English Language Arts

About this course

Kindergarten language arts here is a beginning reading course, and it starts at the true beginning. The first four units walk through all 26 letters one at a time, six to eight letters per unit, teaching the uppercase form, the lowercase form, the letter name, the sound it makes, three or four words that start with it, and how to form it stroke by stroke on paper. Unit 5 turns those sounds into words: short-a, short-e, short-i, short-o, and short-u CVC words such as cat, bed, pig, dog, and cup, followed by lessons on blending sounds together and on reading and writing whole words. Unit 6 introduces twelve sight words in groups of three (the, a, is, I, am, can, and, to, in, we, my, you) and then uses them in simple sentences and two short stories your student reads along with you. Unit 7 closes the year on handwriting itself, from the tripod pencil grip through writing a name, letters, words, and finally a complete sentence with a capital and a period.

There are 56 lessons across 7 units, not a full 180-day sequence, so this course is meant to be paced over the year alongside plenty of ordinary read-aloud time rather than to fill every school day. Each lesson is written for about 40 minutes and follows the same shape: a short prayer, a warm-up on letters already learned, the new teaching, hands-on practice, and a wrap-up. Most lessons include tracing directions, a KJV verse tied to the day's letter or idea, and a suggested activity using nothing but pencil, paper, and things already around the house. Every lesson ends with a ten-question multiple-choice quiz that grades itself.

Plan on doing this one beside your student rather than assigning it. The lesson text is addressed to you as much as to the reader, with notes like "Parent: first guide your child's finger in the air, then on paper" and questions to ask after each short story, because a kindergartner cannot yet read the instructions. No prior reading ability is assumed at all. A student who finishes should know every letter and sound, be able to blend three-sound words, recognize a small bank of sight words on sight, and write a short sentence without help.

What the course covers

• The 26 letters: names, sounds, and formation
• Uppercase and lowercase recognition
• Short vowel sounds and consonant sounds
• CVC words and blending sounds into words
• Twelve beginning sight words
• Reading simple sentences and short stories
• Story parts: characters, setting, and events
• Pencil grip and letter handwriting
• Writing a name, words, and a first sentence

What your student will be able to do

• Name every letter and give the sound it makes
• Blend three sounds together to read a CVC word
• Recognize common sight words without sounding them out
• Read a short sentence aloud while pointing to each word
• Hold a pencil correctly and form letters from top to bottom
• Write a complete sentence with a capital letter and an ending mark

Scope and sequence

All 7 units of English Language Arts for Kindergarten, in the order they are taught.

Every lesson, by title

All 56 lesson titles are listed here — nothing is withheld until you download. Open a unit to read its contents.

One whole lesson, exactly as it comes

This is a real lesson taken from the middle of the course — the teaching text, the practice, the homework, and the first three quiz questions with their answers. It is not a marketing excerpt.

What you will need

Drawn from the materials named across all 56 lessons of this course. Most families already own most of it.