Kindergarten Literacy Curriculum 2015-2016

Concept: Creativity
Essential Question: How can I be creative every day?
Narrative, informational, opinion texts, and poetry are woven throughout the year

Trimester 1
Launch
-Creating a community of readers
and writers
-Understanding school customs
and culture
AND
Reading Pictures and Words
(Narrative)

-Beginning concepts of print

-Interpreting information
-Expressing our thoughts

Trimester 2
Author Study (Narrative)
-Using a favorite author as a
mentor (Mo Willems)
AND

Trimester 3
Looking Forward (Opinion)
-Evaluating our progress
-Setting goals
AND

PBL non-fiction OR How-To

PBL non-fiction OR How-To

(informative/explanatory)

(informative/explanatory)

- Identifying a problem to be
solved
- Communicating ideas

- Identifying a problem to be
solved
- Communicating ideas