Kindergarten Language Arts: Teacher Guide
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Read instructions aloud, model the target sound, and allow oral, pointed, drawn or written answers. Observe blending and spelling separately, record support given, and reteach or extend according to demonstrated readiness.
Lesson 1: Listen for Beginning Sounds
1. First sound in mat? /m/.
2. First sound in Sam? /s/.
3. First sound in sun? /s/.
4. First sound in map? /m/.
5. Which starts with /m/: mat or sat? mat.
6. Which starts with /s/: sip or pin? sip.
Extension guidance: Accept examples whose initial spoken sounds match; check for sound rather than spelling alone.
Lesson 2: Hear and Blend Sounds
1. Blend /m/ /a/ /t/. mat.
2. Blend /s/ /a/ /t/. sat.
3. Blend /p/ /a/ /n/. pan.
4. Blend /s/ /i/ /t/. sit.
5. Blend /p/ /i/ /n/. pin.
6. Blend /n/ /a/ /p/. nap.
Extension guidance: /m/ /a/ /p/, blended map.
Lesson 3: Letters and Short Vowel Sounds
1. What sound does m spell in mat? /m/.
2. What sound does s spell in sat? /s/.
3. What sound does t spell at the end of mat? /t/.
4. What vowel sound does a spell in mat? Short /a/.
5. What vowel sound does i spell in sit? Short /i/.
6. Read the word pin by blending its sounds. pin, /p/ /i/ /n/.
Extension guidance: sat.
Lesson 4: Segment and Spell
1. Say the sounds in mat. /m/ /a/ /t/.
2. Say the sounds in sat. /s/ /a/ /t/.
3. Spell map. m-a-p.
4. Spell sit. s-i-t.
5. Spell pin. p-i-n.
6. How many sounds are in nap? 3: /n/ /a/ /p/.
Extension guidance: pit, p-i-t.
Lesson 5: Read and Retell
1. Who sat in the first sentence? Sam.
2. Who sat in the second sentence? Tim.
3. Who pats Tim? Sam.
4. Who is patted? Tim.
5. What mark ends each telling sentence? A period.
6. Tell or draw one thing that happened. Sam sat, Tim sat, or Sam pats Tim.
Extension guidance: Sam does the patting; Tim receives it.
Independent Chapter Check: Answers
1. What is the first sound in mat? /m/.
2. What is the first sound in sat? /s/.
3. Blend /p/ /a/ /n/. pan.
4. Blend /s/ /i/ /t/. sit.
5. Say the sounds in map. /m/ /a/ /p/.
6. What vowel sound is in mat? Short /a/.
7. Spell pin. p-i-n.
8. Read ‘Sam sat.’ Who sat? Sam.