Kindergarten Reading Standards
Children must:
- Recognize and name all letters of alphabet
- Write and match letters and sounds
- Write words phonetically
- Recognize and make rhyming words
- isolate initial consonants in single syllable words
- blend initial consonants to form new words
- Choose reading as a way to enjoy free time and ask for books to be read aloud
- Listen to one or two books read aloud each day in school and discuss with teacher
- Listen to one or two books read to them each day at home or in after school care
- Reads or rereads along with two to four familiar books each day
- Reads a variety of genres
- Holds book correctly.
- Turns pages correctly
- Follows text with finger, pointing to word as read
- Pays attention to what words they are reading
- Shows reaction to books
- Listens carefully to each other
- Relates comments to what others have said
- Asks others to clarify
- Uses newly learned vocabulary
- Identifies words from "read alouds" that they don't know and can guess definitions
- Talks about words and meanings as they are encountered in books and conversation
- Shows interest in words
- Learns new words every day
Reading Sites
| Kindergarten Dolch List Words | Dolch Reading Books |
| High Frequency Word Game | Phonics Game |
| Betweent the Lions | Word Magnet |
| Theme 1 | Theme 2 | Theme 3 | Theme 4 | Theme 5 |
| Look at Us! | Colors All Around | We're a Family |
Friends Together |
Let's Count! |
| Phonics Skills | Phonics Skills | Phonics Skills | Phonics Skills | Phonics Skills |
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None taught in this theme.
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Initial consonants High-Frequency Words
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Initial
consonants High-Frequency Words
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Initial consonants h, v, c, words with -at High-Frequency Words
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Initial consonants p, g, f; words with -an High-Frequency Words
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| Theme 6 | Theme 7 | Theme 8 | Theme 9 | Theme 10 |
| Sunshine and Raindrops | Wheels Go Around | Down on the Farm | Spring Is Here | A World of Animals |
| Phonics Skills | Phonics Skills | Phonics Skills | Phonics Skills | Phonics Skills |
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Initial consonants l, k, qu; words with -it High-Frequency Words
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Initial consonants d, z; words with -ig High-Frequency Words
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Consonant x; words with -ot, -ox High-Frequency Words
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Initial consonants w, y; words with -et, -en High-Frequency Words
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Initial consonants j; words with -ug, ut High-Frequency Words
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