Kindergarten Instructional Guide

Kindergarten Scope & Sequence

Essentials

Title

Interactive Read Aloud

“A Feast of the Senses” Genre: Informational Text

Shared Read

“Sam Can See” and “I Can See” Lexile: BR Write About the Shared Read Senses at the Seashore Genre: Informational Text Write About the Anchor Text

Anchor Text

Paired Reading “I Smell Springtime” “Taste of Purple” “Rain” Genre: Poetry Write About the Paired Reading Special Education Connection: Wonderworks ● Genre Read-Aloud Anthology: “Little Otter’s Big Splash” (Lexile 410) ● Decodable Reader: “WeCan” ● Practice Decodable Texts: “WeCan” ● Writing: Write letters and words. Write about the text.

SCAFFOLDING IN ACTION

● Before reading, have children listen to a summary of the selection, available in multiple languages. ● Point out the word banks in the Reading Writing Companion or provide one if not available when students are completing writing or speaking tasks to support their responses. ● For initial writing tasks, demonstrate the Student Model found in the Resource Library >Writing>Student Model. Point out the examples and non-examples, pictures, language and structure a student will need in order to be able to reproduce their own. ● For Newcomers, use the resources in the Resource Library>Newcomers link. Use these during small groups to develop foundational skills and build background knowledge. ● In discussion, model and have students use the sentence frames provided in the Interactive

Skill Building