Everyday Literacy: Listening and Speaking – Grade K

🗣️ Everyday Literacy: Listening and Speaking – Grade K

Ages: 4 to 6 years | Kindergarten | Oral Language & Comprehension

This engaging resource by Evan-Moor provides 20 structured weekly lessons designed to help young learners build essential listening, speaking, and comprehension skills in just 15–20 minutes per day. Perfect for early childhood and ESL classrooms, the activities follow a consistent daily format that supports early literacy development through storytelling, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, and interactive oral exercises.

📚 Each Weekly Unit Includes:

• A read-aloud story focused on a relatable theme (e.g., Starting School, Apple Picking, Healthy Teeth)
• Daily listening and speaking activities:
• Following directions
• Making inferences
• Classifying and sequencing
• Rhyming and phonological awareness
• Circle time songs, poems, and home–school connections
• Full Spanish translations of take-home pages for family involvement

🎯 Skills Targeted:

• Receptive and expressive oral language
• Vocabulary building tied to real-life experiences
• Listening for purpose, retelling, and comprehension
• Following multi-step directions
• Phonemic awareness (rhyming, syllables, beginning/ending sounds)

📘 Themes Covered:

• Starting school
• Seasons and weather
• Safety, health, and hygiene
• Holidays and classic tales (e.g., Jack and Jill, The Lion and the Mouse)
• Science topics (e.g., Parts of a Tree, My Five Senses)

🧠 Best For:

• Kindergarten students (ages 4–6)
• Preschool/ESL learners who benefit from structured oral language development
• Teachers seeking state standards–aligned, low-prep activities
• Interventionists or speech-language support

This book is ideal for fostering early fluency, collaboration, and confidence—essential building blocks for lifelong literacy success.