D

Implement rules for conversation (e.g., raise hands, take turns, and focus attention on speaker).

D

Understand, follow, and give oral directions.

D

Recognize the difference between formal and informal languages.

D

Understand and follow simple, three-step oral directions.

D

Understand that printed materials provide information.

D

Demonstrate directionality by reading left to right and top to bottom.

I

Track print when being read to aloud.

D

Read and explain own writings and drawings.

I

Recognize that groups of words make sentences.

D

Recognize words that begin with the same sounds.

D

Recognize words that end with the same sounds.

D

Identify rhyming words.

D

Blend sounds together to form one-syllable words.

D

Segment one-syllable words into sounds.

I

Change targeted sounds to modify or change words.

D

Show awareness of syllables by clapping, counting, or moving objects.

D

Decode phonetically regular, one-syllable words.

I

Participate in guided, oral readings.

D

Participate in shared reading.

D

Recognize rhyme in Mother Goose and other rhyming books.

D

Build vocabulary by listening to literature, participating in discussions, and reading self-selected texts.

D

Build vocabulary through frequent read-alouds.

D

Develop a purpose for listening/reading.

D

Participate in activities to build background knowledge to derive meaning from text.

D

Make predictions about text.

D

Use illustrations to preview text.

D

Visit libraries to use and view appropriate material.

D

Read and view various types of literature (e.g., picture books, storybooks, fairy tales, poetry, and lyrics to songs) and media (e.g., illustrations, the arts, films, and videos).

I

Recognize main character(s) in print and nonprint text.

D

Draw pictures to generate ideas.

D

Participate in teacher-led experience stories.

D

Discuss and react to writing.

I

Capitalize the first word of a sentence, first and last names, pronoun "I" and proper nouns.

D

Use correct punctuation at the end of simple declarative sentences and questions.

D

Write legibly in manuscript, using proper spacing between letters of a word and words of a sentence.

D

Spell words correctly as appropriate to grade level.

D

Use complete and coherent sentences when speaking.

D

Use temporary spelling to spell independently as necessary.

D

Solve simple story problems involving addition and subtraction with numbers less than 20.

D

Use words, actions, pictures, and concrete objects to solve problems.

D

Count how many objects are in a set by 1’s to 100.

I/D

Use concrete objects to model whole numbers to 99 (e.g., base-ten blocks, sticks, and straws).

D

Count forward or backward by one beginning with any number less than 100.

D

Sort objects by two of the following attributes: color, size, shape, and kind.

I

Describe how objects in a group are alike and how they are different.

D

Create, describe, and extend concrete, visual, auditory, or number patterns.

I

Identify the unit of a two-part repeating pattern.

D

Show or represent number sentences, involving addition and subtraction and numbers 0-20, with concrete objects.

D

Use mathematical terms and symbols appropriately.

D

Recognize and show terms of relative position and direction in a variety of situations (e.g., over, under, forward, backward, between, right, and left).

D

Recognize that a calendar is a way of measuring time.

D

Use a thermometer to measure temperature and determine the hotter/colder temperature by selecting the higher/lower column of two thermometers.

D

Interpret and make pictographs and bar graphs using concrete objects and pictured objects.

D

Use the senses to explore the environment.

I

Collect information about organisms that occupy specific environments.

I

Provide examples of pollutants in a specific environment.

I

Recognize the basic needs of living things (e.g., food, water, sunlight, and air).

I

Observe and note differences among plants and animals of the same kind.

D

Recognize the environment in which an organism is typically found.

I

Recognize people use diverse languages to communicate with one another.

I

Define multiculturalism.

D

Describe the importance of diverse beliefs, customs, and traditions of families.

D

Describe the concept of human features as in cities, buildings, farms, roads, and railroads.

D

Locate and name the places in school and the neighborhood.

I

Describe what weather is.

D

Categorize rules and laws we follow as members of a family, school, and community.

I

Define citizenship and responsibility.

D

Examine the rights and responsibilities of the individual in relation to his or her social group, such as family, peer group, and school class.

D

Categorize responsibilities that citizens have to their community, state, and country.

M

Design a set of rules or laws for a home, classroom, or community.

M

Recognize family and school rules as compared with those from another culture.

D

Recite and explain the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance.

I

Recognize some early forms of communication and how communication has changed over time.

I

Work independently and cooperatively to accomplish goals.

I

Recognize individuals have responsibilities to the group whether as a leader or as a member.

D

Recognize the importance of individuals and families as part of neighborhoods.

M

Describe the unique features of one’s nuclear and extended families.

I

Give examples of the tension between the wants and needs of individuals and groups, and concepts such as fairness, equity, and justice.

D

Recognize that cooperation is necessary in working with a group to complete a task.

D

Use picture clues and picture captions to aid comprehension to acquire information.

I

Discover resources available from museums, historical sites, presidential libraries, and local and state preservation societies to acquire information.

I

Demonstrate an understanding of the data through written, visual, or oral methods to problem solve.

I

Incorporate the use of technological resources for historical awareness.