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The Starfall Kindergarten English Language Arts (ELA) Guide details Starfall’s recommendations for supporting your kindergarten children in using all our exciting ELA activities and products. Each section includes the following:

• Activities available at www.starfall.com and our mobile apps and key skills each activity reinforces

• Supporting Starfall products available for purchase at store.starfall.com

• Supplemental online resources at teach.starfall.com to help support your child’s learning experience

We are excited to partner with you in educating our kindergarten children!

Letter Recognition

In the Starfall ABCs, children learn the upper and lowercase alphabet letters and sounds by clicking on the individual letters. Children can access the sign language alphabet by clicking on the Hand interpreter symbol. Also Available On Starfall ABCs FREE Mobile App

Starfall ABCs

Included Activities

Associated Products

• Alphabet Block Letters

• Traditional ABCs

• ABC Songs

• Sign Language ABC’s

• ABC Short Vowel Songs(a, e, i, o u)

ABCs, Numbers, and Colors Wall Cards C151 ($12.95)

ABC for Gingerbread Boy and Me! Big Book SB1605 ($24.95)

ABC for Gingerbread Boy and Me! [Small version] SB1650 ($7.95)

ASL Alphabet Poster NXP02 ($3.99)

Gingerbread Boy’s Instructional Card Set NX03 ($31.95)

Level-K Practice Books (Set of 2) WKSETB (Block Print) ($3.95 per set)

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• Letter Recognition• Color Recognition• Pre-Decodable Text• Short Vowel Recognition• Letter/Sound Substitution• Beginner Reading• Emergent Reading Skills

• Rhyme & Rhythm• Familiarity With Literature

Genres• Calendar Concepts• Holiday Activities• Reading Along• Phonics

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Guide to Kindergarten English Language Arts

from teach.starfall.com


ABC IndexLetter Recognition (continued)

Associated Products (continued)

My Starfall Dictionary NM602 ($1.00)

Level-K Practice Books Kit (Set of 5 books)

KIT60 (Block Print) ($5.41 per set)


KIT61 (Manuscript) ($5.41 per set)

Level I Reading and Writing Journal WK201B ($1.95)

Level II Reading and Writing Journal WK202C ($1.95)

Plush Backpack Bear NA507 ($12.95)

Backpack Bear’s Paw Print Stamp NRS01 ($5.25)

Starfall Stickers NS40 ($1.45 pack)

Backpack Bear’s Level-K Stickers NS50 ($1.55 pack)

Sound-Spelling Wall Cards C110 ($6.95 per set)

Letter-Formation Wall Cards C120 ($5.95 per set)

Sound-Spelling Instructional Cards C130 ($3.49 per set)

Sound-Spelling Poster NXP01 ($3.99)

Backpack Bear’s ABC Rhyme Book SB530 ($4.95)

Backpack Bear’s Word & Picture Cards NX02 ($31.95)

Starfall Speedway & Alphabet Avenue Games NG01 ($19.95)

Level-K Instructional Cards Kit KIT57 ($33.90)

Kindergarten ELA Classroom Kit TKIT03 ELA Version 2

(starts at $489.00)

Kindergarten ELA Homeschool Kit HKIT03 (starts at $379.00)

ABC IndexColor Recognition

In Colors!, children learn to recognize the colors and color names, as well as the color used in phrases and sentences. Each color activity ends with a reward.

Colors!

Included Activities

• Red

• Brown

• Orange

• White

• Yellow

• Black

• Green

• Gray

• Blue

• Pink

• Purple

• Rainbow

Supplemental Parent-Teacher Center Resources

• ABC Rhymes

• Letter Formation

• Multi-Letter

• Picture/Sound

• Find the Letter

• Letter Search

• ABC Printouts

• ABC Cards

Expanded Contentfor Members


ABC Index •Pre-Decodable Text

In Backpack Bear’s Books, children read emergent texts using high frequency and pre-decodable words.

Pre-decodable stories are made up of simple high-frequency words and pictures to represent words.

Concepts such as blending, positional words, weather and vowels are introduced by Backpack Bear.

Backpack Bear’s Books

Included Activities

Associated Products

• A Computer

• At School

• A Rainbow

• At the Park

• At the House

• The Map

• At the Post Office

• Come Vote with Me

• At the Library

• The Bottle in the River

• Ruby Goes to School

• We Can See

Set of Backpack Bear’s Books NB30 ($11.95)





Backpack Bear’s Predecodable Phonics Kit KIT56 ($81.17)

Level-K Books and Other Media Kit KIT59 ($92.29)


(starts at $489.00)


ABC IndexColor Recognition (continued)

Associated Products

ABCs, Numbers, and Colors Wall Cards C151 ($12.95)

Let’s Eat! A book about delicious colors SB1544 ($4.95)




• Find the Letter

• Letter Search

• Color by Word

• Name and Word Cards




ABC Index •

Included Activities

• a - Zac and Cat

• a - Zac and the Hat

• e - Peg Helps Zac

• e - Peg’s Egg

• e - Hen

• o - Mox Jogs

• o - Pop, Pop, Pop!

• o - Hop, Bend, Stomp!

• i - Tin Man Sits

• i - Fix the Jet

• i - Fish and Me

• u - Bug in a Jug

• u - Get Up, Cub

• u - Gus and His Dog

• Bonus Books: Peg and the Box

• Bonus Books: Zig-Zag!

Short Vowel Recognition

Starfall’s Short Vowel Pal books are decodable books that each focus on the use of specific vowel sounds.

Short Vowel Pals

ABC IndexPre-Decodable Text (continued)

Associated Products

Level I Reading and Writing Journal WK201B (Block Print) ($1.95)


My Starfall Writing Journal NM601 ($1.00)



• Backpack Bear’s Books Projectable

• Blending Practice 1


• Color by Word

• Writing Practice

• Word Search

• Word Shapes

• Level I - Cut-Up/Take-Home Books

• Online Book Printouts: Seasonal, Learn to Read, It’s Fun to Read, I’m

Reading




ABC IndexLetter/Sound Substitution

In Starfall’s Short Vowel Word Machines, children have the opportunity to change the beginning and ending sounds in consonant/vowel/consonant words.

Word Machines - Short Vowels

Included Activities

• Short a • Short e • Short i • Short o • Short u

ABC IndexShort Vowel Recognition (continued)

Associated Products

Plush Peg the Hen NA505 ($8.95)

Plush Tin Man NA506 ($8.95)

Plush Mox the Fox NA504 ($8.95)

Plush Gus the Duck NA503 ($8.95)




Level-K Zac & Friends Decodable Phonics Kit KIT58 ($95.60)

Short Vowel Puzzle Set (Set of 5) NP20 ($19.95)


Level I Reading and Writing Journal WK301M (Manuscript) ($1.95)





• Phonics Puzzle Activities

• Level I: Cut-Up/Take-Home Books

• Level I Reading and Writing Journal

• Short Vowel Word Search



• Writing Decodable Words



Associated Products

Level-K Practice Books (Set of 2) WKSETB (Block Print) ($3.95 per set)

Level-K Practice Books (Set of 2) WKSETM (Manuscript) ($3.95 per set)



ABC Index

Associated Products

Learn to Read Cut-Up Take Home Books WK203 ($1.95)

Level-K Cut-Up Take Home Book Set WK530 ($2.50)


Beginner Reading

In our Learn to Read activities, children practice beginning reading skills with a focus on short and long vowels using games, movies, puzzles and emergent readers.

Also Available On Starfall Learn to Read FREE Mobile App

Learn to Read

Included Activities

• Zac the Rat

• Peg the Hen

• The Big Hit

• Mox’s Shop

• Gus the Duck

• Jake’s Tale

• Pete’s Sheep

• Sky Ride

• Robot and Mr. Mole

• Dune Buggy

• Soap Boat

• Car Race

• My Horse Glory

• Surfer Girl

• My Family

ABC IndexLetter/Sound Substitution (continued)



KIT60 (Block Print) ($5.41 per set)


KIT61 (Manuscript) ($5.41 per set)

Level I Reading and Writing Journal WK201B (Block Print)($1.95)







Sound-Spelling Wall Cards C110 ($6.95 per set)

Letter-Formation Wall Cards C120 ($5.95 per set)

Sound-Spelling Instructional Cards C130 ($3.49 per set)

Sound-Spelling Poster NXP01 ($3.99)





(starts at $489.00)




ABC Index •Emergent Reading Skills

Our It’s Fun to Read activities give children the opportunity to create their own Me Character as well as explore art, magic, music, poetry, tongue twisters and bird riddles.

Also Available On Starfall All About Me Mobile App & It’s Fun to Read FREE Mobile App

It’s Fun to Read!

Included Activities

Associated Products

• All About Me!

• Art Gallery

• Magic

• Music

• Poetry

• Tongue Twisters

• Bird Riddles

Learn to Read Cut-Up Take Home Books WK203 ($1.95)

Level-K Cut-Up Take Home Book Set WK530 ($2.50)


ABC IndexBeginner Reading (continued)




Set of 15 Learn to Read Books NB10 ($15.95 per set)

Sentence Strips, Word Cards & Story Sequence Cards for Starfall

Learn to Read Books 1-5 NSS03 ($18.95 per set)



Set of Backpack Bear’s Books NB30 ($11.95)



(starts at $489.00)








• Online Book Printouts - Learn to Read

• Word Family Wheel


• Journal Writing


ABC Index •Rhyme and Rhythm

In Songs + Rhymes, children will enjoy nursery motion songs, abc rhymes, historical folk songs, and classic sing-along songs.

Songs + Rhymes

Included Activities

Associated Products

• Selected Nursery Rhymes

• Motion Songs

• Starfall Sing-Along 1

• Starfall Sing-Along 2

• ABC Rhymes

• Historical Folk Songs

Starfall’s Selected Nursery Rhymes Big Book SB1575 ($22.95)

Starfall’s Selected Nursery Rhymes with CD SB1582 ($10.95)

Starfall Sing-Along Volume 1 (CD included) SB912 ($7.95)

Starfall Sing-Along Volume 2 (CD included) SB1520 ($7.95)

Backpack Bear’s ABC Rhyme Book SB530 ($4.95)


Star Writer Melodies CD ND60 ($6.99)

ABC IndexEmergent Reading Skills (continued)


Set of 15 Learn to Read Books NB10 ($15.95 per set)

I’m Reading! Softcover Set 1 NSMH5-1 ($8.40)



I’m Reading! Mega Set of 15 Books KIT65 ($15.75)

Level-K Books and Other Media Kit - KIT59 ($92.29)


(starts at $489.00)









ABC Index •Literature Genres

In our I’m Reading activities, children can read along from a variety of genres including plays, fiction, nonfiction, comics, folk tales, Greek myths and fables

Also Available On Starfall I’m Reading FREE Mobile App

I’m Reading

Included Activities

Associated Products

• Three Little Plays

• Fiction and Nonfiction

• Comics

• Folk Tales

• Greek Myths

• Chinese Fables


Reader’s Theatre SB1292 (4.95)

The Little Red Hen and Other Folk Tales SB554 ($4.95)

The Little Red Hen and Other Folk Tales (Classroom Edition)

SB1568 ($17.95)

Draw Dragon Dot Eyes and other Chinese Fables SB547 ($4.95)

“I’m Reading!” Softcover Set 1 NSMH5-1 ($8.40)



“I’m Reading!” Mega Set of 15 Books KIT65 ($15.75)

Level-K Books and Other Media Kit - KIT59 ($92.29)

Deluxe Phonics Kit NW53 ($27.25)


(starts at $489.00)








• Online Book Printout: It’s Fun to Read, I’m Reading


ABC Index •

ABC Index •

Calendar Concepts

Holiday Activities

Our Calendar helps children learn the days of the week, months of the year, holidays, and special events.

In Starfall’s holiday activities, children play holiday-themed activities, including:

• Picking a pumpkin and choosing shapes to create a jack-o-lantern while reinforcing short u

• Personalizing a turkey and focusing on the sound /ur/

• Personalizing a gingerbread boy or girl by following directions and choosing from a variety of 2D and 3D shapes and colors

• Helping Zac write a letter

• Building a snowman and practicing numbers and number words by singing

• Celebrating the hundredth day of school, counting by ones and tens

• Learning about Groundhog Day

• Creating valentines by following directions and choosing from a variety of characters, cards and text

• Finding a four leaf clover and a rainbow appears

• Helping the rabbit by going on a word hunt finding adjectives and verbs

• Participating in a sorting activity to help clean up the earth

• Discovering what a seed needs to grow.

Main Index

Holiday Activities

Included Activities

• Calendar


• Calendar

Also Available on:

Starfall Gingerbread Mobile App

Starfall Snowman Mobile App

Starfall Pumpkin Mobile App

Starfall Turkey Mobile App


ABC IndexHoliday Activities (continued)


America the Beautiful SB837 ($4.95)

I Am Your Flag SB806 ($4.95)

A Young Hero SB820 ($4.95)

Historical Figures Posters Set NXP05 ($12.00)




The Gingerbread Boy SB1322 ($4.95)

Plush Gingerbread Boy NA508 ($10.95)

Plush Grandmother NA510 ($14.95)

Gingerbread Boy Stickers NS60 ($1.60)

Gingerbread Boy Rubber Stamp NRS02 ($5.25)

ABC Index •Reading Along

In Starfall’s Talking Library, children enter a library where they may listen to a variety of text that includes fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

Talking Library

Included Activities

• The Gingerbread Boy

• My Father Runs and Excavator

• Dolphins Are Not Fish

• Dinosaurs!

• Humpback Whales

• A Tale of Two Little Engines

Included Activities

Associated Products

• Pick a Pumpkin

• Silly Turkey

• Gingerbread Boy

• Grandparents Day

• Ten Little Snowmen

• Hundredth Day of School

• Groundhog Day

• Be My Valentine

• Four Leaf Clover

• Rabbit Word Hunt

• Earth Day

• Garden Shop


• Online Book Printouts: Seasonal • Holiday Cards



ABC IndexReading Along (continued)

Associated Products

Read-Along CD Set CDSET01 ($34.95)



(starts at $489.00)







The Gingerbread Boy SB1322 ($4.95)

Plush Gingerbread Boy NA508 ($10.95)

Plush Grandmother NA510 ($14.95)

Gingerbread Boy Stickers NS60 ($1.60)

Gingerbread Boy Rubber Stamp NRS02 ($5.25)

My Father Runs an Excavator SB0639 ($4.95)

Dolphins Are Not Fish SB0721 ($4.95)

Dinosaurs! SB1421 ($4.95)

Humpback Whales SB0660 ($4.95)

A Tale of Two Little Engines SB1438 ($4.95)

Goldilocks and the Three Bears SB1360 ($4.95)

The Cobbler and the Elves SB1353 ($4.95)

The Ant and the Chrysalis SB1537 ($4.95)

The Frog Prince SB1391 ($4.95)

How the Turtle Cracked Its Shell SB1377 ($4.95)

The Green Grass Grew All Around SB1513 ($4.95)

Stone Soup SB1339 ($4.95)

Over In the Meadow SB1551 ($4.95)

Who Likes the Rain? SB1384 ($4.95)

Why the Sun and the Moon Live In the Sky SB1346 ($4.95)

The Three Little Pigs SB1414 ($4.95)

The Troll Who Lived Under the Bridge SB1506 ($4.95)

The Ugly Duckling SB1407 ($4.95)

Let’s Eat! A book about delicious colors SB1544 ($4.95)

Included Activities (continued)

• Goldilocks and the Three Bears

• The Cobbler and the Elves

• The Ant and the Chrysalis

• The Frog Prince

• How the Turtle Cracked Its Shell

• The Green Grass Grew All Around

• Stone Soup

• Over in the Meadow

• Who Likes the Rain?

• Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky

• The Three Little Pigs

• The Troll Who Lived Under the Bridge

• The Ugly Duckling

• Let’s Eat! A book about delicious colors

• Reach for the Stars

• Thermometers

• The Story of Milk

• A Day in the Life of a Firefighter

• How I Know My World

• I Am Your Flag

• Precipitation

• A Young Hero

• Quotations from Shakespeare

• Backpack Bear Learns the Rules

• America the Beautiful

• Dreamie Jeannie of Krumpetville

• Itzi Bitzi Mitzi of Krumpetville

• Jack Frost

• Poems for the Seasons



ABC Index •Phonics

In More Phonics: Unit 1, children use their phonics skills to read and build words.

More Phonics: Unit 1

Included Activities

Associated Products

• More Phonics: Unit 1



(starts at $489.00)


Set of 16 Short Vowel Pal Books NB20 ($15.95)

Plush Zac the Rat NA502 ($8.95)

Plush Peg the Hen NA505 ($8.95)

Plush Tin Man NA506 ($8.95)

Plush Mox the Fox NA504 ($8.95)

Plush Gus the Duck NA503 ($8.95)

ABC IndexReading Along (continued)


• Online Book Printouts - It’s Fun to Read, I’m Reading • Level II - Reading and Writing Journal




Reach for the Stars SB1278 ($4.95)

Thermometers SB0622 ($4.95)

The Story Of Milk SB0766 ($4.95)

A Day in the Life of a Firefighter SB0608 ($4.95)

How I Know My World SB905 ($4.95)

I Am Your Flag SB806 ($4.95)

Precipitation SB615 ($4.95)

A Young Hero SB820 ($4.95)

Backpack Bear Learns the Rules SB851 ($4.95)

America the Beautiful SB837 ($4.95)


ABC IndexPhonics (continued)




• Short Vowel Word Search


• Word Family Wheel

• Color by Word

• Level I: Reading and Writing Journal

• Level I - Cut-Up/Take-Home Books

• Level 2: Reading and Writing Journal

• Phonics Puzzle Activities






Level-K Zac & Friends Decodable Phonics Kit

KIT58 ($95.60)






Short Vowel Puzzle Set (Set of 5) NP20 ($19.95)

Level I Reading and Writing Journal WK201B ($1.95)





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