TK Overview Video of Concepts & Skills
Transitional Kindergarten Recommended Curriculum
TK Standards, Concepts and Skills
The California Preschool Learning Foundations outline key knowledge and skills that most children can achieve when provided with the kinds of interactions, instruction, and environments that research has shown to promote early learning and development.
Created as companion volumes to the California Preschool Learning Foundations, the California Preschool Curriculum Frameworks present strategies for early childhood educators that enrich learning and development opportunities for all of California' s preschool children.
Frequently asked questions regarding California state law relating to kindergarten.
Other TK Resources
Additional resources for educators.
Find valuable, easy to use support and tips for teaching and administering high-quality TK that will get your students off to a strong start!
Websites-Language Arts
Games, stories, video clips, and a section for parents
Progressive phonics all-in-one reading program. FREE. Downloadable books and handwriting worksheets
FREE Reading instruction resources for parents and teachers. Phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, sight words, Dolch word lists, Fry word lists, grammar, sentence types, spelling word lists, academic vocabulary word lists, reading comprehension, book lists, games, activities, worksheets, and much more
Websites-Phonemic Awareness
Phonemic awareness activities
Excellent free website that teaches children to read. Contains interactive books and phonics games.
Phonological awareness lessons and decodable readers are just a few of the reading resources you will find at this website. Highly recommended.
Websites-Phonics
- Click-N-Kids Phonics Program
Beginning reading and spelling program.
Games, stories, video clips, and a section for parents
Excellent free website that teaches children to read (phonics and comprehension). Contains interactive books and phonics games.
Progressive phonics all-in-one reading program. FREE. Downloadable books and handwriting worksheets
Phonological awareness lessons and decodable readers are just a few of the reading resources you will find at this website. Highly recommended.
Websites-Vocabulary
Website with complete reading resources. Highly recommended.
Academic vocabulary. Links to the academic word lists. Take a word placement test.
- TK Vocabulary List
- Quizlet
Quizlet is the largest flashcards and study games website with over 7 million free sets of flashcards covering every possible subject. It's the best place to play educational games, memorize vocabulary, and study online. Use the free flashcard generator.
Create your own printable vocabulary flash cards with the word on the front and the definition on the back
Websites-Fluency
Website with complete reading resources. Highly recommended.
This vendor website has lots of valuable information regarding reading fluency.
Sometimes poor fluency is due to poor vocabulary or phonics skills.
Determine who needs fluency training chart,
Websites-Reading Comprehension
Website with complete reading resources. Highly recommended.
Websites-spelling
Student creates words from letters
Spelling and vocabulary website. Enter the student's spelling words and with a click, learn vocabulary, play games, create flashcards, and receive instruction on the spelling word.
Everything Language Arts for K-8. Fry's Spelling and Sight word lists, with coordinating flash cards
Websites-Grammar
Grammar practice, writing instruction, and writing graphic organizers.
Websites-Writing
Websites-Children' s Literature
Bringing yesterday's classics to today's children. FREE online children's books, including many reprints from the 1800's, unit studies, waldorf curricula, and more.
Lists of great books for kids, book reviews, activities, and links to online resources.