Last updated: 8/1/2023

*PJ Kindergarten Phonics

September and October

Unit 1

(2) KRF1d Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
(3) KRF3 Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
(3) KRF3a Demonstrate one-to-one letter-sound correspondence by producing the primary sound or most frequent sound for each consonant.

What is this letter?

What sound does this letter make?

Is this letter in your name? 

Concepts of print

phonological awareness

letter knowledge

word knowledge

phonics

high-frequency words

 

uppercase

lowercase

high-frequency words

left to right

sequence of letters

letter formation

letter

word

consonants 

vowels (short and long)

syllables (beats/claps)

 

 

I can:

recognize and name upper and lowercase letters

produce letter sounds

write letters from sound

 write my name

use beginning sounds of words

read some high frequency words (I, like, me, my, a, the)

TC Unit 1:  Making Friends with Letters

unit 1 week 1-8

Fundations Unit 1 week 1-12

Report card testing

ARL

November/December

Unit 2

(3) KRF3 Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
(3) KRF3a Demonstrate one-to-one letter-sound correspondence by producing the primary sound or most frequent sound for each consonant.
(1) KRF3b Decode short vowel sounds with common spellings.
(2) KRF3c Decode some regularly spelled one-syllable words.

What letter makes this sound?

Does that sound match your picture?  

What is the sound you hear in the beginning/middle/end of this word?  

 

letter knowledge

word knowledge

high frequency words

phonological awareness

phonemic awareness

Phonemic awareness skils: blendin,segmenting, and manipulation of sounds

blending and reading three letter-sound short vowel words

story prediction

alphabetical order

uppercase letter formation

letter

beginning

middle

end

vowels 

consonants

letter/sound chart

same/different

 

I can:

  • identify beginning sounds of spoken words
  • blend and segment onsets and rimes and individual sounds

 

TC Unit 2: weeks 9-16

Fundations weeks 13-16

Report card testing

ARL

January/February

Unit 3

(2) KRF2b Blend and segment syllables in spoken words.
(3) KRF2c Blend and segment onsets and rimes of spoken words.
(2) KRF2d Blend and segment individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken one-syllable words.
(1) KRF2e Create new words by manipulating the phonemes orally in one-syllable words.
(1) KRF4 Read emergent-reader texts with sufficient accuracy to support comprehension.
  • "Why do I need to learn high-frequency words?"
  • "How do I distinguish between short and long vowels?"
  • Phonemic awareness skills: blending, segmenting, and manipulation of sounds. 
  • Blending sounds in nonsense CVC words 
  • Segmenting and spelling three-sound short vowel words 
  • Distinguish long and short vowel sounds
  • Narrative story form: character, setting, main events
  • Fluency and phrasing with echo and choral reading
  • Beginning composition skills
  • High Frequency Words
  • tap
  • segment 
  • blend 
  • spell
  • retell 

I can..

  • segment a word into its sounds.
  • tap and read words.
  • tap and spell words.
  • retell stories.

TC; Unit 3 week 17-24

Fundations week17-22

(Administer Individually)

  • Students will segment a word into its sounds, tap and read words, tap and spell words and retell a story.

March/April

Unit 4

(1) KR3 Identify characters, settings, major events in a story, or pieces of information in a text. (RI & RL)
(1) KRF2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
(3) KRF2c Blend and segment onsets and rimes of spoken words.
(3) KRF3 Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
(1) KRF3d Read common high-frequency words by sight.

How do I segment sounds in words?

How can learning a spelling pattern help me with writing?

  • Phoneme Segmentation 
  • Concept of consonant digraph, keywords and sounds: wh, ch, sh, th, ck
  • Decoding three-sound words with digraphs
  • Spelling three-sound words with digraphs 
  • Spelling of ck at end of words 
  • Narrative story form: character, setting, main events
  • vowels
  • digraphs
  • decodable words
  • high frequency words
  • tap and spell 
  • tap and read

I can produce sounds for vowels and digraphs.

I can tap and read decodable words.

I can identify high frequency words.

I can tap and spell words.

TC: Unit 4 week 25-32

Fundations: week 27-32

(Administer Individually)

  • Students will give sounds for five vowels and five digraphs, tap and read five decodable words, identify ten trick words, and tap and spell five words. 

May/June

Unit 5

(1) KR9 Make connections between self, text, and the world. (RI & RL)
(1) KRF1a Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
(1) KRF1b Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
(1) KRF1c Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
(2) KRF1d Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
(2) KRF2b Blend and segment syllables in spoken words.
(3) KRF2c Blend and segment onsets and rimes of spoken words.
(2) KRF2d Blend and segment individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken one-syllable words.
(3) KRF3a Demonstrate one-to-one letter-sound correspondence by producing the primary sound or most frequent sound for each consonant.
(2) KRF3c Decode some regularly spelled one-syllable words.
(1) KSL1a Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions, including listening to others, taking turns, and staying on topic.
  • "How do I correctly form a sentence?"
  • "What questions can I ask to get more information about a story?"
  • Sentence structure 
  • Sentence dictation 
  • Narrative fiction vs. informational books
  • sentence 
  • finger spaces
  • punctuation (period, question mark, exclamation point)
  • uppercase letter 
  • non-fiction
  • fiction
  • dictation
  • I can write letters from sound. 
  • I can write CVC or CCVC words when dictated to me. 
  • I can write a sentence using proper conventions (uppercase letter at beginning, finger spaces, punctuation). 
  • I can write high-frequency words when dictated to me. 

TC: Unit 5 week 33-39

Fundations: week 33-39

Whole Group

  • Students will write five dictated sounds, five dictated unit words, one dictated sentence and 5 dictated high-frequency words. 
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