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.8

Students will apply phonemic awareness and phonics skills to read grade level words and texts. 

Pacing  

Instruct/

Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

 

LA.K.8.1

Demonstrate spoken words, count, pronounce, blend and segment syllables, and sounds (phonemes). 

K.RF.2b

 

LA.K.8.2

Identify and apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. 

K.RF.3

 

LA.K.8.3

Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.

K.RF.2c

 

LA.K.8.4

Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant or CVC) words.

K.RF.2d

 

LA.K.8.5

Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.

K.RF.2e

 

LA.K.8.6

Identify  and produce rhyming words.

K.RF.2a

 

LA.K.8.7

Identify and apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

K.RF.3b

K.RF.3c

K.RF.3d

 

LA.K.8.8

Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

K.L.2d

 

LA.K.8.9

Read emergent reader texts with purpose and understanding.

K.RF.4

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