september-young-explorer-teacher-guideseptember-young-explorer-teacher-guide.pdf

Teacher’s Guide September 2009 In This Issue Garden Helpers ? Farm to market ? odd Couples Curriculum Connections Science ? Social Studies ? Reading ? Writing Standards Correlations: Language Arts ? Develop print awareness ? Improve decoding and word recognition Dear Educator: ? Practice reading high-frequency words Welcome to a new school year! It’s the perfect time for children ? Relate prior knowledge to text to explore and—with your guidance—to try new things. With ? Develop academic vocabulary Interdependence as our September theme, young explorers will learn ? Produce written work how living things are connected and how they depend on each other. ? Compare and contrast This year we are including the “Explore New Words” feature Standards Correlations: Science on the classroom poster. You can display it before children read the ? Understand life cycle of plants stories to introduce key concepts, build background, and develop Standards Correlations: Social Studies oral vocabulary. It is also an excellent tool for improving ? Production, distribution, and consumption phonological awareness and practicing phonics skills. Use the Literacy Skills picture glossary to clap out syllables, play rhyming games, and ? Initial sounds reinforce letter-sound correspondences. ? Sh