ELAR K.2
Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell. The student is expected to:
- (1) demonstrate phonological awareness by:
- (A) identifying and producing rhyming words;
- (i) recognizing spoken alliteration or groups of words that begin with the same spoken onset or initial sound;
- (ii) identifying the individual words in a spoken sentence;
- (iii) identifying syllables in spoken words;
- (iv) manipulating syllables within a multisyllabic word; and
- (v) blending syllables to form multisyllabic words;
- (vi) segmenting multisyllabic words into syllables;
- (vii) blending spoken onsets and rimes to form simple words;
- (viii) blending spoken phonemes to form one-syllable words;
- (ix) segmenting spoken one-syllable words into individual phonemes;
- (x) demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by:
- (B) identifying and matching the common sounds that letters
represent;
- (i) using letter-sound relationships to decode, including VC, CVC, CCVC, and CVCC words;
- (ii) recognizing that new words are created when letters are changed, added, or deleted such as it - pit - tip - tap; and
- (iii) identifying and reading at least 25 high-frequency words from a research-based list;
- (iv) demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:
- (C) spelling words with VC, CVC, and CCVC;
- (i) spelling words using sound-spelling patterns; and
- (ii) spelling high-frequency words from a research-based list;
- (iii) demonstrate print awareness by:
- (D) identifying the front cover, back cover, and title page
of a book;
- (i) holding a book right side up, turning pages correctly, and knowing that reading moves from top to bottom and left to right with return sweep;
- (ii) recognizing that sentences are comprised of words separated by spaces and recognizing word boundaries;
- (iii) recognizing the difference between a letter and a printed word; and
- (iv) identifying all uppercase and lowercase letters; and
- (v) develop handwriting by accurately forming all uppercase and lowercase letters using appropriate directionality.
- (A) identifying and producing rhyming words;
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Free ABC Tracing Sheet Bundle Pack
Use ABC Tracing Worksheets to help your students develop their handwriting and fine motor skills.
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Alphabet Matching Caterpillar Activity
A vibrant and fun activity to teach lowercase and uppercase to young children.
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Writing the Alphabet - Handwriting Poster
A poster to assist students when learning how to form letters.
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Roll and Read – Sight Words – Kindergarten
A fun game for students to practice reading sight words.
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Science of Reading Decoding Strategy Bookmarks and Poster
Help students succeed in reading fluency with this free printable bookmark and poster set of strategies for decoding unknown words.
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Writing the Alphabet - Handwriting Worksheet
Practice penmanship by tracing and writing uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Color by Sight Words - 5 Words - Bee
A fun coloring activity to use when working with sight words.
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Rhyming Word Cards
Reinforce students' knowledge of rhyming words with this set of 30 picture cards.
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Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Maze - 'Qq'
A fun maze to use when learning how to identify uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Dolch Sight Word List – Complete Set
Practice word recognition with our set of 8 Dolch Sight Word Lists.
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Busy Binder - Kindergarten Morning Work Activity Book
Review daily calendar, math, literacy, and fine motor skills with a printable kindergarten Busy Binder workbook!
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Days of the Week Spelling Worksheets
Use these Days of the Week Spelling worksheets to help your students practice reading, writing, and spelling the Days of the week.
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Months of the Year Playdough Mats
Use printable playdough mats to help your students learn to read and spell the months of the year.
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Days of the Week Playdough Mats
Use playdough mats to help your students identify, sequence and spell the days of the week.
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Flags of the World - Classroom Alphabet Line
Display the alphabet in print or cursive with a unique Flags of the World Alphabet Line.
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Alphabet Writing Rhymes - Teaching Slides
Use these fun alphabet writing rhymes to help students learn to write the letters of the alphabet.
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Letter Sound Worksheets - Initial, Medial, and Final Positions
Practice isolating beginning, medial, and final letter sounds with a fun set of Letter Sound Worksheets for Kindergarten and First Grade.
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Caterpillar Alphabet Line - Editable
Display the alphabet in your classroom using a Caterpillar Alphabet Line!
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Santa's Syllable Sort - Christmas Reading Center
Help students practice breaking words into syllables with a Christmas literacy center.
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Christmas Game for Kindergarten - Upper and Lowercase Letter Memory
Build letter recognition skills and add Christmas spirit to your literacy centers with a Printable Letter Matching Christmas Game for Kindergarten.
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Christmas Memory - Beginning Letter Sound Games
Have fun matching Christmas words with their beginning sounds using printable Christmas Letter Sound Games.
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Kindergarten Sight Word Worksheet - Color By Sight Word Snake
Build fluency with high-frequency words and give your students a fun way to practice with an editable kindergarten color-by-sight word worksheet.
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Color By Vowel Sound (Winter Worksheet for Kindergarten & 1st Grade)
Use a "cool" color by vowel sound worksheet to bring a bit of Winter into the classroom this season.
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Letters A–Z Printable ABC Worksheets
Learn the letters of the alphabet and their sounds with printable ABC worksheets
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Dot Painting ABC Worksheets
Build fine motor skills and letter recognition with a fun set of Alphabet Do-a-Dot printables.
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Phoneme Segmentation Flashcard Activity Set
Print this phoneme segmentation activity set stocked with 100+ printable flashcards for your classroom reading centers!
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Sight Word Lists – Teacher Resource Binder
Use this collection of checklists, student pages and quick-check assessments when reviewing Dolch sight words spanning from pre-primer to 3rd grade.
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Sight Word Assessments and Data Tracking Sheets
Track Dolch sight word mastery with this set of printable assessments and data sheets.
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Handwriting Practice Sheets - Colors, Numbers, Days and Months
Practice printing skills with a pack of printable handwriting worksheets.
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Break It Up! 2-Phoneme Word Segmentation Task Cards
Practice breaking down words with 2 phonemes into their sounds with this set of 18 task cards.
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Sorting 3 to 5 Phoneme Words - Segmentation Activity
Practice segmenting 3 - 5 phonemes in words in this sorting activity
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Segmenting 4 Phonemes Activity - Smash It!
Practice segmenting words into four phonemes with this set of playdough smash task cards.