Scope and sequence

Kindergarten is such an exciting year, at the beginning of the school year students are learning all the letters and by the end of the year many are reading! There is so much to teach throughout the school year and it can be a bit overwhelming. I created this simple phonics scope and sequence to help guide myself throughout the school year. You may find it helpful in your classroom too. One of my favorite parts of thsi scope and sequence is the resource links on pages 3-4. This is a great…

Many reputable phonics programs have their own carefully developed scope and sequence for introducing grapheme-phoneme correspondences (GPCs). If you are deciding on, or evaluating, a sequence there are some important guidelines to consider. Are visually and auditorily similar letters separated in beginning instruction? Are more useful GPCs introduced first? For example, s, a, and t […]

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Howdy! I am Mr. Greg from The Kindergarten Smorgasboard. My real name is Greg Smedley-Warren. I have been teaching for 11 years. I spent a year teaching fifth grade, two years in second grade and am now in my 9th year in Kindergarten. Kindergarten is my passion and my calling but honestly, that wasn’t how it started. When I was moved to Kindergarten (not voluntarily!) I called my mommy and cried. But on the first day, I fell in love and knew that Kindergarten is where I belonged. I have…

Learn letters, numbers, shapes, and more all year with new themes from Experience Curriculum! To ensure that your children will learn all of their letters, numbers up to 20, shapes, colors, and more concepts throughout the year, we have mapped out the order in which the preschool curriculum will introduce these concepts. We call this our Scope and Sequence. In […]

FOSS Next Generation Science Scope and Sequence

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