American Samoa College and Career Ready Standards: Kindergarten
Skills available for American Samoa kindergarten language arts standards
Section
Print skill plan
Reading Literature and Informational Text
F.1 Students apply print concepts when they read.
K.F.1 Count to 500 by ones, twos, and tens, starting at any number, and read and write numbers.
K.F.1 Count to 500 by ones, twos, and tens, starting at any number, and read and write numbers.
F.2 Students utilize phonological skills when they read.
K.F.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
Rhymes
Syllables
Short vowels
Initial sounds
Medial vowel sounds
Final sounds
Digraphs
Blend and segment
K.F.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
Rhymes
Syllables
Short vowels
Initial sounds
Medial vowel sounds
Final sounds
Digraphs
Blend and segment
F.3 Students apply phonics and word recognition skills when they read.
K.F.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Consonant sounds
Short a
Short e
Short i
Short o
Short u
Short vowels
Long vowels
Short and long vowels
Sight words
Consonant blends
K.F.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Consonant sounds
Short a
Short e
Short i
Short o
Short u
Short vowels
Long vowels
Short and long vowels
Sight words
Consonant blends
F.4 Students read a range of texts with fluency.
K.F.4 Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and basic understanding.
Rhymes
Short vowel sentences
Decodable texts
Read-alone literary texts
Read-alone informational texts
K.F.4 Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and basic understanding.
Rhymes
Short vowel sentences
Decodable texts
Read-alone literary texts
Read-alone informational texts
K.1 Students inquire about and comprehend key ideas and details in a variety of texts.
K.1.1 Ask and answer, with prompting and support, questions about key details in a text.
Main idea
Inference and analysis
Setting and characters
Read-along texts
Decodable texts
Read-alone texts
K.1.1 Ask and answer, with prompting and support, questions about key details in a text.
Main idea
Inference and analysis
Setting and characters
Read-along texts
Decodable texts
Read-alone texts
K.1.2 Retell key details of familiar stories, with prompting and support.
K.1.2 Retell key details of familiar stories, with prompting and support.
K.1.3 Identify, with prompting and support, basic details about key people and things in narrative and expository texts.
K.1.3 Identify, with prompting and support, basic details about key people and things in narrative and expository texts.
K.1.4 Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text, with prompting and support.
K.1.4 Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text, with prompting and support.
K.1.5 Identify, with prompting and support, the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
K.1.5 Identify, with prompting and support, the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
K.2 Students investigate the craft and structure of a variety of texts.
K.2.1 Ask questions about unknown words in a text, and listen to and repeat information from the answers.
K.2.1 Ask questions about unknown words in a text, and listen to and repeat information from the answers.
K.2.2 Recognize, with prompting and support, common types of written texts, and identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
K.2.2 Recognize, with prompting and support, common types of written texts, and identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
K.2.3 Identify the author and illustrator of a story, and define the role of each, with prompting and support.
K.2.3 Identify the author and illustrator of a story, and define the role of each, with prompting and support.
K.2.4 Identify words that rhyme, and demonstrate that words have rhythm.
K.2.4 Identify words that rhyme, and demonstrate that words have rhythm.
K.3 Students integrate knowledge to make meaningful connections between ideas in diverse texts.
K.3.1 Identify, with prompting and support, the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
Inference and analysis
Sequence
Setting and characters
Read-along texts
K.3.1 Identify, with prompting and support, the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
Inference and analysis
Sequence
Setting and characters
Read-along texts
K.3.2 Compare and contrast, with prompting and support, the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.
K.3.2 Compare and contrast, with prompting and support, the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.
K.3.3 Describe characters' behavior in familiar stories.
K.3.3 Describe characters' behavior in familiar stories.
Language
K.9 Students apply strategies to comprehend and utilize vocabulary appropriately in a variety of contexts: social, instructional, and academic.
K.9.1 Apply strategies to determine or clarify the meaning of unknown words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content.
K.9.1 Apply strategies to determine or clarify the meaning of unknown words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content.
K.9.2 Explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings, with guidance and support.
Categories
Synonyms and antonyms
Word use
K.9.2 Explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings, with guidance and support.
Categories
Synonyms and antonyms
Word use
K.9.3 Apply word knowledge when producing oral and written texts, with support.
K.9.3 Apply word knowledge when producing oral and written texts, with support.
K.10 Students recognize and apply conventions of English in order to produce oral and written texts.
K.10.1 Recognize and apply basic conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Nouns
Verbs
Prepositions
Adjectives
Sentence types
K.10.1 Recognize and apply basic conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Nouns
Verbs
Prepositions
Adjectives
Sentence types
K.10.2 Demonstrate, with support, a developing grade-level appropriate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Capitalization
Punctuation
Blends and digraphs
Segment
Short vowels
K.10.2 Demonstrate, with support, a developing grade-level appropriate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Capitalization
Punctuation
Blends and digraphs
Segment
Short vowels