Kindergarten Literacy Yearly Ove

Kindergarten Literacy Yearly Overview

This is the recommended pacing guide. We highly recommend the pace of instruction throughout this guide because the pace assures coverage of key standards. Teachers may make professional decisions based on their students’ needs to adjust at various points in the guide – while assuring coverage of the standards. If you use the Treasures series, here is a helpful matrix for that series.

Phonemic Awareness

Initial sounds

Recognizes, hears, produces patterns (e.g. rhyming)

Blends and segments phonemes in one-syllable words

Recognizes differences in numbers and letters

Recognizes differences in upper and lower case letters

Knows initial/ ending sounds of words

Explores syllables

Phonemic Awareness

Identify the phonemes of most one syllable words

Blend the phonemes of most one syllable words

Segment the phonemes of most one syllable words

Phonics

Decodes CVC words c(hard as in cat), o (short o - olive), a (short a - apple) d, g (hard as in go), m, l, h, t, i (short i - igloo), j, p, u (short u - up), b, r, f, n, e, s (as in sit), w, y (yes), v, x (ks), z

Fluency

Read 15 of the D11 Common Words

Fluency

Read 30 of the D11 Common Words

Fluency

Read 50 of the D11 Common Words

Fluency

Read 76 of the D11 Common Words

Comprehension

Understands directionality of print

Understands that print carries meaning

Understands sequencing of print/words and word-after-word