Standard (Curriculum)

Instruction and Assessment

Standard 1. The student understands and uses different skills and strategies to read.

1.1 Uses word recognition and word meaning skills to read and comprehend text
* Is aware of print in the environment
* Is aware that print conveys meaning
* Uses pictures to predict text
* Knows direction of print (left to right and top to bottom)
* Knows what a letter is and what a word is
* Knows letters and sounds and uses them to decode some words
* Hears sound sequence in words (phonemic awareness)
* Matches spoken and written word

1.2 Builds vocabulary through reading
* Learns "school" and directional language
* Knows some high-frequency words by sight
* Understands the meaning of new words by listening to reading of fiction and nonfiction

1.3 Reads fluently, adjusting reading for purpose and material
* Reads at Stage A
* Participates in group reading (shared, guided, buddy)
* Revisits favorite books

1.4 Understands elements of literature
* Recognizes rhyme, repetition, and story patterns
* Identifies the sequence (beginning, middle, and end) of a story
* Understands a story map based on story elements
* Identifies book parts and text features: cover, title page

1.5 Uses features of nonfiction text and computer software.
* Identifies and understands text features:
* Computer: keyboard, icon, mouse
* Text: title, page number, caption, label, chart, author, and illustrator

Instructional Support Materials
* Legacy of Literacy (Houghton Mifflin)
* Pegasus II (Kendall Hunt)

Instructional Strategies
1.1
* Highly recurring phonics elements
* Dictation
* Word study (e.g., phonological awareness activities, letter sorts, picture sorts)
* Letter sound match
* Phonemic awareness
* Picture Walk

1.2
* Flash cards for mastery
* Sight vocabulary
* Vocabulary extensions
* Word wall
* Dancing definitions

1.3
* Shared poetry
* Repeated listening of taped books
* Pattern books

1.4
* Story map
* Flow map

1.1 - 1.5
* Shared reading
* Independent reading (DEAR, WEB, SSR)
* Choral reading
* Reading environmental print
* Poetry

Assessment
* Kindergarten Fall Assessment
* Stage A Assessment
* Stage A Recheck
* Developmental Reading Assessment K-3 (DRA)

Standard 2. The student understands the meaning of what is read.

2.1 Comprehends important ideas and details
* Retells what was read to him/her
* Can answer questions about stories (fiction and nonfiction)
* Connects text and personal experience
* Predicts and/or confirms with evidence from text

2.2 Expands comprehension by analyzing, interpreting, and synthesizing information and ideas
* Predicts and supports with evidence from text
* Understands that some text is true, and some is not

2.3 Thinks critically and analyzes authors' use of language, style, purpose, and perspective
* Discusses author's purpose from books read aloud

Instructional Support Materials
* Legacy of Literacy (Houghton Mifflin)
* Pegasus II (Kendall Hunt)

Instructional Strategies
2.1
* Read aloud
* Shared reading
* Shared writing
* Retelling

2.1 - 2.3
* KWL
* Think aloud
* Preview and predict with evidence
* Dramatizing
* Shared reading
* Shared writing
* Panoramic books
* Read-draw-write
* Think-pair-share
* Circle frame map
* Bubble map
* Double bubble map

Assessment
* Stage A Assessment
* Stage A Recheck
* Developmental Reading Assessment K-3 (DRA)
* Teacher observation
* Anecdotal records

Standard 3. The student reads different materials for a variety of purposes.

3.1 Reads to learn new information and
3.2 Reads to perform a task
* Explores or listens to a variety of nonfiction:
* Instructions
* Report
* Nonfiction text: science, social studies, math, the arts, health and fitness

3.3 Reads for literary experience in a variety of forms
* Explores, listens to, or reads a variety of fiction:

- Narrative (realistic, fantasy)
- Verse (counting, rhyme, playground)
- Letter (personal)
- Journal/diary
- Song

3.4 Reads for career applications
* Listens to stories about careers

Instructional Support Materials
* Legacy of Literacy (Houghton Mifflin)
* Pegasus II (Kendall Hunt)

Instructional Strategies
3.1 - 3.4
* Read aloud
* Shared reading
* Guided reading
* Independent reading (DEAR, WEB, SSR)
* Circle frame map
* Bubble map

Assessment
* Learning logs
* Teacher observation
* Anecdotal records

Standard 4. The student sets goals and evaluates progress to improve reading.

4.1 Assesses strengths and need for improvement
* Is beginning to see self as a reader
* Assesses own progress in learning sounds, words, and retelling with teacher guidance
* Talks about own reading

4.2 Seeks and offers feedback to improve reading
* Talks with teacher, parents, and peers about progress

4.3 Develops interests and shares reading experiences
* Self-selects texts on basis of interest or familiarity at appropriate level with guidance

Instructional Strategies
4.1 - 4.3
* KWL
* Learning logs/ Dictation
* Journals
* Reading records
* Shared writing

Assessment
* Diagnostic checks
* Observation checklist
* Independent reading (DEAR, WEB, SSR)