• GLE-RWK


    COLORADO MODEL CONTENT
    STANDARDS FOR READING AND WRITING
    Kindergarten Grade Level Expectations
     
    Standard 1:
    Students read and understand a variety of materials.
    Kindergarten students will:
    By the end of Kindergarten, students will be emergent readers with a foundation of reading strategies that prepare them for reading at higher levels. This requires knowing:
     
    1.1 a sense of story that shall include, but not necessarily limited to, students being able to:
    - tell a simple story with a beginning, middle, and end;
    - retell a known story in sequence.
     
    1.2 concepts about print that shall include, but not necessarily limited to, students being
    able to:
    - handle books correctly;
    - understand directionality of print;
    - focus on word after word in sequence (voice-print match);
    - use pictures to predict print;
    - realize that print carries meaning.
     
    1.3 phonological and phonemic awareness that shall include, but not limited to, students
    being able to:
    - recognize patterns of sound in oral language (i.e., rhyming words);
    - follow written text when the text is read aloud;
    - hear and repeat initial sounds in words.
     
    1.4 some letter and word recognition that shall include, but not limited to, students being
    able to:            
    - know letters in their names;
    - know own name in print;
    - recognize the differences between numerals and letters;
    - recognize the difference between lower and upper case letters
     
    Standard 2:
    Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences.
     
    Kindergarten students will:
    2.1 relate a narrative, creative story, or other communication by drawing, telling, and
    writing;
     
    2.2 create a narrative by drawing, telling, and/or emergent writing;
     
    2.3 create a message by drawing, telling, and/or emergent writing.
    Standard 3:
    Students write and speak using conventional grammar, usage, sentence
    structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.
     
    Kindergarten students will:
    3.1 spell simple words;
     
    3.2 apply letter/sound relationships as emergent writers;
     
    3.3 copy the 26 letters of the alphabet.
    Standard 4:
    Students apply thinking skills to their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing.
    Standard 5:
    Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, reference, and technological sources.
     
    Kindergarten students will:
    5.1 create a message by drawing, telling, and/or emergent writing.
    Standard 6:
    Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience.
     
    Kindergarten students will:
    6.1 identify and compare characters, settings, and events in story or picture;
     
    6.2 tell a simple story with a beginning, middle, and end.