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Kindergarten Introduction

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Introduction to Kindergarten

 

Students in Kindergarten learn concepts of print, recognize sounds in individual words, write their first and last name, and recognize all letters in the alphabet. Instruction focuses on asking and answering explicit and inferential questions, retelling and engaging in collaborative conversation. Students identify authors and illustrators and describe characters and setting. Students begin drawing and labeling pictures to tell a story. Students expand their personal and academic vocabulary they can use in speaking. Students participate in read-alouds, developing stamina for listening.

2021 Resources

 
Objective Analysis The 8 overarching standards are broken down into specific objectives. Each objective is analyzed with student actions, teacher actions, recommendations, and key terms and related objectives.

Literacy Progressions

See how 27 major literacy skills develop throughout the course of a student's academic career, PK-12.
 Proficiency Levels 

Student skill levels for each objective from the standards are shown at the developing, approaching, understanding, and extending stages.


  UDL Lesson

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a research-based framework for improving student learning experiences and outcomes through careful instructional planning focused on the varied needs of all students, including students with visible and non-visible disabilities, advanced and gifted learners, and English learners.

 

Some general ideas for implementing the UDL lens in an ELA lesson, PK-12, are provided in this chart.

Exemplar Lesson Plans

These exemplar lesson plans showcase best practices for English language arts. These lessons are aligned to the Oklahoma Academic Standards and bundle together multiple objectives to showcase the recursive nature of ELA. Each lesson plan includes helpful explanations about the instructional plan and steps. Teachers can review these sample lessons on their own, with a colleague, and/or with their professional learning community, to reflect on the highlighted ELA practices and how they mesh with their own current classroom practices.

 

Lesson plans are available for each grade featuring texts from the following genres: fiction, nonfiction, & poetry.

 

Moreover, an exemplar lesson plan sequence regarding Standard 6 research is available for each grade band.

  Writing Resources

This suite of writing resources includes:

  • student-friendly checklists for the narrative, informative, argumentative, and research modes
  • editing checklists for the beginning and middle of the school year
  • examples of teacher feedback on student writing
  • a peer feedback lesson plan with a slideshow and handout
  Other Resources

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