Kindergarten English Language Arts | Unit 2 Student Practice
Student: ________ Date: ________. Read the corresponding textbook lesson before answering. An adult may read instructions aloud without supplying the answers.
Day 1: Hear and Match Beginning Sounds
- 1. What is the first sound in sun?
- 2. Which begins like map: moon or fish?
- 3. Say the first sound in tap.
- 4. Circle the letter for /b/: b or d.
- 5. Which begins like dog: duck or cat?
- 6. Name something in your room beginning with /m/.
Advanced or hands-on extension: demonstrate the central idea with a drawing, model, oral retelling, or real-world example. Teacher records completion privately.
Day 2: Blend Simple Words
- 1. Blend /c/ /a/ /t/.
- 2. Blend /s/ /i/ /t/.
- 3. What is the middle sound in map?
- 4. Which spells dog: d-o-g or g-o-d?
- 5. Read: pen.
- 6. Change the first sound in cat to /b/. What word?
Advanced or hands-on extension: demonstrate the central idea with a drawing, model, oral retelling, or real-world example. Teacher records completion privately.
Day 3: Read a Short Original Story
- 1. Who has a cap?
- 2. What color is the cap?
- 3. Where is the cap?
- 4. What does Sam do at the end?
- 5. Is the story about a dog or a cap?
- 6. Tell the story in three parts.
Advanced or hands-on extension: demonstrate the central idea with a drawing, model, oral retelling, or real-world example. Teacher records completion privately.
Day 4: Write and Say a Complete Thought
- 1. Which begins correctly: the dog / The dog?
- 2. Add punctuation: The sun is hot__
- 3. Arrange: runs / The / dog.
- 4. Write a sentence about a pet.
- 5. Should a sentence begin with a capital?
- 6. Point to the spaces in: I see a cat.
Advanced or hands-on extension: demonstrate the central idea with a drawing, model, oral retelling, or real-world example. Teacher records completion privately.
Day 5: Independent Reading and Writing Check
- 1. Blend /h/ /e/ /n/.
- 2. What begins with /s/: sock or ball?
- 3. Read: The hen is red. What is red?
- 4. Write the first letter of fish.
- 5. Write a sentence beginning with I.
- 6. Retell the Sam cap story in order.
Advanced or hands-on extension: demonstrate the central idea with a drawing, model, oral retelling, or real-world example. Teacher records completion privately.
End-of-Unit Practice Check
Select one missed concept from each lesson, explain it in your own words or drawing, and demonstrate improvement without reading the teacher key.