Kindergarten ELA Teacher's Guide Second Edition
Welcome to the Starfall Kindergarten ELA Teacher’s Guide for the classroom and homeschool. This guide contains free lessons and activities for one year of Kindergarten English Language Arts instruction. Educators can print the additional supplements and blackline masters located in the Resources section of the right-hand column below. For instructions on classroom setup, learning center preparation, daily routines, and tips on how to get the most out of this program, be sure to review the Read Me First Curriculum Overview. Check out the Starfall Store for products that support the program.
Getting Started
Resources
ELA Worksheet Generators
Printable Cards
Projectable Books & Posters
Family & Classroom Partnerships
Starfall Efficacy Study
Adapt to Your Country
Holiday Lesson Plans
Game Rules + Recipes
Starfall Book Levels
Reading Research Q & A
Character DevelopmentBeginning of the Year Prep
Progress Monitoring
Weather Cards
Anchor Charts
Essential Questions
Historical Figures Posters
Unit 1: Welcome to Kindergarten
Unit Plan
Overview, Standards & Benchmarks
Blackline Masters
Magnifying Glasses
Bibliography
Unit 1 Bibliography
Unit 2: Things Change
Unit Plan
Overview, Standards & Benchmarks
Color Supplements
Seasons Posters
Blackline Masters
Alphabet Letters
Bibliography
Unit 2 Bibliography
Unit 3: Working Together
Unit Plan
Overview, Standards & Benchmarks
Bibliography
Unit 3 Bibliography
Unit 4: Doing Our Part!
Unit Plan
Overview, Standards & Benchmarks
Unit 5: Living and Nonliving
Unit Plan
Overview, Standards & Benchmarks
Color Supplements
Sun Poster
Moon Poster
Backpack Bear's Starry Adventure Story
Solar System Poster
Ursa Minor Poster
Ursa Major Poster
Ursa Minor and Ursa Major Poster
Orion
the Hunter Diagram with Stars
Orion the Hunter Diagram (stars only)
Blackline Masters
Hey Diddle Diddle
Plant Facts!
Inflectional Endings
Sun & Moon
Big Dipper
Sun, Moon, Earth
Bibliography
Unit 5 Bibliography
Unit 6: Mammals
Unit Plan
Overview, Standards & Benchmarks
Bibliography
Unit 6 Bibliography
Unit 7: Birds
Unit Plan
Overview, Standards & Benchmarks
Color Supplements
"Chicken Little" Character Portraits
Bibliography
Unit 7 Bibliography
Unit 8: How Animals Live
Unit Plan
Overview, Standards & Benchmarks
Bibliography
Unit 8 Bibliography
Unit 9: Reptiles, Fish and Amphibians
Unit Plan
Overview, Standards & Benchmarks
Blackline Masters
Zac, Peg, and Mox Books Graph
Bibliography
Unit 9 Bibliography
Unit 10: Invertebrates
Unit Plan
Overview, Standards & Benchmarks
Blackline Masters
"Gus and Tin Man" Story
Invertebrate Overlay Cards
Insect Labeling
Backpack Bear's Story
Sink or Float Chart
The Butterfly Book
Bibliography
Unit 10 Bibliography