Kindergarten English Language Arts
8 units matched to the BC Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “Letters & Words”.
Big Ideas
- Language and story can be a source of creativity and joy.
- Stories and other texts help us learn about ourselves and our families.
- Stories and other texts can be shared through pictures and words.
- Everyone has a unique story to share.
- Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world.
- Playing with language helps us discover how language works.
- Curiosity and wonder lead us to new discoveries about ourselves and the world around us.
Units
Unit 1
Letter Partners
Matching capital (big) letters with their lowercase (small) partners, including look-alikes such as b, d, p and q.
Learning standard: Letter knowledge: upper- and lowercase letters
Unit 2
First Sounds
Hearing the first sound in a word (b in bus) and linking it to its letter. Say the words out loud together and stretch out the first sound.
Learning standard: Phonological awareness: beginning sounds; letter–sound relationships (sound-symbol correspondence)
Unit 3
Rhyme Time
Hearing rhymes (cat, hat) and spotting a word that doesn't rhyme. Rhyming games build the listening skills behind reading.
Learning standard: Phonological awareness: rhyming
Unit 4
Clap the Beat
Breaking words into syllables (ba-na-na) by clapping. Clap along out loud: one clap for each part you hear.
Learning standard: Phonological awareness: syllables
Unit 5
Sight Words
Recognizing common words such as the, see, can and my, plus colour and number words, by looking closely at their letters.
Learning standard: High-frequency (sight) words; concepts of print
Unit 6
Story Order
Putting events in order, and listening to short stories to tell what happened at the beginning, middle and end.
Learning standard: Story/text: story structure (beginning, middle, end); oral language: listening
Unit 7
Book Detectives
How print works: telling letters, numbers, words and sentences apart, reading left to right and top to bottom, counting words, and what authors and illustrators do.
Learning standard: Concepts of print: letters, words, sentences, directionality and parts of a book
Unit 8
Picture Clues
Using the picture and the first letter to read a word or a short sentence, a key early reading strategy.
Learning standard: Reading strategies: using pictures and first letters to make meaning; sound-symbol correspondence
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