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KINDERGARTEN LANGUAGE ARTS / READING (REVISED AUGUST 2007)
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Table of Contents:
Reading/Language Arts Curriculum Kindergarten
Reading Process
Concepts of Print
Phonological Awareness/Decoding
Vocabulary
Comprehension/Interpretation
Writing Applications
Writing Components
Communication
Reading Benchmarks Kindergarten
Accuracy
Kindergarten quarterly sight words
Language Arts Benchmarks Kindergarten
Benchmarks are what Lakeland students must know absolutely. They are drawn from Lakeland and State curriculum standards.
READING PROCESS
1. Identify and name colors (blue, red, yellow, green, orange, purple, black, brown, gray, pink, white)
2. Recite letters of alphabet in order
3. Identify and name letters in own name
4. Identify their own name in print
5. Identify color and number words
6. Understand position words
7. Identify patterns
8. Prior to reading, preview illustrations and opening pages of a text, title page, and table of contents
9. Locate resources for finding words in the classroom-word wall, charts
10. Use the computer and software to acquire, reinforce and enhance reading concepts
CONCEPTS ABOUT PRINT
1. Hold a book right side up and turn pages in correct direction
2. Identify front cover, back cover and title of book
3. Track or follow print when listening to a familiar text being read
4. Follow words from left to right and from top to bottom on the printed page
5. Show the one to one correspondence between a spoken word and a printed word
6. Identifies the difference between a letter, word and sentence
7. Recognize the concepts of letters, words, and sentences by segmenting spoken and print sentences into individual words
8. Show that print represents spoken language and conveys meaning
PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS/DECODING
1. Identify spoken words that rhyme
2. Orally produce rhyming words in response to spoken words
3. Orally produce groups of words that begin with the same initial sounds
4. Identify the number of syllables in a word
5. Identify the initial and final sounds (not the letter) of a spoken word
6. Recognize short vowel sounds
7. Match vowel and consonant sounds to appropriate letters
8. Blend spoken simple onsets and rimes to form real words
9. Blend spoken phonemes (CVC) to form single syllable words
10. Segment one-syllable words into its phonemes
11. Name upper and lower case letters
12. Read a list of essential sight words
VOCABULARY
1. Classify common words into basic categories
2. Share and discuss vocabulary used in big books, fairy tales, nursery rhymes, fiction and non-fiction books
3. Explain word meaning from the context in which this word is used
COMPREHENSION/INTERPRETATION
1. Tell the purpose for reading text
2. Connect the information and events in text to self
3. Use picture clues and context to aid comprehension
4. Respond appropriately to questions based on fact in expository text heard or read
5. Participate in identifying the topic of expository text that is heard or read
6. Identify and sequence information from expository text into correct order using picture clues
7. Follow two or three step directions using picture clues
8. Explain why a story that is heard or read is real or imaginary
9. Predict the outcome of an oral reading selection
10. Identify the character, setting, and sequence of events, problems and solutions of a story
11. Retell a story using proper sequence and includes setting, plot and characters
REFERENCE AND LIBRARY SKILLS CURRICULUM
The reference and library skills curriculum is to be taught by both classroom teachers and the district media specialist. However there are some objectives which are specific to library usage.
1. Organization of materials
A. Know that materials in the library media center have a specific order
B. Develop an understanding of own part in keeping materials in order
2. Evaluation and Selection Techniques
A. Know that the library media center has books to borrow and use
B. Know that many children of all ages use the library media center
C. Choose a book to borrow with assistance from the teacher or library personnel
D. Take proper care of books borrowed
E. Follow circulation procedures (knows how to check out a book)
3. Listening and Viewing Skills
A. Develop the ability to attend to the sights and sounds of storytelling
B. Develop the ability to respond to what is seen and heard
4. Literature Appreciation
A. Know there are many storybooks and picture books in the library media center
B. Have some favorite books and main characters
WRITING PROCESS
1. Participate in generating ideas using prewriting strategies
2. Draw a picture about a story idea generated through discussion
3. Use ideas generated in prewriting to write a class draft
4. Publish and illustrate draft with assistance
5. Share writing with intended audience
WRITING APPLICATIONS
1. Participate in creating narratives by dictating, drawing, or writing
2. Participate in creating simple rhymes, poems or songs
3. Participate in creating written communications by dictating, drawing or writing
4. Respond orally to identify a connection between the text and self
5. Respond orally to a text read aloud
WRITING COMPONENTS
1. Use traditional pencil grip
2. Copy upper and lower case letters of the alphabet legibly
3. Write upper and lower case letters of the alphabet legibly
4. Write first name correctly
5. Use capital letter in first name and last name
6. Write words legibly within a line
7. Use invented spelling to spell independently
8. Write left to right, top to bottom, with appropriate spaces between words
9. Apply rules for grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling
10. Write a noun, verb, and sentence
COMMUNICATION
1. Demonstrate effective and appropriate listening skills using eye contact and
maintaining attention to speaker
2. Listen for specific answers in order to respond to questions
3. Listen to understand and follow one and two-step spoken directions
4. Listen to acquire information from a variety of sources
5. Share information and ideas, speaking in complete, coherent sentences
6. Name and describe two to three objects that are related to a concept (category, function, attributes or comparisons)
7. Recite short poems, rhymes, and songs
8. Tell an experience or creative story in a logical sequence
9. Demonstrate an awareness of different media
10. Demonstrate an understanding of the main idea of media presentations
11. Participate in differentiating between real and imaginary in media presentations
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Reading/Language Arts Benchmarks Kindergarten Grade |
Concepts of Print (100% = Y)
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End of first quarter |
1. Holds a book right side up and turns pages correctly 2. Identifies the front and back cover of a book |
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End of second quarter |
3. Identifies the title of a book 4. Follows words from left to right and from top to bottom 5. Shows the one to one correspondence between a spoken word and a printed word |
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End of third quarter |
6. Identifies the difference between a letter, word, and sentence 7. Identifies the author of a book |
Grading Key:
80% and above=Y
79% and below=N
This same scale is used at each quarter.
Fluency (All fluency assessments are timed for one minute)
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1st Quarter Letter Naming Fluency |
26+ letters correctly per minute = Y Less than 26 letters correctly per minute = N |
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2nd Quarter Letter Naming Fluency
Letter Sound Fluency
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency |
35+ letters correctly per minute = Y Less than 35 letters correctly per minute = N
20+ sounds = Y Less than 20 sounds = N
25+ sounds = Y Less than 25 sounds = N
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3rd Quarter Letter Naming Fluency
Letter Sound Fluency
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency
Nonsense Word Fluency |
40+ letters correctly per minute = Y Less than 40 letters correctly per minute = N
30+ sounds = Y Less than 30 sounds = N
40+ sounds = Y Less than 40 sounds = N
20+ sounds = Y Less than 20 sounds = N
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4th Quarter Letter Naming Fluency
Letter Sound Fluency
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency
Nonsense Word Fluency |
45+ letters correctly per minute = Y Less than 45 letters correctly per minute= N
40+ sounds = Y Less than 40 sounds = N
45+ sounds = Y Less than 45 sounds = N
30+ sounds = Y Less than 30 sounds = N
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Reading Grade Level Text (cold read)
A student is reading at grade level if he/she reads 80% of:
Second Quarter: Tim’s Garden
Third Quarter: Five Stops
Fourth Quarter: Jen and Max
Kindergarten Quarterly High Frequency Words
80% and above = Y
Less than 80% = N
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1st quarter |
2nd quarter |
3rd quarter |
4th quarter |
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I |
have |
look |
yellow |
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am |
is |
they |
green |
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the |
we |
you |
blue |
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little |
my |
of |
said |
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to |
like |
are |
was |
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a |
he |
that |
one |
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for |
do |
two |
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me |
go |
three |
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with |
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four |
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she |
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five |
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see |
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Skills marked by an asterisk are assessed using Scott Foresman End of Unit Tests Proficient/Developing = Y Emerging = N
1st Quarter Benchmarks (Unit 1) l
1. Identifies and names the letters in his/her own name
2. *Writes first name correctly
3. *Identifies rhyming words
4. *Identifies letter names
5. *Listens with comprehension - character
6. Copies letters legibly
7. Knows concepts of print
8. Names 26+ letters correctly per minute
9. Reads first quarter high frequency words
2nd Quarter Benchmarks (Unit 2)
1. Copies letters legibly
2. *Identifies initial sounds in words
3. Names 35+ letters correctly per minute
4. Produces rhyming words
5. Reads a CVC word list
6. * Demonstrates letter sound correspondence
7. *Writes a noun
8. *Listens with comprehension – setting
9. Knows concepts of print
10. Names 20+ letter sounds per minute
11. Segments 25+ sounds per minute
12. Reads first and second quarter high frequency words
13. Reads grade level text
3rd Quarter Benchmarks (Units 3 and 4)
1. *Identifies initial and final sounds in words
2. *Demonstrates letter sound correspondence
3. *Listens with comprehension – main idea/sequence
4. *Writes a sentence
5. Knows concepts of print
6. Names 40+ letters correctly per minute
7. Names 30+ letter sounds per minute
8. Segments 40+ sounds per minute
9. Produces 20+ sounds per minute (nonsense words)
10. Reads first, second, and third quarter high frequency words
11. Reads grade level text
12. *Reads a CVC word list
13. Writes letters legibly
4th Quarter Benchmarks (Unit 5)
1. *Identifies initial and final sounds in words
2. *Demonstrates letter sound correspondence
3.