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K–12 Standards

English/Language Arts: Kindergarten

Other Indiana Early Learning Standards sets

Communication Process

  • 1

    Demonstrate Receptive CommunicationELA 1.1

    1. a

      Participate in collaborative conversations about grade-appropriate topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. K.CC.1

    2. b

      Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media. K.CC.3

    3. c

      Follow simple two or three-step oral directions. K.CC.5

  • 2

    Demonstrate Expressive CommunicationELA 1.2

    1. a

      With support, retell familiar stories, poems, and nursery rhymes, including key details.K.RC.2

    2. b

      With support, retell the main idea and key details of a text. K.RC.5

    3. c

      Participate in collaborative conversations about grade-appropriate topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. K.CC.1

    4. d

      Audibly, recite poems, rhymes, and songs, and use complete sentences to describe familiar people, places, things, and events. With support, provide additional details on these topics. K.CC.4

  • 3

    Demonstrate ability to engage in conversationsELA 1.3

    1. a

      Participate in collaborative conversations about grade-appropriate topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.K.CC.1

    2. b

      Ask questions to seek help, obtain information, or clarify something that is not understood.K.CC.2

    3. c

      Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media. K.CC.3

Early Reading

  • 1

    Demonstrate awareness of the alphabetELA 2.1

    1. a

      Identify and name all uppercase (capital) and lowercase letters of the alphabet.K.RF.3

  • 2

    Demonstrate phonological awareness ELA 2.2

    1. a

      Identify and produce rhyming words. K.RF.4

    2. b

      Orally pronounce, blend, and segment words into syllables. K.RF.5

    3. c

      Identify and produce the beginning, middle (medial), and final sounds in three and four phoneme words.K.RF.6

  • 3

    Demonstrate awareness and understanding of concepts of printELA 2.3

    1. a

      Demonstrate understanding that print moves from left to right across the page and from top to bottom. K.RF.1

    2. b

      Recognize that written words are made up of sequences of letters. K.RF.2

    3. c

      Orally read decodable texts with appropriate accuracy and automaticity. K.RF.9

  • 4

    Demonstrate comprehensionELA 2.4

    1. a

      With support, ask and answer questions about main topics and key details in a text heard or read. K.RC.1

    2. b

      With support, retell familiar stories, poems, and nursery rhymes, including key details. K.RC.2

    3. c

      With support, retell the main idea and key details of a text. K.RC.5

    4. d

      Ask questions to seek help, obtain information, or clarify something that is not understood. K.CC.2

    5. e

      Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media. K.CC.3

Early Writing

  • 1

    Demonstrate mechanics of writingELA 3.1

    1. a

      Write most uppercase (capital) and lowercase letters of the alphabet, correctly shaping and spacing the letters of the words. K.W.1

    2. b

      Write by moving from left to right across the page and top to bottom. K.W.2

    3. c

      Demonstrate command of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, focusing on: a. Capitalization: Capitalizing the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I. b. Punctuation: Recognizing and naming end punctuation. c. Encoding: Spelling simple words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness. K.W.8

  • 2

    Demonstrate ability to communicate a storyELA 3.2

    1. a

      Use words and pictures to develop a main idea and provide information about a topic.K.W.3

    2. b

      Use words, pictures, and dictation to narrate a single event or simple story, arranging ideas in order. K.W.4

    3. c

      With support, apply the writing process to: a. Plan by generating ideas for writing through oral discussions and drawings; b. Develop drafts in pictorial or written form by organizing ideas; c. Revise writing by adding details in pictures or words; d. Use available technology to produce and publish writing. K.W.5

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What grade levels do these standards cover?
Kindergarten
Where can I read the official document?
English/Language Arts Early Learning Standards

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