Shades of Meaning
Word Meanings
L.K.5.d and 1 more
Retelling
Stories with Pictures
RL.PK.7
Intro to Reading
Read Stories
RF.PK.4
Parts of a Story
Important Characters
RL.PK.3
Poems
Poems and Fables
RL.PK.5
Sorting by Attributes
Sorting Objects
L.PK.5.a
Retelling Stories You Know
Tell a Story
RL.PK.2
Intro to Learning New Words
Learn New Words
RL.PK.4
Listening To Stories
Listen to Stories
RL.PK.1
Intro to Comparing Characters Across Stories
Stories Can Be the Same
RL.PK.9
Describing Words in Connection to Places
Word Meanings
L.PK.5.d
Feelings
Feeling Words
L.PK.4.a
Comparing Stories with Similar Themes
Stories Can Be the Same
RL.PK.9
Letters in the Alphabet
Learn Letters
RF.PK.1.d
Letter Sounds
Sounds in Words
RF.PK.2.c
Intro to Poems and Fables
Poems and Fables
RL.PK.5
Intro to Antonyms
Finding Opposites
L.PK.5.b
Intro to Understanding Text through Illustations
Stories with Pictures
RL.PK.7
Rhyming Words
Words That Rhyme
RF.PK.2.a
Intro to Sight Words
Sight Words
RF.PK.3.c
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