Prepared curriculum template.
 
Use this curriculum template as a guide for ELA standards and for purchases related to ELA--reading books, phonics workbooks, spelling workbooks, lined writing pads, handwriting workbooks, sight word flashcards/workbooks, online subscriptions related to word studies, paper, sketch pads, pencils, pens, crayons, paint/brushes, markers, manipulatives, Play-Doh, clay, air dry clay, etc.  (Kindergarteners illustrate events and characters in stories.)
 
Reading for literature, informational text & foundational skills
Writing; Foundational Skills
Speaking and Listening
Language 
 
READING: 
Literature:  Ask & answer questions about key details in text; retell stories explaining key details; identify characters, settings, and major events; identify unknown words in text; recognize types of texts (storybook, poem); identify parts of book (covers, title); name and explain roles of author & illustrator; explain relationship between illustrations & story
 
Informational Text:  Answer questions about key details, main topic; explain key details and relationship between ideas, events, people and/or pieces of information; describe the nexus between illustrations and text (person, place, thing, idea in text the illustration depicts)
 
Foundational Skills: Demonstrate understanding of organization & basic features of print, spoken words, syllables, sounds; apply phonics and word analysis to decode words; work on fluency
 
WRITING:
Foundational Skills:  Demonstrate and apply handwriting skills & sound-letter concepts when writing; know and apply phonics and word analysis skills when spelling words
 
SPEAKING & LISTENING: Participate in conversations, listen to others talking, wait for your turn to speak, confirm understanding of storybooks read aloud, ask questions to get help or clarification; describe things, people, events; draw events, people and places to help comprehend/present ideas; express thoughts, feelings & ideas loud and clear
 
LANGUAGE: Demonstrate knowledge of English grammar and usage while writing or speaking; explore words by sorting common objects into “categories” (like colors, shapes)