Language Arts

The following facets are a part of the Kindergarten Language Arts curriculum:

Phonics

• Initial sounds of spoken words

• Final sounds of spoken words

• Stretching letters/sounds to build words

• Identifying letters and their corresponding sounds

• Identifying sight "snap" words (frequently used words) and chunks

• Blending letters to read words

Phonological Awareness

• Concept of spoken word (tracking words while reading/one-to-one correspondence)

• Rhyming (identifying and producing)

• Syllables

• Phonemes

• Phoneme manipulation