P.S./M.S. 108

ELA

Building Communities of Readers and Writers

 

Unit Summary: 

Students will learn what it looks like to be a Kindergarten reader and writer and part of a literate community.  Through conversation, lessons, read alouds and community building activities, students will develop the skills to begin learning how to read and write.

 

Unit Goals:  

• Establish rules and routines in reading and writing.

• Expose students to the type and range of texts that they will be reading and writing throughout the year.
• Recognize the many purposes for reading and writing.
• Students will begin to understand that feelings and ideas can be expressed through speaking, drawing and writing.

 

Eureka Math:

Module 2: Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Shapes 

Students will…

• find and describe two- and three- dimensional shapes
• explain decisions about classifications of shapes and identify them by name
• identify and sort shapes 

 

Common Core Learning Standards:

 

K.G.A.1 - Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to.

K.G.A.2 - Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.

K.G.A.3 - Identify shapes as two-dimensional (lying in a plane, "flat") or three-dimensional ("solid").

K.G.B.4 - Analyze and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, parts (e.g., number of sides and vertices/"corners") and other attributes (e.g., having sides of equal length).