Language Arts - Grade K

Language Arts

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Curriculum Guides 2003-2004

Language Arts - Grade K

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Goals and Descriptions

Genres

Genres Description

Genre: Common
The learner will be able to recognize a variety of common literary genres.

Strand	Source	Activities
Genre	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 3.2	Classroom

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Language Arts Processes

Language Arts Processes Description

Communication: Respond
The learner will be able to respond to communications in a variety of ways.

Strand	Source	Activities
Communication Processes	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Listening/Speaking 1.0	Classroom

Oral/Written/Visual: Fact/Idea/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize basic facts and ideas in oral, written, or visual texts, using strategies to comprehend what is read.

Strand	Source	Activities
Oral/Written/Visual Text: Form/Content	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 2.0	Classroom

Communication: Oracy/Language
The learner will be able to use general and specific language to describe ordinary objects and events.

Strand	Source	Activities
Communication: Oracy	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.18	Classroom

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Language Expressions

Language Expressions Description

Sentence Structure: Identify Complete
The learner will be able to identify complete sentences.

Strand	Source	Activities
Sentence Structure	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Written/Oral 1.1	Classroom

Conventions: Standard English
The learner will be able to demonstrate appropriate use of Standard English in writing.

Strand	Source	Activities
Language Conventions	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Written/Oral 1.0	Classroom

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Listening

Listening Description

Behaviors: Variety/Communication
The learner will be able to listen in the context of various communication activities.

Strand	Source	Activities
Listening Behaviors	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Listening/Speaking 1.0	Classroom

Story: Popular /Listen/Respond
The learner will be able to listen and respond to stories about popular characters, themes, plots, and settings.

Strand	Source	Activities
Story	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 3.0	Classroom

Directions: One Step/Follow
The learner will be able to listen to and follow basic one step directions.

Strand	Source	Activities
Directions	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Listening/Speaking 1.1	Classroom

Directions: Two Step/Follow
The learner will be able to follow two-step directions.

Strand	Source	Activities
Directions	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Listening/Speaking 1.1	Classroom

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Reading Operations

Reading Operations Description

Purposes: To Inform
The learner will be able to understand that reading materials have different purposes and that some reading materials are meant to provide information.

Strand	Source	Activities
Reading Purposes	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.3	Classroom

Prior Knowledge: Textual Information
The learner will be able to form connections between prior knowledge and/or experience to events and information within a text.

Strand	Source	Activities
Prior Knowledge	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 2.3	Classroom

Predicting: Illustrations/Content
The learner will be able to use illustrations to predict the content of reading materials.

Strand	Source	Activities
Predicting	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 2.2	Classroom

Predict Outcome: Context Clues
The learner will be able to use context clues to predict an outcome.

Strand	Source	Activities
Predicting	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 2.2	Classroom

Story Elements: Character/Identify
The learner will be able to identify story elements, such as characters.

Strand	Source	Activities
Story Elements	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 3.3	Classroom

Story Elements: Event/Identify
The learner will be able to identify story elements, such as events.

Strand	Source	Activities
Story Elements	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 3.3	Classroom

Story Elements: Setting/Identify
The learner will be able to identify story elements, such as setting.

Strand	Source	Activities
Story Elements	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 3.3	Classroom

Emergent Reading: Tracking/Auditory
The learner will be able to auditorily track syllables in words and words in sentences while being read to.

Strand	Source	Activities
Emergent Reading	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.12	Classroom

Word: Sight Words
The learner will be able to read grade-level appropriate sight words.

Strand	Source	Activities
Emergent Reading: Word	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.15	Classroom

Word: One-Syllable
The learner will be able to read one-syllable words.

Strand	Source	Activities
Emergent Reading: Word	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.15	Classroom

Word: Letter/Distinguish
The learner will be able to distinguish between individual letters and words.

Strand	Source	Activities
Emergent Reading: Word	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.5	Classroom

Reality/Fantasy
The learner will be able to distinguish between reality and fantasy.

Strand	Source	Activities
Real/Non-Real	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 3.1	Classroom

Questions: Ask/Answer
The learner will be able to ask and answer questions about significant elements of a reading selection.

Strand	Source	Activities
Questions	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 2.5	Classroom

Letters: Upper Case/Identify
The learner will be able to identify upper case letters.

Strand	Source	Activities
Emergent Reading: Letter	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.6	Classroom

Letters: Lower Case/Identify
The learner will be able to identify lower case letters.

Strand	Source	Activities
Emergent Reading: Letter	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.6	Classroom

Emergent Reading: Track/Left/Right
The learner will be able to track words from left to right on a page.

Strand	Source	Activities
Emergent Reading: Conventions	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.2	Classroom

Emergent Reading: Track/Top/Bottom
The learner will be able to track words from top to bottom on a page.

Strand	Source	Activities
Emergent Reading: Conventions	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.2	Classroom

Emergent Reading: Letter/Sound
The learner will be able to recognize that letters correspond with sounds heard in words.

Strand	Source	Activities
Emergent Reading: Conceptualizing	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.16	Classroom

Sentence: Words/Separate
The learner will be able to identify that sentences are made up of separate words.

Strand	Source	Activities
Emergent Reading: Number/Sentence/Symbol	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.4	Classroom

Sentence: Letters/Words/Sounds/Use
The learner will be able to use his/her knowledge of letters, words, and sounds to read simple sentences.

Strand	Source	Activities
Emergent Reading: Number/Sentence/Symbol	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.0	Classroom

Retell: Story
The learner will be able to respond to reading a story by retelling the story.

Strand	Source	Activities
Reading Responses: Retell	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 2.4	Classroom

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Speaking

Speaking Description

Purposes: Describe
The learner will be able to orally describe people, places, things, locations, and actions.

Strand	Source	Activities
Speaking Purposes	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Listening/Speaking 2.1	Classroom

Purposes: Information/Share
The learner will be able to use complete, coherent sentences to share information.

Strand	Source	Activities
Speaking Purposes	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Listening/Speaking 1.2	Classroom

Purposes: Ideas/Share
The learner will be able to use complete, coherent sentences to share ideas.

Strand	Source	Activities
Speaking Purposes	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Listening/Speaking 1.2	Classroom

Sequence: Story/Experience/Tell
The learner will be able to verbally tell a story or experience in a logical sequence.

Strand	Source	Activities
Sequence	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Listening/Speaking 2.3	Classroom

Sentence Structure: Complete
The learner will be able to use complete sentences when speaking.

Strand	Source	Activities
Sentence Structure	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Written/Oral 1.1	Classroom

Sentence Structure: Coherent
The learner will be able to use coherent sentence structure when speaking.

Strand	Source	Activities
Sentence Structure	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Written/Oral 1.1, Listening/Speaking 1.0	Classroom

Formal: Recitation
The learner will be able to deliver an effective recitation.

Strand	Source	Activities
Communication: Formal	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Listening/Speaking 2.0	Classroom

General: Interests/Experiences/Give
The learner will be able to give short presentations about familiar experiences or interests.

Strand	Source	Activities
Presentation: General	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Listening/Speaking 2.0	Classroom

Song: Recite
The learner will be able to recite songs.

Strand	Source	Activities
Song	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Listening/Speaking 2.2	Classroom

Sentence Structure: Clear
The learner will be able to use clear sentences when speaking.

Strand	Source	Activities
Language Conventions	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Listening/Speaking 1.0	Classroom

Language Conventions: Standard English
The learner will be able to use Standard English while speaking.

Strand	Source	Activities
Language Conventions	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Written/Oral 1.0	Classroom

Poetry: Short/Recite
The learner will be able to recite brief poems.

Strand	Source	Activities
Poetry	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Listening/Speaking 2.2	Classroom

Rhymes: Recite
The learner will be able to recite rhymes.

Strand	Source	Activities
Rhythm/Rhyme	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Listening/Speaking 2.2	Classroom

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Spelling

Spelling Description

Emergent Spelling: Letter Names
The learner will be able to demonstrate an understanding of letter names when spelling words.

Strand	Source	Activities
Emergent Spelling	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Written/Oral 1.2	Classroom

Emergent Spelling: Invented
The learner will be able to use correct letter-to-sound correspondence in invented spelling.

Strand	Source	Activities
Emergent Spelling	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Written/Oral 1.2	Classroom

Emergent Spelling: Pre-Phonetic
The learner will be able to use pre-phonetic knowledge to spell independently.

Strand	Source	Activities
Emergent Spelling	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Written/Oral 1.2	Classroom

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Study and Research Skills

Study and Research Skills Description

Book Parts: Title
The learner will be able to identify the title of a book.

Strand	Source	Activities
Book Parts	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 2.1	Classroom

Book Parts: Author
The learner will be able to identify the author of a book.

Strand	Source	Activities
Book Parts	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 2.1	Classroom

Book Parts: Illustrator
The learner will be able to identify the illustrator of a book.

Strand	Source	Activities
Book Parts	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 2.1	Classroom

Book Parts: Front and Back
The learner will be able to identify the front and back of a book.

Strand	Source	Activities
Book Parts	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.1	Classroom

Table of Contents: Identify
The learner will be able to identify a table of contents.

Strand	Source	Activities
Table of Contents	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 2.1	Classroom

Title Page: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the title page of a book.

Strand	Source	Activities
Title Page	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.1	Classroom

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Vocabulary

Vocabulary Description

Syllabication: Identify Number
The learner will be able to identify the number of syllables in a given word.

Strand	Source	Activities
Syllabication	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.13	Classroom

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Word Analysis

Word Analysis Description

Phonetic Clues: Sound Variation
The learner will be able to track and represent variations of basic syllables and words comprised of two and/or three sounds as one sound is introduced, substituted, deleted, shifted, or repeated.

Strand	Source	Activities
Phonetic Clues	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.8	Classroom

Rhyming: Words/Identify
The learner will be able to identify rhyming words.

Strand	Source	Activities
Rhyming	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.10	Classroom

Rhyming Words: Oral Prompt/Produce
The learner will be able to respond to an oral prompt by producing rhyming words.

Strand	Source	Activities
Rhyming	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.10	Classroom

Vowel: Match Short/Letter
The learner will be able to match short vowel sounds to the correct letter of the alphabet.

Strand	Source	Activities
Vowel	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.14	Classroom

Letters: Alphabet/Upper Case
The learner will be able to name all the upper case letters of the alphabet.

Strand	Source	Activities
Letters	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.6	Classroom

Letters: Alphabet/Lower Case
The learner will be able to name all the lower case letters of the alphabet.

Strand	Source	Activities
Letters	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.6	Classroom

Word: Sound/Syllable/Identify
The learner will be able to identify the number of sounds in syllables.

Strand	Source	Activities
Word	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.13	Classroom

Word: Sight/Categorize
The learner will be able to recognize grade-appropriate sight words and sort by category.

Strand	Source	Activities
Word	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.17	Classroom

Phonetic Clues: Phoneme/Number
The learner will be able to track and represent the number of phonemes presented in isolation.

Strand	Source	Activities
Phonetic Clues	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.7	Classroom

Phonetic Clues: Phoneme/Two/Three/Order
The learner will be able to track and represent the order of two and three phonemes presented in isolation.

Strand	Source	Activities
Phonetic Clues	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.7	Classroom

Phonetic Clues: Phoneme/Differentiate
The learner will be able to track and represent similar and/or different phonemes presented in isolation.

Strand	Source	Activities
Phonetic Clues	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.7	Classroom

Consonant: Match/Letter
The learner will be able to match a consonant sound to the correct letter of the alphabet.

Strand	Source	Activities
Consonant	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.14	Classroom

Consonant: Consonant/Vowel/Sound
The learner will be able to use vowel-consonant sounds to make words or syllables.

Strand	Source	Activities
Consonant	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.9	Classroom

Orally Read: Identify/One Syllable
The learner will be able to identify the final sound of an orally read one-syllable word.

Strand	Source	Activities
Final Sound: Orally Read	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.11	Classroom

Orally Read: Identify/One Syllable
The learner will be able to identify the initial sound of an orally read one-syllable word.

Strand	Source	Activities
Initial Sound: Orally Read	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.11	Classroom

Orally Read: Isolation/One Syllable
The learner will be able to identify an orally read one-syllable word in isolation.

Strand	Source	Activities
Word: Orally Read	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Reading 1.11	Classroom

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Writing

Writing Description

Emergent Writing: Phonetics
The learner will be able to write about experiences, people, stories, objects, and/or events using phonetically spelled words.

Strand	Source	Activities
Emergent Writing	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Writing 1.1	Classroom

Conventions: Left/Right
The learner will be able to write using correct left to right progression.

Strand	Source	Activities
Emergent Writing	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Writing 1.3	Classroom

Handwriting: Words/Legible/Write
The learner will be able to write words legibly.

Strand	Source	Activities
Print/Cursive	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Writing 1.0	Classroom

Handwriting: Sentences/Legible/Write
The learner will be able to write sentences legibly.

Strand	Source	Activities
Print/Cursive	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Writing 1.0	Classroom

Conventions: Top/Bottom
The learner will be able to write using correct top to bottom progression.

Strand	Source	Activities
Emergent Writing: Conventions	CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Kindergarten, Writing 1.3	Classroom