Decatur City Schools
Pacing Guide
Kindergarten: Reading
Projected Pacing  (Aug. 14-Sept. 15)
AL COS Standards Vocabulary Suggested Materials/Resources Documentation Date(s) Taught Comments
         
Phonemic Awareness   Open Court, Unit 1 Lesson 1-20    
Exhibit phonemic awareness by    Word family charts    
identifying phonemes   Counting sounds on fingers    
categorizing phonemes   Picture card sort    
orally blending phonemes into one-        
syllable words        
 segmenting one-syllable words        
rhyming         
(AL COS #1)        
*  Participate in oral language activities        
* Recognize, identify and supply rhyming words    
* Segment and count syllables in spoken words        
*Hear initial phonemes        
Phonics        
Identify upper and lower case letters    Open Court, Unit 1 Lesson 1-20    
(AL COS #3) (SAT-10)   Engine sounds    
* Recognize/identify letters (A-M)   ABC pocket chart    
* Identify upper and lower case letters   letter wheels    
* Recognize similarities and differences in letters   letter arcs    
* Sort letters by visual attributes   journal writing; AAA, aaa    
* Demonstrate an awareness of the correlations of    Moncure, "My Sound Box"    
sounds, letters and words through the use of: ABC big books  
     1.  Picture books        
     2.  Predictable texts        
     3.  Environmental Print        
     4.  Pre-Decodable/decodable texts        
     5.  Listening stations        
Fluency        
Before kindergarten students can read    Open Court, Unit 1 Lessons 10, 15, 20     
fluently, they need to develop a myraid of   Big Books    
pre-reading strategies.  These strategies   shared reading/ read alouds    
can be taught by modeling fluent reading        
and engaging students in repeated oral         
AL COS Standards Vocabulary Suggested Materials/Resources Documentation Date(s) Taught Comments
readings.        
* Shared Reading (reading to/with)    
* Read-Alouds (reading to)   Open Court, Unit 1 Lesson 1-20    
* Buddy Reading (reading to and with)        
* Independent Reading (reading by)   book boxes on table    
Vocabulary        
Use words that describe and represent   Open Court, Unit 1 Lesson 1-20    
real-life objects and actions (AL COS #4)        
*  Utilize words encountered in the environment   environmental print    
*  Learn new words through stories and explicit   concept vocabulary    
instruction, listening and,connecting with real-life experiences        
*  High frequency words will be introduced Sept. word list, Pre primer Dolch words    
in groups of 5 to begin Sept 18-Oct 20        
Comprehension        
Respond to stories by asking questions,   Open Court, Unit 1 Lesson 1-20    
discussing ideas, and relating events        
to daily life (AL COS)        
*  Begin to use the syntactic cueing         
system (does it sound right?)        
*  Begin to make text-to-self connections        
         
Reading Behaviors        
*  Recognize and use print in the         
environment (signs, logos, labels, charts,        
word walls, bulletin boards, and familiar        
names)        
*  Concepts of print   Open Court, Unit 1 Lesson 1-20    
     1.  Front and back cover of books   Rigby little books, guided reading    
     2.  Turn pages from front to back        
     3.  Differentiate letters from words  
     4.  Identify parts of a book        
     5.  Handle books and media responsibly        
     6.  Express ideas and demonstrate        
age-appropriate ideas        
     7.  Interpret single charts and graphics        
Oral Language Development        
Use appropriate listening and speaking    Open Court, Unit 1 Lesson 1-20    
behavior   shared journal stories    
1.  Show an interest in what others have   Secret Sack/ Show and Tell    
to say Star of the Week  
2.  Look at the speaker/audience   shared reading: big books, theme related     
AL COS Standards Vocabulary Suggested Materials/Resources Documentation Date(s) Taught Comments
3.  Respond appropriately to material   texts    
read, heard, viewed   Author's Chair    
4.  Use grammar, expression, and words   Family Tree Leaf    
appropriate to audience        
5.  Speak clearly and in complete sentences        
6.  Generate appropriate questions        
7.  Follow directions        
8.  Verbalize personal information        
(address, name, etc.)        
9.  Participate in oral sharing