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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.