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Kindergarten Reading & writing, Common Core strands

3 units for Kindergarten reading & writing, organised by Common Core strand: Reading: Foundational Skills. Each unit has a short lesson, a practice worksheet and a review worksheet, both with answer keys.

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01

RF Reading: Foundational Skills

Alphabet

Letter names and the order of the alphabet.

Short lesson: The alphabet

The alphabet has 26 letters in a fixed order, from A to Z.

  • Say it in order. Sing or say the letters from A to Z. The order never changes.
  • Two forms. Each letter has an uppercase form (B) and a lowercase form (b).
  • Before and after. To find the letter after another, say the alphabet up to it and say one more letter.
  • Alphabetical order. Sort words by their first letter. If the first letters match, look at the second letter.

Worked example

Which letter comes after P?

Say the letters: N, O, P, Q. The letter straight after P is Q.

Answer: Q

Worksheets

A practice worksheet and a review worksheet, 10 and 10 questions.

Worksheets (PDF)Answer keys (PDF)
Practice worksheet: 10 questions

  1. Which letter comes before R?

    1. S
    2. Q
    3. P
    4. R

  2. Which letter comes after C?

    1. C
    2. D
    3. B
    4. E

  3. Which letter comes before Z?

    1. Y
    2. Z
    3. X

  4. Which letter comes after O?

    1. O
    2. P
    3. N
    4. Q

  5. Which letter comes before J?

    1. K
    2. H
    3. I
    4. J

  6. Which letter comes after E?

    1. E
    2. F
    3. D
    4. G

  7. Which letter comes before W?

    1. X
    2. U
    3. W
    4. V

  8. Which letter comes after T?

    1. V
    2. T
    3. U
    4. S

  9. Which letter comes before V?

    1. V
    2. U
    3. W
    4. T

  10. Which letter comes after S?

    1. R
    2. S
    3. U
    4. T
Answer key
  1. Q Q comes before R.
  2. D D comes after C.
  3. Y Y comes before Z.
  4. P P comes after O.
  5. I I comes before J.
  6. F F comes after E.
  7. V V comes before W.
  8. U U comes after T.
  9. U U comes before V.
  10. T T comes after S.
Review worksheet: 10 questions

  1. Which letter comes after N?

    1. O
    2. N
    3. M
    4. P

  2. Which letter comes before O?

    1. M
    2. P
    3. O
    4. N

  3. Which letter comes after A?

    1. A
    2. C
    3. B

  4. Which letter comes before X?

    1. W
    2. V
    3. Y
    4. X

  5. Which letter comes after Y?

    1. Y
    2. X
    3. Z

  6. Which letter comes before T?

    1. U
    2. S
    3. T
    4. R

  7. Which letter comes after Q?

    1. R
    2. S
    3. Q
    4. P

  8. Which letter comes before S?

    1. S
    2. R
    3. Q
    4. T

  9. Which letter comes after X?

    1. W
    2. Y
    3. Z
    4. X

  10. Which letter comes before I?

    1. G
    2. H
    3. I
    4. J
Answer key
  1. O O comes after N.
  2. N N comes before O.
  3. B B comes after A.
  4. W W comes before X.
  5. Z Z comes after Y.
  6. S S comes before T.
  7. R R comes after Q.
  8. R R comes before S.
  9. Y Y comes after X.
  10. H H comes before I.

Related ready-made worksheets: Kindergarten Alphabet worksheet

02

RF Reading: Foundational Skills

Phonics & sounds

Letter sounds at the start, middle and end of words, rhymes and simple word families.

Short lesson: Sounds in words

Words are made of sounds. Say a word slowly and listen for its first, middle and last sounds.

  • First sound. Stretch the word out: mmm-oon. The first sound you hear is /m/, written m.
  • Middle sound. In short words like pig and hen, the middle sound is a vowel: a, e, i, o or u.
  • Last sound. Say the word and stop on the end: he-n. The last sound is /n/.
  • Rhymes. Rhyming words end with the same sounds, like cat, hat and mat.

Worked example

Which letter begins the word moon?

Say moon slowly. The first sound is /m/, and we write it with the letter m.

Answer: m

Worksheets

A practice worksheet and a review worksheet, 10 and 10 questions.

Worksheets (PDF)Answer keys (PDF)
Practice worksheet: 10 questions

  1. Which word begins with the letter V?

    1. van
    2. jam
    3. hat
    4. igloo

  2. Which letter begins the word “goat”?

    1. I
    2. J
    3. G
    4. H

  3. Which word begins with the letter R?

    1. egg
    2. rain
    3. fish
    4. dog

  4. Which word begins with the letter W?

    1. jam
    2. igloo
    3. kite
    4. web

  5. Which word begins with the letter B?

    1. jam
    2. igloo
    3. ball
    4. kite

  6. Which word begins with the letter I?

    1. rain
    2. igloo
    3. pig
    4. queen

  7. Which word begins with the letter H?

    1. hat
    2. octopus
    3. pig
    4. queen

  8. Which word begins with the letter C?

    1. leaf
    2. cat
    3. kite
    4. jam

  9. Which word begins with the letter K?

    1. rain
    2. sun
    3. kite
    4. tree

  10. Which word begins with the letter X?

    1. leaf
    2. xylophone
    3. kite
    4. jam
Answer key
  1. van van begins with V.
  2. G goat begins with G.
  3. rain rain begins with R.
  4. web web begins with W.
  5. ball ball begins with B.
  6. igloo igloo begins with I.
  7. hat hat begins with H.
  8. cat cat begins with C.
  9. kite kite begins with K.
  10. xylophone xylophone begins with X.
Review worksheet: 10 questions

  1. Which letter begins the word “yarn”?

    1. G
    2. E
    3. F
    4. Y

  2. Which word begins with the letter Q?

    1. dog
    2. cat
    3. queen
    4. egg

  3. Which word begins with the letter E?

    1. moon
    2. leaf
    3. nest
    4. egg

  4. Which word begins with the letter Z?

    1. moon
    2. nest
    3. leaf
    4. zebra

  5. Which word begins with the letter G?

    1. octopus
    2. pig
    3. nest
    4. goat

  6. Which word begins with the letter Y?

    1. yarn
    2. kite
    3. moon
    4. leaf

  7. Which word belongs to the -at word family?

    1. sun
    2. pen
    3. dog
    4. cat

  8. Which word begins with the letter N?

    1. nest
    2. van
    3. umbrella
    4. web

  9. Which word begins with the letter A?

    1. apple
    2. hat
    3. jam
    4. igloo

  10. Which word begins with the letter F?

    1. octopus
    2. nest
    3. moon
    4. fish
Answer key
  1. Y yarn begins with Y.
  2. queen queen begins with Q.
  3. egg egg begins with E.
  4. zebra zebra begins with Z.
  5. goat goat begins with G.
  6. yarn yarn begins with Y.
  7. cat cat ends with -at.
  8. nest nest begins with N.
  9. apple apple begins with A.
  10. fish fish begins with F.

Related ready-made worksheets: Kindergarten Phonics & sounds worksheet

03

RF Reading: Foundational Skills

Sight words

Recognising common words quickly by sight.

Short lesson: Sight words

Sight words are common words that we learn to read straight away, without sounding them out.

  • Look at the whole word. Look at the shape and length of the word before you read it.
  • Check every letter. Words like was and saw use the same letters in a different order, so check each one.
  • Say it and use it. Read the word aloud, then say a short sentence that uses it.

Worked example

Which option matches the word two?

Check the letters one by one: t, w, o. Only one option has exactly these letters in this order.

Answer: two

Worksheets

A practice worksheet and a review worksheet, 10 and 10 questions.

Worksheets (PDF)Answer keys (PDF)
Practice worksheet: 10 questions

  1. Read the word: we. Which option is the same word?

    1. come
    2. find
    3. down
    4. we

  2. Which option matches the word “look”?

    1. me
    2. look
    3. my
    4. make

  3. Read the word: big. Which option is the same word?

    1. blue
    2. come
    3. big
    4. can

  4. Which option matches the word “two”?

    1. blue
    2. two
    3. can
    4. come

  5. Read the word: help. Which option is the same word?

    1. help
    2. here
    3. in
    4. I

  6. Which option matches the word “not”?

    1. one
    2. not
    3. red
    4. play

  7. Read the word: you. Which option is the same word?

    1. go
    2. you
    3. for
    4. funny

  8. Which option matches the word “go”?

    1. here
    2. go
    3. help
    4. I

  9. Read the word: go. Which option is the same word?

    1. here
    2. help
    3. go
    4. I

  10. Which option matches the word “yellow”?

    1. find
    2. for
    3. yellow
    4. funny
Answer key
  1. we The matching word is “we”.
  2. look The matching word is look.
  3. big The matching word is “big”.
  4. two The matching word is two.
  5. help The matching word is “help”.
  6. not The matching word is not.
  7. you The matching word is “you”.
  8. go The matching word is go.
  9. go The matching word is “go”.
  10. yellow The matching word is yellow.
Review worksheet: 10 questions

  1. Read the word: find. Which option is the same word?

    1. find
    2. go
    3. for
    4. funny

  2. Which option matches the word “where”?

    1. down
    2. find
    3. for
    4. where

  3. Read the word: my. Which option is the same word?

    1. one
    2. play
    3. my
    4. not

  4. Which option matches the word “big”?

    1. can
    2. come
    3. big
    4. blue

  5. Read the word: yellow. Which option is the same word?

    1. for
    2. yellow
    3. funny
    4. find

  6. Which option matches the word “little”?

    1. little
    2. look
    3. make
    4. me

  7. Read the word: two. Which option is the same word?

    1. can
    2. come
    3. blue
    4. two

  8. Which option matches the word “it”?

    1. jump
    2. little
    3. look
    4. it

  9. Read the word: blue. Which option is the same word?

    1. can
    2. blue
    3. come
    4. down

  10. Which option matches the word “is”?

    1. it
    2. is
    3. jump
    4. little
Answer key
  1. find The matching word is “find”.
  2. where The matching word is where.
  3. my The matching word is “my”.
  4. big The matching word is big.
  5. yellow The matching word is “yellow”.
  6. little The matching word is little.
  7. two The matching word is “two”.
  8. it The matching word is it.
  9. blue The matching word is “blue”.
  10. is The matching word is is.

Related ready-made worksheets: Kindergarten Sight words worksheet