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The Connected Curriculum

Kindergarten Curriculum Map

Standards-Based Scope and Sequence for Teaching and Assessment

with integrated principles and strategies of special education.

This guide was prepared by the DePaul Center for Urban Education

through support from the Polk Bros. Foundation Teacher Leadership Network.

Relevant resources for instruction, independent learning, and assessment:

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Kindergarten

Mid- and End-of Quarter Competencies to Assess

First Semester

This chart lists the assessments that are incorporated into each quarter’s learning plan.

| |Week 5 |Week 9 |Week 14 |Week 19 |

|Word Knowledge |Name letters |Name letters |Identify initial consonants |Match letters, sounds/pictures |

|1A | |Match sounds |Identify sight words | |

| |Match sounds and symbols |/symbols | |Identify consonants (initial, final,|

| | |Distinguish letters/words | |medial) |

| |Match letters/sounds | | | |

| | | | |Identify sight words |

| | | | |Substitution |

| | | | |Rhyming |

|Reading Strategies: |Retell Stories |Retell a story |Locate and classify |Locate and classify information |

|I CAN . . . |Make predictions. |Illustrate a story |information |Re-tell story and answer questions: |

|with a variety of texts |Recognize location, time, |Make and support predictions| |when, where, how, why, |

| |order | | |compare/contrast |

|Goals 1, 2, 5 |Follow one-step directions | | | |

|Fluency |Students read aloud with |Students read aloud with |Students read aloud with |Students read aloud with increased |

| |increased fluency. |increased fluency. |increased fluency. |fluency. |

|ILS1B,4AB | | | | |

|Writing |Speak clearly in sentences |Speak clearly in sentences |Show sequence of events with|Build words with letters |

|GOALS 3, 4 |Write letters and name. |Illustrate sentence |pictures | |

| | |Write letters and name |Write letters | |

|Content |GEOGRAPHY |ECOLOGY |CULTURE |PHYSICS/TECHNOLOGY |

| |Draw features of home, |Draw/match pictures and |Give examples of how a |List. Illustrate key words; |

| |school |words; write/dictate a day |family shares values in how |describe, illustrate and explain |

| |Name |in the neighborhood |they live and what they |ways to classify things (matter) |

| | |environment. |celebrate. | |

|MATH |Make a math glossary, |Make a math glossary, |Make a math glossary, |Make a math glossary, guide/booklet.|

|Insert the math skills and |guide/booklet. |guide/booklet. |guide/booklet. |Use math to describe situations and |

|strategies from the program |Use math to describe |Use math to describe |Use math to describe |solve problems. |

|you use. |situations and solve |situations and solve |situations and solve | |

| |problems. |problems. |problems. | |

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Kindergarten

Mid- and End-of Quarter Competencies to Assess

Second Semester

This chart lists the assessments that are incorporated into each quarter’s learning plan.

| |Week 24 |Week 29 |Week 34 |Weeks 37-8 |

|Word Knowledge |Give examples of phonics |Give examples of phonics |Identify sight words |Word book—what are my |

|1A |patterns. |patterns. | |favorite words? |

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| |Draw pictures to illustrate |Draw pictures to illustrate |Explain and give examples of | |

| |sight words. |sight words. |phonics of these weeks. |Letter book: what have I |

| | | | |learned? |

|Reading Strategies: |Retell story, identify |Locate information and explain |Read text independently and |I can explain how to read to |

|I CAN . . . |location, time, order, and |how to locate information. |respond to questions. |learn. |

|with a variety of texts |make predictions. | | | |

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|Goals 1, 2 | | | | |

|Fluency |Students read aloud with |Students read aloud with |Students read aloud with |Students read aloud with |

| |increased fluency. |increased fluency. |increased fluency. |increased fluency. |

|ILS1B,4AB | | | | |

|Writing |Explain how to write a |Revise sentences to make them |Expand sentence/ picture book.|I can make a picture book—me |

|GOALS 3, 4 |biography. |persuasive | |in first grade. |

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| | | | |ILS 3A,B,C |

|Content |THE ECONOMY |SYSTEMS OF SCIENCE |DISCOVERIES |MY LEARNING |

| |Describe and |Based on what I knew and what I |What do we discover about |Make pictures, pages about |

| |explain kinds |learned, what do I think is |___________ through reading, |what you have learned about |

| |of work |important about _______________?|listening, looking? |how people live and how |

| |people do. | | |people get things done. |

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|MATH |Make a math glossary, |Make a math glossary, |Make a math glossary, |Make a math glossary, |

|Insert the math skills and |guide/booklet. |guide/booklet. |guide/booklet. |guide/booklet. |

|strategies from the program |Use math to describe |Use math to describe situations |Use math to describe |Use math to describe |

|you use. |situations and solve |and solve problems. |situations and solve problems.|situations and solve |

| |problems. | | |problems. |

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Kindergarten: Weeks 1-5 Curriculum Map

| |Week 1 |Week 2 |Week 3 |Week 4 |Week 5 assess, clarify, |

| | | | | |expand |

|Word Knowledge |Assess Word Knowledge |Match sounds with letters|Associate meaning with |Ongoing phonics and sight|Name letters |

|Phonics/ |Identify letters in own |(ongoing) |print |words | |

|Decoding |name |Set up | | |Match sounds and symbols |

|1A |(ongoing activity) |letter-word-picture | | | |

|Start “word wall” | |activity area | | |Match letters/sounds |

|Reading Strategies: |Follow one-step |Identify parts of book |Retell stories from |Recognize location, time,|Retell Stories |

|I CAN . . . |directions |Make predictions from |pictures |order |Make predictions. |

|with a variety of |Listen carefully. |pictures | | |Recognize location, time, |

|texts |(ongoing) |(Use DRTA strategy)1B |(ongoing activity) |(ongoing) |order |

| | | | |1B |Follow one-step directions|

|Goals 1, 2 |1B | |1B | | |

|Fluency |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud: |Students read aloud with |

| | | | | |increased fluency. |

|ILS1B,4AB | | | | | |

|Writing |alphabet letters |Speak clearly |Speak in sentences |Speak in sentences |Speak clearly in sentences|

|GOALS 3, 4 |pictures | | | |Write letters and name. |

| |ONGOING | | | | |

| |3A | |4B |4B | |

| | |4B | | | |

|Content |Place: My Classroom |Place: My school |Places: School and Home |People and Places |Draw features of home, |

|Local Geography |classroom |principal |address |friend |school |

|17A,B,C,D |here |school |family |me |Name |

|Read to learn-- |left |teacher | | | |

|Goal 5 |right | | | | |

|MATH | | | | |Make a math guide/booklet. |

|Insert the math | | | | |Use math to describe |

|skills and strategies| | | | |situations and solve |

|from the program you | | | | |problems. |

|use. | | | | | |

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|Math Words | | | | |Make a Math Glossary |

|List terms students | | | | | |

|will use this week. | | | | | |

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Kindergarten: Weeks 6-9 Curriculum Map

| |Week 6 |Week 7 |Week 8 |Week 9 assess, clarify, expand |

|Word Knowledge |Ongoing phonics and sight words|Ongoing phonics and sight |Ongoing phonics and sight words|Name letters |

|Phonics/ | |words | |Match sounds |

|Decoding | | | |/symbols |

| | | | |Distinguish letters/words |

|1A | | | | |

|Reading Strategies: |Retell a story |Make a prediction and tell why|Draw characters from a story |Retell a story |

|I CAN . . . with a |Draw what happens in a story |you make it; compare it with | |Illustrate a story |

|variety of texts | |what happens 1B |1B |Make and support predictions |

| |1B | | | |

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|Goals 1, 2 | | | | |

|Fluency |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud: |Students read aloud with |

| | | | |increased fluency. |

|ILS1B,4AB | | | | |

|Writing |Dictate sentence |Build words with letters |Build words with letters |Speak clearly in sentences |

|GOALS 3, 4 |Illustrate, speak clearly in |Dictate and illustrate |Dictate and illustrate sentence|Illustrate sentence |

| |sentences (ONGOING) |sentence | |Write letters and name |

|Content |Our neighborhood environment |How plants grow here: |How plants and animals live |Draw/match pictures and words; |

|Ecology |Identify features of weather |ant |together here: |write/dictate a day in the |

| |and seasons How animals live |apple |hat |neighborhood environment. |

| |here: |bee |hot | |

| |cat |but | | |

| |dog |How plants grow. |12A,B; 13B | |

| |sun |12A,B | | |

| |run | | | |

| |in different seasons. | | | |

| |12A,B | | | |

|MATH | | | |Make a math guide/booklet. |

|Insert the math skills | | | |Use math to describe situations|

|and strategies from the | | | |and solve problems. |

|program you use. | | | | |

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|Math Words | | | |Make a Math Glossary |

|List terms students will| | | | |

|use this week. | | | | |

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Kindergarten: Weeks 10-14 Curriculum Map

| |Week 10 |Week 11 |Week 12 |Week 13 |Week 14 assess, clarify, |

| | | | | |expand |

|Word Knowledge |Match sound/ |Match sound/ |Match sound/ |Identify, use beginning|Identify initial |

|Phonics/ |symbol/picture |symbol/picture |symbol/picture |consonants |consonants |

|Decoding |Sight Words: |Sight Words: |Sight Words: |Sight Words: |Sight Words: |

|ILS 1A | | | | | |

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|Reading Strategies: |Read/ |Read/ |Read/ |Illustrate story |Locate and classify |

|I CAN . . . with a |listen to classify |listen to classify/ |listen to classify, |Locate and classify, |information |

|variety of texts | |compare |compare, contrast |compare information | |

| | | | |1B, 5A | |

| |1B |1B |1B | |1B |

|Goals 1, 2 | | | | | |

|Fluency |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud:|Students read aloud with |

| | | | | |increased fluency. |

|ILS 1B, 4AB | | | | | |

|Writing |write alphabet letters in |Write letters |Identify sequence with |Arrange pictures to |Show sequence of events |

|GOALS 3, 4 |sequence |place words in sequence 3B|pictures |show sequence |with pictures |

| |3A | |3B |3B |Write letters |

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|Content: |Listen, read, draw: What’s|Listen, read, draw: How |Listen, read, draw How |How families live |Give examples of how a |

| |important to families. |and what families |families work together. |together. |family shares values in |

|Culture 18A |18 A |celebrate. |18 A |18 A |how they live and what |

|Goal 5—read to learn |family |18 A |cooperate |home |they celebrate. |

| |grandparent |celebrate |help |live | |

| |parent |share | |neighbor | |

|MATH | | | | |Make a math guide/booklet.|

|Insert the math | | | | |Use math to describe |

|skills and strategies| | | | |situations and solve |

|from the program you | | | | |problems. |

|use. | | | | | |

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|Math Words | | | | |Make a Math Glossary |

|List terms students | | | | | |

|will use this week. | | | | | |

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Kindergarten: Weeks 15-19 Curriculum Map

| |Week 15 |Week 16 |Week 17 |Week 18 |Week 19 assess, clarify, |

| | | | | |expand |

|Word Knowledge |Phonics: final consonants |Phonics: final consonants;|Phonics: Final consonants;|Phonics: Final |Match letters, |

|ILS 1A |Sight Words: |rhyming |substitution |consonants |sounds/pictures |

| | | |Sight Words: |Substitution | |

| | |Sight Words: | |Sight Words: |Identify consonants |

| | | | | |(initial, final, medial) |

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| | | | | |Identify sight words |

| | | | | |Substitution |

| | | | | |Rhyming |

|Reading Strategies: |Ask/answer what/where |Ask/answer |Ask/answer how/why |sequence events/retell |Locate and classify |

|I CAN . . . with a |questions; |compare/contrast questions|questions |story |information |

|variety of texts |Classify information | | |1B, 2A |Re-tell story and answer |

| |related to those questions|1B |1B | |questions: when, where, |

| |1B, 5A | | | |how, why, compare/contrast|

|Goals 1, 2 | | | | | |

|Fluency |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud:|Students read aloud with |

|ILS 1B, 4AB | | | | |increased fluency. |

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|Writing |Build words with letters |Build words with letters |Build words with letters. |Build words with |Build words with letters |

|GOALS 3, 4 |3A |3A |3A |letters. 3A | |

|Content: |Read/experience/write/ |Read/experience/write/illu|Read/experience |Compare and contrast: |List. Illustrate key |

|Technology/ |illustrate about: Tools |strate about: how to |/write/ |liquid and solid |words; describe, |

|Physics |people use to keep track |Identify, describe |illustrate about: how to |11, 12C, 5A |illustrate and explain |

| |of time. |properties of solids. |describe liquids | |ways to classify things |

|Goal 5—read to learn|13A,12D 5A |11,12C, 5A |11, 12C, 5A | |(matter) |

| |day, calendar, clock, |big, color, is, see, |all, drink, dry, wet | | |

| |hour, time |shape, size, small | | | |

|MATH | | | | |Make a math guide/booklet.|

|Insert the math | | | | |Use math to describe |

|skills and | | | | |situations and solve |

|strategies from the | | | | |problems. |

|program you use. | | | | | |

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|Math Words | | | | |Make a Math Glossary |

|List terms students | | | | | |

|will use this week. | | | | | |

Kindergarten: Weeks 20-24 Curriculum Map

| |Week 20 |Week 21 |Week 22 |Week 23 |Week 24 assess, clarify, |

| | | | | |expand |

|Word Knowledge |Sight Words: |Sight Words: |Sight Words: |Sight Words: |Give examples of phonics |

|ILS 1A | | | | |patterns. |

|List priorities for | | | | | |

|your class based on | | | | |Draw pictures to |

|first semester |This week’s phonics |This week’s phonics |This week’s phonics |This week’s phonics |illustrate sight words. |

|progress. |focus: |focus: |focus: |focus: | |

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|Reading Strategies: |Retell story |Identify time, order |Identify, describe |Make predictions |Retell story, identify |

|I CAN . . . with a | | |location | |location, time, order, and|

|variety of texts | | | | |make predictions. |

| |1B |1B |1B |1B | |

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|Goals 1, 2 | | | | | |

|Fluency |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud: |Students read aloud with |

|ILS 1B, 4AB | | | | |increased fluency. |

|Writing |Write words |Singular |Singular |Singular |Explain how to tell if a |

|emphasis: | |and plural nouns |and plural nouns |and plural nouns |noun is singular or |

|essentials |3A,B |3A 4B |3A, 4B |3A, 4B |plural. |

|3A,B,,4AB | | | | | |

|Content: |work |work |money |my choices |Describe and |

|Economics | | | | |explain kinds |

| |What work do people do |What tools do people use |How do people get and use|Who I will be in the |of work |

|ILS 5A plus content |in school? |in their jobs? |money? |future? |people do. |

|goals | | | | | |

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| |ILS 15 D,E |ILS 15 D, E |ILS 15C |ILS 15 A, B, C, D,E | |

|MATH | | | | |Make a math guide/booklet. |

|Insert the math | | | | |Use math to describe |

|skills and strategies| | | | |situations and solve |

|from the program you | | | | |problems. |

|use. | | | | | |

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|Math Words | | | | |Make a Math Glossary |

|List terms students | | | | | |

|will use this week. | | | | | |

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Kindergarten: Weeks 25-29 Curriculum Map

| |Week 25 |Week 26 |Week 27 |Week 28 |Week 29 assess, clarify, |

| | | | | |expand |

|Word Knowledge |Sight Words: |Sight Words: |Sight Words: |Sight Words: |Give examples of phonics |

|ILS 1A | | | | |patterns. |

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| | | | | |Draw pictures to |

| | | | | |illustrate sight words. |

| |This week’s phonics focus: |This week’s phonics |This week’s phonics |This week’s phonics | |

| | |focus: |focus: |focus: | |

|Reading Strategies: |Locate information |Locate information |Locate information |Locate information |Locate information and |

|I CAN . . . with a | | | | |explain how to locate |

|variety of texts | | | | |information. |

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|Goals 1, 2 |1B |1B |1B |1B | |

|Fluency |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud: |Students read aloud with |

|ILS 1B, 4AB | | | | |increased fluency. |

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|Writing |Speak in complete |Write or dictate |Write or dictate |Write or dictate |Explain what a sentence |

|emphasis: |sentences. |sentences. |sentences. |sentences. |is and how to make one. |

|essentials ILS3A, | | | | | |

|4B |4B |3A |3A |3A | |

|Content: |ENVIRONMENT |WEATHER |WATER |ANIMALS, PLANTS |Based on what I knew and |

|Systems of Science |hard, smell, soft |air, cold, warm |lake, river, water, wet |animal, plant |what I learned, draw and |

| |12 A |12 E | |13 C |label what is important |

|Goal 5 plus content | | |12 E | | |

|goals | | | | | |

|MATH | | | | |Make a math |

|Insert the math | | | | |guide/booklet. |

|skills and strategies| | | | |Use math to describe |

|from the program you | | | | |situations and solve |

|use. | | | | |problems. |

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|Math Words | | | | |Make a Math Glossary |

|List terms students | | | | | |

|will use this week. | | | | | |

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Kindergarten: Weeks 30-34 Curriculum Map

| |Week 30 |Week 31 |Week 32 |Week 33 |Week 34 assess, |

| | | | | |clarify, expand |

|Word Knowledge |Sight Words: |Sight Words: |Sight Words: |Sight Words: |Identify sight words |

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|ILS 1A | | | | | |

| | | | | |Explain and give |

| |This week’s phonics focus: |This week’s phonics |This week’s phonics focus: |This week’s phonics |examples of phonics of |

| | |focus: | |focus: |these weeks. |

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|Reading Strategies: |I can identify and infer |I can identify and |I can retell a story |I can retell story and |Read text independently|

|I CAN . . . with a |characteristics |infer causes and | |explain its parts. |and respond to |

|variety of texts | |effects | | |questions. |

|ILS 1B |ILS 1B | | | | |

| | |ILS 1B |ILS 1B |ILS 1B | |

|Fluency |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud:|This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud:|Students read aloud |

| | | | | |with increased fluency.|

|ILS 1B, 4AB | | | | | |

|Writing |I can write a sentence. |I can write a sentence.|I can write a sentence. |I can make a sentence |Expand sentence/ |

| | | | |book about a topic |picture book. |

|emphasis: |ILS 3B |ILS 3B |ILS 3B/4A |ILS 3B | |

|explanatory | | | | | |

|Content: |What do we discover about |What do we discover |What do we discover about |What do we discover |Show and label: what I |

|Discoveries |_______________ |about ___________ |_______________ |about ___________ |learned. Could be set |

|For kindergarten, |through reading, listening, |through reading, |through reading, listening, |through reading, |up as an alphabet book.|

|it’s all about |looking? |listening, looking? |looking? |listening, looking? | |

|discovery. Choose | | | | | |

|topics for students |ILS 11 A, B | |ILS 11 A, B | | |

|to explore each |ILS 12 A, B |ILS 11 A, B |ILS 12 A, B |ILS 11 A, B | |

|week. | |ILS 12 A, B | |ILS 12 A, B | |

|MATH | | | | |Make a math |

|Insert the math | | | | |guide/booklet. |

|skills and | | | | |Use math to describe |

|strategies from the | | | | |situations and solve |

|program you use. | | | | |problems. |

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|Math Words | | | | |Make a Math Glossary |

|List terms students | | | | | |

|will use this week. | | | | | |

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Kindergarten: Weeks 35-38 Curriculum Map

| |Week 35 |Week 36 |Weeks 37-8 |

|Word Knowledge |Words of the Week: |Word book—what are my favorite words? |Celebrate learning |

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|ILS 1A | | | |

| | |Letter book: what have I learned? | |

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| |What phonics do we know? | | |

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|Reading Strategies: |I can locate information to answer |I can explain how to read to learn. |Celebrate learning |

|I CAN . . . with a |questions | | |

|variety of texts | | | |

|ILS 1B, 5A | | | |

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|emphasis: locate and |ILS 5A, 1B | | |

|classify information | | | |

|Fluency |This week’s read aloud: |This week’s read aloud: |Students read aloud with increased |

|ILS 1B, 4AB | | |fluency. |

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|Writing |I can draw a biography— |I can make a picture book—me in first |Celebrate learning |

| |Me this year |grade. | |

|emphasis: | | | |

|explanatory | | | |

| |ILS 3C |ILS 3A,B,C | |

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|Content: |What I have learned about where I live. |What I have learned about how people do |Make pictures, pages about what you have |

| | |things. |learned about how people live and how |

|Me—what I have learned. | | |people get things done. |

|MATH | | |Make a math guide/booklet. |

|Insert the math skills | | |Use math to describe situations and solve|

|and strategies from the | | |problems. |

|program you use. | | | |

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|Math Words | | |Make a Math Glossary |

|List terms students will | | | |

|use this week. | | | |

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