Kentucky Reading and Writing L.K.4.a

ELAKindergartenLanguage

The Standard

L.K.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content.

Identify homophones.

Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students listen for words that sound the same but have different meanings. They use pictures or sentences to show what each word means.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can hear sun and son, say they sound the same, and point to a picture for each meaning. They can choose the right picture when either word is used in a sentence.
Common Misconceptions: Students may call sun and fun homophones because they rhyme, even though the words do not sound exactly the same. They may think sun and son mean the same thing because they sound alike.
How to Assess It: Show pictures of the sun, a son, and a sock. Say each word aloud, then ask, “Which two sound the same? What does each one mean?”

Lesson moves

Give students picture cards labeled sun, son, sea, and see; say each word aloud and have them match the sound-alike pairs.
Say, “I see the sea.” Ask, “Which word names the water, and which word tells what my eyes do?”
Play “Same Sound or Rhyme”: say sun/son and sun/fun; students call “same sound” or “rhyme” for each pair.
Show a weather report with a sun icon and a family photo of a son; ask which spoken word names each.

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