Units Unit Title / Theme Estimated Time Frame Description of What Students will Focus on Subject Area TEKS Connection to Transfer Goals Academic Vocabulary Unit 1 Welcome New Friends 21 days 1 st Nine Weeks Establish classroom routines and rules. OWL Unit 1: Welcome New Friends What makes each of us special? What is a friend? How do friends help each other? How do friends get along? Focus in ELA is on names. What is a letter? Environmental Sounds Segment Sentences Compound Words Two Syllable Words Recognize own first name. Recognize names have letters. Engage in pre-reading related activities. (Introduce) II.A.2 Child shows understanding by following two step oral directions and usually follows three step directions. (Introduce) II.B.1 Child is able to use language for different purposes. (Introduce) II.B.5 Child demonstrates knowledge of nonverbal conversational rules. (Introduce) I.D.1 Child uses a wide variety of words to label and describe people, places, things, and actions. (Introduce) Reading III.A.1. Child engages in pre reading and reading. III.A.3 Child asks to be read to or asks the meaning of written text. (Introduce) III.B.1. Child separates a normally spoken fourword sentence into individual words. III.B.6. Child can produce a word that rhymes with a given word. (Introduce) III.C.3 Child produces the correct sounds for at least 10 letters. (Introduce) III.D.1 Child retells or reenacts a story after it is read aloud. (Introduce III.D.2. Child uses information learned from books by describing, relating, categorizing, or comparing and contrasting. Analyze author s/speaker s/artist s theme(s) through examination of figurative language, sentence structure, and tone. alphabet name friends Mm and Oo Spanish-Name letters: A, O, E, I and U Last Updated Spring 2018 HF Page 1 of 6
Writing IV.A.1. Child intentionally uses scribbles/writing IV.C.1 Child independently writes some letters on request (not necessarily well formed). (Introduce) Unit 2 My Family *Pumpkin and Week 23 Days 1 st Nine Weeks *BOY Circle Testing OWL Unit 2: My Family How do family members care for one another? Continue to focus on establishing rules and routines. Two and Three-Syllable Words Onset and Rime Compound Words Deleting Syllables Observe and explore a given system or concept to deepen scientific understanding. family *Pumpkin and Week Bb, Ee, Tt, Aa, Ss, and Ii Unit 3 Our Communi ty *Thanksgi ving Week 24 days 2 nd Nine Weeks (With Thanksgiving Break in between) OWL Unit 3: Our Community What is in our community? What do workers in our community do? What can we do in our community? Onset and Rime II.A.1 Child shows understanding by responding appropriately II.B.3 Child provides appropriate information for various situations. III.B.5 Child can delete a syllable from a word. III.B.8 Child provides onset and rime to form a one-syllable word with pictorial support. IV.D.1 child uses some appropriate conventions when writing or giving dictation. Analyze textual evidence to make predictions, draw conclusions, or establish generalizations. community Last Updated Spring 2018 HF Page 2 of 6
Beginning Sounds Blend Onset and Rime Rhyming Develop insight into the nature of language and the concept of culture and realize there are multiple ways of viewing the world Unit 4 Unit 5 Life On a Farm From Jungle to Desert 24 days 2 nd and 3 rd Nine Weeks *EOY Circle Testing Jan, 13-27 23 days 3 rd Nine Weeks Pp, Jj, Dd, Kk, Cc, Ff, Nn and Xx Owl Unit 4: Life On a Farm What is on the Farm? How do machines help farmers? Why do farmers have animals? Beginning Sounds Deleting Sounds Gg, Ll, Rr, Ww, Hh, and Uu Spanish Letters: ñ, G, L. Owl Unit 5: From Jungle to Desert What is a jungle? What are jungle animals like? What is a desert? Rhyming Words Onset Rime Deleting Sounds II.A.2 Child shows understanding by following two step oral directions and usually follows three step directions. II.D.1 Child uses a wide variety of words to describe people, places, things and actions. III.A.2 Child uses books and other written materials to engage in pre-reading behaviors III.B.7 Child can produce a word that begins with the same sound as a given pair of words. III.C.1 Child names at least 20 uppercase and 20 lowercase letters. III.D.1 Child retells or reenacts a story after it is read aloud. II.B.2 Child engages in conversations in appropriate ways. II.D.3 Child demonstrates understanding in a variety of ways of knowing the meaning of 3,000 to 4,000 words, many more than he or she uses. III.B.6 Child can produce a word that rhymes with a given word. Make sense of information and ideas based on the task specifications and driving question. Analyze data to seek out patterns and/or make predictions. Analyze data to seek out patterns and/or make predictions. Observe and explore a given system or concept to deepen scientific understanding. animal barn farmer plant jungle branch leaf color hot Last Updated Spring 2018 HF Page 3 of 6
Unit 6 Earth and Sky 20 days 3 rd and 4 th Nine Weeks Vv, Yy Letter Sounds: /m/, /s/, /f/, /n/. Owl Unit 6: Earth and Sky What changes on the Earth and in the sky? What changes in each season? What happens when the weather changes? Blending Ending Sounds Letter sounds: /p/ and /l/, /t/, /j/ Letter C with /k/ and B with /b/ III.C.2 Child recognizes at least 20 letter sounds. II.D.3 Child demonstrates understanding in a variety of ways of knowing the meaning of 3,000 to 4,000 words, many more than he or she uses cloud day earth moon night sky star Unit 7 Shadows and Reflection s 18 Days 4 th Nine Weeks Owl Unit 7: Shadows and Reflection Why do we see shadows? What makes shadows change? shadow reflection Last Updated Spring 2018 HF Page 4 of 6
What is a reflection? Blending Ending Sounds Segmenting Words Focus Letters and Letter Sounds: /a/, /i/, /o/,/e/, /u/, /k/, and /d/ Spanish: /ch/, Letter LL with /y/ and /a/, /i/, /o/ II.E.2 Child uses regular and irregular plurals, regular past tense, personal and possessive pronouns. And subject verb agreement. III.B.3 Child deletes a word from a compound word. III.B.10 Child recognizes and blends two phonemes into real words with pictorial support. IV.B.2 Child writes own name (first name or frequent nickname), not necessarily with correct spelling or well formatted letters. Observe and explore a given system or concept to deepen scientific understanding. Develop insight into the nature of language and the concept of culture and realize there are multiple ways of viewing the world. Unit 8 Make It Move 19 Days 4 th Nine Weeks Owl Unit 8: Make it Move What are the different ways things move? What can we do to make things move? How does wind make things move? II.D. 2 Child demonstrates understanding of terms used in the instructional language of the classroom. down fast slow start stop up Last Updated Spring 2018 HF Page 5 of 6
Ending Sounds Deleting Sounds Rhyming Words Focus Letters and Letter Sounds: /g/,/r/, /h/,/w/ and /v/ Letter X with /ks/, /y/, and /z/. Letter Names and Sounds III.C.3 Child produces the correct sounds for at least 10 letters. IV.C.1 Child independently writes some letters on request. Last Updated Spring 2018 HF Page 6 of 6