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This is an excerpt from our 2-volume Teacher’s Guide.If you have questions or comments,please contact us at:magic@starfall.com or call 303.417.6414StarfallKindergartenTeacher’s GuideRead Me First2Introduction9Materials List16Scope and Sequence Summary22Standards & Benchmarks27English Language Development31Authors and CreditsStarfall Kindergarten Reading and Language Arts Curriculumincorporating Science, Social Studies and TechnologyOpportunities for child-directed learning Target skills that are introduced, then applied,integrated, and practiced throughout the year English language learners and strugglingreaders learn alongside their peers Interactive technology incorporates visual, auditory, andkinesthetic learning Appropriate for Kindergarten classrooms and homeschoolersTeacher-tested, research based, and meets state standardsMotivation for children to learn and have fun at the same timeStarfall Education P.O. Box 359, Boulder, CO 80306 U.S.A.Phone: 1-888-857-8990 or 303-417-6414Copyright 2009-2010 by Starfall Education. All rights reserved. Starfall is a registered trademark in the U.S., the European Community and many other countries.

Starfall EducationP.O. Box 359, Boulder, CO 80306 U.S.A.Senior AuthorsJoan Elliott: 18 years teaching kindergarten in North Carolina and Texas public schools, 12 years teaching in Department of Education, Universityof North Carolina at Asheville and University of Texas at Brownsville; recipient of Christa McAuliffe Teaching Award, recipient of Fulbright fellowshipto KoreaPam Ferguson: 34 year veteran kindergarten teacher, Holy Family Catholic School, St. Petersburg, FL; serves on the Florida Catholic ConferenceAccreditation team for past 10 yearsConsultantsDr. Karen Cole, Associate Professor of Education, K-6 Program Coordinator, University of NC - AshevilleDr. Greta Freeman, School of Education, University of South CarolinaEducatorsMyrna Estes, 35 years, NYC; Chester, MA; Pittsfield, MA Public SchoolsJudy Goetze, 35 years, Pittsfield, MA Public SchoolsStephanie Riess 15 years Pinellas County, FL Public Schools; 17 years, Diocese of St. Petersburg, FLHeidi Suburu, 25 years, Fruitvale Public School District, Bakersfield, CA, and Elk Hills Public School District, Tupman, CAAdditional Contributors to this project:We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of our project team of over 150 kindergarten teachers. This project would not be possible withouttheir help.Senior Editor and DesignerBrandi ChaseLayout DesignMarc BuchannanSenior Artist and Print DesignerFaith GowanContributing Artists and DesignersMatthew Baca, Ric Beemer, Dale Beisel, Kimberly Cooper, Craig Deeley, Catherine George, Stefan Gruber, Heather Hogan, David Lebow, Debby Lee,Frank Lee, Claire Lenth, Gina and Art Morgan of AMGG, Julie Ann Quinsay, Michael Ramirez, Jared Ramos, Scott Stebbins, and Triska WasserMusicians/ComposersRandy Graves, Keith Heldman and Richard JamesEngineers and Quality AssuranceKerry Dezell, Adam Griff, Tom Meyer, Larry Moiola, Steve Patschke, Troy Tazbaz, and Roger WilsonStarfall gratefully acknowledges the following school districts where the Starfall Kindergarten Program was piloted:Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy, Las Vegas, NVAppling County School District, Surrency, GABoulder Valley School District, Boulder, COBriarcliff Manor School District, Briarcliff Manor, NYBuncombe County School District, Asheville, NCBuckner-Fanning Christian School, San Antionio, TXCatholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Thousand Oaks, CACatholic Diocese of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FLCurrituck County School District, Knotts Island, NCFruitvale School District, Bakersfield, CAEpiscopal Diocese of Northwest Texas, All Saints Episcopal School,Lubbock, TXKent City Community Schools, Kent City, MIFullerton School District, Fullerton, CALos Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District, Los Fresnos, TXLivermore Valley Charter School, Livermore, CAMatanuska-Susitna Borough School District, Wasilla, AKItaly Independent School District, Italy, TXPittsfield School District, Pittsfield, MAOgden City School District, Ogden, UTRainbow Dreams Charter School, Las Vegas, NVPort Jervis City School District, Cuddebackville, NYSalina School District, Salina, OKRhea County School District, Spring City, TNScreven County School District, Screven, GASaugus Union School District, Valencia, CASouth Sarpy School District 46, Springfield, NESierra Sands Unified School District, Ridgecrest, CAWayne County School District, Jesup, GAVinita Public Schools, Vinita, OKWaynesville R-VI School District, Ft. Leonard Wood, MOSpecial thanks to the Alliance for Catholic Education’s English as a New Language Program (ACE-ENL) at the University of Notre Dame for their helpwith the ELD component of this program.Starfall also wishes to thank:Stephen Schutz, Karen Bidgood, Tad Elliott, and the Purchasing, Customer Service, and Warehouse teams at SPS Studios.

A Very Brief Historyof StarfallOur website, www.starfall.com, opened in September of 2002 as a free public service.Our mission is the same now as it was then: to help children learn to read by creating anatmosphere of fun and enthusiasm. Our activities and games employ visual, auditory, andkinesthetic interaction that are especially successful with special education and Englishlanguage learners, as well as typical kindergartners.As soon as we launched our website, teachers from all around the world wrote to informus of how successful it is in motivating their students.Many teachers told us about how they captured the excitement of Starfall in their classrooms by developing lesson plans based on our online activities. “All of my kindergartenstudents are reading!” wrote a teacher in Texas. Some teachers met with small groups,while others taught as a whole class. Both styles were successful.Because of this success and enthusiasm, we decided in May of 2004 to form a task force ofvolunteers to help us develop a complete kindergarten curriculum. Our group of volunteers grew each year until finally in 2008 the team had expanded to over 150 teachers in50 schools with over 5000 students, and may now be one of the largest volunteer effortsof its kind in the world.In June of 2009, Starfall’s complete Kindergarten Reading and Language Arts Curriculumwas released. The program incorporates phonemic awareness, systematic phonics,vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension in a way that develops feelings of wondermentand play rather than through rote learning. English language learners and strugglingreaders learn alongside their peers. The Starfall program is now offered to schools at anextremely low price. Many of our books sell for less than one dollar. And the Starfallcurriculum meets or exceeds most state standards.Starfall KindergartenIn June of 2009, we launched a new “sister” website, more.starfall.com. This site supports allof the content in the Starfall Kindergarten Reading and Language Arts Curriculum, and worksequally well as a stand-alone site. This is supported by members who pay a modest fee to join.Memberships for schools are available at a low cost.StarfallKindergartenWhere children have fun learning to read!

Kindergarten,the Starfall WayA Reading/Language Arts curriculum that is magical,creative, sequential, integrated, and combines content area instruction in Social Studies and Science, allsupported with online stories and activities at more.starfall.com—that’s kindergarten, the Starfall way.Starfall is a dynamic balance between teacherdirected instruction and child-directed learning.Teachers guide children as they explore their interests, contribute their insights, and encounter newinformation. Children are invested because theyown these learning experiences.We believe children learn best when instructionconnects to what they already know, and thenexpands that knowledge through new and meaningful experiences. Starfall teachers preview skills,formally introduce them, then create opportunitiesfor children to apply, integrate, and practice theseskills repeatedly as they move toward mastery byyear’s end.In a Starfall kindergarten classroom, English language learners and struggling readers successfullyparticipate and progress alongside their peers. TheStarfall Kindergarten Program includes specificteacher information and suggestions for workingwith English language development.MotivationThe Starfall Kindergarten Program’s cooperativeclassroom environment features imaginative plushcharacters, stimulating interactive online activities,engaging content driven instruction, and hands-onexperiences.More.starfall.com creates an enthusiasm for learningthat pervades the classroom and provides opportunities for children to interact with Backpack Bear,and enjoy the animated stories introduced in class!For parents who have access to the Internet, it provides a “window” to their child’s learning.Children own their practice materials, and canpractice skills at home.Phonemic AwarenessChildren identify, think about, and manipulateindividual phonemes (speech sounds) through: rhyming. discriminating phonemes. blending phonemes to form words. deleting, adding, and substituting phonemes toform new words.Our short, daily phonemic awareness exercises laythe foundation for effective phonics instruction.PhonicsThe Starfall Kindergarten Program approachesphonics (sound and spelling relationships) systematically, sequentially, and explicitly. Children: identify and discriminate speech sounds. connect the sound to the grapheme. apply this knowledge to read and write wordsand sentences. practice in print and online.Starfall teaches high-frequency reading vocabularywith the same care.With our Starfall Dictionaries and Writing Journals,predecodable texts, and decodable texts, childrenread and write high-frequency and decodablewords daily.4Read Me

VocabularyDirect instruction of the oral and reading vocabularychildren encounter in quality literature and spokencommunication ensures that they will becomeinquisitive readers and imaginative writers. Explicitvocabulary instruction: broadens knowledge. instills curiosity about words and their meanings. emphasizes that different words can have thesame or similar meanings. heightens awareness of rich vocabulary.Our Starword Wall is a hub of language opportunities that enhance the ability to recall known words,recognize unknown words, and monitor understanding of what is read and heard.FluencyStarfall teachers model fluency when reading aloudto children. Teachers read and reread text to demonstrate that by revisiting selections, children gaingreater facility in both fluency and comprehension.Our website offers audio examples of fluent readingwith a simple click.WritingThe Starfall Kindergarten Program regularly uses thewriting process as a means of teaching and integrating skills, as well as demonstrating progress in all ofthese instructional areas.A B C DE G HThe ultimate purpose of reading and listening is tounderstand. Starfall lessons deliver comprehensionskills and strategies throughout the day throughdirect instruction, teacher modeling or “think aloud,”and guided practice. Children work cooperativelyto apply these strategies and skills to the texts anddiscussions they encounter.Starfall employs symposium style discussion toencourage higher-level thinking skills. Based onBloom’s Taxonomy, questions move from literal tomore abstract. Questions are identified in theTeacher’s Guide as follows:Knowledge—Recall specific information.Understanding—Understand andrestate what you’ve read.Application—Apply what you’velearned to other situations.Analysis—Compare and contrastcontent to personal experiences.Synthesis—Organize thoughts, ideas,and information from the content.Evaluation—Make judgments aboutcharacters, actions, and outcome forunderstanding.IStarfall KindergartenFComprehensionRead Me 5

Setting UpFor a detailed description of the materials, please see the Materials List of each unit inthe teacher’s guide.The Starfall Letter-Formation and Sound-Spelling Wall Card SystemIt is essential that you replace your existing classroom alphabet chart with the StarfallLetter-Formation and Sound-Spelling Wall Card System.Before school begins, add a green, yellow, or red sticker to each Letter-Formation WallCard to indicate its position in the alphabet. Place a green sticker in the upper leftcorner of letters Aa-Ii, a yellow sticker in the upper middle of letters Jj-Rr, and a redsticker in the upper right corner of letters Ss-Zz. Hang the Letter-Formation Wall Cardsin a row alphabetically where you normally hang your classroom alphabet chart.Allow enough space below these cards for the Sound-Spelling Wall Cards, but do nothang the Sound-Spelling Wall Cards at this time.You will build the Sound-Spelling Wall Card chart progressively, adding these cardsbeneath their corresponding Letter-Formation Wall Cards as you introduce soundsand letters. By Week 14 the set will be complete.Learn a Little American Sign LanguageStarfall integrates American Sign Language (ASL) as a visual and kinesthetic means ofteaching sound-spellings, days of the week, seasons, and colors. Learn the ASL handsigns on the ASL display/reference poster. You and your class will use them regularly.Write Students’ Names on ConsumablesUse permanent markers to write children’s names on the cover of their consumablematerials. Children will reference your example when writing their own names.Prepare Children’s Cut-Up/Take-Home BooksTear out, fold, and staple each book for each child, or teach your children how toassemble these books!Organize Picture and Word CardsOrganize the Word Cards according to the provided dividers. Familiarize yourself withthe identity of each Picture Card as listed. Children must first hear the name of eachpicture spoken aloud by an adult. They can then focus on the sounds, and will not bedistracted by guessing picture names.Prepare Sentence Strips and Word CardsYou will use these Predecodable Sentence Strips to introduce each story during thefirst semester. Organize the Predecodable Cover Cards, Sentence Strips, and WordCards by book. Cut apart the colored Sentence Strips into individual Word and Punctuation Cards. The Learn to Read Decodable Sequence Cards, Sentence Strips, andWord Cards will be used second semester.Store Second Semester Plush CharactersPlease keep Zac the Rat, Peg the Hen, Mox the Fox, Tin Man, and Gus the Duck wellhidden. You will reveal them one at a time during the second semester.6Read Me

Starword WallEstablish a location for your Starword Wall. Some teachers: designate a wall or bulletin board. hang their words on the inside of a door. use a clothesline chart or a pocket chart.Your Starword Wall is where you will display oral vocabulary words. These are thewords children hear but do not always comprehend. Children encounter this vocabulary in the course of read-alouds, concept development, and class discussion.The Starword Wall is not designed for high-frequency words. Starfall kindergartenclassrooms use their Starfall Dictionaries for this purpose.You can easily generate each week’s Vocabulary Word Cards usStarwording the online Practice Page Generator tool. Print out the cards, cutDisplay the newthem apart, laminate them, and then display them on your Starword Wallas theyvocabularyon areyourStarword Wallintroduced.If space is available, add words to your Starword Wall cumulatively. Teachers withlimited space tell us that changing the words by unit is more efficient. Feel free toadd more words to meet the needs of your class.Set up More.Starfall.com on Your Classroom and Lab ComputersMore.Starfall.com is an interactive way for children to practice letters, sounds, words,sentences, and stories, and to reinforce the day’s lessons. More.Starfall.com containsall of the content you know and love at Starfall.com, and new content. You willreceive a membership code before the school year begins. To set up the computerin your classroom or lab computers: Go to “http://more.starfall.com,” look for the “Sign In” link, and click on it. Find the “Have a coupon or certificate? Enter code below.” box, and enter yourmembership code. Fill out the membership form, and follow the prompts.You must do this for each computer on which you intend to use More.Starfall.com.We recommend headsets and headset splitters for each computer so that severalchildren can use a single computer at a time. Splitters are available through electronics stores such as Radio Shack.Starfall KindergartenThe Starfall.com installation CD contains classic Starfall.com in aformat that will run offline. You can run the application fromthe CD, or install it on your computer. This CD does not contain the additional content available on more.starfall.com.Read Me 7

Daily RoutinesII’m so gladyourget to be inn class.kindergartethe bestThis will beyear ever!Love, BpBBackpack Bear’s Daily MessageBackpack Bear delivers the magic of each day in a message he secretly tucks away inhis backpack. We recommend that you write his message after school each day sothat the message is ready the following morning. We’ve included suggested messages in the plans; however, please feel free to adjust the messages to meet the needs ofyour class, school events, or personality of your Backpack Bear.You decide how and when you will reveal Backpack Bear’s messages. Teachers tell usthat they: write messages on large post-it notes. write messages on full-sized paper folded to fit inside the backpack.We suggest signing your messages with Backpack Bear’s paw-print stamp.Some teachers display Backpack Bear’s messages in a frame after they have beenread. Other teachers pin daily messages on top of each other, then place them in analbum for children to enjoy at the end of each week.The CalendarReadingLeft to right progression,return sweep, and top tobottomPreview initial sounds/m/ /t/ /w/ /th/ /f/ /s/To ensure that children learn the words indicating the days of the week, choose aclassroom calendar with the days of the week written fully, rather than abbreviated.ASL: Days of the Week, Months of the Year, and SeasonsTeach the ASL sign for the days of the week as you introduce each word. By doing soyou preview letter/sound relationships and build background knowledge to supportthese sound-spellings when you formally introduce them.SequencingMathHow information isorganized in graphsBroad categories of timesuch as past, present,future, days of the week,months, yearEach sign is made by making the letter sign and circling it clockwise once, torepresent the earth’s 24-hour rotation. The hand sign for Thursday, which is a quickhand sign for Tt followed by the hand sign for Hh, reinforces the phonemic/phonicdistinction between the initial sounds in “Tuesday” and “Thursday.”As you and your children become familiar with the ASL alphabet, children fingerspellthe names of the months to visually and kinesthetically practice the letters andspelling patterns in the words.See also the ASL signs for each season on the display/reference poster.Today is.Yesterday wasToday isWrite the days of the week on cards, and prepare sentence strips as picturedat left. Post the sentence strips near your calendar. Children supply the correctday card to complete each sentence.Tomorrow will be.Children practice these and related skills, such as months, days, seasons, anddates, online at More.Starfall.com: “Calendar.”FriyrdaSatu8Read MeSundaydayMondayThursdayayTuesdayWednesd

Observe the WeatherBy charting daily weather, children learn to organize information, analyze trends, and make predictions based on theinformation in their chart. What an excellent and meaningfulway to practice the comprehension strategy, prediction!ScienceObserve changes inweatherUse Backpack Bear’s Weather Cards to create a classroomweather chart. These cards picture and name differentweather conditions.SundayMondayTuesdayObserve repeatedly andover time and comparin

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