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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

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. 

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/.

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
                                    

If Not Yet Mastered

FCRR activities -
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*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

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*F.004 Make-a-Match
*F.005 Fluency Letter Wheel
*F.006 Letter Fish

Standard

Understand that each vowel (aeiou) makes 2 sounds.

Core Standard

RF.K.3.b. Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.

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 -
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*P.021 Letter-Sound Mobile
*P.022 Letter-Sound Bingo *P.023
*P.025 Letter-Sound Match

Standard

Read high frequency words

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).

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. 

If Mastered

FCRR activities -
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*F.013 Speedy Phrases F.014, F.015

If Not Yet Mastered

FCRR activities -
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*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

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*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.

Core Standard

RF.K.4. Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.

In Other Words

The child can read and answer questions about simple text.

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?
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