Language Arts Instructional Calendar

 

*Introduced ongoing

 

1st Quarter (44)

2nd Quarter (47)

3rd Quarter (48)

4th Quarter (43)

SEPTEMBER 3-7

NOVEMBER 5-9

JANUARY 28 – FEB 1

APRIL 14-18

 (Sept 3 Labor Day)

*K1,*K2, *K3, Use of oral language.  Rules of conversation n. Listening and speaking vocabulary.Communication skills. Shared reading.  Letter A-C 

*K10 Student will print first name.                         

(Nov 5 Teacher Wrkday Nov 6 Conference)

 *K9 Print upper & lower case letters.Z, C, O,    Conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. Use of environmental print.  Letter recognition S-W Shared reading big book & refrigerator story

* K10 Student will print last name. K5 Understanding of cueing system for decoding text. Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. *Comp Exploring Fiction, questioning.Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. Interactive writing, shared writing.

*K6c read 25 high frequency words in context. Read and follow oral or picture directions. Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. Interactive writing, shared writing.

SEPTEMBER 10-14

NOVEMBER 12-16

FEBRUARY 4-8

APRIL 21-25

*K5 Conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. Use of environmental print.  Letter recognition D-H. Shared reading big book & refrigerator story.*KW2 Writing process-prewriting, draw on a topic. *Comp. text to self connections, answering questions.

(Nov 12 Veterans Day)

 *K9 Print upper & lower case letters Q, G.  Conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. Use of environmental print.  Letter recognition S-W Shared reading big book & refrigerator story

*K10,* K11 Written expression, composing and usage and mechanics or writing. *K8 Develop an understanding of strategies used in the reading process .Pre and post reading skills.

Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. Interactive writing, shared writing.

Understand function of quotation marks and exclamation mark. Understand who, what where questions. Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. Interactive writing, shared writing.

SEPTEMBER 17-21

NOVEMBER 19-23

FEBRUARY 11-15

APRIL 28- MAY 2

 

K5 Conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. Use of environmental print.  Letter recognition I-M. Shared reading big book & refrigerator story.Distinguish print from pictures

 

  (Nov 22-23 Thanksgiving break)

 *K9 Print upper & lower case letters , , ,  Conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. !Unexpected End of FormulaUse of environmental print.  Letter recognition S-W Shared reading big book & refrigerator story

Shared reading, read alouds, independent reading, guided reading, interactive writing, shared  writing, independent writing.

Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. Interactive writing, shared writing.

 Compare and contrast author’s purpose. Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. Interactive writing, shared writing.

SEPTEMBER 24-28

NOVEMBER 26-30

FEBRUARY 18-22

MAY 5-9

 

K5 Conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. Use of environmental print.  Letter recognition N-R Shared reading big book & refrigerator story *K6 Print has meaning.

 

Conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. Use of environmental print.  Letter recognition  Shared reading big book & refrigerator story.K5 Phonemes: B&M* Comp. retelling, sequence.

(Feb 18 President’s Day Holiday) 

*Comp: Exploring nonfiction: features of nonfiction, compare to fiction.

Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. Interactive writing, shared writing.

Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. Interactive writing, shared writing.

OCTOBER 1-5

DECEMBER 3-7

FEB 25-29

MAY 12-16

 

K5 Conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. Use of environmental print.  Letter recognition S-W Shared reading big book & refrigerator story. Author & illustrator.

*K1Listen for rhyming words.

 Conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. Use of environmental print.  Letter recognition  Shared reading big book & refrigerator story.K5 Phonemes: R&S

*K11 Composing domain of writing.

K8 Main idea and supporting facts.

Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. Interactive writing, shared writing.

Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. Interactive writing, shared writing.

OCTOBER 8-12

DECEMBER 10-14

MARCH 3-7

MAY 19-23

 K5 Conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. Use of environmental print.  Letter recognition X-Z Shared reading big book & refrigerator story
 Review all letters with Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. Use of environmental print.  Letter recognition  Shared reading big book & refrigerator story.K5 Phonemes: N&P

 Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. Interactive writing, shared writing.
 

 Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. Interactive writing, shared writing.

OCTOBER 15-19

DECEMBER 17-21

MARCH 10-14

MAY 26-30

 

*K9 Print upper & lower case letters.

Go through alphabet in HWT order F,E D,P,B  ,conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. Use of environmental print.  Letter recognition S-W Shared reading big book & refrigerator story

 (Dec 24-Jan 1 Winter Break)

Conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. Use of environmental print.  Letter recognition  Shared reading big book & refrigerator story.K5 Phonemes: C&H

  (Mar 17-21 Spring Break)

Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. Interactive writing, shared writing.

(May 26 Memorial Day Holiday) 

Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. Interactive writing, shared writing.

OCTOBER 22-26

DEC 31-JAN 4

MARCH 24-28

JUNE 2-6

 

*K9 Print upper & lower case letters.

Go through alphabet in HWT order R,N M,K L,  ,conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. Use of environmental print.  Letter recogn S-W Shared reading big book & refrigerator story .*Comp: Text to self connection, imp. Ideas.

 (Jan 1 New Years Day Observed)

Conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. Use of environmental print.  Letter recognition  Shared reading big book & refrigerator story.K5 Phonemes: L&K. *Comp:Visualization to make sense of text, use schema.

 *Comp: questions, reflect on understanding stories.

Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. Interactive writing, shared writing.

  Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. Interactive writing, shared writing.
 

OCT 29 – NOV 2

JANUARY 7-11

MAR 31- APR 4

JUNE 9-13

 

*K9 Print upper & lower case letters.

Go through alphabet in HWT order U,V W,X Y,  ,conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. Use of environmental print.  Letter recognition S-W Shared reading big book & refrigerator story

 Sci-1.6 (foundation)

Conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. Use of environmental print.  Letter recognition  Shared reading big book & refrigerator story.K5 Phonemes: J&W

 Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. Interactive writing, shared writing.

 

(End of grading period June 13)

  (Last day of school June 13)

 

JANUARY 14-18

APR 7-11

 


        (End of grading period Nov 2)

 Conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. Use of environmental print.  Letter recognition  Shared reading big book & refrigerator story.K5 Phonemes: Y&Z

Guided reading, shared reading, independent reading. Interactive writing, shared writing.

 

 

JANUARY 21-25

 

 

 

(Jan 21  Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday)

Conventions of print Left to right, top to bottom. Use of environmental print.  Letter recognition  Shared reading big book & refrigerator story.K5 Phonemes: V&Q

  

(End of grading period Jan 25)