Kindergarten Instructional Guide

Kindergarten Scope & Sequence

write their own sentences. ● 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 Question-Response Routine to help children understand the story. Also, provide word banks to support their responses. Help partners think of their sentences. ● Go through the Visual Vocabulary cards to build content knowledge using the Defne/Example/Ask routine.

Extension

Research and Inquiry Projects (Teacher or Student Choice) ● “Helping Out at Home” (T52) ● “Being a Good Citizen” (T130) ● “Products from Trees” (T208)

Differentiated Instruction: Beyond Level: I Used to Help, Too (T74) with the Gifted and Talented extensions in the right margin (T75).

Reading: Integrate: Show Your Knowledge: Make a Good Citizen Award (T137)

INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS Science

TE Units 9-10 Research and Inquiry T208: Products from Trees TE Units 9-10 Differentiated Instruction T216-T233: Look Where it is From, What’s for Breakfast

Strand: Living Things and Their Surroundings Standard K.2.3: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how living things (plants and animals, including humans) affect their surroundings to survive. Examples could include squirrels digging in the ground to hide their food, plant roots breaking concrete, or humans building shelters. Wonders TE Page T52: Research and Inquiry Students research ways children can help out at home. Wonders TE Page T130: Research and Inquiry Students research ways to be a good citizen. Wonders TE Page 208: Research and Inquiry Students research products made from trees Strand: Civics Standard K.3.1: Describe some of the rules students or family members follow and why they are important as a member of a family, class, and school Standard K.3.2: List and describe the essential qualities needed to learn and work together as friends, neighbors, and family members (for example, honesty, integrity, morality, civility, duty, honor, service, respect,

Social Studies