LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

English Language Arts — Kindergarten

Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.

Objective 4.05. Use a variety of sentence patterns such as interrogative requests (Can you go with me?) and sentence fragments that convey emotion (Me, too!).

  • write from left to right and from top to bottom.
  • write most letters and some words when dictated.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Animals on the move
Students will choose an animal, draw the animal, write a sentence naming their animal and write a sentence about what their animal can do using inventive as well as conventional spelling.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Information Skills)
By Anita Baldwin, Ann Loftis, and Genevieve Kiser.

Resources on the web

Reading and writing about whales using fiction and nonfiction texts
This lesson from ReadWriteThink teaches students how to formulate research questions and write letters. The lesson uses the nonfiction picture book Big Blue Whale by Nicola Davies to present factual information about blue whales and the fiction... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Learning centers: From shared to independent practice
To become proficient at any skill, hands-on practice is necessary. This ReadWriteThink lesson provides a framework for using a shared reading experience to introduce independent literacy learning centers. Teaching students to work independently is critical... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink