Kindergarten

Language Arts/Reading

Course Description

Language Arts is designed to introduce Kindergarten students to oral and written language skills in an effort to expand communication.

Course Objectives

The Kindergarten Student will:

• Develop concepts about phonics
• Expand vocabulary
• Develop language skills
• Explore language patterns
• Promote critical thinking
• Provide a frame work for writing
• Promote “whole book” success
• Master ABeka blend and word books
• Build speed, accuracy and comprehension in reading
• Create books to read and share
• Sequence events
• Identify cause and effect of a story
• Working cooperatively in a group
• Retell the beginning, middle and end

Learning Activities

• Oral reading
• Journaling
• Writing center
• Flashcards
• Games and puzzles
• Music and poetry
• Smart Board Activities
• Art Centers
• Computers games
• Books on tape
• Library Class
• Field Trips

Course Materials

• ABeka text
• Star Fall Reading books and writing journals
• Quality Children Literature
• Houghton Mifflin Invitations to Literacy Text
• Houghton Mifflin Literacy Activity Book