English Language Arts Curriculum
Kindergarten
| Course Purpose: | Students will apply print concepts and foundational skills to learn how to read and write. Students will compose complete sentences with proper, simple grammar. | 
Outcomes and Components:
| LA.K.1 | Students will distinguish between the author and illustrator, show parts of a fiction book with a product that asks and answers questions to clarify unknown words. | ||
| Pacing Instruct/ Assess | Component Code | Component | Standard(s) | 
| LA.K.1.1 | Identify front and back cover and the title page of a fiction book. | K.RL.10 | |
| LA.K.1.2 | Identify and explain the role of the author and illustrator. | K.RL.6 | |
| LA.K.1.3 | Identify and use question words (who, what, where, when, why, and how). | K.L.1d | |
| LA.K.1.4 | Use questions to clarify the meaning of unknown words. | K.RL.4 K.L.4a | |
| LA.K.1.5 | Use the most frequently occurring prepositions (to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, and with) | K.L.1e | |
| LA.K.1.6 | Use questions to clarify and understand new meanings of familiar words. | K.SL.3 K.SL.5 | |
| LA.K.1.7 | Identify real-life connections between words and their use. | K.L5c | |
| LA.K.1.8 | Construct a drawing, dictation, writing, or narration to demonstrate their new meaning for familiar words. | K.SL.5 | |
| LA.K.1.9 | Present their product and answer questions to clarify any misunderstandings. | K.SL.5 | |
| LA.K.1.10 | Read and identify common types of texts such as story books or a poem. | K.RL.5 | |
| Academic Vocabulary: author. illustrator, title page, front cover, back cover, tracking print, fiction, title | 
| Content Vocabulary: prediction, question words: who, what, where, why, and how, dawn, mammouth, chat, borrowed, lapel, redo, undo, retie, untie, reread, unhappy, eye, I, won, one, dull, vines, marveled | 
