Kindergarten Reading and Writing Scope and Sequence

The units week by week

1. Weeks 1–3

   Letters and Handwriting

   1. Lines, zigzags, and curves
   2. Find the letter
   3. Uppercase and lowercase letters
   4. Write the letters
   5. The alphabet in order
   6. Trace and write words
   7. All about me

   Standards, Common Core: L.K.1.a, RF.K.1.d, RF.K.3.c, W.K.2

2. Weeks 4–6

   Hearing Sounds in Words

   1. Hear the rhyme
   2. Clap the syllables
   3. Beginning sounds
   4. Ending sounds and middle sounds
   5. Say it slowly: one sound, one box
   6. Build the word

   Standards, Common Core: L.K.2.c, L.K.2.d, RF.K.2.a, RF.K.2.b, RF.K.2.d, RF.K.3.a, RF.K.3.b

3. Weeks 7–9

   First Words to Read

   1. Match words to pictures
   2. Sight words
   3. One and many
   4. A or an?
   5. sh and ch

   Standards, Common Core: L.K.1.c, RF.K.2.d, RF.K.3, RF.K.3.c

4. Weeks 10–11

   Sorting, Opposites, and Story Order

   1. Sort into groups
   2. Which one does not belong?
   3. Opposites
   4. First, next, last

   Standards, Common Core: L.K.5.a, L.K.5.b