Grade by Grade
Alberta · Kindergarten

English Language Arts and Literature

Outline

Lessons for this subject are being written.

Below is how the official curriculum organizes it. Each strand will get full lessons like the ones in Grade 1 Mathematics.

Curriculum strands

TFSText Forms and Structures

Explore how messages can be organized

OLOral Language

Listening and speaking through sharing ideas, stories and poems; speaking in sentences with complete ideas

VVocabulary

Develop vocabulary through a variety of literacy experiences

PAPhonological Awareness

Experiment with sounds in words

PPhonics

Connect letters and sounds in words

FFluency

Recognize some letters and words with speed and accuracy

CComprehension

Show understanding of messages in texts about real or imaginary people, places and things

WWriting

Experiment with written expression of ideas; write some letters and words

CVConventions

Grammar in oral language; experiment with spelling and punctuation; copy words to learn spelling