EDK

= = L. Arts : Developing vocabulary (discuss meanings of words); Answer questions about what is read; Names are made up of letters; learning the letters in our names; colors; Use story language in discussions; discuss: characters/setting/events Concepts of print: front cover, back cover, title, title page, Author/illustrator 4th week: Letter M and sound Math : count backward from 10 -0, count forward from 0 to 10, match a numeral to a set (1-10), count the number of objects in a set (0-10); INTRO to shapes (circle, triangle, square, rectangle), learning how to describe shapes in terms of corners – angles & sides
 * EDK – October **

Math : patterns (AB, aab, abb ), counting 1-20, identifying 6,7,8,9 and the tricky teen numbers, making sets 1-20 L. Arts : working on letters R, S, T, N,P; print concepts (front cover, back cover, title page,---non-fiction: title, headings, photographs); sequencing fiction story events; author/illustrator; characters, setting, introduction to beginning/middle/end
 * EDK - November **

EDK DECEMBER 2015 MATH : more/less/same; one more than, one less than; counting to 20; identifying TEEN numbers LANGUAGE ARTS : working on T,n,p,g- handwriting formation; asking and answering questions about what is read ( who, what, where, when, why how); identifying 5 senses ; non-fiction (topic /provides information) (headings, titles, pictures, TOC); RETELLING FICTION using a beginning/middle/end

EDK JANUARY 2015 L.ARTS: MATH:
 * Letters:letter Dd/sound (review), Letter Hh/sound (1st week back), Letter Ll/sound (2nd week back), Letter Cc/sound (3rd week back)
 * Fiction Literature: retelling using story language (beg/mid/end); answering questions (who, what, where, when, why) & asking questions ( I wonder if .....)
 * Non Fiction Literature: features(topic, headings, photographs); retelling facts;
 * Writing: using BEGINNING CONSONANT sounds to write; expository (explaining a fact), narrative ( I see the ___ or We like the__ _)
 * IDENTIFYING/BUILDING AND WRITING NUMBERS 0-20.
 * Decomposing numbers (breaking apart into 2 groups) up to 10
 * ordinal numbers (first, second etc. left to right and bottom to top)

EDK FEBRUARY L. ARTS: non-fiction (retelling 4 facts, telling topic of a nonfiction selection)
 * ORAL LANGUAGE: using number words, words to describe: people, places, location, size, shape,color, and action words
 * Letters: letter Ff/sound (review), Letter Ww/sound (Feb 3rd week), Letter Jj/sound (Feb. 9th week); Letter Kk/sound (Feb. 16th week). Letter Yy/sound (2/23 week)
 * Retelling: fiction using story language in retelling of beg/mid/end including characters and setting [where and when]
 * Making connections: text to self, text to world, text to text
 * Asking and answering questions while reading text: "I wonder if ...." Who, what, where, when, why questions
 * Using titles and pictures to identify topic and make predictions
 * WRITING: use descriptive words in narrative & expository writing, write in complete sentences using proper capitalization, punctuation and spacing

MATH:
 * Counting to 100 by ones, fives, tens; interrupted counting (ie. 14- 25)
 * Decomposing TEEN numbers into a group of tens and some further ones
 * Identifying coins and their values AND determining value of a collection of coins worth up to 10 cents

EDK //MARCH// L. ARTS:
 * Oral Lang: use vocabulary from content areas
 * Synonyms: using descriptive words including synonyms
 * Letters: handwriting -FWJK review, intro: YVZQ Sounds: reviewing: J,K introducing: Y (Mar wk 1) ,A (Mar wk 2),O(Mar wk 3),I (Mar wk 4)
 * Fiction books -concentrating on telling a sentence for beg, telling several sentences for middle, telling a sentence for ending
 * Nonfiction books - concentrating on text features: TITLE, HEADING, PHOTOGRAPH and telling 4 or more facts learned as well as identifying topic
 * ASKING QUESTIONS: e.g. "I wonder if the character will go swimming?"
 * Predicting: using title and picture clues
 * Writing: concentrating on writing complete sentences with sentence mechanics (capitalization, punctuation, spacing)

MATH:
 * COUNTING review: 0-100 by 1s, 5s, 10s ; interrupted counting (eg. 17-26, 14-23)
 * Coins: penny nickel dime quarter AND giving value of a group of coins up to 10 cents (first 2 weeks in Mar)
 * Time: to the hour with digital and analog clock (March 3rd week)
 * Measuring Tools: ruler, scale, thermometer, calendar, clock

EDK //APRIL// //L. Arts:// - make connections (text to text, text to world) - Use title and pictures to make predicitons - Ask "I wonder... " questions as reading - Retelling using story language: beginning/middle/end using complete sentences - Use //descriptive words (including synonyms) in narrative and expository writing// //- Use// technology for writing - Sentence mechanics: uppercase letter, punctuation, spacing - write complete sentences using beginning/medial/ending sounds. //MATH// //halves/quarters of a region [4 slices in a pizza, one slice = 1/4 ]//
 * ORAL LANGUAGE: use complete sentences, use words to describe location, size, shape, color; increase content vocabulary
 * READING:
 * WRITING:
 * //exploring non-standard units of measurement [using cubes, paperclips etc. to measure items]//
 * //counting 0-100//
 * //using Math language: taller/shorter, longer/shorter, hotter/colder, heavier/lighter//
 * //fractions- halves/quarters of set [4 crayons of 12 = 1/4 of a set//