Organizing Idea
PHONICS: Children make connections between letters and sounds in words.
KINDERGARTEN - ORGANIZING IDEA: PHONICS
Phonics: Foundational literacy is supported by understanding relationships between sounds in oral language and the letters that represent them.
Guiding Question: How do letters and sounds work together to make words?
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Learning Outcome: Children make connections between letters and sounds in words. |
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Knowledge |
Understanding |
Skills & Procedures |
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The English alphabet consists of a set of 26 letters.
Letters have distinguishable characteristics, including
Letters can be upper case or lower case. |
Letters come in many shapes and sizes. |
Identify letters by characteristics.
Recognize most uppercase and lowercase letters by name. |
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Knowledge |
Understanding |
Skills & Procedures |
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Letters represent sounds in words.
There is a relationship between written letters (graphemes) and the sounds they represent (phonemes). |
Knowing the relationship between letters and sounds (phonics) supports reading print messages. |
Make connections between letters and sounds in words.
Recognize the first, middle, or ending letter or sound in words. |
