Kindergarten - Language
Art Indicators
Phonemic
Awareness, Word Recognition and Fluency
- Read own first and last name.
- Identify and complete rhyming
words and patterns.
- Distinguish the number of
syllables in words by using rhythmic clapping, snapping or counting.
- Distinguish and name all upper-
and lower-case letters.
- Recognize, say and write the
common sounds of letters.
- Distinguish letters from words
by recognizing that words are separated by spaces.
- Hear and say the separate
phonemes in words, such as identifying the initial consonant sound in a
word, and blend phonemes to say words.
- Read
one-syllable and often-heard words by sight
- Reread
stories independently or as a group, modeling patterns of changes in
timing, voice and expression.
Acquisition
of Vocabulary
| Contextual Understanding |
- Understand
new words from the context of conversations or from the use of pictures
within a text.
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| Conceptual Understanding |
- Recognize and understand words,
signs and symbols seen in everyday life.
- Identify words in common categories such as
color words, number words and directional words.
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| Tools and Resources |
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Reading Process
| Concepts of Print |
- Demonstrate an
understanding that print has meaning by explaining that text provides
information or tells a story.
- Hold books right side up, know that
people read pages from front to back and read words from left to right.
- Know the differences between
illustrations and print.
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| Comprehension Strategies |
- Visualize the
information in texts, and demonstrate this by drawing pictures, discussing
images in texts or dictating simple directions.
- Predict what will happen next,
using pictures and content as a guide.
- Compare information (e.g.,
recognize similarities) in texts using prior knowledge and experience.
- Recall information from a story by
sequencing pictures and events.
- Answer literal questions to
demonstrate comprehension of orally read grade-appropriate texts.
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| Self-Monitoring
Strategies |
- Monitor comprehension of orally read
texts by asking and answering questions.
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| Independent Reading |
- Identify favorite books
and stories and participate in shared oral reading.
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Reading
Applications:
Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text
- Use pictures and
illustrations to aid comprehension.
- Identify and discuss
the sequence of events in informational text.
- Tell the main idea of a
selection that has been read aloud.
- Identify and discuss
simple maps, charts and graphs.
- Follow simple
directions.
Reading
Applications: Literary Text
- Identify favorite books
and stories.
- Identify the characters
and setting in a story.
- Retell or re-enact a
story that has been heard.
- Distinguish between
fantasy and reality.
- Recognize predictable
patterns in stories.
Writing Processes
| Prewriting |
- Generating writing ideas
through discussion with others.
- Choose a topic for writing.
- Determine audience.
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| Drafting, Revising &
Editing |
- Organize and group
related ideas.
- Write from left to right and top to
bottom.
- Use correct sentence structures
when expressing thoughts and ideas.
- Reread own writing.
- Use resources (e.g., a word wall)
to enhance vocabulary.
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| Publishing |
- Rewrite and illustrate
writing samples for display and for sharing with others.
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Writing Applications
- Dictate or write simple
stories, using letters, words or pictures.
- Name or label objects
or places.
- Write from left to
right and from top to bottom.
- Dictate or write
informal writings for various purposes.
Writing Conventions
| Handwriting |
- Print capital &
lowercase letters, correctly spacing the letters.
- Leave spaces between words when
writing.
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| Spelling |
- Show characteristics of
early letter name-alphabetical spelling.
- Use some end consonant sounds when
writing.
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| Punctuation &
Capitalization |
- Place punctuation marks
at the end of sentences.
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Research
- Ask questions about a
topic being studied or an area of interest.
- Use books or
observations to gather information, with teacher assistance, to explain a
topic or unit of study.
- Recall information
about a topic, with teacher assistance.
- Share findings visually
or orally.
Communication: Oral and Visual
| Listening and Viewing |
- Listen attentively to
speakers, stories, poems and songs.
- Connect what is heard with prior
knowledge and experience.
- Follow simple oral directions.
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| Speaking Skills &
Strategies |
- Speak clearly and
understandably.
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| Speaking Applications |
- Deliver informal
descriptive or informational presentations about ideas or experiences in
logical order with a beginning, middle and end.
- Recite short poems, songs and
nursery rhymes.
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