Kindergarten – Communication Arts – Grade Level Expectations Reading Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process A Demonstrate basic concepts of print Print directionality left to right, return sweep, top and bottom Concepts understanding that the story is in the print word by word matching distinction between letter and word B Develop ability to recognize sounds (phonemes) in words (phonemic awareness) Phonemic recognize rhyming words Awareness isolate consonant sounds hear and say onset and rime hear and say spoken phonemes C Develop alphabet and phonics knowledge Phonics identify letters say sounds associated with letters write letter that goes with consonant sound D Red simple text Fluency containing a small bank of high-frequency words consisting of environmental print E Develop vocabulary by listening to and discussing unknown words in stories Vocabulary F Develop and apply, with assistance, pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension Pre-Reading access prior knowledge preview text and picture make general prediction G During reading, shared reading, or read-alouds, develop and utilize, with assistance, strategies to During self-question and correct Reading infer predict and check using cueing systems: meaning, structure, and visual information H Develop and demonstrate, with assistance, post-reading skills after reading or read-alouds to respond to text answer basic comprehension questions questions to clarify retell illustrate re-enact stories I Identify connections, with assistance, between Making text to text (text ideas – similarities and differences in fiction and non-fiction works) Connections text to self (text ideas and own experiences)
Kindergarten – Communication Arts – Grade Level Expectations Reading Develop and apply skills and strategies to the reading process A Print Concepts Demonstrate basic concepts of print directionality left to right, return sweep, top and bottom understanding that the story is in the print word by word matching distinction between letter and word B Phonemic Awareness Develop ability to recognize sounds (phonemes) in words (phonemic awareness) recognize rhyming words isolate consonant sounds hear and say onset and rime hear and say spoken phonemes C Phonics Develop alphabet and phonics knowledge identify letters say sounds associated with letters write letter that goes with consonant sound D Fluency Red simple text containing a small bank of high-frequency words consisting of environmental print E Vocabulary Develop vocabulary by listening to and discussing unknown words in stories F Pre-Reading Develop and apply, with assistance, pre-reading strategies to aid comprehension access prior knowledge preview text and picture make general prediction G During Reading During reading, shared reading, or read-alouds, develop and utilize, with assistance, strategies to self-question and correct infer predict and check using cueing systems: meaning, structure, and visual information H Develop and demonstrate, with assistance, post-reading skills after reading or read-alouds to respond to text answer basic comprehension questions questions to clarify retell illustrate re-enact stories I Making Connections Identify connections, with assistance, between text to text (text ideas – similarities and differences in fiction and non-fiction works) text to self (text ideas and own experiences)