Reading Kindergarten

Reading/English Language Arts in Kindergarten

Kindergarten students learn about the alphabet and its role in reading. They name upper- and lower-case letters and match letters with their sounds.

Speaking skills focus on how sounds go together to form words. These skills include rhyming, matching words with beginning sounds, and blending sounds into words.

Kindergarten students also experiment with reading and writing. Most students will not be able to read stories on their own, but they can retell familiar stories and talk about stories that someone reads to them.

TOPICS COVERED

Reading/English language arts standards cover the following eight topics, or strands.

Expectations for what a child should be able to do increase from one grade to the next.

• Using and understanding spoken words (Language Development)

• Moving from spoken language to print (Beginning Reading)

• Getting facts from books and other writing (Informational Text)

• Learning from and enjoying stories, poems, and plays (Literary Text)

• Using materials to find out information (Research)

• Using written words to share information, ideas, and feelings (Writing)

• Obtaining information from television, film, Internet, or videos (Media)

• Knowing how to spell and use grammar correctly (English Language Conventions)

WHAT YOUR CHILD SHOULD KNOW

BY THE END OF KINDERGARTEN, YOUR CHILD SHOULD KNOW AND BE ABLE TO PERFORM THESE SKILLS:

1. Follow agreed-on rules for discussion, including raising hands, waiting his/her turn, and speaking one at a time.

2. Recite short poems, rhymes, and songs.

3. Sort common objects into categories, such as colors, shapes, and foods.

4. Identify different parts of a book (for example, front cover, back cover, title page) and the information found there.

5. Recognize letter-sound matches. Name and identify letters of the alphabet and the sounds they represent.

6. Say a rhyming word in response to a spoken word. For example, correctly answer when asked, “What rhymes with hat?”

7. Retell important facts from a text that is heard or read.

8. Recall story events in the correct order.

9. Ask questions and gather information from several sources in the classroom or library.

10. Use knowledge of phonics and sounds of letters to spell words.

HOME ACTIVITIES

1. Read with your child, and encourage your child to read aloud to you.

Some popular choices include The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle; 26 Letters and 99 Cents, by Tana Hoban; Fish Is Fish, by Leo Lionni; and Pig Pig Grows Up, by David McPhail.

2. Speak with your child about what happened in school that day. Ask your child to draw pictures of these activities.

Watch a TV show together. Ask your child to describe a part he/she enjoyed best.

5. Explore the Internet together.

Kindrgarten Reading Course Outline

Kindergarten Language Arts Worksheets

See, Say, Write, and Read - bunny reading readiness
See, Say, Read, and Write - words the, jump, and can
Reading Readiness 2
Reading Readiness 1
Draw a Story - sequence of three
Matching Words worksheets A and B
Betsy Bear - color, cut, and paste three pictures in order to show what happened to Betsy Bear. A sequence of 3 worksheet.
See, Say, Write, and Read
Look, Think and Read
Look, Think and Read 2
Look, Think and Read 3
Look, Think and Read 4
Beginning Sounds d, j, k, m, w - Name the pictures, say the letters, and circle the letter that sounds the same as the picture.
Beginning Sounds h, c, t, a, b
The Sound of D
The Sound of Letter b - Circle ten things in the picture that begin with the sound of letter b.
Beginning Sounds - 3 worksheets
Beginning Sounds of t, k, and f - 2 worksheets
Last Letter on the Farm #2 - 3 worksheets, write the ending letter to farm related words
Beginning Consonants - worksheets 2 and 3
Last Letter On the Farm - ending consonants
First Letter On the Farm - beginning consonants
The Beginning Sound of Fruit
The Beginning Sound of Vegetables
Nouns on the Farm
Making Three Letter Words with i and e
Making Three Letter Words with o and e
Making Three Letter Words with a and u
Last Letter - animals - dog, cat, pig, fox
Word Recognition - Circle the sentence that describes the picture.
Making Farm Words - 2 styles, farm animal words
Funny Animals - 2 worksheets using the words and, can, hop, run, climb
Boxed In Words - five worksheets, 40 sight words
Alphabet Fun - learning the order of letters in alphabet
Animal Fun - handwriting and animal names
Letter Z Worksheet 1 - color letter Z words
Letter Y Worksheet 1 - color letter Y words
Letter X Worksheet 1 - color letter X words
Letter W Worksheet 1 - color letter W words
Letter V Worksheet 1 - color letter V words
Letter U Worksheet 1 - color letter U words
Letter T Worksheet 1 - color letter T words
Letter S Worksheet 1 - color letter S words
Letter R Worksheet 1 - color letter R words
Letter Q Worksheet 1 - color letter Q words
Letter P Worksheet 1 - color letter P words
Letter O Worksheet 1 - color letter O words
Letter N Worksheet 1 - color letter N words
Letter M Worksheet 1 - color letter M words
Letter L Worksheet 1 - color letter L words
Letter K Worksheet 1 - color letter K words
Letter J Worksheet 1 - color letter J words
Letter I Worksheet 1 - color letter I words
Letter H Worksheet 1 - color letter H words
Letter G Worksheet 1 - color letter G words
Letter F Worksheet 1 - color letter F words
Letter E Worksheet 1 - color letter E words
Letter D Worksheet 1 - color letter D words
Letter C Worksheet 1 - color letter C words
Letter B Worksheet 1 - color letter B words
Letter A Worksheet 1 - color letter A words
Letter Concepts - worksheets 1-7, letter recognition, visual discrimination
Following Directions - color and counting skills

Kindergarten Science Worksheets

Motion - This primary science worksheet requires the student to identify objects that are people powered and objects that require fuel.
The Sun Helps Things Grow - primary science worksheet
Light - primary science worksheet
Mammals and Reptiles Cut and Paste
Label the Pictures - farm animals
My Animal Book
Land or Sea - cut and paste worksheet
Your Five Senses
My First Crossword Puzzle - baby animals
Sense of Hearing

Kindergarten Concepts and Basic Skills Worksheets

Four Same Size worksheets - fruits, vegetables, toys, sea life
>Barnyard Colors - color recognition and following directions
Match the Opposites
Building Color Words - purple, yellow, red, blue
Building Color Words #2 - brown, pink, green, orange
Alphabet Activities - 26 worksheets, Zaner Bloser® style font
Alphabet Activities - 26 worksheets, D'Nealian® style font
Painter Pete Learns His Colors - color and handwriting booklet
Mandy Monkey - color recognition, handwriting practice
Painter Pete color word recognition
Alphabet Print and Match
Happy Shapes
Pink Pig, Brown Pig

Thinking Skills Worksheets

Classifying Worksheet 3 - Identify and color the items that help you get from here to there.
Seasons Find the Difference - 4 worksheets, summer, winter, spring, and fall
Ten Acorns - following directions
Follow the Directions - worksheet a
Vegetable Tiles
Fruit Tiles
Classifying Worksheet 2 - Color items you can eat and mark an x on items you can't.
Transportation
School Stuff
Insect Patterns
My Dinosaur
Big, Bigger, Biggest
Picture Patterns

Fine Motor Skills

Trace the Butterfly - trace and color
Draw the Butterfly - thinking skills, visual discrimination
Halloween Cut and Paste
Dinosaur Cut and Paste
Farm Animal Cut and Paste
Clown Maze
Seashell Shadow Match
Tracing Practice
Yummy and Yucky
Build A House - cut and paste activity
Connect the Dots - number recognition to 20, the letter S

Themed Thank You Notes

One note per page for primary grades. Thank You Note - primary grades, dog theme
Thank You Note - primary grades, whale theme
Thank You Note - primary grades, porcupine theme
Thank You Note - primary grades, turtle theme
Thank You Note - primary grades, mouse theme
Thank You Note - primary grades, koala theme

Two notes per page for upper elementary. Thank You Note - primary grades, dog theme
Thank You Note - primary grades, whale theme
Thank You Note - primary grades, porcupine theme
Thank You Note - primary grades, turtle theme
Thank You Note - primary grades, mouse theme
Thank You Note - primary grades, koala theme

Animal Word Search Puzzles

Bear Word Search
Mammals of the Grand Canyon - word search
Double Consonant Animals
Fish Word Search
The Sounds that Animals Make - easy word search and matching
Animal Sounds - word search and alphabetize
African Animal Word Search
Birds Word Search - twenty-one words, upper grades
Farm Animals Word Search - nine words, primary grades
Dogs
Barnyard Fun
Whale Find
Reptile Word Search Puzzle

Language Arts Word Search Puzzles

Miscellaneous Creative Writing and Language Arts Worksheets

Seed Story Worksheet 3121 - Write a story to accompany the pictures. Aligns to Common Core Standards L.1.2, W.1.3, and W.2.3.
Creative Writing 1 - write a story to go with the picture of a boy showing his mother somthing in a box. For primary grades.
Creative Writing 1 - write a story to go with the picture of a person who is scared after looking into a box. For upper elementary grades.
A Serious Question - creative writing
Look, Think, and Write packet 1 - 10 pages, creative writing
Write a Story 1 - write a story to go with the picture
Story Solutions
My Favorite Things - four different worksheets
Stegosaurus Words
Pachycephalasaurus - create new words with the letters from this dinosaurs name
My Feelings - worksheet and printable book
When I Went to. . .
Biography - writing and thinking skills
My Vacation Journal - Help your students continue to improve their writing and fine motor skills this summer with . This 38 page printable book includes a full 14 days of writing activities as well as a place to draw pictures and add photographs.
Printing tips for My Vacation Journal

Stationery and Writing Paper

Friendly Spider Paper - for journal or writing activties
Fall Stationery - 4 styles of themed writing paper
Fall Stationery #2 - 4 styles of themed writing paper
President's Day Stationery - 3 styles of themed writing paper
Tropical Stationery - 4 styles of themed writing paper
Truck Paper Writing activity