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Kindergarten - Language Arts
Lesson Plan

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Language Arts Lesson Plan
Kindergarten Curriculum
Total Activities: 199
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Chapter -"Print Awareness"-The student will engage in a series of integrated exploratory and assessment activities that target the alphabet and concepts of print.

 

Lesson Code

 

Lesson Title and Description

 

Learning Activity
(LA)
Number

 

1

 

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.

 

KR001 KR002 KR003 KR004

 

2

 

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.

 

KR005 KR006 KR007 KR008 KR009 KR010 KR011

 

Chapter -"Active Listening and Sound"-The student will engage in a series of integrated exploratory and assessment activities that target active listening and address the concepts of rhyme, rhythm, pattern, and syllables.

 

Lesson Code

 

Lesson Title and Description

 

Learning Activity (LA) Number

 

1

 

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.

 

KR012 KR013 KR014 KR015

 

2

 

Sounds, Letters, and Words-Through a series of exploratory and assessment activities, the student will demonstrate knowledge of rhyme and syllables.

 

KR016 KR017 KR018 KR019 KR020 KR021

 

Chapter -"The Sights and Sounds of m and s"-The student will engage in a series of integrated exploratory and assessment activities that target vocabulary, fluency, reading comprehension, phonological awareness, and phonics. The anchor story is the nursery rhyme, Mary Had a Little Lamb, and the focus phonemes are the sounds of the letters m and s.

 

Lesson Code

 

Lesson Title and Description

 

Learning Activity (LA) Number

 

1

 

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.

 

KR022 KR023 KR024 KR025

 

2

 

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.

 

KR026 KR027 KR028 KR029 KR030 KR031 KR032 KR033

 

Chapter -"The Sights and Sounds of d and a"-The student will engage in a series of integrated exploratory and assessment activities that target vocabulary, fluency, reading comprehension, phonological awareness, and phonics. The anchor story is the nursery rhyme, Hey Diddle Diddle, and the focus phonemes are the sound of the letter d and the short sound of the letter a.

 

Lesson Code

 

Lesson Title and Description

 

Learning Activity (LA) Number

 

1

 

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.

 

KR034 KR035 KR036 KR037

 

2

 

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.

 

KR038 KR039 KR040 KR041 KR042 KR043 KR044 KR045

 

Chapter -"The Sights and Sounds of p and i"-The student will engage in a series of integrated exploratory and assessment activities that target vocabulary, fluency, reading comprehension, phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and phonics. The anchor story is the nursery rhyme, Pease Pudding, and the focus phonemes are the sound of the letter p and the short sound of the letter i.

 

Lesson Code

 

Lesson Title and Description

 

Learning Activity (LA) Number

 

1

 

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.

 

KR050 KR051 KR052 KR053

 

2

 

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.

 

KR054 KR055 KR056 KR057 KR058 KR059 KR060 KR061

 

Chapter -"The Sights and Sounds of l and n"-The student will engage in a series of integrated exploratory and assessment activities that target vocabulary, fluency, reading comprehension, phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and phonics. The anchor story is a retold version of the classic children's story, The Little Red Hen, and the focus phonemes are the sounds of the letters l and n.

 

Lesson Code

 

Lesson Title and Description

 

Learning Activity (LA) Number

 

1

 

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.

 

KR063 KR064 KR065 KR066

 

2

 

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.

 

KR067 KR068 KR069 KR070 KR071 KR072 KR073 KR074

 

Chapter -"Review 1"-The student will engage in a series of assessment activities that target phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and phonics. The focus phonemes are the sounds of the letters m, d, s, p, l, n and the short sounds of the letters a and i.

 

Lesson Code

 

Lesson Title and Description

 

Learning Activity (LA) Number

 

1

 

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.

 

KR076 KR077 KR078

 

2

 

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.

 

KR079 KR080 KR081

 

Chapter -"The Sights and Sounds of t and h"-The student will engage in a series of integrated exploratory and assessment activities that target vocabulary, fluency, reading comprehension, phonemic awareness, and phonics. The anchor story is an authentic piece of nonfiction titled Busy Baby Animals: Tiger. The focus phonemes are the sounds of the letters t and h.

 

Lesson Code

 

Lesson Title and Description

 

Learning Activity (LA) Number

 

1

 

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 answering questions about reading for a purpose and by discriminating patterns.

 

KR083 KR084 KR085 KR086

 

2

 

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.

 

KR087 KR088 KR089 KR090 KR091 KR092 KR093 KR094

 

Chapter -"The Sights and Sounds of o and b"-The student will engage in a series of integrated exploratory and assessment activities that target fluency, reading comprehension, phonemic awareness, and phonics. The anchor story is a retold version of the classic nursery rhyme, There Was an Old Woman. The focus phonemes are the short sound of the letter o and the sound of the letter b.

 

Lesson Code

 

Lesson Title and Description

 

Learning Activity (LA) Number

 

1

 

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.

 

KR096 KR097 KR098 KR099

 

2

 

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.

 

KR100 KR101 KR102 KR103 KR104 KR105 KR106 KR107

 

Chapter -"The Sights and Sounds of e and r"-The student will engage in a series of integrated exploratory and assessment activities that target fluency, reading comprehension, phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and phonics. The anchor story is the nursery rhyme, It's Raining, It's Pouring, and the focus phonemes are the short sound of the letter e and the sound of the letter r.

 

Lesson Code

 

Lesson Title and Description

 

Learning Activity (LA) Number

 

1

 

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.

 

KR109 KR110 KR111 KR112

 

2

 

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.

 

KR113 KR114 KR115 KR116 KR117 KR118 KR119 KR120

 

Chapter -"The Sights and Sounds of k and f"-The student will engage in a series of integrated exploratory and assessment activities that target fluency, reading comprehension, phonemic awareness, and phonics. The anchor story is the nursery rhyme, Ride a Black Horse. The focus phonemes are the sounds of the letters k and f.

 

Lesson Code

 

Lesson Title and Description

 

Learning Activity (LA) Number

 

1

 

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 grouping objects according to their function.

 

KR122 KR123 KR124 KR125

 

2

 

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.

 

KR126 KR127 KR128 KR129 KR130 KR131 KR132 KR133

 

Chapter -"Review 2"-The student will engage in a series of assessment activities that target phonemic awareness and phonics. The focus phonemes are the sounds of the letters t, h, f, r, k, b, d and the short sounds of the letters o, a, e, and i.

 

Lesson Code

 

Lesson Title and Description

 

Learning Activity (LA) Number

 

1

 

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.

 

KR135 KR136 KR137 KR138

 

2

 

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.

 

KR139 KR140 KR141 KR142

 

Chapter -"The Sights and Sounds of Hard g and Short u"-The student will engage in a series of integrated exploratory and assessment activities that target fluency, reading comprehension, phonemic awareness, and phonics. The anchor story is the classic fable, The Lion and the Mouse. The focus phonemes are the hard sound of the letter g and the short sound of the letter u.

 

Lesson Code

 

Lesson Title and Description

 

Learning Activity (LA) Number

 

1

 

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 identifying the picture that corresponds to the correct noun form.

 

KR143 KR144 KR145 KR146

 

2

 

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.

 

KR147 KR148 KR149 KR150 KR151 KR152 KR153 KR154

 

Chapter -"The Sights and Sounds of Hard c and w"-The student will engage in a series of integrated exploratory and assessment activities that target vocabulary, fluency, reading comprehension, phonemic awareness, and phonics. The anchor story is the authentic nonfiction book, My Cake. The focus phonemes are the hard sound of the letter c and the sound of the letter w.

 

Lesson Code

 

Lesson Title and Description

 

Learning Activity (LA) Number

 

1

 

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 familiar words (before, after) with their meanings.

 

KR156 KR157 KR158 KR159

 

2

 

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.

 

KR160 KR161 KR162 KR163 KR164 KR165 KR166 KR167

 

Chapter -"The Sights and Sounds of y and qu"-The student will engage in a series of integrated exploratory and assessment activities that target vocabulary, fluency, reading comprehension, phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, and phonics. The anchor story is the nursery rhyme, Little Girl and Queen. The focus phonemes are the sound of the letter y and the sound of the letter combination qu.

 

Lesson Code

 

Lesson Title and Description

 

Learning Activity (LA) Number

 

1

 

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).

 

KR169 KR170 KR171 KR172

 

2

 

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.

 

KR173 KR174 KR175 KR176 KR177 KR178 KR179 KR180

 

Chapter -"The Sights and Sounds of v and x"-The student will engage in a series of integrated exploratory and assessment activities that target fluency, reading comprehension, phonemic awareness, and phonics. The anchor story is the classic fable, The Fox and the Crow. The focus phonemes are the sounds of the letters v and x.

 

Lesson Code

 

Lesson Title and Description

 

Learning Activity (LA) Number

 

1

 

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.

 

KR182 KR183 KR184 KR185

 

2

 

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.

 

KR186 KR187 KR188 KR189 KR190 KR191 KR192 KR193

 

Chapter -"The Sights and Sounds of z and j"-The student will engage in a series of integrated exploratory and assessment activities that target vocabulary, fluency, reading comprehension, phonemic awareness, and phonics. The anchor story is an original story titled Jake and the Zany Zebra Show. The focus phonemes are the sounds of the letters z and j.

 

Lesson Code

 

Lesson Title and Description

 

Learning Activity (LA) Number

 

1

 

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.

 

KR195 KR196 KR197 KR198

 

2

 

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.

 

KR199 KR200 KR201 KR202 KR203 KR204 KR205 KR206

 

Chapter -"Review 3"-The student will engage in a series of assessment activities that target phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, and phonics. The focus phonemes are the sounds of the letters c, z, v, w, ,j, g, x, and y, the letter combination qu and its sound, and the short sounds of the letters i, a, u, and o.

 

Lesson Code

 

Lesson Title and Description

 

Learning Activity (LA) Number

 

1

 

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.

 

KR208 KR209 KR210 KR211

 

2

 

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.

 

KR212 KR213 KR214 KR215

 

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