English Language Arts Curriculum

Kindergarten

Course Purpose:

Students will apply print concepts and foundational skills to learn how to read and write. Students will compose complete sentences with proper, simple grammar.

Outcomes and Components:

LA.K.3

Students will apply phonemic awareness skills to read a story, identify story elements, key details, and retell by answering questions with prompting and support.

Pacing  

Instruct/

Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

 

LA.K.3.1

Explain spoken words are represented by sequences of letters and that words are separated by spaces in print.

K.RF.1b

K.RF.1c

 

LA.K.3.2

Track print while sounding out words to read a story in a small group setting. 

K.RF.1

K.RF.1a

 

LA.K.3.3

Identify story elements including characters, setting, and major events in a fiction story with prompting and support.

K.RL.3

 

LA.K.3.4

Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions.

K.SL.1a

 

LA.K.3.5

Use key details to retell familiar fiction stories.

K.RL.2

K.SL.4

 

LA.K.3.6

Ask and answer questions about key details in nonfiction text with prompting and support. 

K.RL.1

K.SL.3

 

LA.K.3.7

With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in fiction text. 

K.RI.1

 

LA.K.3.8

With prompting and support, retell familiar non fiction text including key details. 

K.RI.2

K.SL.4

 

LA.K.3.9

With guidance and support, apply information from experiences to answer a question.

K.W.8

K.SL.3

 

LA.K.3.10

With guidance and support, select information from provided sources to answer a question.

K.SL.3

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