Reading

Kindergarten Readiness Skill: Know parts of a book and directionality of reading (top to bottom, and left to right)

Kindergarten End of Year Standard: Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding

Concepts of Print

This video teaches parts of a book and directionality of how we read books.

Sentences

This video shows how sentences begin with capital letters and end with certain punctuation.

Sight Words

By the end of Kindergarten, children are expected to know at least 60 sight words. These are words that appear frequently in texts, but typically cannot be "sounded out".

It is important for children to be able to recognize these words quickly to increase fluency.

dolch_prek.pdf

Pre-Kindergarten Sight Words

This is a list of sight words recommended for children to learn before entering kindergarten.

dolch_kindergarten.pdf

Kindergarten Sight Words

This is a list of sight words recommended for children to learn while in Kindergarten.

JR teaching sight words with pictures.pdf

Teaching Sight Words

This document demonstrates a method of teaching new sight words to children.