English Language Arts- Grade KG
Duration
10 Months
Prerequisites
None
Requirements
Students will need the following materials: cell phone or scanner, headset or earbuds, coloring materials (markers, crayons, colored pencils), glue or tape, pen or pencil, printer, printer paper, scissors, stapler, lined paper, notebook or binder to organize course resources and work, household objects for activities
Course Summary
Learn to read and write with Penelope, the Pirate! In this course, students will go on a language arts adventure to learn new letters and sounds and how to combine them to make words. Students will go on an alphabet safari, play games, share ideas through drawing and writing, read along with interactive storybooks, and even record themselves sounding out words as they discover a whole new world of letters, sounds, and words.
MAJOR TOPICS AND CONCEPTS
- Concepts of print
- Syllables
- Rhyming words
- Onset and rime
- Beginning, middle, and ending sounds
- Letters and sounds
- CVC words
- Sight words
- Story elements: character, setting, and events
- Author and illustrator
- Main topic and key details
- Fact and opinion
- Compare and contrast
- Present information orally
- Printing letters
- Opinion writing
- Expository writing
- Narrative writing
- Grammar, punctuation, capitalization, grade-level spelling
- Ask and answer questions about a text
- Multimedia element
- Vocabulary
- Unknown words
- Sorting into categories
- Add, delete, and substitute phonemes
- Segment and blend phonemes
- Letters and sounds
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