Night! Common Core Curriculum Define knowledge and skills students - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Welcome to Family Literacy Night!

Common Core Curriculum

• Define knowledge and skills students

should have within their K-12 education careers

• Are aligned with college and work

expectations

• Are clear, understandable and

consistent

Common Core Curriculum

• Include rigorous content and

application of knowledge through high-order skills

• Build upon strengths and lessons of

current state standards

• Are evidence-based

Common Core Curriculum

English Language Arts: 1.Foundational Skills (Pre-K-1) 2.Literary Text 3.Informational Text 4.Speaking and Listening 5.Writing

Our Focus Tonight:

Kindergarten & First Grade

• Foundational

Skills Second Grade

• Informational

& Literary Texts

Foundational Skills

Kindergarten:

• Print Concepts
• Rhyming words
• Letter Recognition
• Letter-sound

correspondence

• Manipulating sounds to

create new words

Foundational Skills

First Grade:

• Print Concepts
• Short Vowels
• Long Vowels
• Syllables
• Manipulating sounds to

make new words

What are Literary Texts?

• Stories
• Poems
• Songs

Literary Texts Skills

Second Grade Reading Habits:

• Use before, during,

and after strategies

• Monitor

comprehension

Literary Texts Skills

Second Grade:

• Retelling
• Summarizing
• Answer questions using text support
• Identify characters, setting, problem,

solution, & plot

• Determine essential message, moral, or

lesson of the text

• Understanding character traits

What Are Informational Texts?

• Trade books
• Magazines
• Multi-media resources
• Functional texts (ex.

recipes, labels, etc)

Informational Texts Skills

Second Grade:

• Determine meaning of words & phrases of

text

• Know and use various text features to

locate information

• Captions
• Bold print
• Subheadings
• Glossaries
• Indexes
• Electronic menus & icons

Informational Texts Skills

Second Grade:

• Identify main purpose
• Compare & contrast information from

various texts on the same topic

Stations

Please refer to the schedule on the front of your packet for your rotation schedule.

Stations

Kindergarten websites: Mrs. Barker’s music room (stage) 1st grade websites: Computer Lab 2nd grade websites: Media Center

Door Prize Drawings

YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN!!!

• Emergency Homework Kits
• Hardback Books

THANK YOU!!!

• Kohl’s for book donations
• Dairy Queen for Free Cone Coupons
• BCES PTA
• Mrs. Sherman for gathering Emergency

Homework Kits

• BCES custodians for setting up the tables and

room.

• Staff at BCES
• Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Snowden for their support

in planning

• Families attending and continuing to support

their child’s education