Kindergarten Unit 2 : Shadows

  Word Recognition (PowerPoint) See teacher notes below.

Students may click on the website name or on the picture.

Beginning Phonics (Alliteration)	ABC Order    (Letter Identification)	Missing Alphabet (Letter Order)
Meet the Gang   (Rhyming)	Star Words (Print Awareness)	Letters and Pictures (Beginning Sounds)
Kangaroo Confusion (Letter Identification)		Tina's World Real or Make Believe?
Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Matching Aa-Gg Hh-Nn Oo-Tt Uu-Zz

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Teacher Notes: Content and technology standards with student outcomes for templates and activities are listed below. Scroll to locate the standards. 

     Word Recognition (PowerPoint)  - Students will read beginning sight words.  To work the PowerPoint please remember that you must click on the mouse in order to move through the PowerPoint. You may want to save it to the student drive. To save > right click on words Word Recognition. Select > Save Target As > Save to Student Drive.

Suggested Workshop / Differentiated Activities
Haunted Alphabet                            (Letter Identification)	Starfall Pumpkin Story (Print Awareness) Seasonal Activity	Word Drop 2 Early Readers Go to grade 1/2 in the Menu

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Teacher Notes:

Frank Asch- Author's page with ideas to use during this unit.

 

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Beginning Phonics,& Letters and Pictures- Students will identify pictures that begin with the same sound.	Content Standard: 1.0 General Reading Processes: A.1.c Phonemic Awareness:  Discriminate sounds and words to categorize as same or different by initial or final sounds.
	Technology Standard: 1.A.1.b. Use mouse to perform computer functions.  3.A.1.a. Explore and use teacher selected technology tools to learn new and reinforce new skills.
ABC order & Missing Alphabet - Students will identify letters in the correct sequence.	Content Standard:1.0 General Reading Processes: Phonics: Students will apply their knowledge of letter/sound relationships and word structure to decode unfamiliar words.  1.a. Identify in isolation all upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.
	Technology Standard: 1.A.1.b. Use mouse to perform computer functions.   3.A.1.a. Explore and use teacher selected technology tools to learn new and reinforce new skills.
Word Drop 2- Students will read and find missing words to complete sentences.	Content Standard:1.C.2.c General Reading Processes: Read orally from familiar texts at an appropriate rate to recognize some words by sight, such as student's first and last name, a, the, my, you, is, are.
	Technology Standard:3.A.1.a. Explore and use teacher selected technology tools to learn new and reinforce new skills.
Haunted Alphabet Students will identify letters of the alphabet.	Content Standard:1.0 General Reading Processes: Comprehension: Students will demonstrate an understanding of concepts of print to determine how print is organized and read. E.1. g. Differentiate numerals, letters and words.
	Technology Standard:3.A.1.a.  3.0  Technology for Learning and Collaboration. A: Learning. 1:Explore and use technology in an instructional setting for learning.  a: Explore and use teacher selected technology tools to learn new content or reinforce skills.
Pumpkin Story-Students will read this selection to practice print awareness skills.	Content Standard:1.0 General Reading Processes: Fluency: Students will read orally with accuracy and expression at a rate that sounds like speech.   C. Fluency  1. Engage in imitative reading at an appropriate rate  a. Listen to models of fluent reading.
	Technology Standard:3.0  Technology for Learning and Collaboration. A: Learning. 1:Explore and use technology in an instructional setting for learning.  a: Explore and use teacher selected technology tools to learn new content or reinforce skills.
Kangaroo Confusion & Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Matching- Students will identify uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet.	Content Standard:1.0 General Reading Processes: Phonics: Students will apply their knowledge of letter/sound relationships and word structure to decode unfamiliar words.  1.a. Identify in isolation all upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.
	Technology Standard:3.A.1.a.  3.0  Technology for Learning and Collaboration. A: Learning. 1:Explore and use technology in an instructional setting for learning.  a: Explore and use teacher selected technology tools to learn new content or reinforce skills.
Real or Make Believe? - Students will listen to a story to determine if it is real or make believe.	Content Standard:1.E.4.d General Reading Processes: Comprehension: Demonstrate understanding of text (after listening) to compare information in text with prior knowledge
	Technology Standard:3.A.1.a.  3.0  Technology for Learning and Collaboration. A: Learning. 1:Explore and use technology in an instructional setting for learning.  a: Explore and use teacher selected technology tools to learn new content or reinforce skills.
Star Words - Students will identify words by their configuration.	Content Standard: 1.E.1.g General Reading Processes: Comprehension: Demonstrate a understanding of concepts of print to determine how print is organized and read.  Differentiate numerals, letters and words.
	Technology Standard: 1.A.1.b. Use mouse to perform computer functions.  3.A.1.a. Explore and use teacher selected technology tools to learn new and reinforce new skills.

Fall Web- Students will use their knowledge of Fall to create a Fall web.               Sorting Letters by Fonts- Students will use letter knowledge to sort uppercase and lowercase letters.	Content Standard:  4.0 Writing: Students will compose in a variety of modes by developing content, employing specific forms, and selecting language appropriate for a particular audience and purpose.  1. Compose texts using the prewriting and drafting strategies of effective writers and speakers.
	Technology Standard: 1.A.1.b. Use mouse to perform computer functions.  3.A.1.b. Use teacher selected technology tools to learn new and reinforce phonemic awareness skills using a variety of digital content.
	Content Standard:1.0 General Reading Processes: Comprehension: Students will demonstrate an understanding of concepts of print to determine how print is organized and read. E.1. g. Differentiate numerals, letters and words.
	Technology Standard: 1.A.1.b. Use mouse to perform computer functions.  3.A.1.b. Use teacher selected technology tools to learn new and reinforce phonemic awareness skills using a variety of digital content.

Template: ABCDEFGHI Template: JKLMNOPQ Template: RSTUVWXYZ             *a variety of fonts are used in this activity	Content Standard:1.0 General Reading Processes: Comprehension: Students will demonstrate an understanding of concepts of print to determine how print is organized and read. E.1. g. Differentiate numerals, letters and words.
	Technology Standard: 1.A.1.b. Use mouse to perform computer functions.  3.A.1.b. Use teacher selected technology tools to learn new and reinforce phonemic awareness skills using a variety of digital content.
Template: Students will create a shadow for a given object.	Activity is related to the theme.
	Technology Standard: 4.B.1.c. Explore and use technology to express ideas using multimedia tools to draw pictures.

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Instructional Technology-August 2008