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Starfall Kindergarten

CatalogA complete Reading & Language Arts program for Kindergarten, incorporating Social Studies, Science, and Technology. Developed over 5 years in 30 school districts across the country, including CA, FL, NY, and TX.

Teacher-tested

Research-based

Meets state Reading and Language Arts Standards

Includes English Language Development (ELD) teacher notes

Easy to adapt to Homeschool!

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Kindergarten, the Starfall WayA Reading/Language Arts curriculum that is magical, creative, sequential, integrated, and that combines content area instruction in Social Studies and Science, all supported with online stories and activities at more.starfall.com — that’s Kindergarten, the Starfall Way.

Starfall is a dynamic balance between teacher-directed instruction and child-directed learning. Teachers guide children as they explore their inter-ests, contribute their insights, and encounter new information. Children are invested because they own these learning experiences.

We believe children learn best when instruction connects to what they already know, and then expands that knowledge through new and mean-ingful experiences. Starfall teachers preview skills, formally introduce them, then create opportunities for children to apply, integrate, and practice these skills repeatedly toward mastery by year’s end.

In a Starfall Kindergarten Classroom, English Lan-guage Learners and Struggling Readers success-fully participate and progress alongside their peers. The Starfall Kindergarten program includes specific teacher information and suggestions for working with English Language Development.

Motivation Starfall Kindergarten’s cooperative classroom environment features imaginative plush characters, stimulating interactive online activities, engaging content-driven instruction, and hands-on experiences.

Our interactive website more.Starfall.com creates an enthusiasm for learning that pervades the classroom and provides opportunities for children to interact with Backpack Bear and enjoy the animated stories introduced in class. For parents who have access to the Internet, it provides a “window” to their child’s learning.

Children own their practice materials, and can practice skills at home.

Phonemic AwarenessChildren identify, think about, and manipulate individual phonemes (speech sounds) through:

rhyming. •

discriminating phonemes. •

blending phonemes to form words. •

deleting, adding, and substituting phonemes to •form new words.

short, daily phonemic awareness exercises that •lay the foundation for effective phonics instruction.

PhonicsStarfall Kindergarten approaches phonics (sound and spelling relationships) systematically, sequen-tially, and explicitly. Children:

identify and discriminate speech sounds. •connect the sound to the grapheme. •apply this knowledge to read and write words •and sentences.

practice in print and online. •

Starfall teaches high-frequency reading vocabulary with the same care.

With our Starfall Dictionary and Writing Journal, predecodable texts, and decodable texts, children read and write high-frequency and decodable words daily.

Starfall Education P.O. Box 359, Boulder, CO 80306 U.S.A.

Phone: 1-888-857-8990 or 303-417-6414 Fax: 1-800-943-6666 or 303-417-6434 Email: [email protected] © 2010 by Starfall Education. All rights reserved. Starfall is a registered trademark in the U.S., the European Community and various other countries. Printed in U.S.A.

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VocabularyDirect instruction of the oral and reading vocabulary children encounter in quality literature and spoken communication ensures that they will become inquisitive readers and imaginative writers. Explicit vocabulary instruction:

broadens knowledge. •

instills curiosity about words and their meanings. •

emphasizes that different words can have the •same or similar meanings.

heightens awareness of rich vocabulary. •

Our Starword Wall is a hub of language opportuni-ties that enhance the ability to recall known words, recognize unknown words, and monitor under-standing of what is read and heard.

FluencyStarfall teachers model fluency when reading aloud to children. Teachers read and reread text to dem-onstrate that by revisiting selections, children gain greater facility in both fluency and comprehension.

Our website offers audio examples of fluent reading with a simple click.

WritingStarfall Kindergarten regularly uses the writing process as a means of teaching and integrating skills, as well as demonstrating progress in all of these instructional areas.

ComprehensionThe grand purpose of reading and listening is to understand. Starfall lessons deliver comprehension skills and strategies throughout the day through direct instruction, teacher modeling or “think aloud,” and guided practice. Children work cooperatively to apply these strategies and skills to the texts and discussions they encounter.

Starfall employs symposium-style discussion to encourage higher-level thinking skills. Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, questions move from literal to more abstract.

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Plush Backpack Bear You can put special messages in his backpack!

Sound-Spelling Poster (Block print on one side,

Starfall ManuscriptTM on reverse)

Sound-Spelling Wall Cards (Block print on one side,


Letter-Formation Wall Cards (Block print on one side,


Backpack Bear’s

ABC Rhyme Book A rhyme for each letter of the alphabet!

Sound-Spelling Instructional Cards

Block print only

ASL Alphabet Poster (Days of the week, seasons,

and colors on reverse)

Sentence Strips, Word Cards, and Cover Cards for 12 Predecodable Books

Instruction for children — professional development for teachers!

180 days of instruction, with tips for English Language Development (ELD)

Assessment tools Supporting blacklines, reading lists, holiday lesson plans, and more!

Backpack Bear’s Predecodable Phonics Kit

! WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

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Teacher’s Guide NKL01

Teachers and Schools: Our Complete Teacher Kit (TKIT01) includes everything listed on pages 4, 5, & 6, plus a FREE one-year classroom membership to more.starfall.com! You will also need to order Children’s Consumable Books and Required items (pages 7, 8).

Less than $800 for a class of 20!

Homeschoolers: Our Complete Homeschool Kit (HKIT01) includes everything in the Complete Teacher Kit, except: FREE one-year Home membership to more.starfall.com instead of a classroom membership, and Download-able Teacher’s Guide instead of printed Teacher’s Guide. You will also need at least one each of the Children’s Consumable Books and Required items (pages 7, 8).

Everything you need for less than $325! Starfall Kindergarten

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Boxed Set of Decodable Short Vowel Pals Books (16 books - 6” x 8”) These larger, sturdier versions of the Decodable Level-K Cut-Up/Take-Home Books provide valuable short-vowel practice. This is a companion to our original Learn-to-Read boxed set.

Instructional Cards

Story Element Cards Deck of 14 full-color cards

Great for reading comprehension!

Boxed Set of Learn-to-Read Books Softcover editions (6” x 8”) of our 5 short-vowel Learn- to-Read books found in the Level-K Cut-Up/Take Home Books, plus 10 bonus stories!

Zac and Friends Decodable Phonics Kit

Boxed Set of Word and Picture Cards

Plush Zac the Rat Plush Peg the Hen Plush Tin Man Plush Mox the Fox Plush Gus the Duck

96 High-Frequency Word Cards (2 sets)

223 Picture Cards 156 Word Cards 75 organizational dividers

in a sturdy box

Sentence Strips, Word Cards, and Story Sequence Cards for Short-Vowel Learn-to-Read Books Zac the Rat, Peg the Hen, The Big Hit, Mox’s Shop, Gus the Duck


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Books and Other Media

Backpack Bear’s Plant Book

Backpack Bear’s Mammal Book

Backpack Bear’s Bird Book

Backpack Bear’s Reptiles, Amphibians,

& Fish Book

Backpack Bear’s Invertebrates Book How I Know My World

A book about the senses

America the Beautiful Landscapes, symbols, and citizens

of our nation

I Am Your Flag The flag’s history, what it stands for,

and how we use it

Star Writer Melodies CD of instrumental selections

sure to inspire

Classic Starfall.com Installation CD-ROM for

offline use

Starfall Sing-Along Audio CD and Lyric Book -

49 great songs!

Charles Darwin How He Discovered Evolution

Historical Figures Posters Set of 24 posters (8.5” x 11”)

includes 12 famous Americans, with biographical information

Precipitation Where do rain, snow, and hail come from?

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Backpack Bear’s Animal Kingdom Poster Set

3 posters and 5 overlay cards - Fun facts on reverse!

Other literature books suggested in the Starfall Kindergarten curriculum are available in your school library, or for purchase elsewhere.

A Young Hero The story of Ruby Bridges

Backpack Bear Learns the Rules

Prepares children for the first day of school


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Required - Level-K Children’s Consumable Book Kit

Level-K Book 1 Listening and Writing Journal

Level-K Book 2 Reading and Writing Journal

Level-K Predecodable and Decodable Cut-Up / Take-Home Book Set

Starfall Writing Journal Lined - Blank

Starfall Dictionary Lined - Blank

Journals available in a Block Print or a Starfall ManuscriptTM (Compare with D’Nealian)

For Students:

New interactive content, featuring Backpack Bear! Including:

Motion Songs

Math Songs

Numbers

Colors

Backpack Bear’s ABC Rhymes

Nursery Rhyme Videos

Historical Folk Songs

Word Machines

Backpack Bear’s Books

Short Vowel Pals

Starfall Songs

Plus, all the content from classic Starfall.com!

For Teachers: National Holiday Lesson Plans

Downloadable Lesson Plans

Newsletter Template

Progress Monitoring Package

Practice Page Generators

and more!

Starfall Kindergarten teachers can access this website in their

classrooms and their computer labs.

Annual Membership to

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The Little Red Hen and other Folk Tales

We recommend at least 1 per class, and more for

classroom library

Required - Children’s Reading Books

Set 1 The No-Tail Cat Happy Mother’s Day, Dear Dragon Penguin, Penguin Three Little

Plays Not Too Little to Help

Set 2 Pumpkin, Pumpkin I Can Do It It’s Earth Day, Dear Dragon Dragon Goes to the Farm

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Set 3 Rainbow, Rainbow Things That Can Go Come Play with Me

At the Beach A House in a Tree

Starfall Speedway / Alphabet Avenue Game We recommend 1 for class of 20, 2 for class of 30

Set of 5 Sturdy Short-Vowel Puzzles We recommend 2 sets for class of 20, 3 sets for class of 30

Magnetic Dry Erase Board (Reverse side blank)

We recommend 1 per child Magnetic Letter Set (Lower-case; 2 of each letter)

We recommend 6-8 sets per class

We recommend 1 of each Margaret Hillert book per child, but 1 set per 2 children is minimum required for program

Starfall Pencils 100 Pencils - free with

large orders

Backpack Bear’s Paw-Print Stamp Optional, but fun!

Level-K Stickers We recommend 2 packs per class


Required - Variable Quantity Items

“I’m Reading!” Books by Margaret Hillert

Teaching Tools and Incentives

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