This resource is meant to be used in parallel with Instruction Partner Curriculum Support Guide.  The guidance is the 4K High Quality Instructional Materials includes additional questions and considerations to guide teams in the process of selection high quality instructional materials for 4K students.  The guide includes learning and evidence based resources to allow district and building leadership teams have the tools necessary to lead their teams in adopting resources that include best practices for 4K math instruction. 

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This website by Maryville University teaches life stages throughout development. The website provides details about the 8 stages of human development through text and a diagram. As an interactive activity, students should make a chart to organize the 8 stages of development. In the chart, students should include the name of the stage, how people act during that stage, and some drawings and captions to help with memory. The goal of this activity is for students to be able to explain what each stage of development looks like and how people act during that stage.

This document is a step by step process for quickly getting kids to learn to write their name.

This series of 5 high-quality, standards-aligned, inquiry-based lessons have been field-tested by the 4K students of Wequiock Children's Center for Environmental Science, their teacher and educational assistant. These lessons encourage students to use natural areas around their school as they improve their science and engineering skills as part of a unit on observing changes. Created as a part of a WISELearn OER Innovation project, Connect, Explore, and Engage: Using the Environment as the Context for Science Learning was a collaboration of the Wequiock Children's Center for Environmental Science and the Wisconsin Green Schools Network. One of the goals of the project was to create standards-aligned lessons that utilize the outdoor spaces of the school . These lessons were created to take place during late winter.

This is a ready to use presentation focusing on writing in the 4K classroom. This resource supports teachers in implementing and encouraging writing throughout the day, as well as increasing opportunities for authorship writing.