Multiple Organizing Ideas
WRITING K: Children experiment with written expression of ideas and information.
CONVENTIONS K: Children develop appropriate grammar in oral language and experiment with spelling and punctuation in written messages.
KINDERGARTEN - ORGANIZING IDEA: WRITING
Writing: Ideas and information can be articulated accurately and imaginatively through the use of writing processes and an understanding of the author’s craft.
Guiding Question: How can messages be recorded?
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Learning Outcome: KW1.1 Children experiment with written expression of ideas and information. |
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Ideas for personal expression can be inspired by experiences with people, places, and things.
Creative thinking includes using imagination, ideas, or materials to create or to make changes to a creation.
Messages have creators. |
Ideas and information can be expressed creatively to learn and have fun. |
Express ideas and information in a variety of creative ways.
Apply creative thinking to create or make changes to a representation of a message.
Identify the creator or creators of a variety of messages.
Include first name on messages created. |
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Factual information can be gathered from a variety of people, places, or things (sources).
Information can be shared through messages that include pictures, letters, or words. |
Information can be shared about people, places, or things that are real (factual). |
Ask questions about real people, places, or things to learn more about them.
Gather factual information from a variety of people, places, or things.
Share factual information. |
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Messages can be shared in digital or non-digital ways, including
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Messages can be created using a variety of digital or non-digital methods or tools. |
Create a variety of digital or non-digital messages. |
KINDERGARTEN - ORGANIZING IDEA: CONVENTIONS
Conventions: Understanding grammar, spelling, and punctuation makes it easier to communicate clearly, to organize thinking, and to use language for desired effects.
Guiding Question: How do conventions support literacy development?
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Learning Outcome: Children develop appropriate grammar in oral language and experiment with spelling and punctuation in written messages. |
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Names begin with a capital letter.
Sentences begin with a capital letter.
Sentences often end with periods. |
Written messages can be communicated in predictable ways. |
Identify capital letters in names.
Identify capital letters at the beginning of sentences.
Identify periods at the end of sentences. |
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A sentence is a group of words that shares a complete thought or idea.
Sentence types include telling (declarative) or asking (interrogative). |
Language is organized to support understanding and sharing of ideas (grammar). |
Recognize sentences in oral language that include a complete thought or idea.
Differentiate between telling and asking sentences. |
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The spelling of words can be remembered.
Some words occur often in spoken and written language (high-frequency words).
Some words do not have a one-letter-to-one-sound relationship (e.g., the). |
Some words are very common and can be spelled automatically. |
Spell 5-10 high-frequency words. |
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Saying words slowly can help to hear individual sounds in words. |
Spelling includes writing the sounds heard in words. |
Attempt to spell unknown words using letter-sound relationships.
Copy environmental print to become familiar with how words are spelled. |
