Kindergarten

READING

0.1  Concepts About Print: The student learns how English text works from early experience with print.  
0.1.1  Identifies front cover, back cover, and title page of a book
0.1.2  Identifies print (not pictures) as the feature being read
0.1.3  Demonstrates left to right directionality and return sweep
0.1.4  Distinguishes between a letter and word
0.1.5  Matches spoken words to print
0.1.6  Recognizes use of capital letters at the beginning of sentence
0.1.7  Identifies end punctuation in sentences
0.2   Decoding Strategies:  The student applies decoding strategies to read unknown words in print.
0.2.1 ALPHABET KNOWLEDGE
0.2.2  PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS (Without print)  Understands the sounds of language.
a.  Recognizes and generates rhyming words through talk, songs, oral games
b.  Identifies same beginning sounds
http://www.brainconnection.com/teasers/?main=ma/ffmemory
http://pbskids.org/sesame/elmosworld/index.html
beginning sounds(KidPix 3 template)
KeySkills software program, Language Arts "trash can rats".
c.  Blends and segments onset and rime (/c/ + /ap/ = cap)
d.  Blends sounds into words (c-a-t = cat)
e.  Segments words into individual sounds (sit = /s/ /i/ /t/)
f.  Substitutes initial and final sounds to form a new word.
g.  Counts syllables in a word
h.  Hears and identifies consonant sounds at the end of words
0.2.3  PHONICS/SPELLING
a.  Identifies pictures whose names start with a given letter  
m_r.kia (Alphafriends sorting activity) (Kidspiration Template)
b_d.kia (Alphafriends sorting activity) (Kidspiration Template)
b.  Uses sound-letter association to identify beginning and ending letters of words
c. Blends and reads CVC words with the short a, short i, short e, short o, short u
d. Segments/writes CVC words with the short a, short i, short e, short o, short u
0.3  Vocabulary:  The student develops vocabulary knowledge to increase meaning in reading.

WORD RECOGNITION

0.3.1 Reads high frequency words:  I, see, my, like, a, to, and, go, is, here, for, have, said, the, play, she, are, he

VOCABULARY BUILDING
0.3.2 Understands academic language:  color words; period; question mark; characters and setting; title; nouns (naming words); verbs (action words); first, next, last; vowel (helper letter), letter, rhyming words; real, make-believe; quotation marks, exclamation mark; opposites; report; topic, main idea; purpose; newspaper; direction; order words; author and illustrator  
0.4  Fluency:  The student names alphabet letters quickly and automatically and reads grade level text accurately using expression and phrasing.
0.5  Comprehension Skills:  The student applies literal, inferential, and critical thinking to construct meaning.
0.5.1  LITERAL:  Uses information on the page to retell, remember, or identify facts
a.  Identifies sequence of events
b.  Identifies character and setting of a selection
c.  Identifies beginning, middle, end of a story
d.  Retells a story in own words
0.5.2  INFERENTIAL:  Searches for clues in the text and integrates with what is  known to analyze, draw conclusions, and infer
a.  Identifies cause and effect relationships
b.  Makes predictions about a story
c.  Uses clues from pictures and selection to draw conclusions
d.  Notes important details in pictures and in stories
e.  Identifies text organization and summarizes
f.  Categorizes and classifies items  
g.  Recognizes the plot of a story—the problem and how it is solved
h.  Recognizes real and make-believe elements in a story
0.5.3  CRITICAL:  Takes a position or states an opinion and supports it with  evidence based on personal experience and thinking
a.  Evaluates favorite elements of stories
b.  Compares stories
0.6 Wide Range Reading:  The student flexibly applies skills and strategies in reading and listening to both narrative and expository text for pleasure and learning.
0.6.1  Listens to a variety of literature read aloud for pleasure
0.6.2  Listens to expository text for information
0.6.3  Chooses and reads books for enjoyment and information
0.6.4  Shares information from books with others in a variety of ways
0.7  Exploration/Inquiry:  The student uses information and study skills to research  personal questions, interests, and real-world contexts.
0.7.1  Asks questions to get information and understand events
0.7.2  Finds information to answer questions from observation, books, and other  people
0.7.3  Records information and observations
0.7.4  Contributes to a class report
0.7.5  Explores environmental print
0.7.6  Uses media center as a source of books and information

WRITING
0.8  Writing Composition:  The student uses writing to communicate, to reflect,  and to learn.