BCSC Essential Vocabulary – Kindergarten Language Arts
Reading-Word, Fluency, Vocabulary / Reading-
Compre-
hension / Reading -Literary Response
& Analysis / Writing Process / Writing Application / Writing Conventions / Listening Speaking
front cover / title / fantasy / pre-writing / audience / capital letter / following directions
back cover / author / reality / discussing ideas / writing purpose / lowercase letter / one-step spoken directions
title page / picture clue / print material / story idea / shaping letters / two-step spoken directions
book / context clue / sign / storytelling (dictation) / letter spacing / sharing information
left-to-right (directionality) / prediction / book / writing / alphabet / complete sentence
top-to-bottom (directionality) / comprehension aid / character / picture / spelling / people
page / connecting stories to life / setting / writing with letters / sound / places
print / life experience / event / writing with words / letter name / objects
information / story event / story / phonetically spelled word / location
sentence (in print) / retelling / favorite book / consonant-vowel-consonant word / action
word (in print) / main idea / favorite story / letter-sound matching (phonetic spelling) / size
letter / plot / letter-sound correspondence (alphabetic principle) / color
word / summarizing / left-to-right (directionality) / shape
capital letter / story / top-to-bottom (directionality) / reciting
lowercase letter / relating an experience
alphabet / storytelling
sound (phoneme) / logical sequence
Reading-
Word, Fluency, Vocabulary / Reading-
Compre-
hension / Reading -Literary Response
& Analysis / Writing Process / Writing Application / Writing Conventions / Listening Speaking
sound grouping (syllable)
blend
vowel sound
consonant sound
consonant-vowel-consonant (cvc)
rhyme
beginning sound
ending sound
sentence (spoken)
word (spoken)
sound
words in sentence
sounds in word
sounds in a syllable
syllable in a word
syllable
consonant
letter
letter-sound matching
high-frequency word
self-correct
own name
letter-sound correspondence (alphabetic principle)
alphabetical order
category
names of colors
names of shapes
names of foods
sign
symbol