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PreK Focus Group at CA BOCES =WELCOME PRE-K Teachers!= == Tiffany Giannicchi tiffany_giannicchi@caboces.org (716)358-7053 Tessa Levitt tessa_levitt@caboces.org (607) 356-3301 EXT 246
 * March 3, 2012**




 * Shape Walk Photos**




 * October 11, 2011**

**PreK ELA Common Core Standards**
[] =Common Core Press Release=

[|http://www.oms.nysed.gov/press/CommonCoreStandardsP-]
=**Text Exemplars**=

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Common Core Checklists

**Presentation Outline**


Reading Highlights/Notes Informational Text Literature Foundational Skills Making connections (text to text, self and world) Compare and contrast

Writing Highlights/Notes Text types and purposes Combination of dictation, drawing or writing to express an opinion (One Windy Wednesday Activity and One Blustery Day) Production and Distribution of Writing (Adding details to the pictures) Research to build and present information (Explore a number of books by the same author) Responding to Literature (Add the story to the dramatic play center)

Language and Listening and Speaking/Highlights and Notes 5 W's Duck vs. Duck (verb and noun) Opposites to teach verbs

=**Activity Handouts (3-15-2011)**=
 * [[file:Lion and Lamb.docx]] (Writing- Dictation)**
 * [[file:One Blustery Day Poem Activity.docx]] (Writing- Dictation)**
 * __One Windy Wednesday__ by Phyllis Root**
 * The wind blew the _out of the . (Writing- Dictation)**

__**New Links**__

[|Making Learning Fun]
=**Dare to Differentiate**= =[|PBS Kids]=

Handouts and Power Point Presentations from previous sessions:

 Dramatic Play Documents        Links to great sites: [|Preschool Rocks]

[|Preschool Picture Books by Theme]

[|Born Learning] [|NYS Early Literacy Guidance]

[|Developmental Milestones:3-5]

[|Early Literacy]

[|Success by 6]

[|National Headstart Association]

[|Preschool Express]

[|NYSED Universal PreKindergarten]

[|Teaching Young Children Journal]

[|Preschool by Stormie]

[|Kinder Korner]

[|Pre-K Student portfolios and Assessment Pages]

[|Literacy Center Ideas]

[|PreK Literacy Resources for teachers and caregivers]