CONCEPTS OF PRINT
ELAKR1 The student demonstrates knowledge of concepts of print. The student
a. Recognizes that print and pictures (signs and labels, newspapers, and
informational books) can inform, entertain, and persuade.
b. Demonstrates that print has meaning and represents spoken language in
written form.
c. Tracks text read from left to right and top to bottom.
d. Distinguishes among written letters, words, and sentences.
e. Recognizes that sentences in print are made up of separate words.
f. Begins to understand that punctuation and capitalization are used in all
written sentences.
PHONICS
ELAKR3 The student demonstrates the relationship between letters and letter
combinations of written words and the sounds of spoken words. The student
a. Demonstrates an understanding that there are systematic and predictable
relationships between print and spoken sounds.
b. Recognizes and names all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
c. Matches all consonant and short-vowel sounds to appropriate letters.
d. Blends individual sounds to read one-syllable decodable words.
e. Applies learned phonics skills when reading words and sentences in stories.
VOCABULARY
ELAKR5 The student acquires and uses grade-level words to communicate
effectively. The student
a. Listens to a variety of texts and uses new vocabulary in oral language.
b. Discusses the meaning of words and understands that some words have
multiple meanings.
COMPREHENSION
ELAKR6 The student gains meaning from orally presented text. The student
a. Listens to and reads a variety of literary (e.g., short stories, poems)
and informational texts and materials to gain knowledge and for pleasure.
b. Makes predictions from pictures and titles.
c. Asks and answers questions about essential narrative elements (e.g.,
beginning-middle-end, setting, characters, problems, events, resolution) of a
read-aloud text.
d. Begins to distinguish fact from fiction in a read-aloud text.
e. Retells familiar events and stories to include beginning, middle, and end.
f. Uses prior knowledge, graphic features (illustrations), and graphic
organizers to understand text.
g. Connects life experiences to read-aloud text.
h. Retells important facts in the student’s own words.
WRITING
ELAKW1 The student begins to understand the principles of writing. The student
a. Writes or dictates to describe familiar persons, places, objects, or
experiences.
b. Uses drawings, letters, and phonetically spelled words to create meaning.
c. Accurately prints name, all uppercase and lowercase letters of the
alphabet, and teacher-selected words.
d. Uses left-to-right pattern of writing.
e. Begins to use capitalization at the beginning of sentences and punctuation
(periods and question marks) at the end of sentences.
MATH
MKM2. Students will understand the measurement of calendar time.
a. Know the names of the days of the week, as well as understand yesterday,
today and tomorrow.
b. Know the months of the year.
c. Know the four seasons.
MKN1. Students will connect numerals to the quantities they represent.
a. Count a number of objects up to 30.
c. Write numerals through 20 to label sets.
d. Sequence and identify using ordinal numbers (1st-10th).
e. Compare two or more sets of objects (1-10) and identify which set is equal
to, more than, or less than the other.
h. Identify coins by name and value (penny, nickel, dime, and quarter).
i. Count out pennies to buy items that together cost less than 30 cents.
j. Make fair trades using combinations involving pennies and nickels and
pennies and dimes.
MKM3. Students will understand time as it relates to a daily schedule.
a. Order daily events.
b. Tell the time when daily events occur, such as morning, afternoon, and
evening.
c. Know the name of the day of the week when weekly events occur in class
MKG3. Students will identify, create, extend, and transfer patterns from one
representation to another using actions, objects, and geometric shapes.
a. Identify missing elements within a given pattern.
b. Extend a given pattern and recognize similarities in different patterns.
c. Create a pattern in a different context with attributes similar to a given
pattern.
SOCIAL STUDIES
SSKH1 The student will identify the purpose of national holidays and describe
the people or events celebrated.
a. Labor Day
b. Columbus Day (Christopher Columbus)
c. Veterans Day
d. Thanksgiving Day
e. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
f. Presidents Day (George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and the current
President)
g. Memorial Day
h. Flag Day
i. Independence Day
SSKH2 The student will identify important American symbols and explain their
meaning.
a. The national and state flags (United States and Georgia flags)
b. The bald eagle
c. The Statue of Liberty
d. Lincoln Memorial
e. Washington Monument
f. White House
g. Pledge of Allegiance
h. Star Spangled Banner
SSKH3 The student will correctly use words and phrases related to chronology
and time to explain how things change.
a. Now, long ago
b. Before, after
c. Morning, afternoon, night
d. Today, tomorrow, yesterday
e. First, last, next
f. Day, week, month, year
g. Past, present, future
SSKG3 The student will state the street address, city, county, state, nation,
and continent in which he or she lives.
