CKLA - Unit 7
Kindergarten Word Study
Updated for SY25-26
Kindergarten Word Study
Updated for SY25-26
Unit Overview:
In this unit, six more consonant sounds and the most common spelling for each sound are introduced:
/ch/ spelled ‘ch’ as in chin
/sh/ spelled ‘sh’ as in shop
/th/ (unvoiced) spelled ‘th’ as in thin
/th/ (voiced) spelled ‘th’ as in them
/qu/ spelled ‘qu’ as in quit
/ng/ spelled ‘ng’ as in sing
The six sounds presented in Unit 7 differ from the sounds studied up to this point because all six are generally written with two letters instead of one. English has more than forty sounds and only twenty-six letters. The people who began transcribing English long ago solved this imbalance by using multiletter combinations to represent some sounds.
Unit Calendar:
Unit 7 is 17 instructional days with 3 pausing points. It is recommended that it be taught from February 7th to March 13th.
Unit 7 includes an end-of-unit assessment in lessons 11 through 17 (excluding lesson 13). See our K: EOU 7 Guide for an overview of the assessment, scoring, data analysis, and reteach resources.
Enter data in your classroom CKLA tracker by Friday, 03/20.