Children comprehend and understand the English language (Receptive Language).PK.1

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    Children comprehend and understand the English language (Receptive Language).PK.1

With guidance and support students can:

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    Attend to adults and/or peers, using items familiar to the student, that provide additional information during conversations, songs, stories, routines and other learning experiences.PK.1.a

  • b

    Respond to descriptive words (e.g., hot dirty, broken, wet) and spatial concepts.PK.1.b

  • c

    Follow simple one- to two-step directions within familiar routines. PK.1.c

Children use language to convey thoughts and feelings (Expressive Language).PK.2

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    Children use language to convey thoughts and feelings (Expressive Language).PK.2

With guidance and support students can:

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    Participate in communicative exchanges (e.g., facial expressions, gestures, verbalizations, vocalizations, or other communication system) with peers and adults for at least one back and forth interaction.PK.2.a

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    Use expressive communication to get their needs met from familiar people.PK.2.b

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    Use familiar vocabulary in multiple settings. PK.2.c

  • d

    Understand the difference between a question and a statement.PK.2.d

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    Make simple statements about familiar activities and routines.PK.2.e

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    Express at least 2 word phrases.PK.2.f

Children understand and obtain meaning from stories and information from books and other texts.PK.3

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    Children understand and obtain meaning from stories and information from books and other texts.PK.3

With guidance and support students can:

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    Interact with a variety of reading materials.PK.3.a

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    Attend (e.g., showing joint attention, looks at the book, keeps body still) to the reader and the book.PK.3.b

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    Answer simple questions about familiar topics related to print.PK.3.c

  • d

    Attend to different kinds of literature, such as fiction and nonfiction books and poetry, on a range of topics.PK.3.d

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    Identify when a picture or object is real world or fantasy.PK.3.e

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    Retell a story from a familiar book.PK.3.f

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    Make predictions based on illustrations.PK.3.g

Phonological awareness is the building block for understanding language.PK.4

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    Phonological awareness is the building block for understanding language.PK.4

With guidance and support students can:

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    Attend to a sentence and alert to and/or respond to individual words.PK.4.a

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    Use multisensory modes to indicate syllables in at least 2 syllable words.PK.4.b

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    Attend to the different sounds that make up words (e.g., begins to rhyme, use plurals).PK.4.c

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    Participate in activities (e.g., games, songs, stories) that use rhymes and/or patterns of sounds.PK.4.d

 Print concepts and conventions anchor concepts of early decoding.PK.5

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     Print concepts and conventions anchor concepts of early decoding.PK.5

With guidance and support students can:

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    Recognize print in everyday life, such as numbers, letters, one’s name, words, and familiar logos and signs.PK.5.a

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    Identify print.PK.5.b

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    Orient book correctly and turn pages from the front of the book to the back.PK.5.c

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    Understand that letters are grouped to form words.PK.5.d

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    Recognize the association between spoken words and written words.PK.5.e

The names and sounds associated with letters makes up alphabetic knowledge.PK.6

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    The names and sounds associated with letters makes up alphabetic knowledge.PK.6

With guidance and support students can:

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    Recognize letters from non-letters in familiar settings.PK.6.a

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    Recognize that letters of the alphabet have distinct sound(s) associated with them.PK.6.b

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    Attend to at least 3 beginning letters and sounds of familiar words.PK.6.c

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    Recognize letters and associate the beginning letter sound in own name. PK.6.d

Familiarity with writing implements, conventions, and emerging skills to communicate through written representations, symbols, and letters.PK.7

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    Familiarity with writing implements, conventions, and emerging skills to communicate through written representations, symbols, and letters.PK.7

With guidance and support students can:

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    Explore a variety of writing tools.PK.7.a

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    Use shapes, symbols and letters to express ideas.PK.7.b

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    Use drawing, dictation and scribbles or marks to convey a message.PK.7.c

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    Experiment with vertical and horizontal straight lines – alone, next to or on top of other lines.PK.7.d

Begin research by asking a question to identify and define a problem and its possible solutions.PK.8

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    Begin research by asking a question to identify and define a problem and its possible solutions.PK.8

With guidance and support students can:

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    Demonstrate questioning behavior to seek information (e.g., opening a book, pointing to objects/pictures).PK.8.a

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    Observe and imitate how other people solve problems during parallel play or small group.PK.8.b

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
PRE-K
Where can I read the official document?
READING, WRITING, AND COMMUNICATING

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