snowman”
4. Journals
Math
1. Discuss numbers on a thermometer
2. Winter number stories
3. Ruler/yardstick to measure depth of snow
Social Studies
1. Choose appropriate dress for the weather
Science
1. Compare winter and fall pictures
2. Experiments using snowballs and/or ice cubes
3. Experiment with thermometers above and below ground
4. Catch snowflakes and examine
5. Checklist for animal tracks in snow
6. Hibernation
7. How animals get ready for winter
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Winter – Seasons (cont.)
Key Concept: The children will recognize seasonal change. They
will predict and observe changes in weather, temperature, and clothing.
(This is a Science concept)
Art (1.2.D.1, 1.2.D.3)
1. Draw a winter scene
2. Draw a winter scene and make snow
3. Make paper doll snowmen
4. Make paper snowflakes
5. Make paper bag snowman puppet
Music (1.2.A.4, 1.2.B.1)
1. “The Mitten Song”
2. “Sing a Song of Winter”
Approximately three days of instruction are devoted to this unit
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Nutrition
Key Concept: Eating a variety of healthful foods and getting
enough exercise and rest helps people to stay health.
(This is a Science concept)
Language Arts
1. Shared Reading
Poems: “Junk Food”
2. Stories:
Good for You – Joy Cowley
Green Bananas – P. Neville & A. Butler
Yuk Soup – Joy Cowley
Growing Vegetable Soup – Lois Ehlert
Milk from Cow to Carton – Aliki
Bread, Bread, Bread – Ann Norris
Eating the Alphabet – Lois Ehlert
3. Read Alouds:
Lunch – Denise Fleming
The Milk Makers- Gail Gibbons
Gregory the Terrible Eater – Mitchell Sharmat
Pizza Party – Grace Macarone
Hi, Pizza Man – Virginia Walter
Little Nino’s Pizzeria – Karen Barbour
Pizza – Theresa Martino
Curious George and the Pizza – Margret Rey
4. Journals
5. Skill: Initials
Math
1. Healthy Snacks Graph
2. Pyramid Puzzle
3. Pizza Fractions
4. Tally Toppings
5. Do You Like Pizza? Graph
Social Studies
1. The Food Guide Pyramid
2. County Health Department Speaker
Music (1.2.B.1)
1. “Apples and Bananas” – Raffi
2. “Atken Drum”
3. “Peanut Butter and Jelly”
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Nutrition (cont.)
Key Concept: Eating a variety of healthful foods and getting
enough exercise and rest helps people to stay health.
(This is a Science concept)
Art (1.2.D.1)
1. Dinner Wall Story
2. Food Pyramid Placement
3. Paper Collage Pizza
4. Vegetable Garden Mural
Culminating
1. Pizza or pancakes
Songs (1.2.B.1, 1.2.B.2)
1. “I Am a Pizza” from Ten-Carat Diamond by Charlotte Diamond
Cooking
1. Kid-sized Pizza
Drama
1. Pizza Parlor Center
Approximately seventeen days of instruction are devoted to this unit
(Added together the Nutrition Unit and the Pizza Culmination Unit – Hope this is correct)
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Spring – Seasons
Key Concept: the children will recognize seasonal change. They will predict and observe to learn that:
Some events in nature have a repeating pattern; the weather changes some from day to day, but
things such as temperature and rain (or snow) tend to be high, low or medium in the same months every year.
(This is a Science concept)
Language Arts
1. Read Aloud:
Spring – J. Hirschi
How Do You Know It’s Spring? – Fowler
When Spring Comes – Maass
2. Poems:
“Rain” – Traditional
3. Shared Reading
I Like the Rain – Claude Belanger
Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens – Louise Berden
Listen to the Rain – Bill Martin, Jr.
4. Journals
5. Ing Booklet
Math
1. Spring number stories
2. Measure rainfall with rain gauge
Social Studies
1. Choosing appropriate dress from a variety of clothes
2. What is your favorite spring thing to do?
Science
1. Observations of spring
Music/Movement (1.2.B.1)
1. Lion and Lamb – movement
Art (1.2.D.2, 1.2.D.3)
1. Free-form spring flowers
2. “Rain” poem illustration
3. Kites, pinwheels, and windsocks
4. Cloud art
5. Blow painting (with straw)
Approximately five days of instruction are devoted to this unit
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Earth – Recycle
Key Concept: The children will become aware of ways to preserve the
environment and its inhabitants.
(This is a science concept)
Language Arts
1. Read Alouds:
Earth – First Discovery
The Giving Tree – Shel Silverstein
The Lorax – Dr. Seuss
Long Live Earth – Meighan Morrison
Recycle – Gail Gibbons
Celebrating Earth Day – Robert Gardner
ABC of Ecology – Harry Milgram
2. Poems
“Earth Day” – Jean Marzollo
“Earthy Day” – Jane Yolen
“My Pledge to the Earth” – Clinton Hill
3. Write about how you can help the earth
4. Write what you like about earth
Music (1.2.B.1)
1. “We All Live Together” Vol. – Greg and Steve
Experiments
1. Make your own recycled paper
2. Back to the Earth
3. It Came from Underground
4. From 50 Things Kids Can do To Save the Earth
Art (1.2.B.3, 1.2.D.1)
1. Earth Keepers Quilt
2. Earth Headband
3. Earth Bookmark/Pin
Approximately five days of instruction are devoted to this unit
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Life Cycle – (Butterfly & Moth)
Key Concept: The children will develop an awareness that living things
grow and change. They learn the difference between living and non-living things.
(This is a Science concept)
Language Arts
1. Read Alouds
I Am a Caterpillar
Caterpillar Diary
The Life of a Butterfly
Any insect reference books
Eric Carle books
Living Things – Holloway & Harper
Living or Not Living – Holloway & Harper
2. Shared Reading:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle (Felt board and puppets for retelling)
3. Daily/Weekly Logs to record observations
4. Journal
5. Poem: “Wiggly, Squiggly Caterpillar”
Math
1. Comparisons (Butterfly and Moth)
2. Symmetry (Mirrors)
3. Measurement
4. Counting
5. Shape Templates
Social Studies
1. Respect for living creatures (Care for and release of the butterflies and moths)
Science
1. Live specimens: Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalides/Cocoon (Pupa), Adult
2. To care for an observe changes, etc.
3. Sequence cards (Life Cycle)
4. Make predictions
5.
Music/Movement (1.2.A.1)
1. Create own movements to go with poem: “Wiggly, Squiggly Caterpillar”
2. Finger Play: “The Caterpillar”
3. Finger Play: “The Butterfly”
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Life Cycle – (Butterfly & Moth) (cont.)
Key Concept: The children will develop an awareness that living things
grow and change. They learn the difference between living and non-living things.
(This is a Science concept)
Art (1.2.D.1, 1.2.D.3)
1. Egg carton life cycles
2. Paint and cut butterflies
3. Color by number
4. Dot-to-dot
5. Draw and color observations in class logs
Approximately ten days of instruction are devoted to this unit
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Culture - Halloween
Key Concept: The student will develop an awareness of this custom.
Language Arts
1. Appropriate Halloween stories
Music/Movement (1.2.B.1, 1.2.B.2)
1. Various Halloween songs
Art (1.3.D.1)
1. Symmetrical pumpkins
Approximately one day of instruction is devoted to this unit
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Culture – Chinese New Year
Key Concept: The students will recognize Chinese New Year as a special holiday.
The students will become familiar with activities/customs for Chinese New Year
Language Arts
1. Lion Dancer – K. Walters & M. Solverg-Law
2. Chinese New Year – Tricia Brown
3. In the Snow – Huy Youn Lee
4. Ernie Wan’s Chinese New Year
5. Chinese New Year Mini Booklet
6. Video: “Chinese New Year” (Holidays for Children video series)
Math
1. Chinese Horoscope Map
2. Lai-see – lucky money
Social Studies
1. Locate China on Map
Music/Movement (1.3.C.1)
1. Dragon parade with musical instruments
Art (1.5.A.1, 1.2.D.1)
1. Dragon puppets/masks
2. Lanterns
3. Chinese character painting
Approximately two to three days of instruction is devoted to this unit
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Groundhogs
Key Concept: The students will become familiar with the legend of
the groundhog. The students will explore with light to make shadows.
Language Arts
1. Biggest Shadow in the Zoo
2. Me and My Shadow – Arthur Dorros
3. Bear Shadow – Frank Asch
4. It’s Groundhog Day! – Steven Kroll
5. Geoffrey Predicts the Weather – Bruce Koscielniak
6. “The Groundhog”
Math
1. Predict if groundhog will or won’t see shadow
Science/Health
1. Hibernation
2. Shadow demonstration
Art (1.2.D.1, 1.3.C.2)
1. Groundhog puppet
2. Shadow pictures
Approximately one day of instruction is devoted to this unit
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Key Concept: The students will recognize Dr. King as a historical figure.
The students will become familiar with the teachings of Dr. King.
Language Arts
1. Books
Land of Many colors, A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. – D.A. Adler
Happy Birthday Martin Luther King – J. Marzollo
2. Writing
I have a dream…..
Let’s find out
3. African American History
Social Studies
1. Fair/unfair
Music/Movement (1.1.A.3)
1. “Freedom, Freedom Let It Ring”
2. “Peace
Art (1.2.D.1, 1.2.D.3)
1. Illustrate – I Have a Dream
Approximately one day of instruction is devoted to this unit
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Abraham Lincoln
Key Concept: The students will learn one fact about Abraham Lincoln
Language Arts
1. Poems:
Honest Abe
Lincoln Penny Poem
2. Books:
Just Like Abraham Lincoln – Bernard Waber
A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln – D.A. Adler
Benny’s Pennies – Pat Burson
Math
1. One cent – identify
2. Penny toss – Tally marks
Art (1.2.D.3)
1. Log cabins with penny
2. Penny rubbings
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George Washington
Key Concept: The students will learn one fact about George Washington.
(Who he was – what he did)
Language Arts
1. Poems:
“What Washington Did”
2. Books:
George Washington – J. Giblin
A Picture Book of George Washington – D.A. Adler
Math
1. 25 cents – identify
2. $1.00 – identify
3. Line students up first to sixteenth president – Discuss position of Washington and Lincoln
Social Studies
1. Historical background
Music/Movement (1.2.C.4)
1. Parade – Musical instruments
2. Wear tri-fold hat
Art (1.2.D.1)
1. Three-cornered hats
2. Washington Monument Puzzle
3. Quarter rubbings
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Mother’s Day – ME Unit
Key Concept: The students will develop an appreciation for a mother’s role.
Language Arts
1. Various books about mother’s
Art (1.2.D.1)
1. Mother’s Day Booklets
2. Mother’s Day Pins
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Father’s Day – ME Unit
Key Concept: The students will develop an appreciation for a father’s role.
Language Arts
1. Just Me and My Dad – Mercer Mayer
Math
1. EDM June activities
Art (1.2.D.1)
1. Card
Approximately one day of instruction is devoted to this unit
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