Kindergarten Objectives


The kindergarten student using Johnny Can Spell will learn...

  • Correct penmanship habits and proper use of tools
  • To form manuscript letters correctly
  • The names of letters
  • Capital and lower case correspondents
  • Alphabetical order
  • The common sounds of the alphabet phonograms
  • A few common spelling rules
  • Additional multi-letter phonograms beyond the alphabet letters
  • 100 high frequency, easy words

The kindergarten student using Johnny Can Spell will be able to...

  • Match capital and lower case correspondents
  • Alphabetize letters
  • Write phonograms from isolated dictation
  • Give sounds for phonograms in isolation
  • Recognize phonograms in printed text
  • Use phonograms to sound out new words in print, reading
  • Use phonograms to write new words, spelling
  • Count syllables in a word
  • Count sounds in a word or syllable
  • Count words in a sentence
  • Blend sounds into words he/she recognizes
  • Analyze words by syllables and sounds in order to write them, spelling
  • Learn how to sound out words in print, reading

The kindergarten student using Johnny Can Write will learn...

  • Common inflectional forms, -s and –es with nouns, -ed and –ing with verbs
  • About subjects and predicates
  • How to begin and end a written sentence
  • How to add descriptive words to a sentence

The kindergarten student using Johnny Can Write will be able to...

  • To identify and create rhyming and alliteration patterns
  • Identify common homophones, antonyms, and synonyms
  • Identify the beginning and end of a sentence in print
  • Use descriptive words and phrases to answer the adjective questions—Which one? What kind? How many?
  • Use descriptive words and phrases to answer the adverb questions—How? When? Where? Why?