WIDA Below is a sample of modifications provided on the WIDA site, feel free to search WIDA for other examples. Example: Pre-K-K Listening “Symbols and Holidays” Entering: Point to or locate symbols or holiday scenes in classrooms, pictures, or objects named orally (e.g., flags) Beginning: Show symbols or holidays from pictures or objects based on oral commands (e.g., a pumpkin with a face) Developing: symbols with illustrated scenes based on oral directions Expanding: Identify symbols within illustrated scenes on oral directions Bridging: Find symbols on oral descriptions or oral reading Example: Pre-K-K Writing “School” Entering: Draw personal responses to people, places, or objects in school from pictures or models) Beginning: Represent people, places, or objects in school from pictures and models using letters or scribble writings Developing: Label people, places, or objects in school from pictures and models using words with invented spellings Expanding: Make lists of people, places, or objects in school from pictures and models using words or phrases with invented spellings Bridging: Create "stories" about people, places, or objects in school from pictures using phrases or short sentences with invented spellings Kindergarten Pacing Guide Suggested Time 1st Quarter Suggested Time 3rd Quarter Week 1-3 Culture – Government – Civics – History Recognizing differences among people and communities; Rules and laws, Rights and responsibilities; Character traits Weeks 1-3 History - Economics Interpret timelines to show the sequence of events Understand past, present, and future. All people have basic needs, wants, and jobs to provide support. Week 4-6 Government – Civics – History 4-6 History Recognize major historical events that shaped our Nation and State.
K.4 Use diagrams to show similarities and differences in food, clothes, homes, games, and families in different cultures. (C) K.26 Locate and describe events on a calendar, including birthdays, holidays, cultural events and school events. (H) K.27 Scan historic photographs to gain information and arrange in sequential order (H) K.28 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several related events. (H) K.29 Participate in shared research and writing projects to identify and describe the events or people celebrate during state and national holidays and why we celebrate them. (Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, Winter Holidays) (H) I can use a calendar. K.3, K.4, K.26, K.27, K.29 What are some traditions/customs/holidays we celebrate in the United States? I can discuss national holidays to remember our past. I can identify various holidays. I can tell about an event by drawing, dictating, or writing. Content Vocabulary (Tier 3): national, traditions, customs, holiday Academic Vocabulary (Tier 2): locate, describe, identify, events, explain, combine, locate, similarities and differences Vocabulary Strategies: See Page 4 of the Curriculum Map Teaching Vocabulary Across the Curriculum Teaching Vocabulary Strategies for Vocabulary Development Vocabulary Building Strategies Veterans’ Day Christmas for Multiple Countries Holidays Around the Winter Holidays Thanksgiving Independence Day K.2, K.3 The teacher will discuss that languages may differ for different cultures. The teacher will the poem This is the Way We Say Hello sing the link . Students will discuss the differences and similarities of the different languages. K.2, K.3, K.27 Teacher will read aloud various trade books or online resources about Veteran’s Day, the First Thanksgiving and Winter holidays. Teacher will then have students to ask and answer questions about the holidays. Teachers will also have to discuss why we celebration various traditions. Students will then use a combination of writing, dictating, and drawing to demonstrated or express their understanding of the holidays discussed. Literacy RI.K.1, RI.K.2, RI.K.7, W.K.2,W.K.8, L.K.5c Veterans’/ Day Christmas for Multiple Countries