1. Standard 1
  2. READING
      1. WHAT STUDENTS READ, PreK-1, for Information and Understanding:
      2. READING SKILLS, PreK-1, across all four standards, induding:
  3. Standard 1
  4. READING
      1. WHAT STUDENTS READ, PreK-1, for Information and Understanding:
      2. READING SKILLS, PreK-1, across all four standards, including:
  5. Standard 1
  6. LISTENING
  7. SPEAKING
      1. WHAT STUDENTS LISTEN TO, PreK-1, for Information and Understanding:
      2. LISTENING SKILLS, PreK-1, across all four standards, including:
      3. SPEAKING STUDENTS ENGAGE IN, PreK-1, for Information and Understanding:
      4. SPEAKING SKILLS, PreK-1, across all four standards, including:

 
 

Standard 1

Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.
 
 

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READING
Students will read a minimum of 25 grade-level books or the equivalent per year across all content areas and standards.
 
 
 


WHAT STUDENTS READ, PreK-1, for Information and Understanding:



WHAT STUDENTS READ, PreK-1, for Information and Understanding:
 
 
Read from informational texts, such as:
-   picture books
-   classroom displays, charts, and posters
-   signs and labels in the classroom or school.
 
STUDENT COMPETENCIES, PreK-1, in Reading for Information and Understanding, including:
 
 
 Locate and use classroom and library media center resources, with assistance, to acquire information
 Read informational texts with repetitive language and simple illustrations to begin to collect data, facts, and ideas
 Interpret information represented in pictures, illustrations, and simple charts and webs
 
 Recognize and interpret familiar signs and symbols; for example, labels on classroom furniture, equipment, and STOP signs
 Distinguish between “stories” and facts
 Draw on prior experience to understand new data, facts, and ideas
 Recognize frequently used words in texts for beginning early readers
 Use a picture dictionary to learn the meaning of unfamiliar words.


READING SKILLS, PreK-1, across all four standards, induding:



READING SKILLS, PreK-1, across all four standards, induding:
 
 
 Distinguish between print and pictures
 
 Recognize the difference between letters and words
 Follow left to right and top to bottom direction when reading
 Locate the front and back of a text
 Sound out letters to read words correctly
 Use beginning and ending consonants to identify single- syllable words
 
 Recognize own name and the names of some peers in print
 Identify words that sound, or look, alike or different
 Identify words that are paired with pictures
 Alphabetize grade-level words according to the first letter
 Point to grade-level words in a text or on a chart when read aloud
 
 Recognize grade-level words out of context
 Recognize the plural of simple words
 
 Locate the name of the author and illustrator, the title page, table of contents, and chapter headings
Use computer software in the recognition of letters, sounds, and patterns.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

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Standard 1

Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.
 
 
 

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READING
Students will read a minimum of 25 grade-level books or the equivalent per year across all content areas and standards.
 
 
 


WHAT STUDENTS READ, PreK-1, for Information and Understanding:



WHAT STUDENTS READ, PreK-1, for Information and Understanding:
 
 
 Read from informational texts, such as:
-   picture books
 
-   classroom displays, charts, and posters
-   signs and labels in the classroom or school.
 
STUDENT COMPETENCIES, PreK-1, in Reading for Information end Understanding, including~
 
 
 Locate and use dassroom and library media center resources, with assistance, to acquire information
 
 Read informational texts with repetitive language and simple illustrations to begin to collect data, facts, and ideas
 Interpret information represented in pictures, illustrations, and simple charts and webs
Recognize and interpret familiar signs and symbols; for example, labels on classroom furniture, equipment, and STOP signs
Distinguish between “stories” and facts
Draw on prior experience to understand new data, facts, and ideas
 Recognize frequently used words in texts for beginning early readers
 Use a picture dictionary to learn the meaning of unfamiliar words.


READING SKILLS, PreK-1, across all four standards, including:



READING SKILLS, PreK-1, across all four standards, including:
 
 
 Distinguish between print and pictures
 
 Recognize the difference between letters and words
 Follow left to right and top to bottom direction when reading
 Locate the front and back of a text
 Sound out letters to read words correctly
 Use beginning and ending consonants to identify single- syllable words
 
 Recognize own name and the names of some peers in print
 
 Identify words that sound, or look, alike or different
 Identify words that are paired with pictures
 Alphabetize grade-level words according to the first letter
 Point to grade-level words in a text or on a chart when read aloud
 Recognize grade-level words out of context
 Recognize the plural of simple words
 Locate the name of the author and illustrator, the title page, table of contents, and chapter headings
 Use computer software in the recognition of letters, sounds, and patterns.
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

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Standard 1
Students will read, write, listen, and speak for
information and understanding.

 
 
 
 
 

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LISTENING

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SPEAKING
 
 
 
 
 
 


WHAT STUDENTS LISTEN TO, PreK-1, for Information and Understanding:



WHAT STUDENTS LISTEN TO, PreK-1, for Information and Understanding:
 
 
 Usten on a daily basis for data, facts, and ideas in, for
example:
-   circle time discussions
 
-   group project reports
 
-   small and large group discussions
-   media presentations
-   role play.
 
STUDENT COMPETENCIES, PreK-1, in Listening for Information and Understanding, induding:
 
 
 Usten to words read aloud and point to them on a chart
 Usten to oral directions involving a few steps
 Usten and understand environmental sounds that provide information, such as, a school bell and a fire alarm
 Identify similarities and differences in information about people, places or events
 Draw on prior experience to understand information in oral texts.
 


LISTENING SKILLS, PreK-1, across all four standards, including:



LISTENING SKILLS, PreK-1, across all four standards, including:
 
 
 Usten respectfully and responsively
 Attend to a listening activity for a specified period of time

 

Avoid interrupting
Respond appropriately to what is heard by smiling, laughing, and/or clapping.
 


SPEAKING STUDENTS ENGAGE IN, PreK-1, for Information and Understanding:



SPEAKING STUDENTS ENGAGE IN, PreK-1, for Information and Understanding:
 
 
 Speak on a daily basis to share data, facts, and ideas in,
for example:
-   role play
-   small and large group discussions
-   classroom project discussions
-   field trip reports.
 
 
STUDENT COMPETENCIES, PreK-1, in Speaking for Information and Understanding, induding:
 
 Speak in order to:
-   report information briefly to peers and familiar adults
-   connect information from personal experiences to information from nonfiction texts
-   retell five or more pieces of information in sequence
-   share observations from classroom, home, or community
-   ask questions to clarify directions and/or classroom routines
-   respond verbally to questions and/or directions
 Use appropriate visual aids (for example, puppets, toys,
pictures) to illustrate a word or concept when speaking to share information.
 


SPEAKING SKILLS, PreK-1, across all four standards, including:



SPEAKING SKILLS, PreK-1, across all four standards, including:

Use age-appropriate vocabulary Take turns speaking in a group
Correct pronunciation of words using classroom resources, such as teachers, peers, and dictionaries
Speak in complete sentences
 
Stay on topic
Maintain eye contact
 
Speak audibly.
 
 
 
 

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