Common Core · Kindergarten
Common Core Kindergarten ELA Standards: Checklist with Lessons
The Common Core English Language Arts standards for Kindergarten, listed by code, with our lessons and worksheets for each one we cover.
17 standards with lessons or worksheets3 more that our lessons lead up to or go beyond45 not covered yet29 lessons
The printout is a coverage document for your principal or your team: every code, what we have for it, and what is not covered.
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How to read this checklist
Each line starts with the official code. The sentence after it is our own description of what children do in the lessons; it is not the wording of the standard. Some standards are covered only in part, and the sentence tells you which part.
For the exact wording of each standard, see the official document: Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)
The standards by area
Reading: Literature
RL.K.2
Our lessons lead up to this standard
Children look at the pictures of a short story and put them in the order in which things happen.
- Lesson 4: First, next, last in the unit Sorting, Opposites, and Story Order
- Lesson 5: What happens next? in the Grade 1 unit Reading Sentences and Stories
Not covered yet
We have no lesson or worksheet for these codes yet:
- RL.K.1
- RL.K.3
- RL.K.4
- RL.K.5
- RL.K.6
- RL.K.7
- RL.K.9
- RL.K.10
Reading: Informational Text
Not covered yet
We have no lesson or worksheet for these codes yet:
- RI.K.1
- RI.K.2
- RI.K.3
- RI.K.4
- RI.K.5
- RI.K.6
- RI.K.7
- RI.K.8
- RI.K.9
- RI.K.10
Reading: Foundational Skills
RF.K.1.c
Children trace and copy words and short sentences from left to right, leaving a space between one word and the next.
Worksheets: Picture Words · Sight Words: Read, Trace, Write · Sight Words Practice Set 2
RF.K.1.d
Children find every copy of a letter among letters that look like it, such as b, d, p, and q.
- Lesson 2: Find the letter in the unit Letters and Handwriting
- Lesson 3: Uppercase and lowercase letters in the unit Letters and Handwriting
- Lesson 5: The alphabet in order in the unit Letters and Handwriting
RF.K.2.a
Children say two picture words aloud and decide whether they rhyme.
- Lesson 1: Hear the rhyme in the unit Hearing Sounds in Words
- Lesson 1: Rhyming words in the Grade 1 unit Sounds, Spelling, and Syllables
RF.K.2.b
Children say a word and count its syllables by clapping the beats.
- Lesson 2: Clap the syllables in the unit Hearing Sounds in Words
- Lesson 6: Syllables in the Grade 1 unit Sounds, Spelling, and Syllables
RF.K.2.d
Children say a three-sound picture word and listen for its first sound, its last sound, and the vowel sound in the middle.
- Lesson 3: Beginning sounds in the unit Hearing Sounds in Words
- Lesson 4: Ending sounds and middle sounds in the unit Hearing Sounds in Words
- Lesson 5: Say it slowly: one sound, one box in the unit Hearing Sounds in Words
- Lesson 5: sh and ch in the unit First Words to Read
RF.K.3
Children read a short word and match it to the picture it names.
- Lesson 1: Match words to pictures in the unit First Words to Read
RF.K.3.a
Children say a picture word, listen for its first or its last sound, and match or write the consonant letter for that sound.
- Lesson 3: Beginning sounds in the unit Hearing Sounds in Words
- Lesson 4: Ending sounds and middle sounds in the unit Hearing Sounds in Words
- Lesson 6: Build the word in the unit Hearing Sounds in Words
RF.K.3.b
Children listen for the short vowel sound in the middle of a three-sound picture word and write the letter for it.
- Lesson 4: Ending sounds and middle sounds in the unit Hearing Sounds in Words
- Lesson 6: Build the word in the unit Hearing Sounds in Words
RF.K.3.c
Children read a common word at a glance, find it among words that look like it, and write it in a sentence.
- Lesson 2: Sight words in the unit First Words to Read
- Lesson 6: Trace and write words in the unit Letters and Handwriting
Not covered yet
We have no lesson or worksheet for these codes yet:
- RF.K.1.a
- RF.K.1.b
- RF.K.2.c
- RF.K.2.e
- RF.K.3.d
- RF.K.4
Writing
W.K.2
Children write their name and age, draw themselves and their favorite things, and copy the words for things they like.
- Lesson 7: All about me in the unit Letters and Handwriting
Not covered yet
We have no lesson or worksheet for these codes yet:
- W.K.1
- W.K.3
- W.K.5
- W.K.6
- W.K.7
- W.K.8
Speaking and Listening
Not covered yet
We have no lesson or worksheet for these codes yet:
- SL.K.1.a
- SL.K.1.b
- SL.K.2
- SL.K.3
- SL.K.4
- SL.K.5
- SL.K.6
Language
L.K.1.a
Children trace each letter from its starting dot in the direction of the arrows and write one on their own.
- Lesson 4: Write the letters in the unit Letters and Handwriting
- Lesson 6: Trace and write words in the unit Letters and Handwriting
L.K.1.b
Our lessons go beyond this standard
Children sort words into nouns and verbs, and into nouns and adjectives.
- Lesson 2: Nouns, verbs, and adjectives in the Grade 1 unit Words and How They Work
- Lesson 2: Nouns, verbs, and adjectives: three bins in the Grade 2 unit Sentences and Grammar
L.K.1.c
Children tell the word for one from the word for more than one and write the plural with s.
- Lesson 3: One and many in the unit First Words to Read
L.K.1.d
Children choose the question word, who, what, or where, that asks for a part of a sentence, and match questions to answers.
- Lesson 4: Who, what, where in the Grade 1 unit Reading Sentences and Stories
- Lesson 6: Write the question in the Grade 2 unit Sentences and Grammar
L.K.2.a
Our lessons go beyond this standard
Children rewrite a sentence with its capital letter and its end mark, and split two sentences that ran together.
- Lesson 1: Capital letters and end marks in the Grade 2 unit Sentences and Grammar
L.K.2.c
Children build a three-sound word for a picture from its letters, in the order of its sounds.
- Lesson 6: Build the word in the unit Hearing Sounds in Words
L.K.2.d
Children build a three-sound word for a picture from its letters, in the order of its sounds.
- Lesson 6: Build the word in the unit Hearing Sounds in Words
L.K.5.a
Children decide which group each picture belongs to, such as animals or food, and sort the pictures.
- Lesson 1: Sort into groups in the unit Sorting, Opposites, and Story Order
- Lesson 2: Which one does not belong? in the unit Sorting, Opposites, and Story Order
L.K.5.b
Children match a picture to the picture that shows its opposite, such as big and small or hot and cold.
- Lesson 3: Opposites in the unit Sorting, Opposites, and Story Order
- Lesson 5: Write the opposite in the Grade 1 unit Words and How They Work
Not covered yet
We have no lesson or worksheet for these codes yet:
- L.K.1.e
- L.K.1.f
- L.K.2.b
- L.K.4.a
- L.K.4.b
- L.K.5.c
- L.K.5.d
- L.K.6
More standards checklists
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