Kindergarten English language arts

Reading foundations Foundations Reading strategies Reading Vocabulary development Vocabulary Grammar and mechanics Grammar

Reading foundations

A. Identify letters: A-I

B. Identify letters: J-R

C. Identify letters: S-Z

D. Recognize uppercase letters

E. Recognize lowercase letters

F. Recognize words

G. Vowels and consonants

H. Rhyming words

Identify rhyming words

I. Blending and segmenting

J. Short vowels

K. Long vowels

L. Sight words

Sight words: a, I, am, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down
Sight words: find, for, funny, go, help, here, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my
Sight words: not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow

Reading strategies

M. Inference and analysis

N. Real life and fiction

Understand real life and fiction

O. Sequences

Understand story sequences

P. Main idea

Identify the main idea in stories

Q. Point of view

Identify the point of view in stories

R. Reading informational text

Identify the informational text in stories

Vocabulary

S. Number and color words

T. Position words

U. Nouns

V. Verbs

Learn action words

W. Adjectives

Learn describing words

X. Synonyms and antonyms

Y. Categories

Sort words into groups

Z. Question words

Question words: Who, What, When, Where, and Why

AA. Multiple meaning words

Learn multiple-meaning words

Grammar

BB. Sentences

Identify complete sentences

CC. Nouns

Learn nouns with pictures

DD. Verbs

Learn action words (verbs)

EE. Capitalization

Capitalization of the first letter in sentences