Kindergarten ELA (Colorado Academic Standards)

Standard 1: Oral Expression and Listening

• RWC.K.1.1 Communicate using spoken words and body language. (being checked)
  • 1. Join group talks with different partners about kindergarten topics and texts.
  • 1.a. Follow agreed rules for discussion, such as listening and taking turns.
  • 1.b. Keep a conversation going over several back-and-forth exchanges.
  • 2. Show understanding of a read-aloud or presentation by asking and answering questions.
  • 3. Ask and answer questions to get help, find out more or clear up confusion.
  • 4. Listen carefully enough to follow two-step directions.
  • 5. Use words and phrases picked up from talk, reading and being read to.
• RWC.K.1.2 Build speaking skills in a language-rich classroom. (being checked)
  • 1. Describe familiar people, places, things and events, adding detail with prompting.
  • 2. Add drawings or other visuals to descriptions for more detail.
  • 3. Speak clearly and loud enough to share thoughts, feelings and ideas.
  • 4. Sort everyday objects into categories such as shapes or foods.
  • 5. Show understanding of common verbs and adjectives by naming their opposites.
  • 6. Link words to their real-life uses.
  • 7. Act out verbs with similar meanings to show how they differ.
  • 8. Use newly taught words correctly when reading, speaking and listening.
  • 9. Connect new words to what is already known.

Standard 2: Reading for All Purposes

• RWC.K.2.1 Learn concepts of print and understand literary texts. (being checked)
  • 1. Key ideas and details
  • 1.a. With support, ask and answer questions about important details in a story.
  • 1.b. With prompting, retell familiar stories with their main details.
  • 1.c. With prompting, name the characters, setting and big events in a story.
  • 2. Craft and structure
  • 2.a. Ask and answer questions about words in a text that are new.
  • 2.b. Recognize common kinds of texts such as storybooks and poems.
  • 2.c. With support, name a story's author and illustrator and say what each does.
  • 3. Integration of knowledge and ideas
  • 3.a. With support, describe how pictures relate to the story.
  • 3.b. With support, compare what characters go through in familiar stories.
  • 4. Range of reading and text complexity
  • 4.a. Take an active part in group reading with purpose and understanding.
• RWC.K.2.2 Learn concepts of print and understand informational texts. (being checked)
  • 1. Key ideas and details
  • 1.a. With support, ask and answer questions about important details in a nonfiction text.
  • 1.b. With support, name the main topic and retell key details.
  • 1.c. With support, describe links between people, events, ideas or facts in a text.
  • 2. Craft and structure
  • 2.a. With support, ask and answer questions about new words in a text.
  • 2.b. Find a book's front cover, back cover and title page.
  • 2.c. Name the author and illustrator and explain the part each plays.
  • 3. Integration of knowledge and ideas
  • 3.a. With support, explain how pictures connect to the text.
  • 3.b. With support, identify reasons an author gives for main points.
  • 3.c. With support, find likenesses and differences between two texts on one topic.
  • 4. Range of reading and text complexity
  • 4.a. Take an active part in shared reading with purpose and understanding.
• RWC.K.2.3 Build basic reading skills through foundational skills. (being checked)
  • 1. Understand how print is organized, including reading direction.
  • 1.a. Follow print left to right, top to bottom and page by page.
  • 1.b. Know that spoken words are written with particular letter sequences.
  • 1.c. Know that spaces separate written words.
  • 1.d. Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters.
  • 2. Understand spoken words, syllables and individual sounds (phonemes).
  • 2.a. Recognize and produce rhyming words.
  • 2.b. Count, say, blend and split syllables in spoken words.
  • 2.c. Blend and split onset and rime in one-syllable words.
  • 2.d. Say the first, middle vowel and final sounds in three-sound CVC words.
  • 2.e. Add or swap single sounds in one-syllable words to make new words.
  • 2.f. Read short sentences made of known sight words and CVC words.
  • 2.g. Name the sound each letter stands for.
  • 3. Use grade-level phonics and word analysis to decode words.
  • 3.a. Give the main sound for each consonant.
  • 3.b. Match long and short vowel sounds to common spellings.
  • 3.c. Read common high-frequency words such as the and you on sight.
  • 3.d. Tell similarly spelled words apart by the sounds of the letters that differ.
  • 4. Read beginning texts with purpose and understanding.
  • 5. Work out unknown and multiple-meaning words from kindergarten reading and content.
  • 5.a. Learn new meanings for familiar words and use them correctly.
  • 5.b. Use common endings and prefixes as clues to meaning.
  • 6. Identify and manipulate sounds.
  • 6.a. Find and say groups of words that begin with the same sound.
  • 6.b. Identify first, middle and final sounds in spoken words.

Standard 3: Writing and Composition

• RWC.K.3.1 Write opinions using labels, dictation and drawing. (being checked)
  • 1. Use drawing, dictating and writing to name a topic and give an opinion.
  • 2. With adult help, answer peers' questions and add details to writing.
  • 3. With support, use digital tools to produce and share writing.
• RWC.K.3.2 Write informative texts on a topic using labels, dictation and drawing. (being checked)
  • 1. Use drawing, dictating and writing to name a topic and give some facts.
  • 2. With adult help, answer peers' questions and add details to writing.
  • 3. With support, use digital tools to produce and share writing.
• RWC.K.3.3 Write real or imagined narratives using labels, dictation and drawing. (being checked)
  • 1. Use drawing, dictating and writing to tell events in order and react to them.
  • 2. With adult help, answer peers' questions and add details to writing.
  • 3. With support, use digital tools to produce and share writing.
• RWC.K.3.4 Use correct mechanics and conventions in simple texts. (being checked)
  • 1. Use standard English grammar when writing and speaking.
  • 1.a. Print many upper- and lowercase letters.
  • 1.b. Use frequent nouns and verbs.
  • 1.c. Form regular plurals by adding /s/ or /es/ aloud.
  • 1.d. Understand and use question words (who, what, where, when, why, how).
  • 1.e. Use the most common prepositions, such as to, in, on and by.
  • 1.f. Build complete sentences in shared language activities.
  • 2. Use standard capitalization, punctuation and spelling when writing.
  • 2.a. Capitalize the first word of a sentence and the pronoun I.
  • 2.b. Recognize and name end punctuation.
  • 2.c. Write a letter for most consonant and short-vowel sounds.
  • 2.d. Spell simple words phonetically using letter-sound knowledge.

Standard 4: Research Inquiry and Design

• RWC.K.4.1 Explore why people research by using resources together. (being checked)
  • 1. Join shared research and writing projects, e.g. reading several books by one author and giving opinions.
  • 2. Identify a clear purpose for an inquiry and check it fits the topic.
  • 3. Ask a focused question and gather relevant information to reach conclusions.
  • 4. Ask simple questions that check clarity, importance, relevance and accuracy.
  • 5. With guidance, use resources such as read-alouds and observation to answer questions.
  • 6. Gather relevant information and check its accuracy during class topic discussions.
  • 7. With adult guidance, recall experiences or use given sources to answer a question.