Kindergarten - Scope & Sequence

Flow of The Year

Assumptions

1. Maintaining the suggested pacing and flow across all content areas supports students across SFUSD to have a similar, coherent, and transferable learning experience that prepares them for the next grade level. 

 

2. This pacing is approximate and takes school breaks, family conferences, and other changes to the regular classroom schedule and routine into consideration. 
 

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Guidance

1. While your pacing may be slightly different, the expectation is that you honor the general flow articulated below.

 

2. No unit should be skipped. 

  • Each unit supports students in meeting grade-level standards and expected learning targets. Units are designed to build upon each other - building upon knowledge, skills, and routines learned in previous units.

 

3. If your pacing or flow is out of sync with the suggested year-at-a-glance, collaborate with your grade-level team, coaches, and/or administrators to ensure students will have the necessary instruction and support for a rich, developmentally appropriate kindergarten experience that well prepares them for success in first grade.

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 AUGUSTSEPTEMBEROCTOBERNOVEMBERDECEMBERJANUARYFEBRUARYMARCHAPRILMAY
Spanish Language Arts
(Each phonics and reading unit is 3 weeks)		Launch: Estrenemos Phonics and ReadingLaunch: Estrenemos Phonics and Reading

Unit 1: Las necesidades de los animales
 		Unit 1: Las necesidades de los animales

Unit 2: Toda historia tiene personajes
 		Unit 3: Las reglas en la casa y la escuela
 		Unit 4: Los escritores cuentan muchas historiasUnit 5: La tecnología en la casa y en la escuela
 		Unit 6: Las historias nos ofrecen un mensaje

Unit 7: Días feriados y celebraciones		Unit 7: Días feriados y celebraciones

Unit 8: El tiempo y las estaciones		Unit 8: El tiempo y las estaciones

Unit 9: Lo que necesitamos y lo que deseamos		Unit 10: Fuerza y Movimiento
CantoneseLaunch: Introducing Myself & The Moon FestivalUnit 1: Fall & Crops in FallUnit 2: Food in Fall & HalloweenUnit 3: Thanks & ThanksgivingUnit 4: Winter HolidayUnit 5: Winter & 100th Day of SchoolUnit 6: Chinese New Year, The Zodiac, & Valentine's DayUnit 7: Buying From the Bakery & Earth DayUnit 8: Animals in SpringUnit 9: Plants in Spring
English Language DevelopmentLaunch Unit:
Week 1: Self
Week 2 Family and Friends		Unit 1: Making New Friends (3 weeks)

Unit 2: Tools We Use (1 week)		Unit 2: Tools We Use (2 weeks)

Unit 3: Rules to Go By (2 Weeks)		Unit 3: Rules to Go By (1 Week)

Unit 4: Time for Work (2 Weeks)		Unit 4: Time for Work (1 Week)

Assessment (1 week)		Unit 5: How Does Your Garden Grow? (3 weeks)

Unit 6: The Four Seasons (1 Week)		Unit 6: The Four Seasons (2 weeks)

Unit 7: Baby Animals (2 weeks)		Unit 7: Baby Animals (2 weeks)

Unit 8: On the Move (1 week)		Unit 8: On the Move (2 weeks)

Unit 9: Growing Up (2 weeks)		Unit 9: Growing Up (1 week)

Unit 10: Problem Solvers (3 weeks)
English Language ArtsLaunch Unit: Learning About My Reading and Writing IdentitySpiral 1: Building My Reading and Writing IdentitySpiral 2: Learning about the WorldSpiral 3: Activists in ActionSpiral 4: Researching the Weather, Researching the World
MathUnit 0: Introduction

Unit 1: Playing with Shapes		Unit 1: Playing with Shapes

Unit 2: Numbers to 10		Unit 2: Numbers to 10

Unit 3: Compose & Decompose Numbers to 10

Unit 4: Describe & Decompose Numbers to 10		Unit 4: Describe & Compose 2-D Shapes

Unit 5: Addition & Addition Situations		Unit 5: Addition & Addition Situations
Unit 6: Subtraction & Subtraction Situations		Unit 6: Subtraction & Subtraction Situations

Unit 7: Describe & Compose 3-D Shapes		Unit 7: Describe & Compose 3-D Shapes

Unit 8: Numbers to 20		Unit 8: Numbers to 20

Unit 9: Compose & Decompose Numbers to 20		Unit 10: Length, Weight, and Capacity

Unit 11: Numbers to 100		Unit 11: Numbers to 100

Unit 12: Mastering Addition and Subtraction to 5
Science Launch Unit 0: I Am a Scientist
(4 lessons)		Unit 1: Needs of Plants & Animals
(21 lessons)		 Unit 2: Pushes & Pulls
(22 lessons)		Unit 3: Sunlight & Weather
(22 lessons)
History/Social Science

Unit 0 Launch
& Learning and Working Together 

or Inquiry Journeys Pilot: Navigating School 
(4 weeks)

 

Who I Am in My Community: 

or Inquiry Journeys Pilot: My Team and Self
(4-5 weeks)

 

Time and Chronology: Reaching out to Times Past

or Inquiry Journeys Pilot: Past, Present and Future (4-5 weeks)

 
Physical EducationUnit Zero 2.0 & Establishing the Environment (Unit 1)Establishing the Environment (Unit 1) & Locomotor SkillsCooperative Activities & Locomotor SkillsCooperative Activities & Movement ConceptsUnderarm Movement Patterns & Body ConceptsUnderarm Movement Patterns and Bouncing, & Body ConceptsUnderarm Movement Patterns, Bouncing, Catching & Body ConceptsTossing & ManipulativesTossing & ManipulativesTossing & Field Day /Unit of Choice
HealthPersonal & Community HealthSubstance Abuse PreventionViolence PreventionGrowing Bodies and Active ConsentNutrition and Physical ActivityLGBTQ & AdvocacySummer Safety and Environmental Health
ArtsFor 30 min/1x a week of Visual Arts and 30 min/1x a week of Performing Arts, please choose lessons a la carte, either a lesson that relates to and supports the content you are teaching that week (arts integration) or a stand-alone lesson that would offer a creative break/protected "arts moment" for students. Enjoy!
Digital LearningDigital Agency (DA): My Digital LifeLaunch Technology: Kinder Getting Started Guide DA: Digital FootprintDA: Digital Agency MonthDA: Media BalanceDA: Privacy & SecurityDA: Media LiteracyDA: Relationships & CommunicationsDA: Digital KindnessDA: Digital for GoodDA: My Digital Life
Computer ScienceLaunch UnitUnit 1Unit 2Unit 3ESCS is designed to be taught once a week for 30 minutes for half of the school year.     

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