Appendix: Implementing District Standards
California Common Core State Standards (CA CCSS)
Foundational Skills 44
Students will be targeting the foundation skills when working on their acrostic poem and family tree project.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
a. Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
b. Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
c. Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
d. Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
a. Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by
producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.4 Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
Writing 45
Students will be targeting this skill when writing their acrostic poem and family tree project.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.2Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
Reading: Literature 46
Students will be targeting these skills during interactive read aloud.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
Visual Arts Content Standards 47
Students will engage in art projects for each activity that targets these standards.
2.0 Creative Expression: Creating, Performing, and Participating in the Visual Arts
Students apply artistic processes and skills, using a variety of media to communicate meaning and intent in original works of art.
Skills, Processes, Materials, and Tools
a. 2.1 Use lines, shapes/forms, and colors to make patterns.
b. 2.3 Make a collage with cut or torn paper shapes/forms.
Communication and Expression Through Original Works of Art
a. 2.4 Paint pictures expressing ideas about family and neighborhood.
b. 2.6 Use geometric shapes/forms (circle, triangle, square) in a work of art.
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