| Kindergarten | Language Arts Course Map |
| August | Reading Concepts: Phonemic Awareness;
Listening; Poetry Graphic Organizers: "Gimme Five;" K-W-L |
| September | Reading Concepts: Speaking (Include
Fact from Fiction); Role Playing Graphic Organizers: Compare and Contrast; Simple Flow Chart |
| October | Reading Concepts: Concepts of Print (Kidwriting);
Introduce Punctuation, Capitalization, and left to right progression;
Phonics Graphic Organizers: Jounals |
| November | Reading Concepts: Rhyming; Listening Graphic Organizers: T-Chart; "Gimme 5" |
| December | Reading Concept: Comprehension:
Prediction Graphic Organizer: K-W-L |
| January | Reading Concepts: Punctuation and
Capitalization; Describing Words Graphic Organizer: Word Web |
| February | Reading Concepts: Rhyming Words; Poetry Graphic Organizers: Word Web with Word Family; Compare/Contrast |
| March | Reading Concept: Word Chunks Graphic Organizer: Column chart or mind map |
| April | Reading Concepts: Comprehension:
Inference; elements of a read aloud: beginning, middle, end, setting,
characters, problem, events, resolution; Blending Graphic Organizer: Inference Graphic Organizer; r-controlled vowels (Story of Bossy R) |
| May | Acceleration for 1st Grade Reading Concept: Vocabulary Builder Graphic Organizer: Word Splash |