Language Arts K

Phonics

PhonicsWorks prepares your student to become an independent reader through systematic, multisensory instruction in phonemic awareness and letter/sound knowledge, using a kit of magnetized letter tiles and a variety of games and activities. Handwriting Without Tears provides gentle instruction to help your student print letters correctly.

Literature

Plenty of read-aloud literature kindles the imagination while building comprehension and vocabulary. The emphasis is on classic literature—fairy tales, fables, folktales, poems—including many works that embody exemplary virtues, such as The Frog Prince, Beauty and the Beast, The Velveteen Rabbit, and tales by Beatrix Potter.


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Standard Curriculum Items

• PhonicsWorks™ Basic Tile Kit
• PhonicsWorks™ Student Guide – Semesters 1 & 2
• PhonicsWorks™ Teacher Guide – Semesters 1 & 2
• PhonicsWorks™ Instructional Video™
• PhonicsWorks™ Readers, Vol. 1–9
• Handwriting Without Tears: Letters and Numbers for Me
• Junior Great Books, Dragon Series, Vol. 1–3
• Junior Great Books, Sailing Ship Series, Vol. 1–3
• The Random House Book of Fairy Tales, adapted by Amy Ehrlich
• Rhyme Time by Tomie dePaola
• The Rooster Crows – A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles by Maud and Miska Petersham
• Slate chalkboard
• Printed alphabet desk strips
• Wide double-lined paper

Additional Curriculum Items

Some lessons require additional resources, including common household items, and books that are readily available in your local library or for purchase. NOTE: Some of these materials may be provided to K¹² Virtual Academy students by their school.

• A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams (William Morrow, 1984)
• A Story A Story by Gail Haley (Simon & Schuster, 1977)
• Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina (1940; HarperTrophy reissue edition, 1987)
• Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (1941; Penguin reprint edition, 1998)
• Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton (1939; Houghton Mifflin, 1977)
• Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag (Paper Star reissue edition, 1996)
• The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (Viking reissue edition, 1984), or these separate titles: The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, and The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
• The Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall (Penguin, 1983)
• The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown (1942; HarperCollins, 1977)
• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Penguin, 1976)
• The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams (William Morrow, 1978)
• Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel (Henry Holt, 1989)
• Tom Thumb by Richard Jesse Watson (Harcourt Brace, 1993)

NOTE: List subject to change.

Total lessons: 180

Lesson time: 120 minutes

You might choose to split the lessons into smaller segments and provide breaks for your student as needed. TheK¹² online lesson tracking system allows you to pick up wherever you left off in any given lesson.