DCPS Grade Kindergarten  
Correlations
     
Reading/Language Arts Textbooks      
to      
Destination Reading and    
K-1 Curriculum Software    
 
Adopted Textbook/Material Theme Topics/Skills   Destination Reading: Course 1 Activity(ies)   K-1 Curriculum Software DCPS Content Standards
Houghton Mifflin Reading: Kindergarten   Reading/English/
      Language Art
HM Software Recommendations      
Tenth Planet Vowels Short and Long Welcome to Listening to a story   Unit 1: Print in Words It's Time for Bed   Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree   Content Standard 1
Dr. Seuss's ABC Kindergarten   The Thirsty Frog   Dr. Seuss's ABC   Content Standard 2
(listed in Bibliography, page vii)   The Pig and the Pancake    
  Unit 2: ABC, Read with Me That's My Name    
  Unit 3: Jump Rope Rhymes Ant on the Mat    
  Unit 4: Wild About Animals Leopards    
  Hippos    
  Dolphins    
  Nat at the Zoo    
  Unit 5: Silly Stories I See C    
  I See P    
  I See G    
  I See U    
  I See E    
  I See W    
  Pet Shop    
  Unit 6: Lots of Lists I Like to East    
  What Did You Do in the Sun?    
  Unit 7: Reading with Friends My Best Friend Ben    
Learning a nursery rhyme      
Learning the ABCs: Aa-Jj   Unit 2: ABC, Read with Me My Alphabet Book   Dr. Seuss's ABC   Content Standard 1
  My Alphabet Blocks    
  Alphabet Book: Find Picture    
  Alphabet Train    
Adopted Textbook/Material Theme Topics/Skills   Destination Reading: Course 1 Activity(ies)   K-1 Curriculum Software   DCPS Content Standards
1. Look at Us! Rhyming words   Letter Sounds Content Standard 1
Compare and contrast     Kidspiration   Content Standard 1
Alphabet: Kk-Zz   Unit 2: ABC, Red with Me My Alphabet Book   Dr. Seuss's ABC   Content Standard 1
  My Alphabet Blocks    
  Alphabet Train    
Letter matching   Unit 2: ABC, Read to Me Letter Shapes and Sizes   Letter Sounds   Content Standard 1
     
Noting details       Content Standard 2
Concepts of print: Directional: Left to Right   Unit 1: Print in Our World B-I-N-G-O     Content Standard 1
Directional: Top to Bottom      
Learning big and little      
Using size words      
Using naming words   Unit 1: Print in Our World At the Zoo    
  On the Street    
  In the Grocery Store    
  At the Breakfast Table    
  Unit 2: ABC, Read with Me My Name is____    
Parts of the body      
Using describing words       Content Standard 3
Writing a list     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
    KidPix Deluxe   Content Standard 1
Choosing a topic      
Writing a description   Unit 1: Print in Our Word My Sentence Maker   AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Writing a journal entry   Unit 1: Print in Our Word My Sentence Maker   AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Viewing and speaking     KidPix Deluxe   Content Standard 4
Adopted Textbook/Material Theme Topics/Skills   Destination Reading: Course 1 Activity(ies)   K-1 Curriculum Software DCPS Content Standards
2. Colors all Around Beginning sounds   Unit 3: Jump Rope Rhymes Letter S Jump Rope Rhyme     Content Standard 1
  Letter M Jump Rope Rhyme    
  Unit 4: Wild About Animals Raccoons    
Syllables in spoken words   Unit 1: Print in Our World The Thirsty Frog    
Initial consonants: s, m, r   Unit 3: Jump Rope Rhymes Find the S Sound   Letter Sounds   Content Standard 1
  Find S Words   Letterbugs Get Ready to Read   Content Standard 1
  Make Own S Jump Rope Rhyme     Content Standard 1
  Find the M Sound    
  Find M Words    
  Make Own M Jump Rope Rhyme    
  Unit 4: Wild About Animals Find the R Sound    
  Find R Words    
High frequency words: I, see   Unit 4: Wild About Animals Sight Words 1    
Predict/infer       Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 2
Summarize       Content Standard 2
Making predictions       Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 2
Sequence of events   Unit 7: Reading With Friends Sequence Events in a Story   Content Standard 1
Capitalize first word       Content Standard 1
End punctuation       Content Standard 1
Color words
Using singular and plural words      
Using describing words Content Standard 3
Using exact naming words      
Building sentences   Unit 1: Print in Our Word My Sentence Maker   AppleWorks   Content Standard 2
Writing a description AppleWorks Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Viewing and speaking Letter Sounds Content Standard 4
Journal AppleWorks Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Writing a graphic organizer     Kidspiration  
Writing a class story     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 3
Adopted Textbook/Material Theme Topics/Skills   Destination Reading: Course 1 Activity(ies)   K-1 Curriculum Software   DCPS Content Standards
3. We're a Family Beginning sounds Unit 3: Jump Rope Rhymes Letter T Jump Rope Rhyme Content Standard 1
  Letter N Jump Rope Rhyme    
  Unit 4: Wild About Animals Baboons    
Initial consonants: t, b, n Unit 3: Jump Rope Rhymes Find the T Sound Letter Sounds Content Standard 1
  Find T Words   Letterbugs Get Ready to Read   Content Standard 1
  Make Own T Jump Rope Rhyme     Content Standard 1
  Find the N Sound    
  Find N Words    
  Make Own N Jump Rope Rhyme    
  Unit 4: Wild About Animals Find the B Sound    
  Find B Words    
High frequency words: my, like Unit 7: Reading With Friends Sight Words 4  
Predict/infer       Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 2
Evaluate
Summarize       Content Standard 2
Inferences: Drawing conclusions      
Story Structure: Characters/setting   Unit 14: Stories Take Us Places Sort Setting Words     Content Standard 2
Building sentences   Unit 1: Print in Our Word My Sentence Maker     Content Standard 2
End punctuation       Content Standard 1
Capitalize first word in sentence       Content Standard 1
Types of clothing      
Using family words      
Using movement words      
Using exact naming words      
Using action words   Unit 3: Jump Rope Rhymes Write Own Jump Rope Rhyme     Content Standard 3
Using order words      
Recording observations       Content Standard 3
Writing a grocery list   Unit 1: Print in Our World In the Grocery Store   AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Writing a journal entry     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Choosing a good title      
Viewing and speaking       Content Standard 4
Listening and speaking       Content Standard 4
Environmental print   Unit 1: Print in Our World At the Breakfast Table    
  In the Grocery Store    
  At the Zoo    
  On the Street    
Adopted Textbook/Material Theme Topics/Skills   Destination Reading: Course 1 Activity(ies)   K-1 Curriculum Software   DCPS Content Standards
4. Friends Together Blending onset and rime; Words in oral sentences      
Question/evaluate       Content Standard 1
Text organization and summarizing      
Predict/infer       Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 2
Cause and effect      
Word spacing       Content Standard 1
Initial consonants: h,v,c   Unit 4: Wild About Animals Find the H Sound   Letter Sounds   Content Standard 1
  Find H Words   Letterbugs Get Ready to Read   Content Standard 1
  Unit 5: Silly Stories Find the Hard C Sound     Content Standard 1
  Find Hard C Words    
  Unit. 9: Pet Pals Find the Soft C Sound    
  Find the Soft C Words    
  Find Soft C and Soft G Words    
  Unit 6: Lots of Lists Find the V Sound    
  Find V Words    
Words with -at   Unit 3: Jump Rope Rhymes Word Builder 1   Letterbugs Get Ready to Read   Content Standard 1
  Word Family Portraits 1    
  Unit 4: Wild About Animals Word Builder 2    
  Unit 7: Reading With Friends Word Family Portraits 5    
New words: a, to   Unit 5: Silly Stories Sight Words 2    
First letter in a written word       Content Standard 1
Using position words      
Using action words      
Match spoken words to print     Letter Sounds   Content Standard 1
Building/writing sentences       Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 2
Writing a newsletter     AppleWorks   Content Standard 2
      Content Standard 1
Writing a story   Unit 4: Wild About Animals Make Your Own Hippo Book   AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
  Unit 5: Silly Stories Make Own "I See C" Book     Content Standard 1
Writing a note     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Writing a list   Unit 6: Lots of Lists Make a Grocery List   AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
    KidPix Deluxe   Content Standard 1
Viewing and speaking     KidPix Deluxe   Content Standard 4
Listening and speaking     Letter Sounds   Content Standard 4
Journal     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Adopted Textbook/Material Theme Topics/Skills   Destination Reading: Course 1 Activity(ies)   K-1 Curriculum Software   DCPS Content Standards
5. Let's Count Blending onset and rime; Words in oral sentences      
Monitor/clarify      
Categorize and classify      
Summarize       Content Standard 2
Question       Content Standard 2
Story structure: Beginning, Middle, End       Content Standard 2
Match spoken words to print       Content Standard 1
Initial consonants: p, g, f   Unit 3: Jump Rope Rhymes Letter F Jump Rope Rhyme   Letter Sounds   Content Standard 1
  Find the F sound   Letterbugs Get Ready to Read   Content Standard 1
  Find F Words     Content Standard 1
  Make Own F Jump Rope Rhyme    
  Unit 5: Silly Stories Find the P Sound    
  Find P Words    
  Find the Hard G Sound    
  Find Hard G Words    
  Unit 9: Pet Pals Find the Soft G Sound    
  Find the Soft G Words    
  Find Soft C and Soft G Words    
Words with -an   Unit 3: Jump Rope Rhymes Word Builder 1   Letterbugs Get Ready to Read   Content Standard 1
  Word Family Portraits 1    
New words: and, go   Unit 5: Silly Stories Sight Words 2    
  Unit 6: Lots of Lists Sight Words 3    
Rhyming words     Letter Sounds   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Letter/word       Content Standard 1
First/last letter in word   Unit 7: Reading with Friends Find Word Review     Content Standard 1
Using describing words       Content Standard 3
Building sentences   Unit 5: Silly Stories Make Own "I See P" Book     Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 2
Using number words   Make Own "I See G" Book    
Using naming words      
Writing a list   Unit 6: Lots of Lists Make a Grocery List   AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Writing a number rhyme     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Writing a friendly letter     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Writing a poem   Unit 8: E's, Please Write Your Own Rhyming Poem   AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Listening, speaking, and viewing     KidPix Deluxe   Content Standard 4
Journal     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Adopted Textbook/Material Theme Topics/Skills   Destination Reading: Course 1 Activity(ies)   K-1 Curriculum Software   DCPS Content Standards
6. Sunshine and Raindrops Blending and segmenting onset and rime      
Predict/infer       Content Standard 1
Summarize       Content Standard 2
Evaluate      
Noting details   Unit 4: Wild About Animals Sort Information About Animals     Content Standard 2
Drawing conclusions      
Capital at beginning of sentence       Content Standard 1
Fantasy/realism   Unit 11: Folk and Fairy Tales The King's New Clothes     Content Standard 4
Story structure: Plot      
Initial consonants: l, k, qu   Unit 4: Wild About Animals Find the L Sound   Letter Sounds   Content Standard 1
  Find L Words   Letterbugs Get Read to Read   Content Standard 1
  Unit 6: Lots of Lists Find the K Sound     Content Standard 1
  Find K Words    
  Find the Q Sound    
  Find Q Words    
Words with -it   Unit 4: Wild About Animals Word Builder 2   Letterbugs Get Ready to Read   Content Standard 1
  Word Family Portraits 2    
  Unit 6: Lots of Lists Word Builder 4    
New words: is, here      
Question mark      
Quotation marks       Content Standard 1
End punctuation       Content Standard 1
Word spacing       Content Standard 1
Using describing words       Content Standard 3
Action words      
Using weather action words      
Weather observation      
Building/writing sentences   Unit 4: Wild About Animals Makes Own Leopard Book     Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 2
Writing a description     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Listening     Letter Sounds   Content Standard 4
Viewing and speaking     KidPix Deluxe   Content Standard 4
Journal     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
    Letter Sounds   Content Standard 1
Adopted Textbook/Material Theme Topics/Skills   Destination Reading: Course 1 Activity(ies)   K-1 Curriculum Software   DCPS Content Standards
7. Wheels Go Around Blending phonemes      
Summarize       Content Standard 2
Question      
Making predictions       Content Standard 2
Text organization and summarizing      
Monitor/clarify      
Cause and effect      
Using all capital letters       Content Standard 1
First/last letter in word   Unit 7: Reading with Friends Find Word Review     Content Standard 1
Matching words in print       Content Standard 1
Matching words       Content Standard 1
Initial consonants: d   Unit 4: Wild About Animals Find the D Sound   Letter Sounds   Content Standard 1
  Find D Words   Letterbugs Get Ready to Read   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Words with -ig   Unit 5: Silly Stories Word Family Portraits 3   Letterbugs Get Ready to Read  
New words: for, have   Unit 6: Lots of Lists Sight Words 3    
Words for travel      
Using opposites      
Using position words      
Parts of a car      
Building sentences   Unit 4: Wild About Animals Make Own Dolphin Book     Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 2
Writing about signs     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Writing a class story     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Writing a report     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Viewing, listening, and speaking     KidPix Deluxe  
Journal     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
    Letter Sounds   Content Standard 1
Adopted Textbook/Material Theme Topics/Skills   Destination Reading: Course 1 Activity(ies)   K-1 Curriculum Software   DCPS Content Standards
8. Down on the Farm Blending phonemes      
Monitor/clarify      
Question      
Evaluate      
Inferences: Drawing conclusions      
Noting important details       Content Standard 2
Fantasy/realism   Unit 11: Folk and Fairy Tales The King's New Clothes     Content Standard 4
Initial consonants: x   Unit 6: Lots of Lists Find the X Sound   Letter Sounds   Content Standard 1
  Find X Words   Letterbugs Get Ready to Read   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Words with -ot, -ox   Unit 4: Wild About Animals Word Builder 2     Content Standard 1
  Word Family Portraits 2   Letterbugs Get Ready to Read  
  Unit 6: Lots of Lists Word Family Portraits 4    
  Unit 7: Reading With Friends Word Family Portraits 5    
  Unit 10: Blends and Friends Word Family Portraits 7    
New words: said, the   Unit 4: Wild About Animals Sight Words 1    
  Unit 7: Reading With Friends Sight Words 4    
All capital letters       Content Standard 1
Directionality       Content Standard 1
Using exact naming words      
Using rhyming words     Letter Sounds   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Using comparisons      
Using singular and plural naming words      
Building sentences       Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 2
Writing a story     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Writing a friendly letter     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Writing a class newsletter     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Viewing, listening, and speaking     KidPix Deluxe   Content Standard 4
Journal     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
    Letter Sounds   Content Standard 1
Adopted Textbook/Material Theme Topics/Skills   Destination Reading: Course 1 Activity(ies)   K-1 Curriculum Software   DCPS Content Standards
9. Spring is Here Blending phonemes      
Evaluate      
Sequence of events   Unit 7: Reading With Friends Sequence Events in a Story     Content Standard 1
Predict/infer       Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 2
Strategy focus      
Monitor/clarify      
Categorize and classify      
Story structure: Characters and setting       Content Standard 2
First and last letter in a written word   Unit 7: Reading With Friends Word Puzzles 1     Content Standard 1
Distinguish between a letter, word, and sentence       Content Standard 1
Initial consonants: w, y   Unit 5: Silly Stories Find the W Sound   Letter Sounds   Content Standard 1
  Find W Words   Letterbugs Get Ready to Read   Content Standard 1
  Unit 6: Lots of Lists Find the Y Sound     Content Standard 1
  Find Y Words    
Words with -et, -en   Unit 5: Silly Stories Word Builder 3   Letterbugs Get Ready to read   Content Standard 1
  Unit 6: Lots of Lists Word Builder 4    
  Word Family Portraits 4    
New words: play, she      
Using action words      
Using rhyming words     Letter Sounds   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Using order words      
Springtime vocabulary      
Building sentences   Unit 5: Silly Stories Make Own "I See W" Book     Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 2
Writing with action words       Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Writing an article     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Writing a rhyme     Letter Sounds   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Writing a class story     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Viewing and speaking     KidPix Deluxe   Content Standard 4
Journal     AppleWorks   Content Standard 1
    Letter Sounds   Content Standard 1
Adopted Textbook/Material Theme Topics/Skills   Destination Reading: Course 1 Activity(ies)   K-1 Curriculum Software   DCPS Content Standards
10. A World of Animals Blending phonemes; segmenting phonemes;      
phoneme substitution      
Question      
Predict/infer       Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 2
Compare and contrast     Kidspiration   Content Standard 1
Summarize       Content Standard 2
Story structure: Beginning, Middle, End; Plot       Content Standard 2
Capitals at the beginning of a sentence       Content Standard 1
End of sentence/end punctuation       Content Standards 1
Initial consonants: j   Unit 6: Lots of Lists Find the J Sound   Letter Sounds   Content Standard 1
  Find J Words   Letterbugs Get Ready to Read   Content Standard 1
      Content Standard 1
Words with -ug, -ut   Unit 5: Silly Stories Word Builder 3   Letterbugs Get Ready to Read   Content Standard 1
  Word Family Portraits 3    
  Unit 7: Reading with Friends Word Builder 5    
  Word Family Portraits 5    
New words: are, he   Unit 5: Silly Stories Sight Words 2    
  Unit 7: Reading With Friends Sight Words 4    
Animals names   Unit: 4 Wild About Animals Baboons    
  Raccoons    
  Iguana    
  Hippos