(A) connect experiences and ideas with those of others through speaking and listening (K-3); and

(B) compare language and oral traditions (family stories) that reflect customs, regions, and cultures (K-3).

(A) choose and adapt spoken language appropriate to the audience, purpose, and occasion, including use of appropriate volume and rate (K-3);

(B) use verbal and nonverbal communication in effective ways when making announcements, giving directions, or making introductions (K-3);

(C) ask and answer relevant questions and make contributions in small or large group discussions (K-3);

(D) present dramatic interpretations of experiences, stories, poems, or plays (K-3); and

(E) gain increasing control of grammar when speaking such as using subject-verb agreement, complete sentences, and correct tense (K-3).

(4) Listening/speaking/communication. The student communicates clearly by putting thoughts and feelings into spoken words. The student is expected to:

(A) learn the vocabulary of school such as numbers, shapes, colors, directions, and categories (K-1);

(B) use vocabulary to describe clearly ideas, feelings, and experiences (K-3);

(C) clarify and support spoken messages using appropriate props such as objects, pictures, or charts (K-3); and

(D) retell a spoken message by summarizing or clarifying (K-3).

(A) recognize that print represents spoken language and conveys meaning such as his/her own name and signs such as Exit and Danger (K-1);

(B) know that print moves left-to-right across the page and top-to-bottom (K-1);

(C) understand that written words are separated by spaces (K-1);

(D) know the difference between individual letters and printed words (K-1);

(E) know the difference between capital and lowercase letters (K-1);

(F) recognize how readers use capitalization and punctuation to comprehend (K-1);

(G) understand that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters (K-1); and

(H) recognize that different parts of a book such as cover, title page, and table of contents offer information (K-1).

(A) demonstrate the concept of word by dividing spoken sentences into individual words (K-1); 

(7) Reading/letter-sound relationships. The student uses letter-sound knowledge to decode written language. The student is expected to:

(B) understand that written words are composed of letters that represent sounds (K-1); and

(C) learn and apply letter-sound correspondences of a set of consonants and vowels to begin to read (K-1).

(A) discuss meanings of words and develop vocabulary through meaningful/concrete experiences (K-2);

(B) develop vocabulary by listening to and discussing both familiar and conceptually challenging selections read aloud (K-3); and

(C) identify words that name persons, places, or things and words that name actions (K-1).

(A) use prior knowledge to anticipate meaning and make sense of texts (K-3);

(B) establish purposes for reading or listening such as to be informed, to follow directions, and to be entertained (K-3); and

(C) retell or act out the order of important events in stories (K-3).

(A) listen to stories being read aloud (K-1);

(B) participate actively (react, speculate, join in, read along) when predictable and patterned selections are read aloud (K-1);

(C) respond through talk, movement, music, art, drama, and writing to a variety of stories and poems in ways that reflect understanding and interpretation (K-1); and

(D) describe how illustrations contribute to the text (K-1).

(A) distinguish different forms of texts such as lists, newsletters, and signs and the functions they serve (K-3);

(B) understand simple story structure (K-1);

(C) distinguish fiction from nonfiction, including fact and fantasy (K-3);

(D) understand literary forms by recognizing and distinguishing among such types of text as stories, poems, and information books (K-2); and

(E) understand literary terms by distinguishing between the roles of the author and illustrator such as the author writes the story and the illustrator draws the pictures (K-1).

(A) identify relevant questions for inquiry such as "Why did knights wear armor?" (K-3);

(B) use pictures, print, and people to gather information and answer questions (K-1);

(C) draw conclusions from information gathered (K-3); and  

(A) connect his/her own experiences with the life experiences, language, customs, and culture of others (K-3); and 

(A) write his/her own name and other important words (K-1); 

(C) use phonological knowledge to map sounds to letters to write messages (K-1);

(D) write messages that move left-to-right and top-to-bottom on the page (K-1); and

(E) gain increasing control of penmanship such as pencil grip, paper position, and beginning stroke (K).

(A) dictate messages such as news and stories for others to write (K-1);

(B) write labels, notes, and captions for illustrations, possessions, charts, centers (K-1);

(C) write to record ideas and reflections (K-3);

(D) generate ideas before writing on self-selected topics (K-1);

(E) generate ideas before writing on assigned tasks (K-1); and

(F) use available technology to compose text (K-3).

(A) record or dictate questions for investigating (K-1); and

(B) record or dictate his/her own knowledge of a topic in various ways such as by drawing pictures, making lists, and showing connections among ideas (K-3).