First Letters and Their Sounds
The child links a first set of letters to their sounds in the order the local reading method uses, and recognises them in words around them.
Kindergarten Language Arts
Kindergarten English Language Arts incorporates letter sounds, blending words, sight word recognition, writing simple sentences, and comprehension skills.
Kindergarten Language Arts topics
New Words Every Day
The parent adds new and precise words during play, books and routines; the child uses new nouns, verbs, describing words and category words in their own talk.
Dialogic Reading at Home
The parent reads with the child using prompts and expansions so the child does more of the talking; the child answers and asks questions about pictures and stories.
Telling and Retelling Stories
The child retells a familiar story in order with story language and tells short stories about their own day; the parent scaffolds with props, pictures and sequence words.
Writing a First Sentence
The child says a short sentence aloud, then writes it with taught words and sounded-out spellings, spaces between words, a capital letter at the start and a full stop at the end.
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