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Home - English Language Arts - Reading - Kindergarten
 
Below are the indicators for Kindergarten.  Click on the numbers in the left-hand column to access resources in the following categories:
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Phonemic Awareness, Word Recognition and Fluency
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 1. Read own first and last name.
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 2. Identify and complete rhyming words and patterns.
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 3. Distinguish the number of syllables in words by using rhythmic clapping, snapping or counting.
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 4. Distinguish and name all upper- and lower-case letters.
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 5. Recognize, say and write the common sounds of letters.
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 6. Distinguish letters from words by recognizing that words are separated by spaces.
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 7. Hear and say the separate phonemes in words, such as identifying the initial consonant sound in a word, and blend phonemes to say words.
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 8. Read one-syllable and often-heard words by sight.
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 9. Reread stories independently or as a group, modeling patterns of changes in timing, voice and expression.
Acquisition of Vocabulary
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 1. Understand new words from the context of conversations or from the use of pictures within a text.
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 2. Recognize and understand words, signs and symbols seen in everyday life.
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 3. Identify words in common categories such as color words, number words and directional words.
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 4. Determine the meaning of unknown words, with assistance, using a beginner's dictionary.
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies
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 1. Demonstrate an understanding that print has meaning by explaining that text provides information or tells a story.
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 2. Hold books right side up, know that people read pages from front to back and read words from left to right.
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 3. Know the differences between illustrations and print.
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 4. Visualize the information in texts, and demonstrate this by drawing pictures, discussing images in texts or dictating simple descriptions.
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 5. Predict what will happen next, using pictures and content as a guide.
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 6. Compare information (e.g., recognize similarities) in texts using prior knowledge and experience.
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 7. Recall information from a story by sequencing pictures and events.
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 8. Answer literal questions to demonstrate comprehension of orally read grade-appropriate texts.
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 9. Monitor comprehension of orally read texts by asking and answering questions.
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 10. Identify favorite books and stories and participate in shared oral reading.
Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text
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 1. Use pictures and illustrations to aid comprehension.
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 2. Identify and discuss the sequence of events in informational text.
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 3. Tell the main idea of a selection that has been read aloud.
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 4. Identify and discuss simple maps, charts and graphs.
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 5. Follow simple directions.
Reading Applications: Literary Text
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 1. Identify favorite books and stories.
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 2. Identify the characters and setting in a story.
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 3. Retell or re-enact a story that has been heard.
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 4. Distinguish between fantasy and reality.
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 5. Recognize predictable patterns in stories.
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