Curriculum Frameworks Grade level/course competencies and performance indicators Student Learning Scope and Sequence Units, topics, and timeline for instruction for each grade level subject/course Instructional Units Stage 1: Competencies, Desired Results Stage 2: Assessment Stage 3: Instructional Plan Litchfield School District Kindergarten Competencies
English/Language Arts Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. Analyze and evaluate complex literature and informational text. Write well-structured arguments, narratives, and informative/ explanatory pieces. Apply appropriate conventions of Standard English when writing or speaking. Speak and listen purposefully, making strategic decisions about content, language use, and speaking style. Apply print concepts. Develop phonological awareness. Apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Read text fluently with accuracy and expression. Read and comprehend grade-level text. Retell key ideas and details from a text. Apply evidence from a text to support conclusions. Analyze text features to strengthen comprehension. Write arguments with clear reasons and evidence. Write informative text to convey ideas. Write a wellsequenced narrative using descriptive details. Applies proper grammar and conventions. Applies grade level spelling rules and patterns. Select effective words for meaning and style. Participates and follows established rules for discussions. Summarize information verbally, from a variety of media. Compare and contrast various text. Litchfield School District Kindergarten 2
Mathematics Apply and extend properties of number systems. Explain and justify reasoning when solving mathematical problems. Identify and analyze geometric figures and their relationships. Apply measurement tools and analyze data. Apply place value for two digits. Apply mathematical properties. Identify number names, count and compare numbers. Solve real-world problems, including multi-step performance tasks. Analyze, evaluate, and explain potential decisions and strategies. Analyze the reasonableness of solutions. Apply mathematical vocabulary. Identify shapes. Analyze shapes. Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several measurable attributes of a single object [e.g. measure using body parts, thumb for inch (longer, shorter, heavier, lighter)]. Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has more of / less of the attribute, and describe the difference (e.g. directly compare the heights of two children and describe one child as taller/shorter). Litchfield School District Kindergarten 3
Science Competencies Apply recurring science concepts. Apply scientific inquiry to solve authentic problems and demonstrate science literacy. Investigate then construct evidence-based explanations about physical interactions. Investigate then construct evidence-based explanations about Earth s systems and Earth s place in the universe. Investigate then construct evidencebased explanations about plants and animals, including humans. Cause and effect Energy and matter Patterns Scale, proportion, and quantity Science and society Stability and change Structure and function Systems and system models Analyze and interpret data. Ask questions and define problems. Construct explanations and design solutions. Develop and utilize models. Engage in argument from evidence. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information. Plan and carry out investigations. Use mathematical and computational thinking. Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object. Analyze data to determine if a design solution works as intended to change the speed or direction of an object with a push or a pull. Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth s surface. Use tools and materials to design and build a structure that will reduce the warming effect of sunlight on an area. Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time. Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs. Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live. Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather. Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment. Grade K Indicators: Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. Litchfield School District Kindergarten 4
Social Studies Apply inquiry processes to support conclusions in the social sciences. Evaluate historical or contemporary actions of people and/or events to draw conclusions. Apply concepts of economics. Apply concepts of history and civics. Apply concepts of geography. Create questions that help answer inquiry questions with teacher assistance (modeling, prompting). [K-W-L: What do I need to know? surveys, interview, inquiry/report/project] Locate sources of information with assistance (text-based, internet-based, informational articles) Discern if a source is fact or opinion when selecting supporting information. Grade K Indicators: Select from teacher generated choices, which reasons might be more likely than others to explain an event or a person s actions. Explain a point of view with valid reasons. Discuss ways to participate/take action (about a person, people, events or situations). Grade K Indicators: Explain how people earn an income. Explain the difference between needs and wants. Explain why people save. Explain what is citizenship and the importance of helping others. Apply problem solving skills to situations involving good citizenship. Identify symbols of our country. Memorize the Pledge of Allegiance with correct wording and its purpose. Describe family traditions, celebrations and national holidays. Identify past as part of the time and space continuum. Explain what a map and a globe are, and their uses. Identify cardinal directions, map symbols, basic landforms and bodies of water. Use directions and positional words to describe the relative location of one place to another to locate and describe places in school and community. Recite from memory their own phone number, street address, city or town, and state in which they live. Litchfield School District Kindergarten 5
Health Analyze the information and influences that can help or hinder the ability to enhance personal health. Identify that behaviors impact personal health. Evaluate valid health information sources and apply to personal health advocacy. Identify trusted adults and professionals who can help promote health. Apply effective interpersonal communication skills in order to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks. Identify healthy ways to express needs, wants, and feelings. Identify ways to prevent communicable diseases and common injuries. Identify school and community health helpers. Identify resources and responses to unwanted, threatening, and/or dangerous situations. Visual Arts Apply skills, ideas and visual art language to create works of art. Connect visual art language with works of art through synthesis of artistic ideas and external knowledge. Apply skills, ideas, and visual art language to convey meaning through presentation. Apply skills and visual art language to interpret, evaluate, and respond to works of art. Engage in exploration and imaginative play with materials. Practice skills in various media and techniques in response to an artistic problem. Practice safe and proper use of tools and materials. Create art that tells a story about personal experiences. Connect purposes of art in culture and history. Identify reasons for and places where art may be saved and displayed. Recognize purposes of art in one s environment. Interpret art by identifying and describing images and subject matter. Litchfield School District Kindergarten 6
Performing Arts CREATE musical ideas and works through concept, development, and completion. READ and utilize content in the visual media of musical notation. PRESENT musical works through selection, refinement, and conveying meaning. RESPOND to musical works through analysis, evaluation, and interpretation of meaning. CONNECT musical ideas and works to societal, cultural, and historical context as well as personal experiences. Create musical effects for songs, poems, and stories. Distinguish between tone color/sound sources. Create personal songs. Read simple rhythm patterns (quarter and eighth notes, and quarter rest in Kodaly notation). Distinguish between singing and speaking voice. Echo and perform melodic patterns (sol, la, mi). Demonstrate ability to maintain steady beat. Echo and perform simple rhythm patterns (quarter and eighth notes, and quarter rest in Kodaly notation). Identify contrasting musical elements and styles. Respond to a single melodic line (monophonic). Move purposefully to selected prominent features in a piece of music. Evaluate music based on personal preference. Associate language and music through wordplay, poems, chants, literature and songs. Relate visual art, creative play, and movements to music performance. Discern music of various genres, cultures, and historical periods. Demonstrate an awareness that a variety of music exists in their world. Explain that music evokes feelings and personal responses. Litchfield School District Kindergarten 7
Physical Education Perform a variety of motor skills and movement patterns effectively. Apply knowledge of components, principles, strategies, and tactics related to movement and performance. Apply the knowledge and skills to achieve and maintain a health enhancing level of physical activity and fitness. Demonstrate and self-assess respect for self and others, and the value of physical activity. Practice developmentally appropriate locomotor skills while maintaining balance. Maintain balance in various developmentally appropriate positions. Practice developmentally appropriate basic motor skills with hands and feet. Acquire and apply beginning knowledge of movement concepts, principles, and knowledge. Identify benefits and describe active play/exercise opportunities outside of physical education class that contribute to improving health. Actively engage in physical education class. Explain and demonstrate that the body is used as resistance for developing strength. Describe the good health balance of nutrition and physical activity, including healthy and unhealthy foods. Work safely, independently and with others. Demonstrate responsibility for class procedure, activities and social interactions. Analyze and implement teacher appropriate feedback. Explain physical activities that encourage self-confidence, selfexpression, and personal challenge. Litchfield School District Kindergarten 8