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.
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.
