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Reading K
The first year of learning to read: all 26 letters and their sounds, then blending short words in word families, 60 common sight words, and a growing set of short stories the child reads aloud and retells.
180 lessons
One a day for a school year
6 units
Each opens to its lessons
60 sight words
27 word families, 28+ decodable stories
Standards
Common Core Kindergarten reading
What's taught, unit by unit
Letters and their soundsDays 1–30
How a book works, then all 26 letters, big and little, with the sound each makes. Vowels, Q and U, and a first look at blending. Practice days every week, and a whole-alphabet celebration on Day 30.
- 1 · Welcome to Reading K!
- 2 · Meet the Letter M
- 3 · Meet the Letter A
- 4 · Meet the Letter T
- 5 · Meet the Letter S
- 6 · Meet the Letter P
- 7 · Meet the Letter I
- 8 · Meet the Letter N
- 9 · Meet the Letter O
- 10 · Letter Review: A Look Back
- 11 · Letter D — Dog, Dad, Duck
- 12 · Letter C — Cat, Cup, Cow
- 13 · Letter G — Goat, Gum, Dog
- 14 · Letter B — Bat, Bug, Ball
- 15 · Letter H — Hat, Hen, Hop
- 16 · Letter E — Egg, Elephant, Hen
- 17 · Letter R — Rat, Run, Red
- 18 · Letter W — Wag, Web, Wet
- 19 · Practice Day: D, C, G, B, H, E, R, W
- 20 · All Our Letters — and Our First Blend!
- 21 · Letter Ff: The Sound of F
- 22 · Letter Jj: The Sound of J
- 23 · Letter Kk: The Sound of K
- 24 · Letter Ll: The Sound of L
- 25 · Practice Day: F, J, K, L
- 26 · Letter Uu: The Sound of U
- 27 · Letter Qq: Q and U Are Best Friends
- 28 · Letter Vv: The Sound of V
- 29 · Letter Xx: The Ending Sound of X
- 30 · Letter Zz and Our Whole Alphabet Celebration!
Blending words in familiesDays 31–58
Stretching and blending short words in families such as -at, -an, -it, -op and -ug, then the first sight words (the, a, I, is, see, my, like, you, we, he, she). Review days after each set of families.
- 31 · Stretch and Blend: The –at Family
- 32 · More –at Words and Your First Blending Sentence
- 33 · Stretch and Blend: The –an Family
- 34 · Listening for –an vs. –at
- 35 · Stretch and Blend: The –it Family
- 36 · Stretch and Blend: The –op Family
- 37 · Stretch and Blend: The –ig Family
- 38 · Blending Practice: Five Word Families
- 39 · Blending Challenge: Words and Silly Sentences
- 40 · Big Blending Review
- 41 · Stretch and Blend: The –en Family
- 42 · Stretch and Blend: The –ug Family
- 43 · Stretch and Blend: The –ot Family
- 44 · Stretch and Blend: The –ut Family
- 45 · Stretch and Blend: The –ed Family
- 46 · Blending Practice: Five More Word Families
- 47 · Sight Words: “the” and “a”
- 48 · Sight Words: “I” and “is”
- 49 · Sight Word: “see” — Four Sight Words Together
- 50 · Big Review: Word Families and Sight Words
- 51 · Stretch and Blend: The –ad Family
- 52 · Stretch and Blend: The –am Family
- 53 · Stretch and Blend: The –ap Family
- 54 · Stretch and Blend: The –ip Family
- 55 · Big Blending Review: Fourteen Word Families
- 56 · Sight Words: “my” and “like”
- 57 · Sight Words: “you” and “we”
- 58 · Sight Words: “he” and “she”
First stories & more word familiesDays 59–90
The first tiny decodable stories, more families (-un, -ub, -et, -ox, -ell), sight words was, to, go, and, and adding -s to make plurals. Includes a halfway checkpoint and a celebration on Day 90.
- 59 · My First Story: My Dad and the Pig
- 60 · My Second Story: He and the Red Hen
- 61 · Word Family: -un (run, fun, sun, bun)
- 62 · Word Family: -ub (cub, rub, tub, sub)
- 63 · Word Family: -et (pet, jet, net, wet, get)
- 64 · Word Family: -id (kid, lid, hid)
- 65 · Sight Words: was and to
- 66 · Sight Words: go and and
- 68 · Story Time: The Pig in the Sun
- 69 · Story Time: The Wet Hen
- 70 · Story Time: The Kid and the Cub
- 71 · Word Family -ox: Fox, Box, Ox
- 72 · Word Family -ax: Wax, Ax, Tax
- 73 · Word Family -ell: Bell, Sell, Tell, Well, Yell
- 74 · More Than One: Adding -s to Make Plurals
- 75 · Plural Practice: Hats, Pots, and Nets
- 77 · Decodable Story: The Fox and the Box
- 78 · Story Time: Retelling The Fox and the Box
- 79 · Decodable Story: The Kids and the Bell
- 80 · Story Time and Cycle Review: The Kids and the Bell
- 81 · Sight Words: For and Have
- 82 · Sight Words: Are and Of
- 83 · Sight Word Review: For, Have, Are, Of
- 84 · Story Time: The Fox and the Hen
- 85 · Retell the Story: The Fox and the Hen
- 86 · Story Time: The Pet Cub and the Bell
- 87 · Retell the Story: The Pet Cub and the Bell
- 88 · Halfway Phonics Checkpoint, Part 1: Word Families
- 89 · Halfway Phonics Checkpoint, Part 2: Word Families and Celebration
- 90 · Celebration Day: 90 Days of Reading K!
Plus 2 review days, not listed.
Longer stories and retellingDays 91–130
Families like -ill, -ock, -ick, -ack, -ump and -ing, sight words from they and said through now and come, and longer stories. Each story is followed by retelling it in order and talking about what happened.
- 91 · Word Family –ill: bill, dill, fill, hill, mill, pill, will
- 92 · Word Family –ock: dock, lock, rock, sock, mock
- 93 · Word Family –ick: kick, lick, pick, sick, tick, wick
- 94 · Sight Words: they, said
- 95 · Sight Words: with, on
- 97 · Decodable Story: The Pig and the Hen Go to the Mill
- 98 · Retell: The Pig and the Hen Go to the Mill
- 99 · Decodable Story: The Fox, the Cub, and the Dock
- 100 · 100 Days of Reading! Retell: The Fox, the Cub, and the Dock
- 101 · Word Family -ack: Pack, Sack, Back
- 102 · Word Family -ump: Jump, Bump, Pump
- 104 · Sight Words: what and all
- 105 · Sight Words: from and one
- 107 · Story: The Cat and the Sack (Part 1)
- 108 · Let's Retell: The Cat and the Sack
- 109 · Story: The Pig Can Jump (Part 1)
- 110 · Let's Retell: The Pig Can Jump
- 111 · New Word Family: -ing (ring, king, sing, wing, ding)
- 112 · Practice: -ing Words
- 113 · New Sight Words: do and did
- 114 · New Sight Words: here and there
- 115 · New Sight Word: little
- 116 · Practice: do, did, here, there, little
- 117 · Story: The King and the Little Wing
- 118 · Let's Think About: The King and the Little Wing
- 119 · Story: The Little Pig and the Big Hat
- 120 · Let's Think About: The Little Pig and the Big Hat
- 121 · Sight Words: Now and Come
- 122 · Sight Words: Into and Some
- 124 · Story: The Pig on the Big Hill
- 125 · Let's Think About: The Pig on the Big Hill
- 126 · Story: The King's Big Box
- 127 · Let's Think About: The King's Big Box
- 128 · The Kid's Big Day, Part One
- 129 · The Kid's Big Day, Part Two
- 130 · 130 Days of Reading K!
Plus 4 review days, not listed.
More sight words & story pairsDays 131–167
About three new sight words most days (so, her, look, help, want, good, how, who, many), each week with a review day. A new decodable story with the same five characters, then a deeper look at it the next day.
- 131 · So and No: Two New Sight Words
- 132 · Her and Him: Two New Sight Words
- 133 · As and Day: Two New Sight Words
- 134 · Six New Words Review
- 135 · The Pig and the Fox on the Rock
- 136 · Story Time: What Happened on the Rock?
- 137 · The King and the Kid Get a Pet
- 138 · Story Time: What Happened with the Pet?
- 139 · Sight Word and Word Family Round-Up
- 140 · Reading Review: All Our Stories
- 141 · New Words: Look and Help
- 142 · New Words: Eat and Make
- 143 · New Words: Four and Five
- 145 · The Kid and the Hen Look for the Fox
- 146 · Story Time: Looking on the Hill
- 147 · The King Can Not Eat
- 148 · Story Time: Helping the King Eat
- 149 · Sight Word and Family Round-Up
- 150 · Reading Review: Twenty-Four Stories
- 151 · Sight Words: Want and Good
- 152 · Sight Words: New and Find
- 153 · Sight Words: Three and Two
- 154 · Sight Word Review: Want, Good, New, Find, Three, Two
- 155 · The Pig Wants a New Hat
- 156 · Story Deep Dive: The Pig Wants a New Hat
- 157 · The Kid Can Not Find the Ring
- 158 · Story Deep Dive: The Kid Can Not Find the Ring
- 159 · Sight Word and Family Round-Up: Fifty-Four Sight Words
- 160 · Reading Review: Twenty-Six Stories
- 161 · New Sight Words: how and who
- 162 · New Sight Words: away and way
- 163 · New Sight Words: many and much
- 164 · Decodable Story: How Many Hats?
- 165 · Story Deep-Dive: How Many Hats?
- 166 · Decodable Story: Who Ran Away?
- 167 · Story Deep-Dive: Who Ran Away?
Plus 1 review day, not listed.
Reading yearbook & year-end reviewDays 168–180
A reading yearbook (favorite story, letter, word family and sight word), the longest story of the year read three days running, and a final review of every word family and sight word.
- 168 · Starting My Reading Yearbook
- 169 · My Favorite Story
- 170 · Retelling My Favorite Story
- 171 · My Reading Yearbook: My Favorite Letter
- 172 · My Reading Yearbook: My Favorite Word Family
- 173 · My Reading Yearbook: My Favorite Sight Word
- 174 · My Reading Yearbook: I Am a Reader!
- 175 · The Big Day for All Five
- 176 · Digging Deep Into Our Big Day
- 177 · Read It Again, Even Better!
- 178 · Word Family Review: All 27!
- 179 · Sight Word Review: The Big Sample
- 180 · Congratulations! You Completed Reading K!
By the end of the year, your child can
- Name all 26 letters and say the sound each one makes
- Stretch and blend short words, including those in word families like -at and -ill
- Read about 60 common sight words by sight
- Read short stories made of words they know, pointing along
- Retell a story in order and say what happened and who was in it
Other Kindergarten subjects: Math K · Writing K · Science K · History K