Phonics ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.01 - Use rhyme   ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.02 - Blend beginning sound (onset) with ending sound (rime) to form known words in rhyming word families (k-it, s-it, b-it)   ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.03 - Count or tap the number of syllables in spoken words   ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.04 - Isolate individual sounds within spoken words (“What is the first sound in can?”)—Phoneme Isolation   ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.05 - Recognize the same sounds in different spoken words (“What sound is the same in sit, sip, and sun?”)—Phoneme Identity   ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.06 - Categorize the word in a set of three or four words that has a different sound (“Which word doesn’t belong: doll, dish, pill?”)—Phoneme Categorization   ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.07 - Blend spoken phonemes to form words using manipulatives (e.g. counters) to represent each sound: /b/ /i/ /g/—Phoneme Blending   ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.08 - Segment spoken words into component sounds using manipulatives (e.g. counters) to represent each sound (“How many sounds are there in big? Move three counters.”)—Phoneme Segmentation   ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.09 - Recognize the remaining word when a phoneme is removed (“What is cat without the /k/?”)—Phoneme Deletion   ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.10 - Make a new word by adding a phoneme to an existing word (“What word do you have if you add /s/ to mile?”—Phoneme Addition   ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.11 - Make substitutions of one phoneme for another to make a new word (“The word is rug. Change /g/ to /n/. What is the new word?”)—Phoneme Substitution   ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.18 - Recognize and name automatically all uppercase and lowercase manuscript letters   ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.19 - Recognize that individual letters have associated sounds   ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.20 - Recognize that the sequence of letters in written words represents the sequence of sounds in spoken words   ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.21 - Recognize some consonant letter-sound correspondences

Fluency and Motivation in Reading   ELA1.E.LR1A.KN.01 - Read familiar kindergarten- level texts at the emergent level (picture books, concept books, nursery rhymes, and dictated stories ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.22 - Read own name and names of family or friends ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.23 - Recognize and identify some sight words ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.24 - Read automatically a small set of high-frequency sight words (e.g. a, the, I, my, use, is, are ELA2.E.LR1A.KN.02 - Read a minimum of 25 books or the equivalent per year

Comprehension Strategies and Vocabulary Development ELA1.E.LR1A.KN.02 - Use a picture dictionary to learn the meanings of words in books ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.25 - Understand the meaning of new words and use them in own speech ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.26 - Understand new words from books ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.27 - Use new vocabulary words to talk about life experiences ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.28 - Make connections between vocabulary and life experiences to ideas in books ELA1.E.LR1E.KN.29 - Recognize when sentences do not make sense ELA2.E.LR1C.KN.01 - Understand text that is read aloud ELA2.E.LR1C.KN.02 - Retell or dramatize stories or parts of stories ELA2.E.LR1D.KN.02 - Make predictions about story events

Handwriting Skills ELA1.E.SW2G.KN.01 - Use left-to-right and top-to-bottom direction when writing English ELA1.E.SW2G.KN.02 - Use spacing between letters and words when writing on a line ELA1.E.SW2G.KN.06 - Write legibly some uppercase and lowercase letters

Spelling Skills ELA1.E.SW2G.KN.03 - Use developing knowledge of letter-sound correspondences to spell independently (e.g. sound or invented spelling) ELA1.E.SW2G.KN.04 - Use conventional spelling to spell some common or familiar words ELA1.E.SW2G.KN.05 - Write correctly own first and last names and the names of some friends or family

Writing Skills and motivation to Write ELA1.E.SW2A.KN.01 - Use pictures, letters, and words to represent ideas (interactive writing, journals) ELA1.E.SW2A.KN.02 - Write letters or words and drawings to communicate for different purposes (e.g. tell stories, communicate feelings, provide information) ELA1.E.SW2A.KN.03 - Communicate writing with others through sharing ELA4.E.SW2A.KN.01 - Write as part of play (e.g. playing school, store, restaurant)

Listening and Speaking Skills ELA1.E.LR1A.KN.03 - Listen attentively for different purposes (e.g. to track individual words as they are spoken, to gain information) ELA1.E.LR1A.KN.04 - Understand and follow oral directions ELA1.E.SW2A.KN.04 - Use kindergarten-level vocabulary and grammar in own speech ELA1.E.SW2A.KN.05 - Speak for different purposes (e.g. share ideas or information, retell a story, recite short poems, dramatize an experience or event) ELA2.E.LR1A.KN.01 - Listen attentively to spoken language (e.g. books read aloud, rhyming words, songs, video- and audiocassettes) ELA3.E.SW2C.KN.01 - Speak with speed and expression appropriate for the purpose ELA4.E.LS1A.KN.01 - Listen respectfully without interrupting others ELA4.E.LS1B.KN.01 - Speak audibly ELA4.E.LS1B.KN.02 - Engage in taking turns while speaking in a group