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Table of Contents Unit 6 Teacher Guide Alignment Chart for Unit 6 . .v Introduction to Unit 6 . .1 Lesson 1: Alphabet; Letter Names; Four-Sound Words with Initial Consonant Clusters. 10 Lesson 2: Alphabet; Letter Names; Four-Sound Words with Initial Consonant Clusters . 17 Lesson 3: Alphabet; Letter Names; Spelling Alternative ‘s’ for /z/; Four-Sound Words with Initial or Final Consonant Clusters 23 Lesson 4: Plural Marker ‘s’; Four-Sound Words with Initial or Final Consonant Clusters. 30 Lesson 5: Alphabet; Letter Names; Four-Sound Words with Initial or Final Consonant Clusters. 35 Lesson 6: Four-Sound Words with Initial or Final Consonant Clusters . 41 Lesson 7: Four-Sound Words with Initial or Final Consonant Clusters . 46 Lesson 8: Rhyming Words; Four- and Five-Sound Words with Consonant Clusters . 52 Lesson 9: Four- and Five-Sound Words with Consonant Clusters. 57 Lesson 10: Four- and Five-Sound Words with Consonant Clusters. 63 Lesson 11: Rhyming Words; Four- and Five-Sound Words with Consonant Clusters . 69 Lesson 12: Letter Names; Rhyming Words; Four- and Five-Sound Words with Consonant Clusters . 74 Lesson 13: Letter Names; Four- and Five-Sound Words with Consonant Clusters . 79 Lesson 14: Four- and Five-Sound Words with Consonant Clusters . 83 Lesson 15: Student Performance Task Assessment; Four- and Five-Sound Words with Consonant Clusters. 89 Pausing Point . 96 Teacher Resources . 110 Workbook Answer Key . 114 Alignment Chart for Unit 6 The following chart demonstrates alignment between the Common Core State Standards and corresponding Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) goals. Lesson Alignment Chart for Unit 6 123456789101112131415 Reading Standards for Literature: Kindergarten Key Ideas and Details STD RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions (e.g., who, CKLA what, where, when) requiring Goal(s) literal recall and understanding of the details and/or facts of a fiction text STD RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. With prompting and support, use narrative language to describe CKLA characters, setting, things, Goal(s) events, actions, a scene, or facts from a fiction text that has been read independently Integration of Knowledge and Ideas With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they STD RL.K.7 appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts). With prompting and support, describe illustrations from a CKLA fiction text read independently, Goal(s) using the illustrations to check and support comprehension of the story Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity STD RL.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. Read aloud in a group, with CKLA a partner, or alone at least 15 Goal(s) minutes each day Unit 6 | Alignment Chart v © 2013 Core Knowledge Foundation Lesson Alignment Chart for Unit 6 123456789101112131415 Reading Standards for Informational Text: Kindergarten Craft and Structure STD RI.K.5 Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book. Identify the parts of books and function of each part (front cover, back cover, title page, table of CKLA contents) Goal(s) Demonstrate correct book orientation by holding books correctly and turning pages Reading Standards for Foundational Skills: Kindergarten Print Concepts STD RF.K.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print. STD RF.K.1a Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page. Demonstrate understanding of basic print conventions by tracking and following print word for word when listening to a text CKLA read aloud Goal(s) Demonstrate understanding of directionality (left to right, return sweep, top to bottom, front to back) STD RF.K.1b Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters. Demonstrate understanding that a systematic, predictable CKLA relationship exists between Goal(s) written letters and spoken sounds STD RF.K.1c Understand that words are separated by spaces in print. CKLA Point to each word in a line of Goal(s) print while reading aloud STD RF.K.1d Recognize and name lowercase letters of the alphabet. Recognize and name the 26 CKLA letters of the alphabet in their Goal(s) lowercase forms STD RF.K.2a Recognize and produce rhyming words. CKLA Recognize and produce rhyming Goal(s) words vi Unit 6 | Alignment Chart © 2013 Core Knowledge Foundation Lesson Alignment Chart for Unit 6 123456789101112131415 Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant- STD RF.K.2d vowel-consonant, or CVC) words* (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/). Orally blend sounds to form CKLA words, e.g., given the sounds /k/ Goal(s) . ./a/ . ./t/, blend to make cat Phonics and Word Recognition STD RF.K.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding work. STD RF.K.3b Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels. Read and write one-syllable short vowel words with initial or final blends/clusters, e.g., tr–, fl–, CKLA –sp, –st, –nd, –lt, etc. and initial Goal(s) or final consonant digraphs, e.g., ch–, sh–, th–, – ch, –sh, –th, –ck, –ng Fluency STD RF.K.4 Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding. Read decodable text that incorporates the letter-sound CKLA correspondences that have Goal(s) been taught, with purpose and understanding Additional CKLA Goals Read and write words in which CKLA ‘s’ > /s/ as in cats or /z/ as in Goal(s) dogs Speaking and Listening Standards: Kindergarten Comprehension and Collaboration Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking STD SL.K.2 and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood. Ask and answer questions to CKLA clarify information in fiction text Goal(s) read independently Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional STD SL.K.4 detail. Describe familiar people, places, CKLA things, and events and, with Goal(s) prompting and support, provide additional detail Unit 6 | Alignment Chart vii © 2013 Core Knowledge Foundation Lesson Alignment Chart for Unit 6 123456789101112131415 Language Standards: Kindergarten Conventions of Standard English STD L.K.1 Demonstrate command o fthe conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation and spelling. STD L.K.1a Print lowercase letters. Hold a writing utensil with a tripod (or pincer) grip and make marks on paper CKLA Goal(s) Trace, copy, and/or write from memory the letters of the alphabet accurately in lowercase form STD L.K.1c Form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/ (e.g., dog, dogs; wish, wishes). CKLA Use regular plural nouns orally Goal(s) by adding /s/, /z/, or /es/ STD L.K.1e Use the most frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with).