Kindergarten language arts skills

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Reading foundations Foundations

Reading strategies Reading

Vocabulary Vocab

Grammar and mechanics Grammar

Reading foundations

A. Learn letters: A–H

1
Learn the letter A

2
Learn the letter B

3
Learn the letter C

4
Learn the letter D

5
Review the letters A–D

6
Learn the letter E

7
Learn the letter F

8
Learn the letter G

9
Learn the letter H

10
Review the letters E–H

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Review the letters A–H

B. Learn letters: I–P

1
Learn the letter I

2
Learn the letter J

3
Learn the letter K

4
Learn the letter L

5
Review the letters I–L

6
Learn the letter M

7
Learn the letter N

8
Learn the letter O

9
Learn the letter P

10
Review the letters M–P

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Review the letters I–P

C. Learn letters: Q–Z

1
Learn the letter Q

2
Learn the letter R

3
Learn the letter S

4
Learn the letter T

5
Learn the letter U

6
Review the letters Q–U

7
Learn the letter V

8
Learn the letter W

9
Learn the letter X

10
Learn the letter Y

11
Learn the letter Z

12
Review the letters V–Z

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Review the letters Q–Z

D. Letter identification

1
Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase

2
Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase

3
Frequently confused letters: find the letter

4
Frequently confused letters: find all the letters

5
Review the letters A–Z

6
Choose the letter that you hear

E. Lowercase and uppercase letters

1
Choose the lowercase letter that matches: c, k, o, p, s, u, v, w, x, z

2
Choose the lowercase letter that matches: f, i, j, l, m, t, y

3
Choose the lowercase letter that matches: a, b, d, e, g, h, n, q, r

4
Choose the lowercase letter that matches: review

5
Find all the lowercase letters

6
Choose the uppercase letter that matches: C, K, O, P, S, U, V, W, X, Z

7
Choose the uppercase letter that matches: F, I, J, L, M, T, Y

8
Choose the uppercase letter that matches: A, B, D, E, G, H, N, Q, R

9
Choose the uppercase letter that matches: review

10
Find all the uppercase letters

11
Put the letters in ABC order

F. 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

G. Consonants and vowels

1
Sort consonants and vowels

2
Find the vowel in the word

H. Rhyming

1
Which word has the same ending?

2
Which two words have the same ending?

3
Choose the picture that rhymes with the word

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New! Build a set of rhyming words

4
Which word does not rhyme?

5
Complete the rhyme

I. Syllables

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New! Blend syllables together to make a compound word

1
Blend syllables together to make a word

2
How many syllables does the word have?

3
Which word has more syllables?

4
Sort by the number of syllables

5
Change or remove one part of a compound word

J. Phoneme blending and segmenting

1
Blend onset and rime together to make a word

2
Blend each sound in a word together

3
Identify the first, second, and last sound in a word

4
Put the sounds in order

K. Phoneme manipulation

1
Change the first sound in a word

2
Change the last sound in a word

3
Change the vowel sound in a word

4
Change the sound in a word: review

L. Beginning and ending sounds

1
Which two words start with the same sound?

2
Which word ends with the same sound?

3
Which two words end with the same sound?

M. Letter-sound associations

1
Find the words that begin with a given sound

2
Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: b, d, j, k, p, t, v, z

3
Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: f, l, m, n, r, s

4
Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: c, g, h, w

5
Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: review

6
Which letter does the word start with?

7
Which letter does the word end with?

N. Short vowel sounds

1
Find the short a word

2
Find the short e word

3
Find the short i word

4
Find the short o word

5
Find the short u word

6
Identify the short vowel sound in a word

O. Short a

1
Choose the short a word that matches the picture

2
Read words with am and an

3
Complete the short a word

4
Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture

P. Short e

1
Choose the picture that matches the short e word

2
Complete the short e word

3
Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture

Q. Short i

1
Choose the short i word that matches the picture

2
Complete the short i words

3
Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture

R. Short o

1
Choose the short o word that matches the picture

2
Complete the short o word

3
Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture

S. Short u

1
Choose the picture that matches the short u word

2
Complete the short u word

3
Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture

T. Short vowels: mixed

1
Complete the word with the right short vowel

2
Change one letter to make a new word

3
Read short vowel words

4
Spell the short vowel word

5
Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word

6
Read questions with short vowel words

U. Consonant digraphs

1
Choose the correct digraph

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New! Read short a words with digraphs

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New! Read short i words with digraphs

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New! Read short o words with digraphs

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New! Read short u words with digraphs

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New! Read the digraph word: ch, sh, th

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New! Read words with -all

2
Choose the word that matches the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck

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New! Spell the digraph word

V. Consonant blends

1
Which consonant blend does the word start with?

2
Does the word start with a consonant blend?

3
Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend

4
Which consonant blend does the word end with?

5
Does the word end with a consonant blend?

6
Complete the word with the right final consonant blend

W. Long vowel sounds

1
Find the word with the same vowel sound

2
Which two words have the same vowel sound?

3
Find the long a word

4
Find the long e word

5
Find the long i word

6
Find the long o word

7
Find the long u word

8
Sort short and long vowel words

X. High-frequency and irregular words

1
Choose the two sight words that are the same

2
Read sight words set 1: ate, he, of, that, was

3
Read sight words set 2: are, green, on, please, they

4
Read sight words set 3: be, have, or, pretty, this

5
Read sight words: review sets 1, 2, 3

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Read sight words set 4: all, but, ride, saw, what

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Read sight words set 5: about, like, she, under, we

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Read sight words set 6: black, into, made, ran, white

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Read sight words: review sets 4, 5, 6

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Read sight words set 7: am, did, get, now, well

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Read sight words set 8: fast, good, him, take, will

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Read sight words set 9: came, going, say, too, with

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Read sight words set 10: brown, does, eat, must, went

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Read sight words: review sets 7, 8, 9, 10

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Read sight words: review sets 1–10

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Complete the sentence with the correct sight word

17
Spell the sight word

Y. Decodable texts

1
Read short a stories

2
Read short e stories

3
Read short i stories

4
Read short o stories

5
Read short u stories

6
Read short vowel stories

Reading strategies

Z. Book features

1
Identify book parts and features

AA. Reality vs. fiction

1
Which could happen in real life?

BB. Main idea

1
What is the picture about?

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New! Determine the topic and main idea of a passage

CC. Inference and theme

1
Which feeling matches the picture?

2
What will happen next?

3
Make inferences from a text

4
What am I?

5
Determine the topic and theme of a story

DD. Author's purpose

1
Identify the purpose of a text

EE. Setting and character

1
Choose the picture that matches the descriptive sentence

2
Choose the picture that matches the setting or character

FF. Sequence and plot

1
Order images in a story

2
Identify the problem and solution in a story

GG. Point of view

1
Who is telling the story?

HH. Text features

1
Use text features

II. Read-along literary texts

1
Read along with fantasy

2
Read along with realistic fiction

JJ. Read-alone literary texts

1
Read animal fantasy

2
Read realistic fiction

KK. Read-along informational texts

1
Read along about science and nature

2
Read along about famous people

3
Read along about food

LL. Read-alone informational texts

1
Read about animals

2
Read about places

Vocabulary

MM. Color and number words

1
Use number words: one to ten

2
Use color words

NN. Adjectives and verbs

1
Compare pictures using adjectives

2
Find the picture that matches the action verb

OO. Location words

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

2
Choose the best location word to match the picture

PP. Question words

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

QQ. Synonyms and antonyms

1
Match antonyms to pictures

2
Match synonyms

RR. Categories

1
Sort objects into categories

2
Which one is not like the others?

SS. Multiple-meaning words

1
Multiple-meaning words with pictures

Grammar and mechanics

TT. Sentences

1
Is it a telling sentence or an asking sentence?

2
Identify and use end marks

3
Find the complete sentence

4
Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence

UU. Capitalization

1
Capitalize the first letter of a sentence

2
Capitalize the pronoun "I"

VV. Nouns

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

2
Choose the singular or plural noun that matches the picture

WW. Verbs

1
Find the action verb with images

2
Find the action verb

3
Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture