2012-2013 HES Kindergarten Units

Dates August 20th24th August 27th31st September 4th7th

(Monday- Labor Day)

Thematic Unit Welcome to School/ Brown Bear Nursery Rhymes Nursery Rhymes Colors & Shapes Five Senses/ All About Me Apples Fall Fire Safety

Word Study Focus

Introduction of Smart Board & nursery rhymes a, m, t sentence segmentation s, b, c sentence segmentation f, n, d sentence segmentation i, g, o sentence segmentation r, h, p sentence segmentation l, u, j sentence segmentation e, w, k sentence segmentation v, y, qu sentence segmentation

PALS Lessons

Shared Reading

Math Focus

PALS 1, 2, 3 PALS 4, 5, 6

September 10th-14th September 17th-21st

(Wednesday: early dismissal)

PALS 7, 8, 9 PALS 10, 11, 12 PALS 13, 14, 15 PALS 16, 17, 18 PALS 19, 20, 21 PALS 22, 23, 24

September 24th-28th October 1st-5th October 8th12th

(Wednesday: early dismissal)

October 15th19th

Bats & Spiders

October 23rd26th
(Monday: no students!)

Pumpkins

z, x sentence segmentation Sentence segmentation review & pre-rhyming skills (same and different) Review a, m, t Rhyming words introduction

PALS 25, 26, 27 PALS 28, 29, 30 PALS 31, 32, 33

October 29thNovember 2nd November 5th9th

(Monday: day for conferences & Tuesday: Election Day: No school!)

Halloween

Scarecrows

November 12th-16th November 19th-20th

(Fall Break: WednesdayFriday)

Thanksgiving Thanksgiving

Review s, b, c Rhyming & blending Review f, n, d Rhyming, compound words, blending Thanksgiving Review Review i, g, o Rhyming, blending, syllable segmentation Review r, h, p Rhyming, alliteration, syllables, onset & rime, blending Holiday Review

PALS 34, 35, 36

November 26th-30th December 3rd7th December 10th-14th

(Wednesday: early dismissal)

Community Helpers Gingerbread

PALS 37, 38, 39 PALS 40, 41, 42 PALS 43, 44, 45

Christmas & Holidays

December

Christmas &

17th-21st
(Friday: Workday)

January 3rd-4th
(Wednesday: Work Day)

Holidays The Polar Express New Years

January 7th-11th

Winter/ Snow

January 14th18th

Polar Animals

January 22nd25th
(Monday: No school!)

Martin Luther King, Jr./ Black History

January 28thFebruary 1st

Hibernating Animals

February 4th-8th
(Wednesday: Early dismissal)

Dental Health

February 11th14th

Valentines Day

Review l, u, j Rhyming, onset & rime, blending, syllables Review e, w, k Rhyming, onset & rime, blending, syllables Review v, y, qu Rhyming, onset & rime, blending, syllables, phoneme substitution & deletion Review z, x Rhyming, onset & rime, blending, syllables, phoneme substitution & deletion Review a, m, t Rhyming, onset & rime, blending, syllables, phoneme substitution & deletion, high frequency words, segmenting Review s, b, c Rhyming, onset & rime, syllables, blending Review f, n, d Rhyming words,

PALS 46, 47, 48 PALS 49, 50

PALS 51, 52

PALS 53, 54, 55

PALS 56, 57, 58

PALS 59, 60, 61 PALS 62, 63, 64

(Friday: no school)

February 19th22nd (Monday: no

school- Presidents Day)

Presidents & National Symbols

introduce compound words, blending Review i, g, o Rhyming, onset & rime, blending, syllables, phoneme substitution & deletion, high frequency words, segmenting

PALS 65, 66, 67

February 25thMarch 1st

Dr. Seuss
(Seuss birthdaySaturday, March 2nd)

Review r, h, p
Rhyming, onset & rime, blending, syllables, phoneme substitution & deletion, high frequency words, segmenting

PALS 68, 69, 70

March 4th-8th

Weather

Review l, u, j
Rhyming, onset & rime, blending, syllables, phoneme substitution & deletion, high frequency words, segmenting

PALS 71, 72

March 11th-15th St. Patricks Day

Review e, w, k
Rhyming, onset & rime, blending, syllables, phoneme substitution & deletion, high frequency words, segmenting

March 18th-21st
(Friday: no school)

Spring

Review v, y, qu
Rhyming, onset & rime, blending,

syllables, phoneme substitution & deletion, high frequency words, segmenting

March 25th29th

Bunnies & Chicks

Review x, z
Rhyming, onset & rime, blending, syllables, phoneme substitution & deletion, high frequency words, segmenting

April 8th-12th
(Wednesday: Early dismissal)

Farm

Alphabet Review
Rhyming, onset & rime, blending, syllables, phoneme substitution & deletion, high frequency words, segmenting

April 15th-19th

Plants

Alphabet Review
Rhyming, onset & rime, blending, syllables, phoneme substitution & deletion, high frequency words, segmenting

April 22nd-26th

Bugs & Insects

Alphabet Review
Rhyming, onset & rime, blending, syllables, phoneme substitution & deletion, high frequency words, segmenting

April 29th- May 3rd

Pond

Alphabet Review
Rhyming, onset & rime, blending, syllables, phoneme substitution & deletion, high frequency words, segmenting

May 6th-10th

Flowers/ Mothers Day

Alphabet Review
Rhyming, onset & rime, blending, syllables, phoneme substitution & deletion, high frequency words, segmenting

May 13th-17th

Ocean

Alphabet Review
Rhyming, onset & rime, blending, syllables, phoneme substitution & deletion, high frequency words, segmenting

May 20th-24th

Ocean/ Summer

Alphabet Review
Rhyming, onset & rime, blending, syllables, phoneme substitution & deletion, high frequency words, segmenting

May 28th-31st
(Monday: no school, Friday: last day & day)

End of Year/ Summer

Alphabet Review
Rhyming, onset & rime, blending, syllables, phoneme substitution &

deletion, high frequency words, segmenting