Language and Literacy Development – English Language Arts

Other Pennsylvania Learning Standards for Early Childhood sets

• Approaches to Learning through Play – Constructing, Organizing, and Applying Knowledge
• Creative Thinking and Expression – Communicating through the Arts
• Health, Wellness, and Physical Development – Learning About My Body
• Mathematical Thinking and Expression – Exploring, Processing, and Problem-Solving
• Scientific Thinking and Technology – Exploring, Scientific Inquiry, and Discovery
• Scientific Thinking and Technology – Exploring, Scientific Inquiry, and Discovery
• Social and Emotional Development – Student Interpersonal Skills

Know that the details of a text can be used to support a main topic or idea .1.2 PK.A.1

Provide relevant details from a text which support a provided main idea .1.2 PK.A.2

Use specific details from the text to answer questions .1.2 PK.B.1

Answer “who” or “what” the text is about .1.2 PK.B.2

Answer “how” and/or “why” questions using specifics from the text .1.2 PK.B.3

Share personal experience and prior knowledge that is relevant to the text .1.2 PK.C.1

Contribute relevant information to a K (know), W (what child wants to learn), L (what group learned) chart .1.2 PK.C.2

Choose text based on personal interests and experiences .1.2 PK.C.3

Relate that texts are organized in a predictable format .1.2 PK.E.1

Identify the title page of a book .1.2 PK.E.2

Identify the front cover of a book .1.2 PK.E.3

Identify the back cover of a book1.2 PK.E.4

Participate in discussions about unfamiliar words .1.2 PK.F.1

Connect prior understandings to unfamiliar words .1.2 PK.F.2

Retell a simple sequence in a text using picture support .1.2 PK.G.1

Match pictures to ideas, objects, or steps in a sequence .1.2 PK.G.2

Describe pictures in a text in detail to answer specific questions about the text .1.2 PK.G.3

Recognize that texts have similar components that can be compared and contrasted (e .g ., main ideas, details) .1.2 PK.I.1

Participate in strategies that provide opportunities to compare and contrast texts and/or components of texts (e .g ., Venn diagrams, T-charts) .1.2 PK.I.2

Talk about pictures using new vocabulary words or phrases .1.2 PK.J.1

Use new vocabulary in the context of dramatic play, daily routines, and classroom conversations .1.2 PK.J.2

Begin to use new vocabulary when asking questions or describing situations or objects .1.2 PK.J.3

Recognize words or phrases that are unfamiliar to them .1.2 PK.K.1

Ask, “What does that mean?”1.2 PK.K.2

Talk about connections between familiar and unfamiliar words or phrases that mean similar things (e .g ., grass, lawn) .1.2 PK.K.3

Ask and answer questions about text being read aloud .1.2 PK.L.1

Share relevant prior knowledge about text being read aloud .1.2 PK.L.2

Respond to and build on comments from other children .1.2 PK.L.3

Use ideas gained in group reading activities in other daily routines, learning centers, and activities .1.2 PK.L.4

Retell a story in sequential order using various materials . 1.3 PK.A.1

Use specific details from the story to answer questions . 1.3 PK.B.1

Demonstrate understanding that “setting” is where a story takes place .1.3 PK.C.1

Demonstrate understanding that “characters” are people or animals who have a role in the story .1.3 PK.C.2

Respond to questions and prompts about characters, settings, and events during a read-aloud .1.3 PK.C.3

Understand that an author writes the story .1.3 PK.D.1

Understand that the illustrator draws the pictures .1.3 PK.D.2

Understand that different types of texts are used for different purposes .1.3 PK.E.1

Understand that a storybook has characters, setting, and actions associated with words and, most often, illustrations .1.3 PK.E.2

Understand that a poem consists of words arranged in patterns of sound (e .g ., rhyming words, alliteration) .1.3 PK.E.3

Tell if a text is storybook or poem .1.3 PK.E.4

Differentiate between real and make- believe .1.3 PK.E.5

Participate in discussions about unfamiliar words .1.3 PK.F.1

Connect prior understandings to unfamiliar words .1.3 PK.F.2

Attach action and descriptive words to illustrations (e .g ., “That man in the yellow hat is running fast .”) .1.3 PK.G.1

Understand that characters within the same story or characters from different stories can be compared and contrasted .1.3 PK.H.1

Participate in strategies that provide opportunities to compare and contrast the experiences of characters (e .g ., Venn diagrams, T-charts, dramatic play) .1.3 PK.H.2

Recognize words or phrases that are unfamiliar to them .1.3 PK.I.1

Ask, “What does that mean?”1.3 PK.I.2

Talk about connections between familiar and unfamiliar words or phrases that mean similar things (e .g ., grass, lawn) .1.3 PK.I.3

Talk about pictures using new vocabulary words or phrases .1.3 PK.J.1

Use new vocabulary in the context of dramatic play, daily routines, and classroom conversations .1.3 PK.J.2

Begin to use new vocabulary when asking questions or describing situations or objects .1.3 PK.J.3

Ask and answer questions about story or poem being read aloud .1.3 PK.K.1

Share relevant prior knowledge about text being read aloud .1.3 PK.K.2

Respond to and build on comments from other children .1.3 PK.K.3

Use ideas gained in group reading activities in other daily routines, learning centers, and activities .1.3 PK.K.4

Use illustration/dictation to convey meaning about a particular topic .1.4 PK.A.1

Create a picture about a nonfiction topic and talk about it .1.4 PK.A.2

Create a picture about a nonfiction topic and talk about it . 1.4 PK.B.1

Brainstorm ideas for pictures and stories .1.4 PK.C.1

Tell adult what she/he will draw .1.4 PK.C.2

Understand that words are connected to print .1.4 PK.D.1

Work with adult to create words or sentences that relate to drawings .1.4 PK.D.2

Write symbols, letters, or letter-like shapes .1.4 PK.E.1

Attempt to reproduce own name and/or simple words, with most letters correct1.4 PK.E.2

Use illustration/dictation to convey meaning about an experience or event .1.4 PK.M.1

Create a picture about an experience or event and talk about it .1.4 PK.M.2

Generate ideas for writing .1.4 PK.N.1

Understand that “who” a story will be about refers to the person, animal, or animated object that the story will be about .1.4 PK.N.2

Understand that “what” a story will be about refers to the sequenced events that happen to the referenced “who .”1.4 PK.N.3

Respond when asked “who” or “what” a story is about, and follow through when drawing about or dictating the story .1.4 PK.N.4

When prompted, provide details (e .g ., descriptive words, feelings, and thoughts of the character) to further develop a story .1.4 PK.O.1

Tell adult what she/he has drawn/written about .1.4 PK.O.2

Understand that stories can be told about a single event .1.4 PK.P.1

Understand that a single event is made up of a series of smaller events that are in a sequence (before, next, end) .1.4 PK.P.2

Respond with a logical sequence of events when asked “what” their story is about .1.4 PK.P.3

Write symbols, letters, or letter-like shapes .1.4 PK.R.1

Attempt to reproduce own name and/or simple words, with most letters correct .1.4 PK.R.2

Understand that drawings and dictations can convey meaning to an audience .1.4 PK.T.1

Understand that stories may have to be changed to make meaning more clear .1.4 PK.T.2

Share work with others .1.4 PK.T.3

Participate in discussions about their work .1.4 PK.T.4

When prompted, make changes to work based on feedback1.4 PK.T.5

Ask adults for explanations or information using why, how, where, and when questions (e .g ., “Why do leaves turn colors?” “Why doesn’t Jamal like pizza?”) .1.4 PK.V.1

Use a variety of resources (e .g ., adults and peers, books, digital media, maps, recipes, experts) to find new information .1.4 PK.V.2

Respond to prompts which require reference to prior experiences .1.4 PK.W.1

Relate prior experiences and learning to a current topic .1.4 PK.W.2

Engage in writing opportunities including journaling .1.4 PK.X.1

Ask adult to “write down the words” of his/her story or to his/her drawing .1.4 PK.X.2

Ask to revisit previous work .1.4 PK.X.3

Communicate using detail related to topic being discussed .1.5 PK.A.1

Pose questions related to topic being discussed .1.5 PK.A.2

Allow wait time before responding .1.5 PK.A.3

Engage in turn-taking .1.5 PK.A.4

Respond to a question with an answer or details related to the topic being discussed . 1.5 PK.B.1

Follow two-step directions .1.5 PK.C.1

Act upon or respond to simple statements and questions showing understanding of intent .1.5 PK.C.2

Talk about stories, experiences, and interests using some detail .1.5 PK.D.1

Use appropriate volume to be heard by group, paying attention to inside and outside voices .1.5 PK.D.2

Use appropriate pacing when speaking .1.5 PK.D.3

Talk about personal thoughts, feelings, and ideas .1.5 PK.E.1

Use appropriate volume to be heard by group, paying attention to inside and outside voices .1.5 PK.E.2

Use appropriate pacing when speaking .1.5 PK.E.3

Speak in complete sentences that contain more than three words .1.5 PK.G.1

Use past tense .1.5 PK.G.2

Use plurals including those which do not end in “s .”1.5 PK.G.3

Use pronouns .1.5 PK.G.4

Use a variety of prepositions .1.5 PK.G.5