Backpack
Starter |
Scope
& Sequence |
| Unit
1 |
Fun
in Class |
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Theme
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Communication Objectives
- to identify classroom objects
- to identify colors
- to count how many
- to identify circles
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Language Objectives
- present tense
- yes/no questions
- subject pronoun it
- colors blue, green, red, and yellow
- numbers one through three
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Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge; to predict; to use picture clues; to
understand concepts of print; to use music and rhyme; to listen
for gist and details
|
| Unit
2 |
My Family |
| |
Theme
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Communication Objectives
- to identify family members
- to identify rooms in the house
- greeting and leave-taking
- to count how many
- to identify squares
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Language Objectives
- present tense
- questions with where
- questions with who
- subject pronouns I and you
- number four
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| |
Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge; to understand concepts of print; to
classify; to identify the main idea; to use picture clues; to
use music and rhyme; to listen for gist and details
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| Unit
3 |
All About
Me |
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Theme
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| |
Communication Objectives
- to identify parts of the body
- to give and follow commands
- to identify feelings
- to identify colors
- to count how many
- to identify triangles
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| |
Language Objectives
- present tense
- imperative
- adjectives happy and sad
- possessive adjectives my and your
- there are
- singular and plural nouns
- colors black and brown
- number five
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| |
Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge; to predict; to understand concepts of
print; to relate to personal experience; to use music and rhyme;
to listen for gist and details
|
| Unit
4 |
My Clothes |
| |
Theme
|
| |
Communication Objectives
- to identify clothes
- to describe what one is wearing
- to identify and talk about weather
- to identify colors
- to identify rectangles
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| |
Language Objectives
- present progressive
- present tense
- questions with what
- subject pronouns he, she, I, and you
- colors orange and purple
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| |
Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge; to predict; to understand concepts of
print; to use music and rhyme; to listen for gist and details
|
| Unit
5 |
At the Toy
Store |
| |
Theme
|
| |
Communication Objectives
- to identify toys
- to ask politely
- to talk about what people want
- to talk about what people like
- to count how many
- to identify colors
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| |
Language Objectives
- Present tense
- questions with what
- pink and white
- six and seven
- please; thank you; you’re welcome
- like; want
|
| |
Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge; to state preferences; to understand
concepts of print; to scan for detail; to use music and rhyme;
to listen for gist and details
|
| Unit
6 |
People Around
Town |
| |
Theme
|
| |
Communication Objectives
- to identify and talk about community helpers
- to identify vehicles and places in the community
- to count how many
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| |
Language Objectives
- present tense
- questions with who
- eight and nine
- subject pronouns I, he, and she
|
| |
Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge; to understand concepts of print; to
notice chronological events; to use music and rhyme; to listen
for gist and details
|
| Unit
7 |
Swinging
and Sliding |
| |
Theme
|
| |
Communication Objectives
- to identify and talk about playground actions
- to describe location using prepositions
- to count how many
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| |
Language Objectives
- present progressive
- questions with what
- prepositions up, down, in, and out
- ten
- there is/there are
- subject pronouns I, you, he, and she
|
| |
Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge; to classify; to predict; to use picture
clues; to use music and rhyme; to listen for gist and details
|
| Unit
8 |
Animal Friends |
| |
Theme
|
| |
Communication Objectives
- to identify and talk about zoo animals
- to describe animal actions
- to talk about size
- to identify the sounds animals make
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| |
Language Objectives
- present progressive
- present tense
- adjectives big and little
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| |
Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge; to use picture clues; to understand
concepts of print; to use music and rhyme; to listen for gist
and details
|
| Unit
9 |
Food I Like |
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Theme
|
| |
Communication Objectives
- to identify and talk about food
- to talk about what one likes and dislikes
- to talk about what one wants
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Language Objectives
- present tense
- questions with what
- questions with do
- like/don’t like
- want
- subject pronouns I and you
|
| |
Learning Strategies/Thinking
Skills
- to use prior knowledge; to express opinion; to use picture and
context clues; to recognize rhyming words; to use music and rhyme;
to listen for gist and details
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