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aligned with the Creative Curriculum

MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum
NUMBER SHAPE
LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
Other themes EMOTIONAL
of the week

AUG 1 What names do -What is a number? -What is a letter? Concept: Concept: Concept:
Beginning we need to know -How high can you -Difference between a -Primary -Observing -Greetings
at school? count? number and a letter colors
the year -Difference -The letters in my name -What are the -Follow
between a letter -Name recognition Color: five senses? directions
Back to and a number activities -Yellow
school & -Counting 1-5 -Red
classroom -Blue
routines

Healthy
school habits 2 What should we do -2D shapes: -Parts of A book
if we get sad or What is a shape? -Role of author/
Emotions & scared at school? -Which shapes do illustrator
feelings you know? -Story characters
-Story prediction
-Retelling A story

3 What are our Patterns: -Left to right

rules? -What is a pattern? directionality
-What is a sentence?
-Where can we find -Why do we have
patterns? spaces between words?
MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum NUMBER SHAPE LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION
Other themes MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
of the week
EMOTIONAL

1 What do we -Patterns 0 -Repeating a sentence Ss Concept: Concept: Concept:

SEP know about -Counting 1-10 -How many words in a -Secondary -Comparing -Learning
buildings? What sentence? colors together
Buildings
do we want to -Count spaces between
-Light,
find out? words in a sentence Color: -Sharing &
- Beginning of the year -Orange Shadows, taking turns
Community
helpers Assessment and
-Purple Reflections
Everybody
2 What do the -Positional words 1 -Rhyme repetition: Aa
buildings in our Listening and repeating
is different -Green
neighborhood rhyming pairs
Animal and in other - Beginning of the year
habitats places look like? Assessment

3 Who builds -Measuring: length 2 -What is a Sound? Tt

buildings? -Identify beginning
What tools do sound in a word
they use? - Beginning of the year
Assessment

4 What are -Counting and 3 -What is a word? Pp

buildings made quantities -Compound words
of? What is a compound
What makes word?
them strong? - Beginning of the year
Assessment
5 What happens -Building structures 4 -Repeating a sentence Ii
inside buildings? -How many words in A
sentence?
-Ending sound isolation
- Beginning of the year
Assessment
MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum NUMBER SHAPE LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION
Other themes MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
of the week
EMOTIONAL

OCT 1 What do we -2D Shapes and 5 -Rhyme repetition: Nn Concept: Concept: Concept:
know about their names Listening and -Shapes -Classifying -Is it helpful
Balls balls? -Counting 1-15 repeating rhyming or hurtful?
What do we pairs Color: -Pumpkin life
-Compromising
Sports want to find -Nursery Rhymes -Orange cycle
and
Hygiene
out? apologizing
and
nutrition

Fall 2 Do all balls roll? -Sorting into groups 6 -Identify beginning Cc

-identifying more or sound in a word
Farm less
animals

3 What makes -Comparing lengths 7 -Count the syllables Oo

balls move? in a word

4 Who uses -Positional words 8 -identify Ending Dd

balls? sound in a word
MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum NUMBER SHAPE LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION
Other themes MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
of the week
EMOTIONAL

NOV 1 What do we -Comparing 9 -Rhyme Recognition Gg Concept: Concept: Concept:

know about distances -Nursery Rhymes -Textures -Living and -Responsibility
Trees trees? -Counting 1-20 -Count the syllables nonliving
What do we in a word Color: things -Participating
-Green and staying
Seasons & want to find
on task
weather out?
Harvest

Forrest 2 What are the -Patterns 10 -Segment syllables Mm

animals
characteristics
Thanksgiving of the trees in
& our
families community?

3 Who lives in -Identifying most 11 -Add syllables Kk

trees? and least

4 What food -Ordering by size 12 -Delete Syllables Ee

comes from and position. -Substitute syllables
trees? Big-small
MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum NUMBER SHAPE LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION
Other themes MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
of the week
EMOTIONAL

DEC 1 What do we -Counting 1-11 13 -Rhyme recognition Rr Concept: Concept: Concept:

Recycle know about -Nursery Rhymes -Lines -Cause and -Staying
Recycling? -Alliteration effect calm and
What do we Color: handling
Stores and want to find -Red emotions
shopping out?
Holidays
around the
world
2 What do -Create/extend 14 -Onset-rime Uu
Gingerbread people throw patterns -Word Families
away?

3 Where does -Subitizing 15 -Identify beginning Bb

trash go? sound
What do
workers do
there?

4 How do trash -Positional words 16 -Identify Middle Hh

and garbage sound
affect our
community?
MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum NUMBER SHAPE LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION
Other themes MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
of the week
EMOTIONAL

JAN 1 What do we -Counting and 17 -Rhyme recognition Ff Concept: Concept: Concept:

know about quantities Nursey Rhymes -Symmetry -Respecting
Clothes clothes? What do -Representing - Middle of the year
-Measuring
personal
we want to find Addition Assessment
Color: space
Winter out?
animals
-Black and
white
Hibernation 2 What are the -ABB & ABC patterns 18 -Alliteration Ll
features of -Representing -Onset-rime
Fire clothes? (Sizes, Addition Word Families
prevention shapes, colors) - Middle of the year
& safety Assessment

3 How do we take -Compare shapes 19 -Short Vowel sounds Jj

care of our -Representing -Beginning sound
clothes? Addition substitution
How do people - Middle of the year
make clothes? Assessment

4 How do people -3D Shapes and 20 -What is a sentence? Ww

make clothes? attributes -Counting words in a
How is cloth -Representing sentence
made? Addition - Middle of the year
Assessment

-Positional words 1-20 REVIEW

-Sound isolation: REVIEW

5 How is cloth -One to one Identify middle sound

made? correspondence in a word
Where do we get -Counting backwards - Middle of the year
our clothes? Assessment
MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum NUMBER SHAPE LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION
Other themes MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
of the week
EMOTIONAL

FEB 1 What do we -Comparing 21 -Rhyme production: Vv Concept: Concept: Concept:

Simple know about capacity Which word rhymes -Free art -Engineering -Self
Machines simple with____? and building awareness
machines? Color:
What do we -Pink
Groundhog want to find
day out?
Ocean
animals
2 How do inclined -Understanding 22 -Alliteration Xx -Land , air
Valentine’s
planes help us graphs -Identify beginning and water
day
move things? sound
100th day of
school

3 How are levers -Share and divide 23 -Blending 2 sounds In Yy -How things
used? a word move

4 What are other -Position words 24 -Identify ending Zz

types of simple sound
machines? -Nursery Rhymes
MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum NUMBER SHAPE LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION
Other themes MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
of the week
EMOTIONAL

MAR 1 What do we -Problem solving 25 -Rhyme production: Qq Concept: Concept: Concept:

know about -Representing Which word rhymes -Collage -Butterfly life -Conflict
Insects insects? What do Subtraction with____? resolution
cycle
we want to find Color:
Spring out? -Green

Life cycles
2 What are the 10-1 reverse numbers 26 - Same beginning A-E -Bee life cycle
St. Patrick’s characteristics of sound words
day insects?

Insects vs.
Reptiles

Fruits & F-K

Vegetables 3 Where do insects -ABB & ABC patterns 27 -Blending two sounds in -Ladybug life
live? a word cycle
How do they live?

4 What insects are -Representing 28 -Identify ending sound L-Q -Frog life cycle
in our Subtraction
community?

5 How do insects -Representing Addition 29 -Identify beginning R-W -Plant life cycle
change? sound
-Nursery Rhymes
MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum NUMBER SHAPE LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION
Other themes MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
of the week
EMOTIONAL

APR 1 What do we -Create complex 30 -Rhyme recognition X-Z Concept: Concept: Concept:
know about patterns and production -Molding -Kindness
Signs signs? -Nursery Rhymes
-Inferring

What do we Color: -Properties

Means of want to find -Purple of Matter
transportation out?
Easter

Earth day
2 What are the -Representing 31 -Beginning sound A-Z
Solar characteristics Subtraction same or different?
System of Signs? -Short vowel sounds

3 Where are -Compare weights 1-10 -Onset-rime A-Z

sings found? Word Families
-Count the words in a
sentence

4 How do signs -Money 10-20 -Identify Middle A-Z

help? sound
-Short vowel sounds
MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum NUMBER SHAPE LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION
Other themes MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
of the week
EMOTIONAL

MAY 1 What do we -ABB & ABC patterns 20-31 -Rhyme review A-Z Concept: Concept: Concept:
know about review -Compound words -Drawing -Kindergarten
Sand sand? review
-Predicting
expectations
What do we -Syllables review Color:
Mammals want to find - End of the year -Color
Mother’s
out? Assessment mixing
day

Water
safety 2 What are the -Positional words 1-31 All
Shapes -Alliteration review A-Z
characteristics Review -Short vowels review
Kindergarten of sand? - End of the year
Assessment

3 Where is sand -Counting 1-31 All

Shapes -Onset-rime A-Z
found? backwards Word Families
15-1 -Beginning, middle
and ending sounds
review
- End of the year
Assessment

4 What do we -Ordering by size 1-31 All

Shapes - End of the year A-Z
make with and position review Assessment
sand?
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MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum NUMBER SHAPE LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION
Other themes MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
of the week
EMOTIONAL

1 What do we -Patterns 0 -Repeating a sentence Ss Concept: Concept: Concept:

SEP know about -Counting 1-10 -How many words in a -Secondary -Comparing -Learning
Buildings buildings? What sentence? colors together
do we want to -Count spaces between
-Light,
find out? words in a sentence Color: -Sharing &
Community - Beginning of the year -Orange Shadows, taking turns
helpers Assessment and
-Purple Reflections
Everybody is 2 What do the -Positional words 1 -Rhyme repetition: Aa
different buildings in our Listening and repeating
-Green
neighborhood rhyming pairs
Animal and in other - Beginning of the year
habitats places look like? Assessment

3 Who builds -Measuring: length 2 -What is a Sound? Tt

buildings? -Identify beginning
What tools do sound in a word
they use? - Beginning of the year
Assessment

4 What are -Counting and 3 -What is a word? Pp

buildings made quantities -Compound words
of? What is a compound
What makes word?
them strong? - Beginning of the year
Assessment
5 What happens -Building structures 4 -Repeating a sentence Ii
inside buildings? -How many words in A
sentence?
-Ending sound isolation
- Beginning of the year
Assessment
 MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum NUMBER SHAPE LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION
Other themes MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
of the week
EMOTIONAL

OCT 1 What do we -2D Shapes and 5 -Rhyme repetition: Nn Concept: Concept: Concept:
know about their names Listening and -Shapes -Classifying -Is it helpful
Balls balls? -Counting 1-15 repeating rhyming or hurtful?
What do we pairs Color: -Pumpkin life
Sports want to find -Nursery Rhymes -Orange cycle -Compromising
and
Hygiene
out? apologizing
and
nutrition

Fall 2 Do all balls roll? -Sorting into groups 6 -Identify beginning Cc

-identifying more or sound in a word
Farm less
animals

3 What makes -Comparing lengths 7 -Count the syllables Oo

balls move? in a word

4 Who uses -Positional words 8 -identify Ending Dd

balls? sound in a word
MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum NUMBER SHAPE LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION
Other themes MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
of the week
EMOTIONAL

NOV 1 What do we -Comparing 9 -Rhyme Recognition Gg Concept: Concept: Concept:

know about distances -Nursery Rhymes -Textures -Living and -Responsibility
Trees trees? -Counting 1-20 -Count the syllables nonliving
What do we in a word Color: things -Participating
Seasons &
-Green and staying
weather want to find
on task
out?
Harvest

Forrest
animals 2 What are the -Patterns 10 -Segment syllables Mm
Thanksgiving
characteristics
& of the trees in
families our
community?

3 Who lives in -Identifying most 11 -Add syllables Kk

trees? and least

4 What food -Ordering by size 12 -Delete Syllables Ee

comes from and position. -Substitute syllables
trees? Big-small
MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum NUMBER SHAPE LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION
Other themes MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
of the week
EMOTIONAL

DEC 1 What do we -Counting 1-11 13 Sphere -Rhyme recognition Rr Concept: Concept: Concept:
Recycle know about -Nursery Rhymes -Lines -Cause and -Staying
Recycling? -Alliteration effect calm and
What do we Color: handling
Stores and want to find -Red emotions
shopping out?
Holidays
around the
world
2 What do -Create/extend 14 -Onset-rime Uu
Gingerbread people throw patterns -Word Families
away?

3 Where does -Subitizing 15 -Identify beginning Bb

trash go? sound
What do
workers do
there?

4 How do trash -Positional words 16 -Identify Middle Hh

and garbage sound
affect our
community?
MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum NUMBER SHAPE LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION
Other themes MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
of the week
EMOTIONAL

JAN 1 What do we -Counting and 17 -Rhyme recognition Ff Concept: Concept: Concept:

know about quantities Nursey Rhymes -Symmetry -Respecting
Clothes -Measuring
clothes? What do -Representing - Middle of the year personal
we want to find Addition Assessment
Winter
Color: space
out?
animals -Black and
white
Hibernation 2 What are the -ABB & ABC patterns 18 -Alliteration Ll
features of -Representing -Onset-rime
Fire clothes? (Sizes, Addition Word Families
prevention shapes, colors) - Middle of the year
& safety
Assessment

3 How do we take -Compare shapes 19 -Short Vowel sounds Jj

care of our -Representing -Beginning sound
clothes? Addition substitution
How do people - Middle of the year
make clothes? Assessment

4 How do people -3D Shapes and 20 -What is a sentence? Ww

make clothes? attributes -Counting words in a
How is cloth -Representing sentence
made? Addition - Middle of the year
Assessment

-Positional words 1-20 REVIEW

-Sound isolation: REVIEW

5 How is cloth -One to one Identify middle sound

made? correspondence in a word
Where do we get -Counting backwards - Middle of the year
our clothes? Assessment
MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum NUMBER SHAPE LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION
Other themes MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
of the week
EMOTIONAL

FEB 1 What do we -Comparing 21 -Rhyme production: Vv Concept: Concept: Concept:

Simple know about capacity Which word rhymes -Free art -Engineering -Self
Machines simple with____? and building awareness
machines? Color:
What do we -Pink
Groundhog want to find
day out?
Ocean
animals
2 How do inclined -Understanding 22 -Alliteration Xx -Land , air
Valentine’s
day planes help us graphs -Identify beginning and water
move things? sound
100th day of
school

3 How are levers -Share and divide 23 -Blending 2 sounds In Yy -How things
used? a word move

4 What are other -Position words 24 -Identify ending Zz

types of simple sound
machines? -Nursery Rhymes
 MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum NUMBER SHAPE LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION
Other themes MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
of the week
EMOTIONAL

MAR 1 What do we -Problem solving 25 -Rhyme production: Qq Concept: Concept: Concept:

know about -Representing Which word rhymes -Collage -Butterfly life -Conflict
Insects insects? What do Subtraction with____? resolution
cycle
we want to find Color:
Spring
out? -Green

Life cycles
2 What are the 10-1 reverse numbers 26 - Same beginning A-E -Bee life cycle
St. Patrick’s
characteristics of sound words
day insects?

Insects vs.
Reptiles

Fruits &
F-K
Vegetables 3 Where do insects -ABB & ABC patterns 27 Sphere -Blending two sounds in -Ladybug life
live? a word cycle
How do they live?

4 What insects are -Representing 28 -Identify ending sound L-Q -Frog life cycle
in our Subtraction
community?

5 How do insects -Representing Addition 29 -Identify beginning R-W -Plant life

change? sound cycle
-Nursery Rhymes
 MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum NUMBER SHAPE LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION
Other themes MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
of the week
EMOTIONAL

APR 1 What do we -Create complex 30 -Rhyme recognition X-Z Concept: Concept: Concept:
know about patterns and production -Molding -Kindness
Signs signs? -Nursery Rhymes
-Inferring

What do we Color: -Properties

Means of want to find -Purple of Matter
transportation out?
Easter

Earth day 2 What are the -Representing 31 -Beginning sound A-Z

Solar characteristics Subtraction same or different?
System of Signs? -Short vowel sounds

3 Where are -Compare weights 1-10 -Onset-rime A-Z

sings found? Word Families
-Count the words in a
sentence

4 How do signs -Money 10-20 -Identify Middle A-Z

help? sound
-Short vowel sounds
MONTH WEEK Creative Curriculum NUMBER SHAPE LETTER
C .C STUDY #
QUESTION
Other themes MATH LITERACY ART SCIENCE SOCIAL
of the week
EMOTIONAL

MAY 1 What do we -ABB & ABC patterns 20-31 -Rhyme review A-Z Concept: Concept: Concept:
know about review -Compound words -Drawing -Kindergarten
Sand sand? review
-Predicting
expectations
What do we -Syllables review Color:
Mammals want to find - End of the year -Color
Mother’s
out? Assessment mixing
day

Water
safety 2 What are the -Positional words 1-31 All
Shapes -Alliteration review A-Z
characteristics Review -Short vowels review
Kindergarten of sand? - End of the year
Assessment

3 Where is sand -Counting 1-31 All

Shapes -Onset-rime A-Z
found? backwards Word Families
15-1 -Beginning, middle
and ending sounds
review
- End of the year
Assessment

4 What do we -Ordering by size 1-31 All

Shapes - End of the year A-Z
make with and position review Assessment
sand?