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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Connect the Dots Printable Alphabet Worksheets
Use this set of 3 dot-to-dot worksheets to get your youngest students practicing their recognition of the alphabet.
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Onset and Rime Flower Craft Pack
Explore different onset and rime patterns with these fun and engaging flower craft packs.
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Onset and Rime Phonics Search Pack
Practice searching for and decoding onset and rime words with this set of search and find worksheets.
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Dolch Sight Word Tracker - Google Sheets
Track mastery of Dolch Sight Words using a digital Google Sheets Sight Word tracking spreadsheet
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CVC Word Chain Task Cards
Manipulate individual phonemes in CVC words to create new ones with this set of differentiated task cards.
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Short Vowel Worksheets (Middle Sounds Practice)
Identify medial or middle vowel sounds with this set of three worksheets.
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Draw and Write Final E Worksheet Pack
Provide extra practice reading, spelling, and writing final-e words with Draw and Write Worksheets.
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Phoneme Segmentation Worksheets - CVC Words
Use this worksheet pack to give students practice at segmenting words into phonemes.
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Which Word? CVC Decoding Worksheets
A set of 5 worksheets for students to practice segmenting and blending common CVC words.
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Find It! - Sight Word Worksheets
Make your sight word instruction fun with this word search puzzle.
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Color by Sight Words - 6 Words - Chicken
A fun coloring activity to use when working with sight words.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - DO
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “do” from the Kindergarten-level Dolch sight words list.
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CVC Word Work Mat
Practice decoding and spelling simple words with this set of 24 CVC picture task cards.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - WHO
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “who” from the Kindergarten-level Dolch sight words list.
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Who Is Martin Luther King, Jr? - Shared Reading and Activity
Use this 13-slide PowerPoint as a collaborative reading exercise about Martin Luther King, Jr.
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FIND IT! Long and Short Vowels - Task Cards
Practice distinguishing between short vowel sounds and long vowel sounds with this set of 16 task cards.
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Alphabet Letter Match
A fun match-up activity to consolidate your students' knowledge of uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Parts of a Book Worksheets
Use these parts of a book worksheets for students to identify the various parts of a book.
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Color by Sight Words - 4 Words - Butterfly
A fun coloring activity to use when working with sight words.
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Handwriting Paper with Dotted Middle Line - Landscape
Handwriting paper for beginning writers.
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CVC Beginning and Ending Letters Worksheet Pack
Practice identifying missing beginning and ending sounds and letters in this set of 10 CVC worksheets.
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High Frequency Worksheet Pack - Kinder
Support your Kinder students as they build their early understanding of high‑frequency words with this fun and purposeful worksheet pack.
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High Frequency Tricky Words Teaching Slides - Kinder
Use these explicit, ready-to-teach slides that help students segment sounds, identify the “tricky” part, and learn it by heart, aligned with structured literacy
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Syllables Worksheet Set
Use this Syllable Worksheet set to help students identify syllables in words.
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Build and Write a Sentence Worksheets
Practice building and writing sentences with a set of printable Build and Write a Sentence Worksheets.
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Simple Sentence Activity Spinner Template
Engage young writers with this fun and interactive Simple Sentence Activity - Spinner Template.
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Simple Sentence Exit Tickets
Check your students' knowledge of simple sentences with this set of simple sentence exit tickets perfect for kindergarten.
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Picture Prompts for Simple Sentences Flipbook
Encourage early writers to build confidence with this interactive flipbook!
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Beginning Sounds Game Boards
Use these beginning sounds game boards to develop your students' letter-sound correspondence with the alphabet.
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Letter Sound Bingo
Practice applying letter-sound correspondence with a set of 20 BINGO game boards and cards.
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Beginning Sounds Phonics Worksheets for Kindergarten
Use these beginning sounds phonics worksheets for kindergarten to explore single grapheme correspondence with your students.
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Letter Sounds Games - Four in a Row
Practice applying letter-sound correspondence with 26 picture cards, 26 letter cards, and a beginning letter sounds picture game board.