Kindergarten Common Core English Language Arts Lesson Plans
Welcome to the complete library of Kindergarten ELA lesson plans for parents and educators who use Common Core as their foundational instruction content. Every lesson below is fully aligned to Kindergarten Common Core Standards and comes with step-by-step activities—absolutely free for parents, teachers, and homeschoolers.
Here you’ll find every required standard for Kindergarten English: reading comprehension, grammar, writing, vocabulary, and more. All content is teacher-created, easy to use, and designed to help your student master every essential skill for kindergarten literacy.
Browse the entire list below, search by keyword, or click a standard to get instant access to detailed, standards-based lesson plans.
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.1 – Introduction to Letter Recognition and Sounds
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.1a – Recognizing and Naming Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.1b – Identifying and Naming Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.1c – Identifying and Naming Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.1d – Recognizing and Naming Upper- and Lowercase Letters
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.1e – Recognizing and Producing Rhyming Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.1f – Understanding and Using Common Nouns
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.2 – Introduction to Letters and Sounds
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.2a – Recognizing and Naming Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.2b – Recognizing and Naming Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.2c – Recognizing and Naming Upper- and Lowercase Letters
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.2d – Identifying and Naming Upper- and Lowercase Letters
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.4 – Introduction to Sentence Structure and Meaning
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.4a – Understanding and Using Question Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.4b – Recognizing and Producing Rhyming Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.5 – Identifying and Naming Letters of the Alphabet
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.5a – Understanding and Using Question Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.5b – Recognizing and Naming Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.5c – Understanding and Using Question Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.5d – Recognizing and Producing Rhyming Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.L.6 – Listening and Responding to Stories
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RF.1 – Introduction to Phonological Awareness: Recognizing and Producing Rhyming Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RF.1a – Recognizing Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RF.1b – Recognizing and Producing Rhyming Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RF.1c – Recognizing and Producing Rhyming Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RF.1d – Recognizing and Producing Rhyming Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RF.2 – Learning Letter Sounds and Recognizing Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RF.2a – Recognizing and Producing Rhyming Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RF.2b – Recognizing and Producing Rhyming Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RF.2c – Recognizing and Producing Rhyming Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RF.2d – Recognizing and Producing Rhyming Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RF.2e – Recognizing and Producing Rhyming Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RF.3 – Recognizing and Producing Rhyming Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RF.3a – Recognizing and Producing Rhyming Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RF.3b – Recognizing and Producing Rhyming Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RF.3c – Recognizing and Producing Rhyming Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RF.3d – Identifying and Producing Rhyming Words
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RF.4 – Recognizing and Naming Upper- and Lowercase Letters
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RI.1 – Understanding Key Details in a Story
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RI.10 – Understanding Key Ideas and Details in Informational Texts
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RI.2 – Understanding Key Details in Informational Texts
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RI.3 – Understanding Key Details in a Story
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RI.4 – Understanding Key Details in Informational Text
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RI.5 – Understanding Key Details in Informational Texts
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RI.6 – Understanding Key Details in a Story
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RI.7 – Understanding Key Details in Informational Texts
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RI.8 – Understanding the Role of Illustrations in Stories
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RI.9 – Understanding and Describing Familiar People, Places, and Things
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RL.1 – Understanding Key Details in Stories
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RL.10 – Understanding Key Details in Stories
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RL.2 – Understanding Key Details in Stories
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RL.3 – Understanding Characters and Their Feelings in Stories
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RL.4 – Understanding Key Details in Stories
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RL.5 – Understanding Characters and Setting in Stories
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RL.6 – Understanding Story Details
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RL.7 – Understanding Characters in a Story
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.RL.9 – Understanding and Retelling Key Details in a Story
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.SL.1 – Speaking and Listening: Sharing Ideas in a Group
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.SL.1a – Speaking and Listening: Following Directions and Sharing Ideas
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.SL.1b – Listening and Responding to Questions
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.SL.2 – Listening and Speaking: Participating in Conversations
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.SL.3 – Show and Tell: Speaking Clearly and Listening Carefully
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.SL.4 – Show and Tell: Speaking Clearly and Staying on Topic
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.SL.5 – Taking Turns in Conversations
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.SL.6 – Show and Tell: Sharing Ideas Clearly
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.W.1 – Writing and Drawing About a Favorite Thing
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.W.2 – Writing a Simple Sentence
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.W.3 – Writing Simple Sentences
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.W.5 – Writing a Simple Sentence with a Drawing
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.W.6 – Using a Combination of Drawing, Dictating, and Writing to Share Ideas
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.W.7 – Using a Combination of Drawing, Dictating, and Writing to Express Ideas
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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.K.W.8 – Writing Short Narratives with Pictures and Words