Framingham Public Schools

Kindergarten Curriculum Outcomes

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Language Arts

Students in the Framingham Public Schools participate in a balanced literacy program which consists of 8 components:

• read aloud
• guided reading
• shared reading
• modeled reading
• shared writing
• guided writing
• independent reading
• independent writing

Students will...

• learn the skills necessary to participate effectively in class discussions, both as presenters and audience.
• learn and use new vocabulary.
• learn the skills to orally share experiences with peers in a small group or whole class setting.
• be aware of print in the environment.
• recognize that print has meaning and goes from left to right.
• hear the distinct sounds that make up a word.
• recognize, name, and print the letters of the alphabet-upper and lower cases.
• recognize and print first and last name (upper case followed by lower case).
• identify rhyming words and patterns and other sounds of spoken language.
• connect sounds to letters to figure out the “code” of reading.
• know that books have titles, authors, and illustrators.
• recognize story elements: character, setting, events, problem, solution.
• use the follow comprehension strategies:
• Connecting
• Previewing / Predicting
• Questioning
• Imaging
• Summarizing
• Inferring
• retell stories heard or read.
• memorize, recite, and act out nursery rhymes, poems, plays, songs, chants, and stories.
• hear and read fiction and non-fiction text.
• participate in the writing process, i.e. generate ideas, draw and/or write, revise, edit, and publish.
• generate questions to explore/research a topic.