2015 Grade K Language Arts

NOTE: 2015 edition released 6/16/15

2015 LA Grade K IG Errors

  • Instructions for the "Picture Sheets" in Section Three have been left out of the Language Arts K IG. Here are the missing instructions (which will also be uploaded to the Curriculum Updates page). (12.22.15)
    "Over the course of the year, make a letter page for each sound. You might want to keep them in a three-ring binder, or in a folder, where your children can access them and review them easily.
    In Section Three you'll find drawings, about six per letter. Get a blank piece of paper (hole-punched, if desired), write the capital and lower case letter of the week on it in bold letters. Cut out the pictures for that letter and paste them on. For example: B, b; balloon, bear, bike, book, box, butterfly. If you want to find additional pictures, such as in magazines, feel free to flip through some with your children and look for additional words.
    This is another way to reinforce the sounds your children are learning. Please follow these directions for the rest of the year, once each week."

Poetry and Songs Appendix

This correction for the 2015 LA K is being picked and included with each order.
L&P Poetry and Songs Appendix

Language and Thinking for Young Children

The 2015 edition of LA K no longer schedules this title as we have discontinued it.

Order of letters taught (10.20.09)

We start with the easiest letters to hear (for example, "f" is the first letter because its sound is unique and distinctive.) We add letters as they are "hearable (for example, b, s, t, and m)." We add some letters late in the year since they aren’t used often (q, x, z). And, we follow Dr. Beechick's idea of having kids read as soon as possible (since that is why we learn the letters in the first place--not for the head knowledge but to read). Therefore, we add the letter "A" in week six so that kids can start putting letters together into words. When we add a vowel to the progression of letter sounds, we pause in our push forward in learning letters since vowels enable us to read and can be somewhat tougher to hear. So, instead of a letter a week, we'll spend from 2 to 4 weeks on a vowel sound.

Go A to Z cards description

Cards the size of playing cards, have the upper and lower case on the same card on opposite corners of each card. There are 2 cards of each letter in the pack. Used in LA K for Go Fish type games as well as other activities.

HWT Slate description

Slate is 5 x 7" (2007 version is bigger than the old one)

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