What's popular right now

activity Try Now
reading
video

Mystery Words Kindergarten

Identify Unknown Words

activity Try Now
reading
video

Intro to Word Mysteries with Illustrations

Learn New Words

activity Try Now
reading
video

Front And Back Cover

Name the Parts of a Book

activity Try Now
reading
video

Types Of Text - Poems

Identify Stories and Poems

activity Try Now
reading
video

How to Identify Authors and Illustrators

Name Authors and Illustrators

activity Try Now
reading
video

Retelling Stories & Finding the Lesson

Retell Stories

activity Try Now
reading
video

Intro to Describing Connections

Make Connections

activity Try Now
reading
video

Main Idea RI Kindergarten

Find the Main Idea

activity Try Now
reading
video

Intro to Similar Verbs

Similar Action Words

activity Try Now
reading
video

Mystery Words

Identify Unknown Words

activity Try Now
reading
video

Upper And Lowercase Letters

Upper and Lowercase Letters

activity Try Now
reading
video

Counting Syllables

Count Syllables

activity Try Now
reading
video

Rhyming

Words That Rhyme

activity Try Now
reading
video

Ask and Answer Questions RI Kindergarten

Ask and Answer Questions

activity Try Now
reading
video

Shades of Meaning

Word Meanings

activity Try Now
reading
video

Intro to Author's Reason

Author's Purpose

activity Try Now
reading
video

Sounding Out Words

Letters Make Words

activity Try Now
reading
video

Pictures and Words

Pictures Help You Read

activity Try Now
reading
video

Comparing Texts on the Same Topic

Same and Different

activity Try Now
reading
video

Unknown Words

Learn New Words

20 of 46

Reading Activities and Teaching Resources for Kindergarten

Ah, kindergarten, home to those unforgettable reams of primary ruled paper, bags of cotton balls, and glue sticks galore. What a time to be alive!

In kindergarten, students spend the year developing foundational literacy skills so they can move to first grade with the ability to sound out simple words, print letters, understand and recognize phonemes, and comprehend simple texts.

For a more comprehensive look at eSpark's standards-aligned kindergarten reading teaching resources, check out the breakdown of covered domains and the skills students will be working on here:

Some of the skills students will master in eSpark include:

Reading Foundational Skills

  • Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
  • Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.
  • Recognize and produce rhyming words.
  • Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
  • Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
  • Add or substitute individual sounds.
  • Meet kindergarten phonics, phonemic awareness, and phonological awareness objectives.

Reading Literature

  • Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • Retell stories and demonstrate the understanding of them.
  • Retell familiar stories, including key details.
  • Understand the difference between fiction and non-fiction.
  • Identify narrators in a story.
  • Describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear.
  • Identify poems.

Language

  • Identify real-life connections between words and their use.
  • Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs.
  • Sort common objects into categories.
  • Demonstrate understanding of frequently occurring verbs.
  • Use clues to find the meaning of an unknown word.

Reading Informational Text

  • Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
  • Name the author and illustrator of a text.
  • Ask and answer questions to find the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases.
  • Identify the author’s purpose in different texts.
  • Compare and contrast two texts of the same topic.

eSpark is truly unique in the world of online learning. Our holistic, student-centered approach blends the proven benefits of play-based learning with systematic, explicit, and direct instruction. It’s proof that learning can be fun, personalized, and effective, all at once!

eSpark meets the criteria for evidence-based interventions under ESSA guidelines, and has been proven in multiple studies to improve student performance in math and reading.

When you sign up for an eSpark account, your students experience these activities via adaptive, differentiated independent pathways and teacher-driven small group assignments. Teachers also have access to detailed usage and progress reports with valuable insights into standards mastery, student growth trends, and intervention opportunities.

With the addition of the game-changing Choice Texts for the 2023-2024 school year, eSpark has cemented its status as the most loved supplemental instruction option for students and teachers alike. Claim your free account today and see the difference for yourself!