Develop Stage 1 of your Unit Plan using the template below:

Grade or Level: Unit Title

Students will learn their letters and sounds. They will use a combination of individual and
group activities along with varied activities to explore letters and their appropriate sounds.

STAGE 1- STANDARDS/GOALS
What should students understand, know, and be able to do? Stage one identifies the desired
results of the unit including the related state content standards and expected performances,
enduring understandings, essential questions, knowledge and skills.

Content Standard(s)

Generalizations about what students should know and be able to do.

Content Standards Primary Expected Performances

Recognize, write, and vocalize letters and

their appropriate sounds. Students will be able to recognize a letter
upon seeing it or hearing it.

Enduring Understandings Essential Questions

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 Insights learned from exploring
generalizations via the essential questions
(Students will understand THAT…)
K-12 enduring understandings are those Inquiry used to explore generalizations
understandings that should be developed
over time, they are not expected to be
mastered over one unit or one year.

Overarching Enduring Understandings: Why do we need to know our letters?

How do we use letters and sounds?
Students will understand that letters and
sounds are the foundational knowledge to
learning to read.

Unit Specific Enduring Understanding

Students will understand each letter of the

ABC’s and their sound.

Knowledge and Skills

What students are expected to know and be able to do

Knowledge
The students will know their AC’s.
The students will know each letter of the alphabet.
The students will know the sounds associated to the letters of the alphabet.
The students will know that being able to recognize letters and appropriate sounds is the
foundation of skills for reading.

Skills
The students will be able to vocalize and write the appropriate letter when prompted.
The students will be able to associate appropriate sounds to letters.
The students will be able to associate beginning sounds to letters.

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