United States · Common Core State Standards
Kindergarten English Language Arts
This curriculum introduces kindergarteners to the joy of reading and the power of expression through phonetic awareness, narrative exploration, and collaborative communication. Students build a strong foundation in letter sounds and print concepts while developing the ability to analyze and compose simple texts.
Worlds of Wonder: Exploring Narratives
Students investigate how stories are built by identifying characters, settings, and major events in diverse picture books.
Exploration of how characters act and feel within a story and how those feelings change over time.
Identifying where and when a story takes place using both illustrations and text clues.
Understanding the sequence of events and how problems are solved by the end of a narrative.
Curious Researchers: Discovering Information
Students learn to navigate non-fiction texts to find facts and understand how authors share information about the real world.
Identifying the main topic and supporting details in informational picture books.
Using diagrams, photographs, and labels to gain information that words might not provide.
Exploring the relationship between two individuals, events, or pieces of information in a text.
Young Authors: Writing with Purpose
Children use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to share their experiences and express their opinions.
Composing narrative pieces about a single event or a personal experience in chronological order.
Learning to state a preference or opinion and provide a reason for that point of view.
Responding to questions and suggestions from peers to add more detail to writing and drawings.
Language Architects: Words and Sounds
Students master the conventions of English while expanding their vocabulary through word play and collaborative conversation.
Developing strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words and exploring word relationships.
Practicing the rules of conversation, including listening to others and taking turns speaking.
Understanding the basic rules of grammar, including capitalization and punctuation in simple sentences.