English Language Arts

Curriculum Maps

Please click on the links below to view the curriculum maps by grade level. 

Please Note - Some class curriculum maps are still in progress. Also, the monthly timelines are approximate.

• Kindergarten

• Grade 1

• Grade 2

During the mini-lesson the teacher provides direct instruction to the students. The teacher introduces a strategy, skill, or behavior, and modes using this concept through a read-aloud and think-aloud. Students are asked to share their findings and thoughts. Then students go and practice this concept with their own book during independent reading.
Mini-lessons provide explicit and effective modeling of reading strategies, skills, or behaviors that help students become more component readers

• Guided practice

Guided Practice follows the mini lesson.  Students are given the opportunity to try the new learning target with teacher support.  As the students practice this skill, the teacher listens and observes- scaffolding as needed. During this time, students may share out to the class or with a partner. 

• Independent Practice

Independent practice allows students the opportunity to apply the new learning target. The teacher completes small group instruction or guided reading groups daily.  Students also have the opportunity to discuss literature that is appropriate for their reading level

Students work independently while the teacher confers with individuals to clarify, reteach, or extend learning targets. 

Students have time to share successes and struggles with the learning target at the end of each class period.  It is a time to recap the day’s learning.  This could include showing examples of what success in the lesson may look like, or it could involve having students “self-assess to the learning target and set goals for future learning.”