English Language Arts Vocabulary for Kindergarten
46 terms
JamWise Education TeamยทUpdated March 2026
In kindergarten, students in the kindergarten band encounter 46 essential english language arts vocabulary terms. These words form the foundation for classroom discussions, reading comprehension, written assignments, and standardized assessments. Mastering this vocabulary gives students the language they need to express their understanding with clarity and confidence.
Below you will find every english language arts term for kindergarten, organized by topic where applicable. Each term links to a detailed definition page with grade-level explanations, related vocabulary, and connections to JamWise learning resources.
grammar
View topic hubExclamation mark
An exclamation mark goes at the end of a sentence that shows strong feelings, like 'Wow!'
Lowercase letter
A lowercase letter is a small letter, like a, b, or c.
Noun
A noun is a word for a person, place, or thing, like 'teacher,' 'school,' or 'book.'
Period
A period is a dot that goes at the end of a sentence to show it is finished.
Preposition
A preposition is a word that shows where something is, like in, on, under, or beside.
Question mark
A question mark goes at the end of a question, like 'What is your name?'
Sentence
A sentence is a group of words that tells a complete thought, like 'The dog runs fast.'
Space
A space is the empty gap between words that helps us see where one word ends and the next begins.
Uppercase letter
An uppercase letter is a big letter, like A, B, or C. We use them to start sentences and names.
Verb
A verb is a word that shows action, like run, jump, or sing.
reading
View topic hubAuthor
An author is the person who writes a book or story.
Beginning
The beginning is the first part of a story where we meet the characters.
Blend
To blend means to push sounds together smoothly to read a word, like putting /c/ /a/ /t/ together to say 'cat.'
Character
A character is a person or animal in a story.
Consonant
A consonant is any letter of the alphabet that is not a vowel, like B, C, D, F, or G.
End
The end is the last part of a story where the problem gets solved.
Fact
A fact is something that is true and can be checked, like 'The sun is a star.'
Fiction
Fiction is a story that someone made up. It is not real.
Illustrator
An illustrator is the person who draws the pictures in a book.
Left to right
In English, we read words from left to right, starting on the left side and moving across to the right.
Letter
A letter is a written symbol that stands for a sound, like A, B, or C.
Listen
To listen means to pay attention to what someone is saying so you can understand them.
Middle
The middle is the part of a story where the problem happens.
Nonfiction
Nonfiction is writing about real things, real people, and real events.
Poem
A poem is a special kind of writing that often has rhymes and rhythm.
Print means the letters and words you see written or typed on a page.
Setting
The setting is where and when a story happens.
Speak
To speak means to say words out loud to share your thoughts and ideas with others.
Story
A story tells about something that happens, with a beginning, middle, and end.
Top to bottom
When we read a page, we start at the top and read down to the bottom.
Vowel
A vowel is one of the letters A, E, I, O, or U. Every word has at least one vowel.
Word
A word is a group of letters that means something, like 'cat' or 'run.'
text-features
View topic hubCover
The cover is the outside of a book that shows the title and a picture.
Front cover
The front cover is the first thing you see on a book. It shows the title, author name, and usually a picture.
Page
A page is one side of a sheet of paper in a book.
Picture
A picture in a book helps you understand the story by showing what is happening.
Spine
The spine is the side edge of a book where the pages are held together. It shows the title so you can find the book on a shelf.
Title
The title is the name of a book or story.
vocabulary-skills
View topic hubRhyming words
Rhyming words are words that end with the same sound, like 'moon' and 'spoon' or 'day' and 'play.'
Sight word
A sight word is a common word you learn to read quickly by memory, like 'the,' 'is,' 'and,' or 'was.'
Syllable
A syllable is a part of a word that has one vowel sound. 'Cat' has one syllable. 'Kitten' has two.
Word family
A word family is a group of words that share the same pattern, like 'cat,' 'hat,' 'bat,' and 'mat.'
writing
View topic hubDrawing
A drawing is a picture you make to show your ideas. In writing, drawings help tell your story.
Opinion
An opinion is what you think or feel about something, like 'I think dogs are the best pets.'
Telling sentence
A telling sentence is a sentence that tells something. It starts with a capital letter and ends with a period.
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