BreakThrough To Literacy

PULASKI ASSESSMENT OF READING SKILLS

MATH

SOCIAL STUDIES

SCIENCE

PRACTICAL LIVING/ Arts & Humanities

Writing

WEEK 10

One Stormy Night

My Buddy Stan

Biscuit

*Main Idea *Drawing Conclusions *Homonyms *Short e,u *Initial Blends *Double Final Consonants *Special Names, Proper *Poetry

2.0.10 Connect the content of a passage to students’ lives and/or real world issues. x.0.1 Use word recognition strategies to determine pronunciations and meanings of words in passages.

POS- Summarize a variety of reading passages by selecting the main ideas and main events or points. Students will use word identification strategies, including prediction, context cues, and phonetic awareness, to read and understand unknown words. Students will choose and read a variety of materials to gain understanding of the world around them and of the nature of text, including literary materials and transactive materials.

Money

2.2.6 Use standard units to measure volume of money. 2.3.3 How units within the same measurement system are related

POS- Students will use correct symbols for money. Students will identify coins and bills by value. Students will compare and order amounts of money.

Fire Safety, Government, and Civics

1.1.3 The basic purposes of the government of the United States are the establishment of order, security, the protection of the rights of individuals, and the attainment of common goals as specifically listed in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution.

POS- Students will begin to understand the basic purpose of government and how citizen participation can affect government.

Fire Safety

Guest Speaker: Local Fire Dept.

Fire hazards/ ways to solve

Loyalty – fireman

Uniform, equipment

Stop, Drop, and Roll

Jr. Fortenberry

Second Steps- Lesson #10

PCLP Entry: Creative writing of fact learned – color, cut, and glue fireman on top of paper

POS- Students will recognize conventional spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization.

WEEK 11

Do Not Open This Book

Trucks

Communities

*Classify *Author’s purpose *Homonyms *Short u *Initial c,g *-s plural *r blends *ABC order *Non-fiction

. x.0.1 Use word recognition strategies to determine pronunciations and meanings of words in passages. x.0.3 Know that some words have multiple meanings and identify the correct meaning as the word is used.

POS- Students will use auditory and visual strategies to understand words and their meanings.

Money

2.2.6 Use standard units to measure volume of money

POS- Students will make change up to a dollar. Students will identify correct symbols for money.

Cinderella Around the World

Second Steps- Lesson #11

POS- Students will recognize forms of writing organization. (letter formats, stories, poetry)

WEEK 12

In a Dark Dark Wood

Fox and Bear

Moon

*Context clues *Drawing conclusions *cvc patterns *initial & final blends *Describing words *nouns *Short e

Money

2.2.6 Use standard units to measure volume of money. 2.3.3 How units within the same measurement system are related

POS- Students will expand the use of coins and bills to make change for a given amount. Students will make combinations of coins and bills to make a given amount.

Cinderella Around the World

Guidance lesson- Careers

Character Word- Adaptability

Read Emperor’s New Clothes

Second Steps- Unit 2 Lessons 22-30

Open Response

Trick or Treat Safety

WEEK 13

The Best Children In The World

I Can Read

Lilly Reads

1.0.8 Describe characters, plot, setting, and problem/solution of a passage. 1.0.9 Explain a character’s actions based on a passage.

POS- Students will re-tell stories with the story elements of plot, setting, characters, and problem/solution. Students will summarize what happened in a story by telling and/or drawing. Students will re-tell stories with the story elements of plot, setting, characters, and problem/solution.

*characters *Recall/retell *Short vowels *Contractions *Short u *Initial s blends

Money

2.2.6 Use standard units to measure volume of rectangular prisms, liquid capacity, money, time, and temperature. 2.3.3 How units within the same measurement system are related.

POS- Students will expand the use of coins and bills to give change for a given amount. Students will make combinations of coins and bills to make a given amount.

Election process

Define- ballot, polls, election, candidates, registration, responsibility

Word scramble of terms

Class voting on leaders running

Word search

POS-

Students will use correct and appropriate spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization in legible final draft.

WEEK 14

I Am A Gypsy Pot

Testing

Patterns

4.2.1 Find rules for, extend, and create patterns. 4.3.1 How patterns are alike and different.

POS- Students will reproduce and extend patterns using manipulatives. Students will identify and describe patterns in real life, numerical, and geometric situations.

Native Americans/ Pilgrims

2.2.1 All cultures develop institutions, customs, beliefs, and holidays reflecting their unique histories, situations, and perspectives. 5.2.1 Native American cultures, both in Kentucky and the United States, had similarities and differences.

POS- Students will understand that diverse groups celebrate heritage and culture in a variety of ways.

Indians- headdress, moccasins

Song- Ten Little Indians

Pilgrims- freedom, corn, feast/harvest

Legend of Blue Bonnet (possessions)

Compare/contrast chore, dress, recreation- stick puppets

The First Thanksgiving

PCLP Creative Writing- Thanksgiving is…

If You Sailed on the Mayflower

The New World

WEEK 15

I See You

x.0.1 Use word recognition strategies to determine pronunciations and meanings of words in passages.

POS- Students will use syntactic and semantic cues to make sense of text.

Red Stone Game

Gingerbread Man

*Reality/fantasy *Context clues *Long a cvce *Inflectional endings *Final cons. Blends *Initial g/j *Folktales

Time

2.2.6 Use standard units to measure volume of rectangular prisms, liquid capacity, money, time, and temperature.

POS- Students will tell time to the hour. Students will relate time to daily activities,.

4.2.1 Shelter, food, tools, clothing

Discuss Native American shelters using the Internet to locate pictures of shelters. Use brown paper bags to make Indian clothing

POS-

Students will develop ideas in writing in response to peer and teacher feedback.

WEEK 16

What Do Scientist Do?

1.0.8 Describe characters, plot, setting, and problem/solution of a passage. 2.0.7 Identify the organizational pattern in a passage: sequence, cause and effect, and/or comparison and contrast.

POS- Students will understand basic story structure.

The Same As You

Cherry Pies/Lullabies

*Compare/contrast *Long a cvce *Initial diagraphs *Initial blends *Initial qu *poetry *Friendly letter *Table of contents

Time

2.2.6 Use standard units to measure volume of rectangular prisms, liquid capacity, money, time, and temperature.

POS- Students will tell time to hour and half-hour. Students will tell time to the nearest 5 minutes and distinguish between a.m. and p.m. Students will tell time to the nearest minute and determine elapsed time.

Matter- solid, liquid, gas

1.1.3 Materials can exist in different states – solid, liquid, and gas.

POS- Students will understand that materials can exist in different states and some common materials can change states.

WEEK 17

Nature Hike

2.0.6 Use text features to understand a passage.

POS- Students will read and understand fiction and nonfiction materials with text features such as tables, tables of contents, and indices.

Rose and Grandma

Family Get Together

*Main idea *Setting *Long o cvce *Initial sh, wh *Contractions *Narrative-nonfiction

Addition

1.2.5 Estimate quantities of objects 1.2.6 Estimate computational results using an appropriate strategy

POS- Students will explore appropriate estimation procedures.

Christmas Around the World

2.1.2 Elements of culture serve to define specific groups and may result in unique perspectives.

2.3.1 The surface of the Earth changes. Some changes are due to slow processes such as erosion or weathering. Some changes are due to rapid processes such as landslides, volcanic eruption, and earthquakes.

Guidance: Feelings

Character Word - Compassion

WEEK 18

The Gifts

3.0.6 Identify an author’s opinion about a subject.

POS- Students will use monitoring strategies to confirm meaning in context.

Rolling Rice Cake

Rat and the Cat

*Author’s purpose *Main idea *Long I cvce *Medial consonants *Initial sh,sh,th,wh *Hard/soft c *Fantasy

1.1.2 The operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

POS- Add and subtract numbers using a variety of methods.

Christmas Around The World

2.1.1 Language, music, art, dress, food, stories, and folk tales help define culture and may be shared among various groups.

POS- Students will recognize language, music, art dress, food, literature, and folktales as elements of culture.