Kindergarten language arts

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Reading foundations Foundations

Reading strategies Reading

Vocabulary Vocab

Grammar and mechanics Grammar

Reading foundations

A. Letter identification

1
Find letters in the alphabet

2
Choose the letter that you hear: lowercase

3
Choose the letter that you hear: uppercase

4
Identify frequently confused letters

B. Lowercase and uppercase letters

1
Choose the lowercase letter that matches

2
Find the lowercase letters

3
Choose the uppercase letter that matches

4
Find the uppercase letters

5
Put the letters in ABC order

C. Word recognition

1
Choose the two words that are the same

2
Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly

3
Find a word in a sentence

D. Consonants and vowels

1
Sort consonants and vowels

2
Find the vowel in the word

E. Syllables

1
How many syllables does the word have?

2
Which word has more syllables?

3
Sort by the number of syllables

F. Rhyming

1
Choose the words that have a given ending

2
Choose the picture that rhymes with the word

3
Which word does not rhyme?

4
Complete the rhyme

G. Blending and segmenting

1
Blend the sounds together to make a word

2
Identify the first, second, and last sound in a word

3
Put the sounds in order

H. Consonant sounds and letters

1
Which two words start with the same sound?

2
Find all the words that start with a given sound

3
Which two words end with the same sound?

4
Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound

5
Which letter does the word start with?

6
Which letter does the word end with?

I. Consonant blends and digraphs

1
Which consonant blend does the word start with?

2
Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend

3
Does the word start with a consonant blend?

4
Which consonant blend does the word end with?

5
Complete the word with the right final consonant blend

6
Does the word end with a consonant blend?

7
Choose the word that matches the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck

8
Choose the correct digraph

J. Short a

1
Find the short a word

2
Choose the short a word that matches the picture

3
Complete the short a word

4
Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture

K. Short e

1
Find the short e word

2
Choose the picture that matches the short e word

3
Complete the short e word

4
Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture

L. Short i

1
Find the short i word

2
Choose the short i word that matches the picture

3
Complete the short i words

4
Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture

M. Short o

1
Find the short o word

2
Choose the short o word that matches the picture

3
Complete the short o word

4
Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture

N. Short u

1
Find the short u word

2
Choose the picture that matches the short u word

3
Complete the short u word

4
Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture

O. Short vowels

1
Identify the short vowel sound in a word

2
Complete the word with the right short vowel

3
Spell the short vowel word

4
Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word

5
Read questions with short vowel words

P. Long vowels

1
Choose the word that has a different vowel sound

2
Find the long a word

3
Find the long e word

4
Find the long i word

5
Find the long o word

6
Find the long u word

7
Sort short and long vowel words

Q. Sight words

1
Choose the two sight words that are the same

2
Choose the sight word that you hear

3
Complete the sentence with the correct sight word

4
Spell the sight word

Reading strategies

R. Text features

1
Identify book parts and features

S. Reality vs. fiction

1
Which could happen in real life?

T. Main idea

1
What is the picture about?

U. Inference and analysis

1
Which feeling matches the picture?

2
What will happen next?

3
What am I?

Vocabulary

V. Color and number words

1
Use number words: one to ten

2
Use color words

W. Adjectives and verbs

1
Compare pictures using adjectives

2
Find the picture that matches the action verb

X. Location words

1
Inside and outside, above and below, next to and beside

2
Choose the best location word to match the picture

Y. Question words

1
Who, what, when, where, or why?

Z. Synonyms and antonyms

1
Match antonyms to pictures

2
Match synonyms

AA. Categories

1
Sort objects into categories

2
Which one is not like the others?

BB. Multiple meaning words

1
Multiple-meaning words with pictures

Grammar and mechanics

CC. Sentences

1
Is it a telling sentence or an asking sentence?

2
Identify and use end marks

3
Find the complete sentence

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New! Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence

DD. Capitalization

1
Capitalize the first letter of a sentence

2
Capitalize the pronoun "I"

EE. Nouns

1
Is the noun a person, animal, place, or thing?

2
Choose the singular or plural noun that matches the picture

FF. Verbs

1
Find the action verb

2
Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture