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Kindergarten Ancillary Materials - Large Card Sets
Large Cards are used in chaining exercises to help students practice phonemic spelling while also offering them an opportunity for movement.
Kindergarten Ancillary Materials - Sound Poster Sets
he Sound Posters provide a visual reminder of the code knowledge students have been taught, and are a useful reference for spelling and writing. They are used in conjunction with the Sound Cards in Units 3–5, 7–8, and 10 of the Kindergarten Skills strand.
Kindergarten Ancillary Materials - Sound Cards
The Sound Cards include a spelling and a visual representation of a sound. They are used in conjunction with the Sound Posters in Units 3–5, 7–8, and 10 of the Kindergarten Skills strand.
Kindergarten Ancillary Materials - Student Chaining Folder
Student Chaining Folders provide spelling practice. Students arrange Small Letter Cards on these folders in order to spell words comprised of sound spellings that have been taught. Student Chaining Folders are used in Units 5–7 of the Kindergarten Skills strand.
Kindergarten Ancillary Materials - Small Letter Cards
Small Letter Cards provide spelling practice. Students arrange the cards on their Chaining Folders in order to spell words with the sound spellings that have been taught. Small Letter Cards are used in Units 5–7 of the Kindergarten Skills strand.
Kindergarten Ancillary Materials - Blending Picture Cards
The Blending Picture Cards are used as part of early blending practice. They are designed to provide a visual cue, which supports students with blending the names of various objects. Blending Picture Cards are exclusively used in Unit 2 of the Kindergarten Skills strand.
An introduction to nursery rhymes and fables, including Mother Goose poems and Aesop’s fables. By listening to nursery rhymes and repeating or reciting them, students learn vocabulary and build phonemic awareness. Well-known fables introduce students to new vocabulary and prompt discussion of character, virtues, and behavior.
Read-Aloud Anthology: Nursery Rhymes and Fables
Image Cards: Nursery Rhymes and Fables
Flip Book: Nursery Rhymes and Fables
Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide: Nursery Rhymes and Fables
Students explore how they learn about the world using their five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. Students also hear inspirational stories about individuals who overcame significant challenges posed by disabilities related to sight and hearing.
Read-Aloud Anthology: The Five Sense
Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide: The Five Sense
Students are introduced to classic stories as well as trickster tales and fiction from other cultures. Students develop an awareness of language and recurring themes in children’s literature.
Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide: Stories
Read-aloud texts introduce students to the parts of plants and how they grow. Students gain basic knowledge of ecology and the interdependence of all living things.
Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide: Plants
Students learn about the importance of farms as a source of food and other products. They identify several farm animals and crops, and contrast how plants make their own food with how animals get their food by eating plants and other living things.
Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide: Farms
Students are introduced to the broad concept that indigenous peoples lived on the continents of North and South America long before European explorers arrived. Students explore the distinctive cultures of three Native American groups, as well as how conditions in different geographical regions influenced their ways of life.
Read-Aloud Anthology: Native Americans
Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide: Native Americans
Students listen to read-aloud texts, both fiction and nonfiction, about kings, queens, and royal families. The selections build students’ understanding of responsibilities and customs associated with royalty throughout history.
Read-Aloud Anthology: Kings and Queens
Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide: Kings and Queens
An introduction to weather and the seasons. Students learn that regions of Earth experience different characteristic weather patterns throughout the year.
Read-Aloud Anthology: Seasons and Weather
Image Cards: Seasons and Weather
Flip Book: Seasons and Weather
Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide: Seasons and Weather
Students are introduced to key figures, events, and ideas associated with two episodes in the founding of the United States of America—the first voyage of Columbus in 1492 and the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620.
Read-Aloud Anthology: Columbus and the Pilgrims
Image Cards: Columbus and the Pilgrims
Flip Book: Columbus and the Pilgrims
Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide: Columbus and the Pilgrims
Students are introduced to the early history of the United States as they explore what daily life was like for people in colonial times.
Read-Aloud Anthology: Colonial Towns and Townspeople
Image Cards: Colonial Towns and Townspeople
Flip Book: Colonial Towns and Townspeople
Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide: Colonial Towns and Townspeople
Students are introduced to the importance of environmental awareness and conservation as they become familiar with the earth’s natural resources and how people’s actions affect the environment.
Read-Aloud Anthology: Taking Care of the Earth
Image Cards: Taking Care of the Earth
Flip Book: Taking Care of the Earth
Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide: Taking Care of the Earth
As students are introduced to the lives and legacies of five famous presidents, they learn about several national symbols, the branches of government, the role of the president, and elections.
Read-Aloud Anthology: Presidents and American Symbols
Image Cards: Presidents and American Symbols
Flip Book: Presidents and American Symbols
Read-Aloud Supplemental Guide: Presidents and American Symbols
Unit 1 lays the groundwork for reading and writing. Students build awareness of environmental noises, of words within sentences, and of sounds within words. They also learn several writing strokes used to create letters.
Teacher Guide: Kindergarten Skills Unit 1
Student Workbook: Kindergarten Skills Unit 1
Assessment and Remediation Guide Kindergarten Skills Unit 1
In Unit 2, students learn how to blend syllables together to form multisyllabic words. They also learn how to orally produce two- and three-sound words by blending sounds.
Teacher Guide: Kindergarten Skills Unit 2
Student Workbook: Kindergarten Skills Unit 2
Assessment and Remediation Guide Kindergarten Skills Unit 2
In Unit 3, students are introduced to eight sounds and they practice blending these sounds into words. They also learn how to form the letters that make these sounds.
Teacher Guide: Kindergarten Skills Unit 3
Student Workbook: Kindergarten Skills Unit 3
Assessment and Remediation Guide Kindergarten Skills Unit 3
Unit 4 introduces students to eight new sounds. Through oral language games, chaining exercises, and story demonstrations with the decodable Big Book (Pet Fun), students practice blending these sounds into words. Students also practice previously learned letter-sound correspondences.
Teacher Guide: Kindergarten Skills Unit 4
Student Workbook: Kindergarten Skills Unit 4
Big Book: Kindergarten Skills Unit 4
Assessment and Remediation Guide Kindergarten Skills Unit 4
Unit 5 introduces students to eight new sounds, including a spelling alternative for /k/. Through oral language games, chaining exercises, and story demonstrations with the decodable Big Book (Ox and Man), students practice blending these sounds into words. Students also practice previously learned letter-sound correspondences.
Teacher Guide: Kindergarten Skills Unit 5
Student Workbook: Kindergarten Skills Unit 5
Big Book: Kindergarten Skills Unit 5 - Ox and Man
Assessment and Remediation Guide Kindergarten Skills Unit 5
In Unit 6 students are encouraged to automatize the letter-sound correspondences and blending procedures they have learned so far. They are introduced to consonant clusters, letter names, rhyming words, and reading text independently. The decodable Student Reader (with Big Book) for Unit 6 is Kit.
Teacher Guide: Kindergarten Skills Unit 6
Student Workbook: Kindergarten Skills Unit 6
Student Reader: Kindergarten Skills Unit 6 - Kit
Big Book: Kindergarten Skills Unit 6 - Kit
Assessment and Remediation Guide Kindergarten Skills Unit 6
Unit 7 introduces students to digraphs. Students develop automaticity in blending and segmenting these sounds through phonemic awareness activities, chaining exercises, practice worksheets, and reading of their decodable Student Reader, Seth.
Teacher Guide: Kindergarten Skills Unit 7
Student Workbook: Kindergarten Skills Unit 7
Student Reader: Kindergarten Skills Unit 7 - Seth
Big Book: Kindergarten Skills Unit 7 - Seth
Assessment and Remediation Guide Kindergarten Skills Unit 7
Unit 8 introduces students to double-letter spellings for consonant sounds, as well as seven high-frequency Tricky Words. Results from this unit’s student performance task assessment inform which students are ready for the next unit and those who need targeted support with previously taught skills. The decodable Student Reader (with Big Book) for Unit 8 is Sam.
Teacher Guide: Kindergarten Skills Unit 8
Student Workbook: Kindergarten Skills Unit 8
Student Reader: Kindergarten Skills Unit 8 - Sam
Big Book: Kindergarten Skills Unit 8 - Sam
Assessment and Remediation Guide Kindergarten Skills Unit 8
In Unit 9 students practice writing uppercase letters and learn 17 new Tricky Words. This unit also introduces worksheets with story questions, comprehension questions related to the decodable Student Reader, Zach and Ann.
Teacher Guide: Kindergarten Skills Unit 9
Student Workbook: Kindergarten Skills Unit 9
Student Reader: Kindergarten Skills Unit 9 - Zack and Ann
Assessment and Remediation Guide Kindergarten Skills Unit 9
Unit 10 introduces students to five new vowel sounds and eleven additional Tricky Words. The decodable Student Reader for Unit 10 is Scott. Students are administered a cumulative End-of-Year assessment, the results of which can be shared with first grade teachers via the End-of-Year Summary sheet included in the Student Workbook.
Teacher Guide: Kindergarten Skills Unit 10
Student Workbook: Kindergarten Skills Unit 10
Student Reader: Kindergarten Skills Unit 10 - Scott