Course Content
A. Letter Identification and Recognition
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A.01. Identify letters in the alphabet (uppercase and lowercase).
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A.02. Find all instances of a specified uppercase or lowercase letter.
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A.03. Choose the uppercase letter that matches a spoken sound.
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A.04. Choose the lowercase letter that matches a spoken sound.
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A.05. Differentiate between frequently confused letters.
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A.06. Discriminate between similar uppercase letters and their corresponding lowercase letters.
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A.07. Understand that letters form the building blocks of written words.
B. Word Recognition and Sentence Structure
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B.01. Identify matching words from a set of options.
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B.02. Recognize properly spaced sentences.
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B.03. Locate a specific word within a given sentence.
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B.04. Understand the concept of words forming sentences.
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B.05. Identify the constituent parts of a sentence (words, spaces, punctuation).
C. Rhyming
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C.01. Identify a word that rhymes with a given word.
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C.02. Identify two words that rhyme with each other.
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C.03. Select the picture that corresponds to a word that rhymes with another given word.
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C.04. Produce a word that rhymes with a given word.
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C.05. Understand the concept of rhyming and its role in language and poetry.
D. Beginning and Ending Sounds
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D.01. Identify words that start with the same sound.
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D.02. Identify a word that ends with a given sound.
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D.03. Identify two words that end with the same sound.
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D.04. Produce words that begin with the same sound as a given word.
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D.05. Manipulate beginning and ending sounds to create new words (e.g., changing the first sound in “cat” to “hat”).
E. Blending and Segmenting Sounds
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E.01. Blend onset and rime (e.g., c-at) to form a complete word.
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E.02. Blend individual sounds together to form a word.
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E.03. Identify the initial sound in a word.
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E.04. Sequence sounds correctly to form a word.
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E.05. Segment a word into its constituent sounds (phonemes).
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E.06. Manipulate and isolate phonemes within a word.
F. Letter-Sound Associations: Lowercase
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F.01. Identify the word that begins with a given sound.
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F.02. Choose the letter that matches a consonant sound: b, d, j, k, p, t, v, z
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F.03. Choose the letter that matches a consonant sound: f, l, m, n, r, s
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F.04. Choose the letter that matches a consonant sound: c, g, h, w
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F.05. Review letter-sound associations for lowercase letters.
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F.06. Create simple words using knowledge of letter-sound associations.
G. Letter-Sound Associations: Uppercase
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G.01. Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: C, G, H, W
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G.02. Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: F, L, M, N, R, S
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G.03. Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: B, D, J, K, P, T, V, Z
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G.04. Review letter-sound associations for uppercase letters.
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G.05. Relate the uppercase version of a letter to its lowercase counterpart in terms of sound.
H. Short Vowel Sounds
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H.01. Find words with the short ‘a’ sound.
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H.02. Find words with the short ‘e’ sound.
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H.03. Find words with the short ‘i’ sound.
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H.04. Find words with the short ‘o’ sound.
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H.05. Find words with the short ‘u’ sound.
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H.06. Choose the picture that matches a given short vowel word (lowercase).
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H.07. Discriminate between words with different short vowel sounds.
I. Lowercase and Uppercase Letters
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I.01. Find all the lowercase letters
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I.02. Find all the uppercase letters
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I.03. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: c, k, o, p, s, u, v, w, x, z
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I.04. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: f, i, j, l, m, t, y
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I.05. Choose the lowercase letter that matches: a, b, d, e, g, h, n, q, r
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I.06. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: C, K, O, P, S, U, V, W, X, Z
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I.07. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: F, I, J, L, M, T, Y
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I.08. Choose the uppercase letter that matches: A, B, D, E, G, H, N, Q, R
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I.09. Quickly recall and write the uppercase version of a given lowercase letter, and vice-versa.
J. Sight Words
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J.01. Choose the two sight words that are the same
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J.02. Read sight words set 1: a, in, run, the, you
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J.03. Read sight words set 2: and, had, is, let, to
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J.04. Read sight words set 3: at, for, I, one, said
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J.05. Read sight words set 4: can, it, not, up, yes
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J.06. Read sight words set 5: an, do, jump, look, make
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J.07. Read sight words set 6: down, go, out, so, two
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J.08. Read sight words set 7: find, my, no, red, see
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J.09. Read sight words set 8: come, funny, little, me, sit
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J.10. Read sight words set 9: big, help, play, three, yellow
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J.11. Read sight words set 10: away, blue, here, us, where
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J.12. Review sight words: review sets 1, 2, 3
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J.13. Review sight words: review sets 4, 5, 6
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J.14. Review sight words: review sets 7, 8, 9, 10
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J.15. Review sight words: review sets 1–10
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J.16. Use learned sight words to construct simple sentences.
K. Colour and Number Words
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K.01. Use colour words in sentences.
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K.02. Use number words (one to five) in sentences.
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K.03. Use number words (six to ten) in sentences.
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K.04. Use number words (one to ten) in sentences.
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K.05. Associate colour and number words with corresponding objects or quantities.
L. Nouns
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L.01. Choose the singular or plural noun that matches the picture.
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L.02. Identify nouns in simple sentences.
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L.03. Form the plural of regular nouns.
M. Verbs
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M.01. Find the picture that matches the action verb.
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M.02. Use action verbs in simple sentences.
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M.03. Differentiate between different types of verbs.
N. Adjectives
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N.01. Compare pictures using adjectives.
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N.02. Use descriptive adjectives to enhance simple sentences.
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N.03. Distinguish between different types of adjectives.
O. Location Words
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O.01. Understand and use the terms “inside” and “outside”.
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O.02. Understand and use the terms “above” and “below”.
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O.03. Understand and use the terms “next to” and “beside”.
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O.04. Combine location words with nouns and verbs to describe spatial relationships.
P. Antonyms
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P.01. Match antonyms to pictures.
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P.02. Provide the antonym for a given word.
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P.03. Use antonyms to demonstrate understanding of opposite meanings.
Q. Categories
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Q.01. Sort objects into defined categories.
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Q.02. Identify the object that does not belong within a given category.
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Q.03. Define categories based on shared attributes.
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Q.04. Create new categories based on different criteria.
R. Text Features
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R.01. Identify basic book parts and features (e.g., front cover, title, author).
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R.02. Explain the purpose of different text features.
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R.03. Use text features to locate information within a book.
S. Reality vs. Fiction
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S.02. Explain the difference between reality and fiction.
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S.03. Provide examples of realistic and fictional scenarios.
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S.01. Distinguish between events that could happen in real life and those that are fictional.
T. Inference and Analysis
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T.01. Identify the feeling that matches a given picture.
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T.02. Predict what will happen next in a simple story or scenario.
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T.03. Draw conclusions from visual and auditory cues.
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T.04. Explain the reasoning behind inferences and predictions.
