Language Arts

Starting Theme 2 (Colors All Around) Week 1: Phonemic Awareness: beginning sounds Reading strategies: predict/infer Comprehension skill: sequence events Phonics skills: beginning sound /s/ and initial consonant S, s High frequency word: I Concepts of Print: capitalize first word in sentence; end punctuation Exploring Words: color words Vocabulary skill: using describing words Writing skill: writing a description ( as a class) Week 2: Phonemic Awareness: beginning sounds Reading strategies: summarize Comprehension skill: making predictions Phonics skills: beginning sound /m/ and initial consonant M, m High frequency word: see Concepts of Print: capitalize first word in sentence; end punctuation Exploring Words: color words Vocabulary skill: using describing words Writing skill: writing a description ( as a class) Week 3: Phonemic Awareness: beginning sounds Reading strategies: predict/infer; summarize Comprehension skill: sequence of events; making predictions Phonics skills: beginning sound /r/ and initial consonant R, r High frequency word: I, see Concepts of Print: capitalize first word in sentence; end punctuation Exploring Words: color words Vocabulary skill: using singular and plural words, using plural names Writing skill: writing a graphic organizer, writing a story ( as a class)