WARREN EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER

ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM

2016-2017
Report Card Indicators Highlighted

TOPIC

INDIANA FOUNDATIONS INDICATOR

Introduction to Literacy, ELA

Stations, and ECC PreK
Assessment

ECC PreK Assessment

ELA Foundation 1Communication Process

ELA 1.1- Demonstrate Receptive Communication

3 year olds

Demonstrate continual growth in

understanding increasingly complex and varied vocabulary

Respond to complex gestures and/or

actions to communicate (such as comforting others who are
crying)

Listen to and follow multi-step directions

with adult support.

4 year olds

Demonstrate continual growth in

understanding increasingly complex and varied vocabulary

Respond to complex gestures and/or

actions to communicate (such as comforting others who are
crying)

Listen to and follow multi-step directions

ELA 1.2- Demonstrate Expressive Communication

3 year olds

Demonstrate continual growth in

increasingly varied and complex vocabulary

Use complex gestures and actions to

communicate

Use expanded sentences

4 year olds

Demonstrate continual growth in

increasingly varied and complex vocabulary

Use complex gestures and actions to

communicate

Use complex sentences

ELA 2.3- Demonstrate awareness and understanding of concepts of print

4 year olds

Know features of books such as title,

author, and illustrator

ELA Foundation 2- Early

Reading

ELA Foundation 3- Early

Writing

TIME FRAME
August

Introduction to Literacy Books

ELA Stations/Expectations

ELA 3.1- Demonstrate mechanics of writing

3 year olds

Use writing tools with adult support

4 year olds

Use writing tools

September

ELA Foundation 1Communication Process

ELA 1.2- Demonstrate Expressive Communication

3 year olds

Use expanded sentences

Describe activities and experiences with

detail

4 year olds

Use complex sentences

Describe activities, experiences, and

stories with expanded detail

Change word tense to indicate time

ELA 1.3- Demonstrate ability to engage in conversations

3 year olds

Answer questions posed by adults or peers

Ask questions for understanding and

clarity

Make on topic comments

4 year olds

Answer questions posed by adults or peers

Ask questions for understanding and

clarity

Make on topic comments

ELA 2.4- Demonstrate comprehension

3 year olds

Answer questions about a story

4 year olds

Answer questions about a story

October/
November

ELA Foundation 1Communication Process

ELA 1.3- Demonstrate ability to engage in conversations

3 year olds

Stay on topic in two-way conversation with

others

4 year olds

Stay on topic in two-way conversation that

involves multiple turns

Communicate actively in group activities

ELA 2.1-Demonstrates awareness of the alphabet

3 year olds

Recognize own name in print

4 year olds

Recognize own name in print

December/
January

ELA Foundation 2- Early

Reading

ELA 2.2- Demonstrate phonological awareness

4 year olds

Demonstrate basic knowledge of lettersound correspondence

Engage in rhyming games and songs; can

complete a familiar rhyme

Make rhymes to simple words

ELA Foundation 2- Early
Reading

ELA 2.2- Demonstrate phonological awareness

4 year olds

Identify, blend, and segment words with

modeling and support

Isolate the initial sound in some words

ELA 2.3- Demonstrate awareness and understanding of concepts of print

3 year olds

Begin to understand that books are

comprised of written words

Respond to and interact with read alouds

of literary and informational text

Hold books right side up and turn pages

left to right

4 year olds

Understand that print carries meaning

Track words in a book from left to right, top

to bottom, and page to page with adult support

Know features of books such as title,

author, and illustrator

February

ELA Foundation 2- Early

Reading
ELA Foundation 3- Early
Writing

ELA 2.4- Demonstrate comprehension

3 year olds

Respond and interact with stories (fictional

and nonfictional)

With adult support, retell familiar stories

4 year olds

Respond and interact with stories (fictional

and nonfictional)

Retell familiar stories

ELA 3.1- Demonstrate mechanics of writing

3 year olds

Recognize that drawings, paintings, and

writings are meaningful representations

Copy simple lines and shapes

Create a simple picture

4 year olds

Create letter like shapes, symbols, letters,

and words with modeling and support

Copy more complex lines, shapes, and

some letters

End of the Year Assessment

ECC End of the Year Assessment

ELA Foundation 3- Early

Writing

ELA 3.2- Demonstrate ability to communicate a story

3 year olds

Create writing with the intent of

communicating

Dictate a story for an adult to write

Use pictures, letters, and symbols to

communicate a story

4 year olds

Create writing with the intent of

communicating

Dictate a story that demonstrates simple

details and narrative structure

Use letters, symbols, and words to share

an idea with someone

Use writing to label drawings

ELA 2.1- Demonstrate awareness of the alphabet

3 year olds

Recognize and identify some uppercase

and a few lowercase letters

4 year olds

Recognize and identify most uppercase

and some lowercase letters

Recognize own name in print

ELA 2.2- Demonstrate phonological awareness

3 year olds

Orally blend and segment familiar

compound words, with modeling and support

Demonstrate awareness of sounds as

separate units
ELA 2.2- Demonstrate phonological awareness

3 year olds

Demonstrate basic knowledge of lettersound correspondence

Engage in rhyming games and songs; can

complete a familiar rhyme

Identify rhyming words in spoken language

March /April

May

2.2- would be
making sure
students can
identify/speak the
different
components of
words. For
example, apple
(they dont
necessarily need
to know apple
begins with A, but
can make the
sounds.
2.2-- Being able to
identify rhyming
words in language.
Example hat/bat