Kindergarten
Early Literacy
With Seesaw Early Literacy, our mission is to foster joyful learning opportunities for both educators and students alike. We hope that these lessons not only supplement your teaching but also inspire a love for early literacy in your students. Together, let’s embark on a journey of exploration, discovery, and meaningful engagement in the world of literacy.
Seesaw Early Literacy’s Kindergarten 30-week scope and sequence is organized from high-utility to low-utility letters and sound-spelling patterns. It builds upon the simplest to most complex skills, ensuring a strategic progression in literacy development that is guided by the principle that many words can be formed as early as possible (Blevins, 2017).
This scope and sequence of lessons is thoughtfully crafted to align with the dynamic needs of teachers’ classrooms. Within this framework, teachers are encouraged to explore and select any of the lessons listed for a particular week, allowing the freedom to tailor their instruction to best meet instructional objectives and students’ needs. Whether teachers prefer whole-class engagement, collaborative partner activities, interactive small group centers, individualized review work, or any other pedagogical approach, these lessons can be seamlessly integrated into a teacher’s existing curriculum.
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• The /p/ Sound
• The /t/ Sound
• The /ɪ/ (fish) Sound
• The Letter Mm
• The Letter Aa
• The Letter Ss
• The Mm Book
• The Aa Book
• The Ss Book
• The Letter Pp
• The Letter Tt
• The Letter Ii
• The Pp Book
• The Tt Book
• The Ii Book
• The /n/ Sound
• The /b/ Sound
• The /k/ Sound
• The Letter Nn
• The Letter Bb
• The Letter Cc
• The Nn Book
• The Bb Book
• The Cc Book
• The /ŏ/ (lock) Sound
• The /f/ Sound
• The /h/ Sound
• The Letter Oo
• The Letter Ff
• The Letter Hh
• The Oo Book
• The Ff Book
• The Hh Book
• The /d/ Sound
• The /r/ Sound
• The /g/ Sound
• The Letter Dd
• The Letter Rr
• The Letter Gg
• The Dd Book
• The Rr Book
• The Gg Book
• The /ɛ/ (bed) Sound
• The /l/ Sound
• The /k/ Sound ** (2nd time)
• The /ə/ (duck) Sound
• The /w/ Sound
• The /dʒ/ (jump) Sound
• The /v/ Sound
• The /y/ Sound
• The /z/ Sound
• The Letter Ee
• The Letter Ll
• The Letter Kk
• The Letter Uu
• The Letter Ww
• The Letter Jj
• The Letter Xx
• The Letter Vv
• The Letter Qq
• The Letter Yy
• The Letter Zz
• The Ee Book
• The Ll Book
• The Kk Book
• The Uu Book
• The Ww Book
• The Jj Book
• The Xx Book
• The Vv Book
• The Qq Book
• The Yy Book
• The Zz Book
• “p” Sound-Spelling Board
• “t” Sound-Spelling Board
• “i” Sound-Spelling Board
• “n” Sound-Spelling Board
• “b” Sound-Spelling Board • “c” Sound-Spelling Board
• “o” Sound-Spelling Board
• “f” Sound-Spelling Board
• “h” Sound-Spelling Board
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u w j x
v qu y z
• “d” Sound-Spelling
• “r” Sound-Spelling Board • “g” Sound-Spelling Board
• “e” Sound-Spelling Board
• “l” Sound-Spelling Board
• “k” Sound-Spelling Board
• “u” Sound-Spelling Board
• “w” Sound-Spelling Board
• “j” Sound-Spelling Board
• “x” Sound-Spelling Board
• “v” Sound-Spelling Board
• “qu” Sound-Spelling Board
• “y” Sound-Spelling Board
• “z” Sound-Spelling Board
Inflectional Endings
• “sh” Sound-Spelling Board
• “ch” Sound-Spelling Board
• “th” Sound-Spelling Board
• “tch” and “wh” Sound-Spelling Board • or
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Long Vowels
• “-s” at the end Sound-Spelling Board
• Inflectional Ending “ing” Board
• Inflectional Ending “ed” Board
• Long “a” Sound-Spelling Board
• Long “i” Sound-Spelling Board
• Long “o” Sound-Spelling Board
• Long “u” Sound-Spelling Board
• by
• words
• but
• not
• what
• all
• The “sh-” Book
• The “ch-” Book
• The “th-” Book
• The “wh-” Book
• The “-sh” Book
• The “-ch” Book
• Inflectional Ending “-s” Sound & Word Book
• Inflectional Ending “-ing” Sound & Word Book
• Inflectional Ending “-ed” Sound & Word Book
• Long “a” Sound & Word Book #1
• Long “a” Sound & Word Book #2
• Long “i” Sound & Word Book #1
• Long “i” Sound & Word Book #2
• Long “o” Sound & Word Book
• Long “u” Sound & Word Book
• Flip It! Read It! Swat It!
• Fix the Word
• Shout It, Sound It!
• Shout It, Spell It!
• Move and Groove
• Hopscotch
• Connect Four
• Minute to Write It
• Hot or Cold
• Tic-Tac-Toe
• Build and Create Letters
Double Consonants
• “ss” Sound-Spelling Board
• “ll” Sound-Spelling Board
• “ff” and “zz” Sound-Spelling Board
• were
• we
• when
• “ss” Sound & Word Book
• “ll” Sound & Word Book
• “ff” and “zz” Sound & Word Book
• Build and Create New Words
• Telephone
• Go Fish!
Short “a” Review
Short “i” Review
Short “o” Review
Short “u” Review
• your
can • said Dan the Rat (Short “a”)
• Paparazzi
• Environmental Road Trip
• Life-Size Game Board
• there • use
• an The Big Rip (Short “i”)
• Make a Song
• Store Eye Spy
• Pictionary
• each • which
she Tom and the Dog (Short “o”)
• do • how • their • if In the Mud (Short “u”)
Short “e” Review • most
new • good • write Meg Needs a Pen (Short “e”)
• Stack and Say
• Stack and Read
• Throw and Catch
• Eye Spy
• Roll, Write, and Say!
• Roll, Write, and Read!
• Memory
• Run With It
• Write the Room
• Writing in the Air
• Setting the Table