Kindergarten English Language Arts | Chapter 5: Decodable Sentences, Comprehension and Writing
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Lesson 1: Blend CVC Words
Teaching guidance
A consonant-vowel-consonant word has three sounds, often written with three letters. To read ‘map,’ say /m/, /a/, and /p/, then blend smoothly. Try ‘sit,’ ‘hen,’ and ‘log.’ Stretch the word aloud, then touch each letter from left to right. Do not guess words only from their first letter.
Correct responses
- 1. Blend m-a-p. Answer: map
- 2. Blend s-i-t. Answer: sit
- 3. Blend h-e-n. Answer: hen
- 4. What middle vowel is in log? Answer: o
- 5. Change the first sound in cat to /b/. What word? Answer: bat
- 6. Why should you look at every letter when decoding? Answer: Each letter helps identify the sounds in the word
Score six questions, then explain and reteach errors. Accept reasonable equivalent responses and developmentally appropriate drawings.
Lesson 2: Read a Decodable Passage
Teaching guidance
Read this original short story with an adult: ‘Ben has a red hen. The hen is in a pen. Ben gets a cup. He puts the cup by the pen.’ Read the sentences twice. Ask who the story is about, what animal appears, and where it is. Answer only from the words in the passage.
Correct responses
- 1. Who has a hen? Answer: Ben
- 2. What color is the hen? Answer: red
- 3. Where is the hen? Answer: in a pen
- 4. What object does Ben get? Answer: a cup
- 5. Where does Ben put the cup? Answer: by the pen
- 6. What word in the passage rhymes with hen? Answer: pen
Score six questions, then explain and reteach errors. Accept reasonable equivalent responses and developmentally appropriate drawings.
Lesson 3: Sequence Events
Teaching guidance
A story has events in an order. Beginning tells what happens first; middle tells what happens next; ending tells how it concludes. Read: ‘Mia gets a seed. She puts it in soil. Mia waters it. Later, a sprout appears.’ Tell the events in the order given, without adding imaginary actions.
Correct responses
- 1. Who gets a seed? Answer: Mia
- 2. What happens after Mia gets the seed? Answer: puts it in soil
- 3. What does Mia put on the soil? Answer: water
- 4. What appears later? Answer: a sprout
- 5. Which happened first: watering or getting a seed? Answer: getting a seed
- 6. Retell the story in three steps. Answer: Gets seed, plants and waters, sprout appears
Score six questions, then explain and reteach errors. Accept reasonable equivalent responses and developmentally appropriate drawings.
Lesson 4: Write Complete Sentences
Teaching guidance
A complete sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with punctuation. It also tells a complete idea. ‘The cat sits.’ is complete. ‘The cat’ might be a subject but does not say what happens. Say the whole idea aloud, write the words in order, then check spacing.
Correct responses
- 1. Fix: the dog naps. Answer: The dog naps.
- 2. Add an end mark: I see a fish__ Answer: period
- 3. Arrange: hops / The / frog. Answer: The frog hops.
- 4. Write one sentence about a plant. Answer: Any complete accurate sentence
- 5. Should there be spaces between words? Answer: yes
- 6. Which is complete: ‘The bird’ or ‘The bird sings.’? Answer: The bird sings.
Score six questions, then explain and reteach errors. Accept reasonable equivalent responses and developmentally appropriate drawings.
Lesson 5: Independent Reading Check
Teaching guidance
Read and explain a brief passage, identify a story event, and write a sentence. The teacher can read instructions but should note separately whether the child read the passage independently. Use the story: ‘Kim has a big bag. A red hat is in the bag. Kim puts the hat on.’
Correct responses
- 1. Who has the bag? Answer: Kim
- 2. What is in the bag? Answer: a red hat
- 3. What does Kim do with the hat? Answer: puts it on
- 4. Blend /h/ /a/ /t/. Answer: hat
- 5. Write a sentence beginning with ‘I’. Answer: Any complete sentence beginning with I
- 6. Give the story events in the correct order. Answer: Has a bag, hat in bag, puts hat on
Score six questions, then explain and reteach errors. Accept reasonable equivalent responses and developmentally appropriate drawings.
Chapter review
Total of 30 core questions across five days. Use an independent check before recording mastery.