Skill plan for the Alabama Critical Standards - Kindergarten
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Domain
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Reading: Literature
Key Ideas and Details
RL.K.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.K.1: With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.K.1.a: Make predictions to determine main idea and anticipate an ending.
RL.K.1.a: Make predictions to determine main idea and anticipate an ending.
RL.K.2: With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
RL.K.2: With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
RL.K.3: With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
RL.K.3: With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
Reading: Foundational Skills
Print Concepts
RF.K.20: Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
RF.K.20: Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
RF.K.20.a: Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
RF.K.20.a: Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
RF.K.20.b: Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
RF.K.20.b: Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
RF.K.20.c: Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
RF.K.20.c: Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
RF.K.20.d: Recognize and name all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
RF.K.20.d: Recognize and name all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
Phonological Awareness
RF.K.21: Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
RF.K.21: Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
RF.K.21.a: Recognize and produce rhyming words.
RF.K.21.a: Recognize and produce rhyming words.
RF.K.21.b: Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.
RF.K.21.b: Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.
RF.K.21.c: Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.
Onsets
Rimes
Blending
RF.K.21.c: Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.
Onsets
Rimes
Blending
RF.K.21.d: Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)
Initial sounds
Medial vowel sounds
Final sounds
Initial and final digraphs
Blending and segmenting
RF.K.21.d: Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)
Initial sounds
Medial vowel sounds
Final sounds
Initial and final digraphs
Blending and segmenting
RF.K.21.e: Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.
RF.K.21.e: Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.
Phonics and Word Recognition
RF.K.22: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.K.22: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.K.22.a: Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.
RF.K.22.a: Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.
RF.K.22.b: Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
Short a
Short e
Short i
Short o
Short u
Short vowels: review
Long vowels
Short and long vowels
RF.K.22.b: Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
Short a
Short e
Short i
Short o
Short u
Short vowels: review
Long vowels
Short and long vowels
RF.K.22.c: Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.22.c: Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.22.d: Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
Consonant blends
Short vowels
RF.K.22.d: Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
Consonant blends
Short vowels
Fluency
RF.K.23: Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
Short vowels
Sight words
Inferences
RF.K.23: Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
Short vowels
Sight words
Inferences
Language
Conventions of Standard English
L.K.37: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.K.37: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.K.37.a: Print many upper- and lowercase letters.
L.K.37.a: Print many upper- and lowercase letters.
L.K.37.b: Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs.
Nouns
Verbs
L.K.37.b: Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs.
Nouns
Verbs
L.K.37.c: Form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/ (e.g., dog, dogs; wish, wishes).
L.K.37.c: Form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/ (e.g., dog, dogs; wish, wishes).
L.K.37.d: Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
L.K.37.d: Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
L.K.37.e: Use the most frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with).
L.K.37.e: Use the most frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with).
L.K.37.f: Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.
L.K.37.f: Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.
L.K.38: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L.K.38: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L.K.38.a: Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.
L.K.38.a: Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.
L.K.38.b: Recognize and name end punctuation.
L.K.38.b: Recognize and name end punctuation.
L.K.38.c: Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
Consonants
Consonant blends
Consonant blends and digraphs
Consonant digraphs
Short vowels
L.K.38.c: Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
Consonants
Consonant blends
Consonant blends and digraphs
Consonant digraphs
Short vowels
L.K.38.d: Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
Consonant blends
Consonant digraphs
Short vowel words
L.K.38.d: Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
Consonant blends
Consonant digraphs
Short vowel words
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
L.K.41: Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
L.K.41: Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
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