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Kindergarten Core Content

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA)
PA Core Standards
READING
1.1 Foundation Skills
  • Utilize book handing skills.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
  • Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
  • Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  • Read emergent- reader text with purpose and understanding.
1.2 Reading Informational Text
  • With prompting and support, identify the main idea and retell key details of text.
  • With prompting and support, answer questions about key details in a text.
  • With prompting and support, make a connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
  • Identify parts of a book (title, author) and parts of a text (beginning, end, details).
  • With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
  • Answer questions to describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear.
  • With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
  • With prompting and support, identify basic similarities and differences between two texts (read or read aloud) on the same topic.
  • Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, and being read to, and responding to texts.
  • Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown or multiple-meaning words and phrases based upon grade-level reading and content.
  • Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
1.3 Reading Literature
  • With prompting and support, retell familiar stories including key details.
  • Answer questions about key details in a text.
  • With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
  • Name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
  • Recognize common types of text.
  • Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
  • Make connections between the illustrations and the text in a story (read or read aloud).
  • Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.
  • Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown or multiple- meaning words and phrases based upon grade-level reading and content.
  • Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, and being read to, and responding to texts.
  • Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. 
LANGUAGE ARTS
1.4 Writing
  • Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/ explanatory texts.
  • Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to focus on one specific topic.
  • With prompting and support, generate ideas and details to convey information that relates to the chosen topic.
  • Make logical connections between drawing and dictation/writing.
  • With prompting and support, illustrate using details and dictate/write using descriptive words.
  • Demonstrate a grade- appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
  • Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces on familiar topics.
  • Form an opinion by choosing between two given topics.
  • Support the opinion with reasons.
  • Make logical connections between drawing and writing.
  • Demonstrate a grade- appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
  • Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose narratives that describe real or imagined experiences or events.
  • Establish who and what the narrative will be about.
  • Describe experiences and events.
  • Recount a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.
  • Demonstrate a grade- appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
  • With guidance and support from adults and peers, respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
  • With guidance and support, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing or in collaboration with peers.
  • Participate in individual or shared research projects on a topic of interest.
  • With guidance and support, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
  • Write routinely over short time frames.
1.5 Speaking and Listening
  • Participate in collaborative conversations with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
  • Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
  • Share stories, familiar experiences, and interests, speaking clearly enough to be understood by all audiences using appropriate volume.
  • Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and
  • ideas clearly.
  • Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English when speaking, based on kindergarten level and content.
MATH
PA Core Standards
2.1 Numbers and Operations
  • Know number names and write and recite the count sequence.
  • Apply one-to-one correspondence to count the number of objects.
  • Apply the concept of magnitude to compare numbers and quantities.
  • Use place value to compose and decompose numbers within 19.
2.2 Algebraic Concepts
  • Extend the concepts of putting together and taking apart to add and subtract within 10.
2.3 Geometry
  • Identify and describe two- and three- dimensional shapes.
  • Analyze, compare, create, and compose two- and three-dimensional shapes.
2.4 Measurement, Data, and Probability
  • Describe and compare attributes of length, area, weight, and capacity of everyday objects.
  • Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category.
SOCIAL STUDIES
PA Academic Standards
5.0 Civics and Government
  • Explain the purpose of rules.
  • Explain the need for rules.
  • Define respect for self and others.
  • Demonstrate responsibilities in the classroom.
  • Identify significant American holidays and their symbols.
  • Identify responsibilities at school.
  • Identify a problem and discuss possible solutions.
  • Identify classroom projects/activities that support leadership and service.
  • Explain responsible classroom behavior.
  • Identify the role of adults in authority at home or in school.
  • Identify roles of fire fighters, police officers, and emergency workers.
  • Identify and explain behaviors for responsible classroom citizens.
  • Identify conflict in the classroom.
  • Identify how students can work together.
6.0 Economics
  • Identify how scarcity influences choice.
  • Identify family wants and needs.
  • Identify choices to meet needs
  • Identify a choice based on family interest.
  • Identify goods and consumers.
  • Identify advertisements that encourage us to buy things.
  • Identify currency and how it is used.
  • Identify products produced in the region or state.
  • Identify the specialized role performed by each member of the family.
  • Identify individual wants and needs.
  • Identify individuals who volunteer in the community.
  • Identify goods and services provided by local businesses
7.0 Geography
  • Interpret a simple map of a known environment.
  • Describe the location of places in the home, school, and community to gain an understanding of relative location.
  • Describe the characteristics of homes and businesses located in the community to gain an understanding of physical features.
  • Identify land and water forms.
  • Describe how weather affects daily life.
  • Identify local bodies of water and landforms to gain an understanding of their impact on the local community.
8.0 History
  • Identify chronological sequence through days, weeks, months, and years (calendar time).
  • With guidance and support, differentiate facts from opinions as related to an event.
  • Explain how to locate information in a source.
  • Identify people in authority.
  • Examine photographs of documents, artifacts, and places unique to Pennsylvania.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of conflict.
  • Identify American people related to national holidays.
  • Identify documents and artifacts important to the classroom community.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of time order.
  • Explain how cultures celebrate.
  • Identify different celebrations of different cultures from around the world.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of conflict and cooperation.
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