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Kindergarten Skills Unit 2 Unit PlanKindergarten Skills Unit 2 Unit Plan
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Core Knowledge Foundation
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Grade
K
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English Language Arts
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Duration
14 days
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Year
2013
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Kindergarten Skills Unit 2

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Kindergarteners practice prewriting skills in a 10-day unit.  Young scholars blend sounds and syllables, build shapes with playdough, write shapes on paper, and trace their names.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

prewriting, blending sounds, initial sounds, phonemes, phonemic awareness, drawing lines, shapes drawing, consonant sounds, vowel sounds, letter-sound correspondence, tracing, syllables

Instructional Ideas

  • Keep writing samples in pupils' portfolios to view and compare writing progress
  • Direct class members to stand while performing movements 

Classroom Considerations

  • The second of 10 units working on Kindergarten skills
  • Plan to spend time gathering and preparing materials

Pros

  • The unit is detailed and offers plenty of information to make the teaching process easier
  • Includes engaging games during each instruction day

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RF.K.1.a RF.K.2.b RF.K.2.d RF.K.2.e SL.K.6 L.K.1.a L.K.1.e

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