EDCI 270 Theme

I chose kindergarten for my grade focus and English/Language Arts as my subject. My theme will focus on reading foundations which include print concepts, phonological awareness, and decoding. There are nine total standards that comply with this theme. (Pictured below).  To access the 2023 Kindergarten English/Language Arts standards, click here:  indiana-academic-standards-kindergarten-english_language-arts.pdf English/Language Arts is my passion and I particularly love phonics and grammar. I was placed in a kindergarten classroom for my field experience this semester, so I found it appropriate to pick that grade. Ideally, I would love to teach 2nd grade but for this course I will be focusing on kindergarten.  Some children do not get the opportunity of attending preschool, so they do not learn to read left to right or how to hold a book physically in their hands before entering kindergarten. It is important that they learn these things immediately at the start of kindergarten so that