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Kindergarten · English language arts

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English language arts · 2017 framework

Reading foundations

  1. 01Hear rhymes, syllables, and the sounds inside wordsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 02Connect sounds to letters and read a small textExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Stories and poetry

  1. 03Listen closely, find evidence, and retell a storyExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 04Compare two stories and name what authors and illustrators doExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Informational reading

  1. 05Find a topic, connect details, and compare information textsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 06Follow print and explore the parts of a bookExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Writing and research

  1. 07State a preference, revise a detail, and make a digital pageExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 08Gather facts and make an information pageExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 09Tell what happened in order and share it clearlyExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Speaking and listening

  1. 10Listen, take turns, and ask questions that helpExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Language and vocabulary

  1. 11Build clear sentences and record sounds in writingExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 12Explore word meanings, opposites, and shades of actionExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

English language arts · 2026 framework

Reading foundations

  1. 01Recognize and produce rhymes, syllables, onsets and rimes, and segment and blend the three or four sounds in short words quickly and accuratelyExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 02Name the alphabet in order, name and write every letter, and write the letter or letters for a sound, including sh, ch and thExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  3. 03Decode short-vowel words, open syllables, digraphs and welded sounds, read high-frequency words, and read a decodable text aloud with expressionExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

More reading and writing

  1. 04Print lowercase and uppercase letters with correct strokes, formation, placement, direction, line position and pencil gripExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 05Say a thought or feeling as a kernel sentence, spell its short words sound by sound, and print it with capitals, spaces and an end markExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Stories and poetry

  1. 06Name a book's covers and title page, tell whether a text is a story, a poem or a play, find the author and illustrator, and tell what the words, pictures, title and headings each give a readerExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers
  2. 07Use what you already know and what you have done to understand a story and an information text read aloudExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Writing and research

  1. 08Research a theme together and make a class book that builds weather words and writing skillsExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Speaking and listening

  1. 09Take turns in a focused conversation, ask with question words, tell where with place words, say one or more, and add details to a descriptionExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers

Language and vocabulary

  1. 10Sort objects and pictures into groups that share a topic, and match action words and describing words to their oppositesExplanation · illustration · worked examples · practice and answers