Kindergarten English Language Arts

August - December

Reading

• Readers ask questions before, during, and after reading to build understanding.
• Readers strive to understand and connect different types of texts.
• Readers analyze text features to gain insight and strengthen understanding.
• Readers identify sounds in words and can segment and blend words.
• Read high-frequency heart heart words.

Writing

• Writers can write to teach others.
• Writers can write their opinion and can persuade others.
• Writers can use pictures and words to document evidence.
• Writers can revise their writing.
• Write letters for sounds in words.

Language

• Speaks in complete sentences that are understood by most people.

Speaking and Listening

• Following classroom listening rules.
• Continue conversations through asking questions, restating, and exchanging ideas.

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January - May

Reading

• Good readers use a variety of strategies.
• Readers analyze text to gain understanding.
• Making text-to-self connections allows readers to enjoy and understand the text.
• Readers use key details to retell a story.
• Readers visualize and describe things that a text brings to mind.
• Readers identify sounds in words and can segment and blend words.
• Read high-frequency words.

Writing

• Writers use pictures and words to convey meaning.
• Writers can revise writing.
• Writers can write true stories. Write letters for sounds in words.

Language

• Speaks in complete sentences that are understood by most people.

Speaking and Listening

• Following classroom listening rules.
• Continue conversations through asking questions, restating, and exchanging ideas.