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New Units in Kindergarten

Writing: Nonfiction Expert Books
1. I can use a process to develop my writing. This means, with assistance I… 
            o recall topics and events to write about. 
            o produce books to share my work. 
            o revise my work by adding to the pictures and/or words. 
            o edit my work for capitalization, punctuation, spelling, spacing, and handwriting.   
            o publish and share my writing with others.   

2. I can structure my expert book.  This means, with assistance I… 
            o tell, draw, and write facts about a topic. 
            o use words and/or pictures to tell about one idea. 
            o share my topic at the beginning of my piece. 
            o have a page for each different thing that I know about my topic. 
            o include a page that shows the end of my work. 
            o use correct spacing in my writing. 
            o order the pages of my book. 

3. I can develop my expert books.  This means with assistance I… 
            o include important information about my topic. 
            o add details to my pictures and/or words. 
            o share information in my writing from my experiences or from what I gather by reading resources. 
            o use words and different kinds of pictures to tell details about my topic. 

4. I can write well by thinking "What will readers wonder?" This means I… 
            o make nouns plural by adding “s” or “es” when sharing my ideas out loud. 
            o use the words, who, what, where, when, why, how, in my expert books. 
            o use what I know about sound-letter relationships to spell simple words about my topic.
Math: Geometry

1. I can describe objects in the environment.  This means I can...

• use names of shapes.
• describe their location using words like above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to.

2. I can identify shapes as two-dimensional (“flat”) or three dimensional (“solid”).
3. I can think about and compare two- and three-dimensional shapes by describing the way they look.
4. I can model shapes in the world by building and drawing.
5. I can use simple shapes to form larger shapes.

Reading: Navigating Nonfiction

1. I can understand how nonfiction works. This means:
   • I use a lot of strategies while I read nonfiction text
   • I can put information in my own words
2. I can use text features to learn more about a topic. This means:
   •  I use text features to learn even more about what the author is teaching me.
3. I can use what I know about nonfiction to learn more about a topic. This means:
   • I talk to others so I can think even more about nonfiction texts
   • I use what I know about how to read nonfiction texts to help me understand new books. 

Social Studies: Wants and Needs

1. I can explain how people choose to use their resources. This means I can… 
   • explain why not having enough of something causes people to choose. 
   • tell the difference between a want and a need. 
   • identify examples of a want and need in stories about other people. 
   • think about the choices the people in a story made. 
   • state my opinion of whether the people in the story made a good choice. 
2. I can make good economic decisions. This means I can… 
• give examples of things in my life that are scarce. 
• give an example of things in my life that are wants and needs. 
• think about things I have to give up by making a choice. 
• say why a choice I made is a good one.

All learning targets retrieved from Parkway Online Curriculum Guide 

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