Language Arts - Kindergarten Lesson Plan

Kindergarten - Language Arts Lesson Plan

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Language Arts Lesson Plan
Kindergarten Curriculum
Total Activities: 217

Non-Scored	Scored	Worksheet	Answer Key	Quiz

Guide Chapter 1: "Print Awareness"
Lesson	Activity Name	Type	LA#	Worksheet
Background and Story: Through a series of pre-reading, reading, and comprehension activities that incorporate discovery learning and direct teaching, the student will explore the alphabet, the parts of a book, and the fundamental concepts of print. The student will also demonstrate understanding of the parts of a book and the basic concepts of print.	Background for Pig's ABCs		KR001
	Pig's ABCs		KR002
	Recognizing the Parts of a Book		KR003
	Understanding Concepts of Printfor 4		KR004
Sounds, Letters, and Words: Through a series of exploratory and assessment activities, the student will demonstrate knowledge of the alphabet and will identify the numbers of words in a sentence and the number of letters in a word.	Alphabet Explore		KR005
	Identify Lowercase Letters		KR006
	Identify Uppercase Letters		KR007
	Match Lowercase to Uppercase		KR008
	Match Uppercase to Lowercase		KR009
	The Number of Words in a Sentence		KR010
	The Number of Letters in a Word		KR011

Guide Chapter 2: "Active Listening and Sound"
Lesson	Activity Name	Type	LA#	Worksheet
Background and Story: Through a series of pre-reading, reading, and comprehension activities that incorporate discovery learning and direct teaching, the student will explore concepts of rhyme, pattern, and the five senses. The student will also demonstrate comprehension by completing patterns of text and by associating the five senses with their functions.	Background for This Little Mouse		KR012
	This Little Mouse		KR013
	Rhymes and Patterns		KR014
	The Five Senses		KR015
Sounds, Letters, and Words: Through a series of exploratory and assessment activities, the student will demonstrate knowledge of rhyme and syllables.	Rhyme Explore		KR016
	Rhyming Pictures		KR017
	Spoken Rhyming Words		KR018
	Syllable Explore		KR019
	Listen for Word Length		KR020
	Listen for Syllables		KR021

Guide Chapter 3: "The Sights and Sounds of m and s"
Lesson	Activity Name	Type	LA#	Worksheet
Background and Story: Through a series of pre-reading, reading, and comprehension activities that incorporate discovery learning and direct teaching, the student will learn new vocabulary, develop fluency, and learn a reading strategy. The student will also demonstrate comprehension by recalling details and identifying colors.	Background for Mary Had a Little Lamb		KR022
	Mary Had a Little Lamb		KR023
	Recalling Details from Mary Had a Little Lamb		KR024
	Identifying Colors		KR025
Sounds, Letters, and Words: Through a series of phonological awareness, phonics, reading, and prewriting activities that incorporate discovery, recognition, and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the letters m and s and their sounds.	Explore the Sound of m		KR026
	Phonological Awareness: Alliteration with the Sound of m		KR027
	Phonics: m		KR028
	Explore the Sound of s		KR029
	Phonological Awareness: Alliteration with the Sound of s		KR030
	Phonics: s		KR031
	I am: A Decodable Story		KR032
	The Writer's Corner with m and s		KR033

Guide Chapter 4: "The Sights and Sounds of d and a"
Lesson	Activity Name	Type	LA#	Worksheet
Background and Story: Through a series of pre-reading, reading, and comprehension activities that incorporate discovery learning and direct teaching, the student will learn new vocabulary, develop fluency, and learn a reading strategy. The student will also demonstrate comprehension by distinguishing between fantasy and reality and by associating the familiar words over and under with their meanings.	Background for Hey Diddle Diddle		KR034
	Hey Diddle Diddle		KR035
	Identifying Fantasy and Reality		KR036
	Identifying Over and Under		KR037
Sounds, Letters, and Words: Through a series of phonological awareness, phonics, reading, and prewriting activities that incorporate discovery, recognition, and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the letter d and its sound and the letter a and its short sound.	Explore the Sound of d		KR038
	Phonological Awareness: Alliteration with the Sound of d		KR039
	Phonics: d		KR040
	Explore the Short Sound of a		KR041
	Phonological Awareness: Rhyming Pictures with the Short Sound of a		KR042
	Phonics: Short a		KR043
	Sam and Dad: A Decodable Story		KR044
	The Writer's Corner with d and a		KR045

Guide Chapter 5: "The Sights and Sounds of p and i"
Lesson	Activity Name	Type	LA#	Worksheet
Background and Story: Through a series of pre-reading, reading, and comprehension activities that incorporate discovery learning and direct teaching, the student will learn new vocabulary, develop fluency, and develop reading comprehension skills. The student will demonstrate comprehension by completing sentences and by associating familiar opposite words with their meanings.	Background for Pease Pudding		KR050
	Pease Pudding		KR051
	Sentence Completion		KR052
	Understanding Common Opposite Words		KR053
Sounds, Letters, and Words: Through a series of phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, phonics, reading, and prewriting activities that incorporate discovery, recognition, and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the letter p and its sound and the letter i and its short sound.	Explore the Sound of p		KR054
	Phonemic Awareness: Isolate Initial Sound of p		KR055
	Phonics: p		KR056
	Explore the Short Sound of i		KR057
	Phonological Awareness: Discriminate Short i Rhyming Pictures		KR058
	Phonics: Short i		KR059
	Pam's Pad: A Decodable Story		KR060
	The Writer's Corner with p and i		KR061

Guide Chapter 6: "The Sights and Sounds of l and n"
Lesson	Activity Name	Type	LA#	Worksheet
Background and Story: Through a series of pre-reading, reading, and comprehension activities that incorporate discovery learning and direct teaching, the student will learn new vocabulary, develop fluency, and develop reading comprehension skills. The student will demonstrate comprehension by sequencing events from a story and by associating concepts of taller and shorter with their meanings.	Background for The Little Red Hen		KR063
	The Little Red Hen		KR064
	Sequencing		KR065
	Taller and Shorter		KR066
Sounds, Letters, and Words: Through a series of phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, phonics, reading, and prewriting activities that incorporate discovery, recognition, and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the letters l and n and their sounds.	Explore the Sound of l		KR067
	Phonemic Awareness: Isolate Initial Sound of l		KR068
	Phonics: l		KR069
	Explore the Sound of n		KR070
	Phonological Awareness: Blend Onsets and Rimes with Initial Sound of n		KR071
	Phonics: n		KR072
	Nan's Land: A Decodable Story		KR073
	The Writer's Corner with l and n		KR074

Chapter 7: "Review 1"
Lesson	Activity Name	Type	LA#	Worksheet
Phonemic Awareness Review 1: Through a series of phonological and phonemic awareness activities that incorporate recognition and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the sound of the letters m, d, s, p, l, n and the short sounds of the letters a and i.	Phonemic Awareness: Isolate Initial Sounds of m, d, and Short a		KR076
	Phonemic Awareness: Isolate Initial Sounds of s, p, and Short i		KR077
	Phonological Awareness: Blend Initial Sounds of l and n with Rimes.		KR078
Phonics Review 1: Through a series of phonics activities that incorporate recognition and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the letters m, d, s, p, l, n and their sounds and the letters a and i and their short sounds. Select Type Learning Paths Description	Phonics: m, d, and Short a		KR079
	Phonics: s, p, and Short i		KR080
	Phonics: l, n		KR081

Guide Chapter 8: "The Sights and Sounds of t and h"
Lesson	Activity Name	Type	LA#	Worksheet
Background and Story: Through a series of connected activities that incorporate discovery learning and direct teaching, the student will learn new vocabulary, develop fluency, and develop reading comprehension skills. The student will gain a deep understanding of the words "practice" and "cool", learn about nuances in word meaning, and demonstrate comprehension by answering questions about reading for a purpose and by discriminating patterns.	Background for Busy Baby Animals: Tiger		KR083
	Vocabulary Builder: Practice		KR083V
	Activity Quiz: Practice		AQKR083V
	Busy Baby Animals: Tiger		KR084
	Reading for a Purpose		KR085
	Vocabulary Builder: Cool		KR085V
	Activity Quiz: Cool		AQKR085V
	Vocabulary Builder: Shades of Meaning A		KR085V2
	Activity Quiz: Shades of Meaning A		AQKR085V2
	Which Pattern Does Not Belong?		KR086
Sounds, Letters, and Words: Through a series of phonemic awareness, phonics, reading, and prewriting activities that incorporate discovery, recognition, and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the letters t and h and their sounds.	Explore the Sound of t		KR087
	Phonemic Awareness: Isolate Ending Sound of t		KR088
	Phonics: t		KR089
	Explore the Sound of h		KR090
	Phonemic Awareness: Isolate Initial Sound of h		KR091
	Phonics: h		KR092
	Hal's Hat: A Decodable Story		KR093
	The Writer's Corner with t and h		KR094

Guide Chapter 9: "The Sights and Sounds of o and b"
Lesson	Activity Name	Type	LA#	Worksheet
Background and Story: Through a series of pre-reading, reading, and comprehension activities that incorporate discovery learning and direct teaching, the student will develop fluency and reading comprehension skills. The student will demonstrate comprehension by matching pictures with sentences and by associating familiar words (in and out) with their meanings.	Background for There Was an Old Woman		KR096
	There Was an Old Woman		KR097
	Match Pictures with Sentences from There Was an Old Woman		KR098
	In and Out		KR099
Sounds, Letters, and Words: Through a series of phonemic awareness, phonics, reading, and prewriting activities that incorporate discovery, recognition, and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the letter o and its short sound and the letter b and its sound.	Explore the Short Sound of o		KR100
	Phonemic Awareness: Blending with Short o		KR101
	Phonics: Short o		KR102
	Explore the Sound of b		KR103
	Phonemic Awareness: Blending with Initial Sound of b		KR104
	Phonics: b		KR105
	Bob: A Decodable Story		KR106
	The Writer's Corner with o and b		KR107

Guide Chapter 10: "The Sights and Sounds of e and r"
Lesson	Activity Name	Type	LA#	Worksheet
Background and Story: Through a series of pre-reading, reading, and comprehension activities that incorporate discovery learning and direct teaching, the student will develop fluency and reading comprehension skills. The student will demonstrate comprehension by recalling details and matching pictures with the correct verb tense.	Background for It's Raining, It's Pouring		KR109
	It's Raining, It's Pouring		KR110
	Recalling Details from It's Raining, It's Pouring		KR111
	Matching Pictures with Verb Tense		KR112
Sounds, Letters, and Words: Through a series of phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, phonics, reading, and prewriting activities that incorporate discovery, recognition, and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the letter e and its short sound and the letter r and its sound.	Explore the Short Sound of e		KR113
	Phonological Awareness: Identify Rhyming Word Pairs		KR114
	Phonics: Short e		KR115
	Explore the Sound of r		KR116
	Phonemic Awareness: Blending with Initial Sound of r		KR117
	Phonics: r		KR118
	Rob's Red Bed: A Decodable Story		KR119
	The Writer's Corner with e and r		KR120

Guide Chapter 11: "The Sights and Sounds of k and f"
Lesson	Activity Name	Type	LA#	Worksheet
Background and Story: Through a series of connected activities that incorporate discovery learning and direct teaching, the student will develop fluency and reading comprehension skills. The student will gain an understanding of nuances in word meaning and demonstrate comprehension by matching pictures with sentences and by grouping objects according to their function.	Background for Ride a Black Horse		KR122
	Ride a Black Horse		KR123
	Match Pictures with Sentences from Ride a Black Horse		KR124
	Vocabulary Builder: Ring		KR124V
	Activity Quiz: Ring		AQKR124V
	Grouping and Categorizing		KR125
Sounds, Letters, and Words: Through a series of phonemic awareness, phonics, reading, and prewriting activities that incorporate discovery, recognition, and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the letters k and f and their sounds.	Explore the Sound of k		KR126
	Phonemic Awareness: Segmenting with Initial and Final Sound of k		KR127
	Phonics: k		KR128
	Explore the Sound of f		KR129
	Phonemic Awareness: Segmenting with Initial Sound of f		KR130
	Phonics: f		KR131
	Kip's Kit: A Decodable Story		KR132
	The Writer's Corner with k and f		KR133

Chapter 12: "Review 2"
Lesson	Activity Name	Type	LA#	Worksheet
Phonemic Awareness Review 2: Through a series of phonemic awareness activities that incorporate recognition and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the sounds of the letters t, h, f, r, k, b, d and the short sounds of the letters o, a, e, and i.	Phonemic Awareness: Blending with the Sounds of t, h, and Short o		KR135
	Phonemic Awareness: Segmenting with the Sounds of f and Short a		KR136
	Phonemic Awareness: Segment, Isolate w Sounds of r, k, and Short e		KR137
	Phonemic Awareness: Segment with Sounds of b, d, and Short i		KR138
Phonics Review 2: Through a series of phonics activities that incorporate recognition and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the letters t, h, f, r, k, b, d and their sounds and the letters o, a, e, i and their short sounds.	Phonics: t, h, and Short o		KR139
	Phonics: f and Short a		KR140
	Phonics: r, k, and Short e		KR141
	Phonics: b, d, and Short i		KR142

Guide Chapter 13: "The Sights and Sounds of Hard g and Short u"
Lesson	Activity Name	Type	LA#	Worksheet
Background and Story: Through a series of connected activities that incorporate discovery learning and direct teaching, the student will develop fluency and reading comprehension skills. The student will gain a deep understanding of the word "help", learn about nuances in word meaning, and demonstrate comprehension by recalling details and identifying the picture that corresponds to the correct noun form.	Background for the Lion and the Mouse		KR143
	Vocabulary Builder: Help		KR143V
	Activity Quiz: Help		AQKR143V
	The Lion and the Mouse		KR144
	Recalling Details from the Lion and the Mouse		KR145
	Vocabulary Builder: Shades of Meaning B		KR145V
	Activity Quiz: Shades of Meaning B		AQKR145V
	Matching Pictures with Noun Forms		KR146
Sounds, Letters, and Words: Through a series of phonemic awareness, phonics, reading, and prewriting activities that incorporate discovery, recognition, and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the letter g and its hard sound and the letter u and its short sound.	Explore the Sound of Hard g		KR147
	Phonemic Awareness: Delete Initial Sound of Hard g		KR148
	Phonics: Hard g		KR149
	Explore the Short Sound of u		KR150
	Phonemic Awareness: Segmenting with Medial Short u		KR151
	Phonics: Short u		KR152
	Gus Sees Bugs: A Decodable Story		KR153
	The Writer's Corner with g and u		KR154

Guide Chapter 14: "The Sights and Sounds of Hard c and w"
Lesson	Activity Name	Type	LA#	Worksheet
Background and Story: Through a series of connected activities that incorporate discovery learning and direct teaching, the student will learn new vocabulary, develop fluency, and develop reading comprehension skills. The student will gain a deep understanding of the word "ingredients", the multiple meanings of "change", and learn about nuances in word meaning. In addition, the student will demonstrate comprehension by sequencing events from a story and by associating familiar words (before, after) with their meanings.	Background for My Cake		KR156
	Vocabulary Builder: Ingredients		KR156V
	Activity Quiz: Ingredients		AQKR156V
	My Cake		KR157
	Sequencing Events from My Cake		KR158
	Identifying Before and After		KR159
	Vocabulary Builder: Change		KR159V
	Activity Quiz: Change		AQKR159V
	Vocabulary Builder: Shades of Meaning C		KR159V2
	Activity Quiz: Shades of Meaning C		AQKR159V2
Sounds, Letters, and Words: Through a series of phonemic awareness, phonics, reading, and prewriting activities that incorporate discovery, recognition, and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the letter c and its hard sound and the letter w and its sound.	Explore the Hard Sound of c		KR160
	Phonemic Awareness: Substitute Initial Sound with the Sound of Hard C		KR161
	Phonics: Hard c		KR162
	Explore the Sound of w		KR163
	Phonemic Awareness: Substitute Initial Sound with the Sound of w		KR164
	Phonics: w		KR165
	Wilma: A Decodable Story		KR166
	The Writer's Corner with w and Hard c		KR167

Guide Chapter 15: "The Sights and Sounds of y and qu"
Lesson	Activity Name	Type	LA#	Worksheet
Background and Story: Through a series of pre-reading, reading, and comprehension activities that incorporate discovery learning and direct teaching, the student will learn new vocabulary, develop fluency, and learn a reading strategy. The student will also demonstrate comprehension by distinguishing between fantasy and reality and by identifying and sorting common words into basic categories (colors, shapes, foods).	Background for Little Girl and Queen		KR169
	Little Girl and Queen		KR170
	Identifying Reality and Fantasy		KR171
	Categorizing Foods, Shapes, and Colors		KR172
Sounds, Letters, and Words: Through a series of phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, phonics, reading, and prewriting activities that incorporate discovery, recognition, and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the letter y and its consonant sound and the letter combination qu and its sound.	Explore the Sound of y		KR173
	Phonemic Awareness: Blending with Initial Sound of y		KR174
	Phonics: y		KR175
	Explore the Sound of qu		KR176
	Phonological Awareness: Blend Onsets and Rimes w Initial Sound of qu		KR177
	Phonics: qu		KR178
	y and q: A 'Decodable Story'		KR179
	The Writer's Corner with y and qu		KR180

Guide Chapter 16: "The Sights and Sounds of v and x"
Lesson	Activity Name	Type	LA#	Worksheet
Background and Story: Through a series of pre-reading, reading, and comprehension activities that incorporate discovery learning and direct teaching, the student will develop fluency and reading comprehension skills. The student will demonstrate comprehension by drawing conclusions and identifying common synonyms.	Background for The Fox and the Crow		KR182
	The Fox and the Crow		KR183
	Drawing Conclusions		KR184
	Understanding Common Synonyms		KR185
Sounds, Letters, and Words: Through a series of phonemic awareness, phonics, reading, and prewriting activities that incorporate discovery, recognition, and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the letters v and x and their sounds.	Explore the Sound of v		KR186
	Phonemic Awareness: Substitute Initial Sound of v		KR187
	Phonics: v		KR188
	Explore the Sound of x		KR189
	Phonemic Awareness: Isolate Ending Sound of x		KR190
	Phonics: x		KR191
	Max and Val's Box: A Decodable Story		KR192
	The Writer's Corner with v and x		KR193

Guide Chapter 17: "The Sights and Sounds of z and j"
Lesson	Activity Name	Type	LA#	Worksheet
Background and Story: Through a series of pre-reading, reading, and comprehension activities that incorporate discovery learning and direct teaching, the student will learn new vocabulary, develop fluency, and develop reading comprehension skills. The student will demonstrate comprehension by sequencing events from a story and identifying nouns.	Background for Jake and the Zany Zebra Show		KR195
	Jake and the Zany Zebra Show		KR196
	Sequencing Events from Jake and the Zany Zebra Show		KR197
	Identifying Words that Name Persons, Places, and Things		KR198
Sounds, Letters, and Words: Through a series of phonemic awareness, phonics, reading, and prewriting activities that incorporate discovery, recognition, and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the letters z and j and their sounds.	Explore the Sound of z		KR199
	Phonemic Awareness: Identify Initial Sound of z		KR200
	Phonics: z		KR201
	Explore the Sound of j		KR202
	Phonemic Awareness: Identify Initial Sound of j		KR203
	Phonics: j		KR204
	Zak: A Decodable Story		KR205
	The Writer's Corner with z and j		KR206

Chapter 18: "Review 3"
Lesson	Activity Name	Type	LA#	Worksheet
Phonemic Awareness Review 3: Through a series of phonological and phonemic awareness activities that incorporate recognition and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the letters c, z, v, w, j, g, x, y and their sounds, the letters i, a, u, o and their short sounds, and the letter combination qu and its sound.	Phonemic Awareness: Isolate Init Sounds of qu, Hard c, z, and Short i		KR208
	Phonemic Awareness: Isolate Initial Sounds of v, w, and Short a		KR209
	PA: Blend Onsets and Rimes with Sounds of j, Hard g, and Short u		KR210
	Phonemic Awareness: Blending with the Sounds of x, y, and Short o		KR211
Phonics Review 3: Through a series of phonics activities that incorporate recognition and application, the student will demonstrate understanding of the letters c, z, v, w, j, g, x, y and their sounds, the letter combination qu and its sound, and the letters i, a, u, o and their short sounds.	Phonics: qu, Hard c, z, and Short i		KR212
	Phonics: v, w, and Short a		KR213
	Phonics: j, Hard g, and Short u		KR214
	Phonics: x, y, and Short o		KR215

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