I-CANyons Parent Toolkit for Kindergarten Language Arts (ELA)
Foundational Skills Phonics and Word Recognition: I CAN...
Standard
Read and produce all the sounds of the consonants
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Core Standard
RF.K.3.a. Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sound for each consonant.
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In Other Words
The child can pronounce all consonant sounds. The consonants are all letters of the alphabet except A, E, I, O, and U. These are vowels. For example: the child sees the letter M and says /m/.
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If Mastered
Once the child has mastered (fluent, automatic) sounds for consonants, work on short vowel sounds. (See the standard "Understand that each vowel (aeiou) makes 2 sounds."). FCRR Activities- Click Here P.021, P.022, P.023
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If Not Yet Mastered
FCRR activities -
Click Here *P.012 Brown Bag It *P.013 Photo Chart *P.014 Letter-Sound Placemats *P.015 Words Around Us Memory Game *P.016 Letter-Sound Dominoes *P.017 Letter Bag *P.018 Letter-Sound Pyramid *P.019 Letter-Sound Folder Sort Click Here *F.004 Make-a-Match *F.005 Fluency Letter Wheel *F.006 Letter Fish |
Standard
Understand that each vowel (aeiou) makes 2 sounds.
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Core Standard
RF.K.3.b. Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
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In Other Words
The child can pronounce the short and long vowel sounds and identifies the letter that makes the sound.
The short vowel sounds are: /a/ as in astronaut /e/ as in escalator /i/ as in igloo /o/ as in otter /u/ as in umbrella The long vowel sounds are: /a/ as in apron /e/ as in eagle /i/ as in ice /o/ as in oval /u/ as in Utah |
If Mastered
Once a child has mastered short and long vowel sounds, support them in reading words with short vowels. FCRR Activities- Click Here. P.027.AM1b,1c,1d |
If Not Yet Mastered
FCRR activities -
Click Here *P.021 Letter-Sound Mobile *P.022 Letter-Sound Bingo *P.023 *P.025 Letter-Sound Match |
Standard
Read high frequency words
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Core Standard
RF.K.3.c. Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g.,the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
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In Other Words
Read words that are commonly found in text, such as: a, the, is, like, etc. These are words that need to be memorized. They cannot be decoded.
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If Mastered
FCRR activities -
Click Here *F.013 Speedy Phrases F.014, F.015 |
If Not Yet Mastered
FCRR activities -
Click Here *P.041 Sandpaper Words *P.042 Word Checkers *P.043 Word Fishing *P.044 Word Baseball *P.045 Word Memory Game *P.046 Word Bowling Click Here *F.008 Word Relay *F.009 Fast Match *F.010 Fast Words *F.011 I Read, You Point *F.012 Word Climb |
Standard
Read and understand emergent-reader and decodable texts.
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Core Standard
RF.K.4. Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
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In Other Words
The child can read and answer questions about simple text.
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If Mastered
After reading a simple text that the child can read independently, ask child the following questions:
* Who is in the story? * Where is the story happening at? * What just happened? * Is there a problem in this story? * How do you think they will solve the problem? * How did they solve the problem? * What do you think will happen next? |
If Not Yet Mastered
If the child is unable to answer questions after reading a simple text
then ask questions at the end of each page of the text. Choose from the
following questions to ask your child:
* Who is in the story? * Where is the story happening at? * What just happened? * Is there a problem in this story? * How do you think they will solve the problem? * How did they solve the problem? * What do you think will happen next? |
