Our Literacy/Language program is "Get Set for School" from Handwriting without Tears.
The goal of our curriculum is to teach all of our students to develop a life-long love of reading. In our language arts program, students are informally evaluated during the first few weeks of school and are then grouped based on what they already know. Groups are flexible and changes are made in order to challenge each student, while allowing for maximum success. Comprehension is taught through the use of various genres of literature. Students engage in a variety of activities including phonemic awareness activities, oral work, written dictation work, co-operative learning in centers, story time, handwriting instruction, and written expression through the use of journals.
By the end of Pre-Kindergarten all students will be able to:
Recognize all uppercase and lowercase letters, and produce many sounds
Identify number of syllables (1-4) in a given word
Understand and comprehend stories read aloud together
Comprehension Questions to use when reading to your child:
Prior to reading
Based on the cover and title, make predictions about the book.
Take a picture walk through the book to look for clues in the story.
Fiction
During reading
What do you think will happen next?
After reading
What is the setting of the story?
(Where and when does the story take place? How can you tell?)
Who is the story about?
Who are the characters in the story?
Who is telling the story?
What happens at the beginning of the story?
What happens in the middle of the story?
What happens in the end of the story?
What is the problem in the story?
How is the problem solved?
Can you think of a different way to solve the problem?
Does this book remind you of anything that has happened to you?
Does this book remind you of another story you have read?
Non-Fiction
What was the book about?
What is an interesting fact that you learned?
What is a new fact that you learned?
Is there a fact that you know that wasn’t in the book?
The goal of our curriculum is to teach all of our students to develop a life-long love of reading. In our language arts program, students are informally evaluated during the first few weeks of school and are then grouped based on what they already know. Groups are flexible and changes are made in order to challenge each student, while allowing for maximum success. Comprehension is taught through the use of various genres of literature. Students engage in a variety of activities including phonemic awareness activities, oral work, written dictation work, co-operative learning in centers, story time, handwriting instruction, and written expression through the use of journals.
By the end of Pre-Kindergarten all students will be able to:
Recognize all uppercase and lowercase letters, and produce many sounds
Identify number of syllables (1-4) in a given word
Understand and comprehend stories read aloud together
Comprehension Questions to use when reading to your child:
Prior to reading
Based on the cover and title, make predictions about the book.
Take a picture walk through the book to look for clues in the story.
Fiction
During reading
What do you think will happen next?
After reading
What is the setting of the story?
(Where and when does the story take place? How can you tell?)
Who is the story about?
Who are the characters in the story?
Who is telling the story?
What happens at the beginning of the story?
What happens in the middle of the story?
What happens in the end of the story?
What is the problem in the story?
How is the problem solved?
Can you think of a different way to solve the problem?
Does this book remind you of anything that has happened to you?
Does this book remind you of another story you have read?
Non-Fiction
What was the book about?
What is an interesting fact that you learned?
What is a new fact that you learned?
Is there a fact that you know that wasn’t in the book?