Pre-K English Language Arts

Students will actively listen using agreed-upon rules with prompting.

Students will follow simple one-step oral directions.

Students will work respectfully with peers with prompting.

Students will engage in collaborative discussions about various topics and texts, including their own writing, with peers and adults in small and large groups with prompting.

Students will ask and answer questions with prompting.

Students will orally describe personal interests or tell stories to peers and adults with prompting.

Students will count spoken words in a three- to four-word sentence with one-syllable words.

Students will recognize spoken words that rhyme (e.g., wall & fall).

Students will recognize syllables in spoken words (e.g., pony = po + ny).

Students will isolate the common initial sound when given a set of alliterative spoken words (e.g., the puppy pounces).

Students will begin to understand that print carries a message by recognizing labels, signs, and other print in the environment.

Students will demonstrate correct book orientation and identify the front and back covers of a book.

Students will begin to understand that print moves from top to bottom, left to right, and front to back.

Students will begin to recognize that written words are made up of letters and are separated by spaces.

Students will begin to recognize ending punctuation marks in print during shared reading or other text experiences.

Students will begin to write some uppercase and lowercase letters including the majority of the letters in their first name with prompting.

Students will name the letters in their first name.

Students will name a majority of uppercase and lowercase letters.

Students will produce some sounds represented by letters.

Students will read their first name in print.

Students will chorally recite familiar texts (e.g., rhymes, songs, poetry, etc.).

Students will begin to retell or reenact major events or details from a read-aloud.

Students will begin to express themselves through drawing and emergent writing.

Students will describe the roles of an author and illustrator with prompting.

Students will answer basic questions (e.g., who, what, where, and when) about texts, photographs, or illustrations during shared reading or other text experiences with prompting.

Students will identify characters in a story with prompting.

Students will use drawing and labeling to tell a story or share information with prompting.

Students will name and sort familiar objects into categories based on similarities and differences with prompting.

Students will begin to develop an awareness of context clues through read-alouds and other text experiences.

Students will begin to acquire new vocabulary and relate new words to prior knowledge.

Students will begin to use new vocabulary to produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.

Students will begin to use language according to purpose in shared writing experiences.

Students will hear different sentence structures through conversations, read-alouds, and interactive reading.

Students will hear different parts of speech through conversations, read-alouds, and interactive reading: concrete objects as persons, places, or things (i.e., nouns), words as actions (i.e., verbs), color adjectives, spatial and time relationships such as up, down, before, and after.

Students will begin to identify pictures, charts, grade-level texts, or people as sources of information on a topic of interest.

Students will generate topics of interest and decide if a friend, teacher, or expert can answer their questions with prompting.

Students will explore ideas and topics in a variety of media and formats with prompting.

Students will begin to combine movement with relevant props, images, or illustrations to support their writing and speaking.

Students will listen and respond to read-alouds, participate in shared reading, and interact independently with texts.

Students will begin to express their ideas using a combination of drawing and emergent writing with prompting.