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PKE1 Reading

PKE1a Students know about print, sounds, letters, and words.
- PKE1a.1 Hold the book right side up with the front cover facing the reader.
  - Identify book parts and features (P-I.1)
- PKE1a.2 Listen to stories being read aloud.
- PKE1a.3 Identify signs, symbols, and labels in the environment (such as McDonalds, Stop, M&M's, Exit, etc.).
- PKE1a.4 Distinguish between print and pictures.
  - Find a word in a sentence (P-C.3)
- PKE1a.5 Identify some letters in his or her first name.
  - Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase (P-A.1)
  - Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase (P-A.2)
  - Choose the letter that you hear: uppercase (P-A.3)
  - Choose the letter that you hear: lowercase (P-A.4)
  - Frequently confused letters: find the letter (P-A.5)
  - Frequently confused letters: find all the letters (P-A.6)
- PKE1a.6 Recall information recorded in his or her own writing.
- PKE1a.7 Differentiate between sounds that are the same and different (such as animal sounds or environmental sounds).
- PKE1a.8 Sing finger plays and rhymes.
- PKE1a.9 Recognize rhymes in familiar stories, songs, and words.
  - Which two words have the same ending? (P-D.2)
  - Choose the picture that rhymes with the word (P-D.3)
- PKE1a.10 Recognize the beginning sound in his or her name.
  - Identify the first sound in a word (P-E.3)
- PKE1a.11 Recognize that his or her name begins with the same sound as another child's name or another word.
  - Identify the first sound in a word (P-E.3)
  - Which two words start with the same sound? (P-F.1)
  - Find the word that begins with a given sound (P-F.2)
- PKE1a.12 Identify letters in familiar words.
  - Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase (P-A.1)
  - Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase (P-A.2)
  - Choose the letter that you hear: uppercase (P-A.3)
  - Choose the letter that you hear: lowercase (P-A.4)
  - Frequently confused letters: find the letter (P-A.5)
  - Frequently confused letters: find all the letters (P-A.6)
- PKE1a.13 Identify similarities and differences in letters.
  - Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase (P-A.1)
  - Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase (P-A.2)
  - Choose the letter that you hear: uppercase (P-A.3)
  - Choose the letter that you hear: lowercase (P-A.4)
  - Frequently confused letters: find the letter (P-A.5)
  - Frequently confused letters: find all the letters (P-A.6)
- PKE1a.14 Recognize name in print.
- PKE1a.15 Recognize that his or her name begins with the same letter as another child's name.
- PKE1a.16 Identify objects and things in pictures.
- PKE1a.17 Demonstrate or communicate position and directional words. (such as near, far, next to, first, behind, inside)
  - Inside and outside (P-P.1)
  - Above and below (P-P.2)
  - Next to and beside (P-P.3)
- PKE1a.18 Name items in common categories (such as animals, food, clothing, transportation).
  - Sort objects into categories (P-R.1)
  - Which one is not like the others? (P-R.2)
- PKE1a.19 Describe the attributes or characteristics of familiar objects, people, and or events using descriptive words and phrases.
  - Use color words (P-L.1)
  - Use number words: one to five (P-L.2)
  - Use number words: six to ten (P-L.3)
  - Use number words: one to ten (P-L.4)
  - Compare pictures using adjectives (P-O.1)
- PKE1a.20 Use multiple word sentences to describe ideas, feelings, activities, and experiences.
PKE1b Students identify the basic facts and ideas in what they have heard, or seen. In PK, students will use explanatory talk to discuss pictures, name and identify objects in texts, and react to informational text.
- PKE1b.1 Locate the title of a book.
- PKE1b.2 Request or provide explanations about information in nonfiction texts.
- PKE1b.3 Seek information from informational texts.
- PKE1b.4 Describe information in simple charts, labels, and photos.
- PKE1b.5 Orally or visually represent information using first, next, last sequence.
PKE1c Students respond to a wide variety of children's literature. In PK, students will discuss a wide variety of fiction, such as classic and contemporary stories, poems, folktales, songs, plays, and other genres.
- PKE1c.2 Retell favorite stories.
- PKE1c.3 Retell or re-enact a simple story using a variety of media. (such as flannel boards, puppets, or dramatic play with props, use drawings or constructions to describe what happened in the story.)
- PKE1c.4 Tell a story by looking at the pictures in a text.
- PKE1c.5 Identify and talk about characters in a story.
- PKE1c.6 Relate events in a book to real-life experiences.
  - Which could happen in real life? (P-J.1)
  - Which feeling matches the picture? (P-K.1)
- PKE1c.7 Make predictions about what will happen next in the story.
  - What will happen next? (P-K.2)

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PKE1 Reading

PKE1a Students know about print, sounds, letters, and words.

PKE1a.1 Hold the book right side up with the front cover facing the reader.

PKE1a.2 Listen to stories being read aloud.

PKE1a.3 Identify signs, symbols, and labels in the environment (such as McDonalds, Stop, M&M's, Exit, etc.).

PKE1a.4 Distinguish between print and pictures.

PKE1a.5 Identify some letters in his or her first name.

PKE1a.6 Recall information recorded in his or her own writing.

PKE1a.7 Differentiate between sounds that are the same and different (such as animal sounds or environmental sounds).

PKE1a.8 Sing finger plays and rhymes.

PKE1a.9 Recognize rhymes in familiar stories, songs, and words.

PKE1a.10 Recognize the beginning sound in his or her name.

PKE1a.11 Recognize that his or her name begins with the same sound as another child's name or another word.

PKE1a.12 Identify letters in familiar words.

PKE1a.13 Identify similarities and differences in letters.

PKE1a.14 Recognize name in print.

PKE1a.15 Recognize that his or her name begins with the same letter as another child's name.

PKE1a.16 Identify objects and things in pictures.

PKE1a.17 Demonstrate or communicate position and directional words. (such as near, far, next to, first, behind, inside)

PKE1a.18 Name items in common categories (such as animals, food, clothing, transportation).

PKE1a.19 Describe the attributes or characteristics of familiar objects, people, and or events using descriptive words and phrases.

PKE1a.20 Use multiple word sentences to describe ideas, feelings, activities, and experiences.

PKE1b Students identify the basic facts and ideas in what they have heard, or seen. In PK, students will use explanatory talk to discuss pictures, name and identify objects in texts, and react to informational text.

PKE1b.1 Locate the title of a book.

PKE1b.2 Request or provide explanations about information in nonfiction texts.

PKE1b.3 Seek information from informational texts.

PKE1b.4 Describe information in simple charts, labels, and photos.

PKE1b.5 Orally or visually represent information using first, next, last sequence.

PKE1c Students respond to a wide variety of children's literature. In PK, students will discuss a wide variety of fiction, such as classic and contemporary stories, poems, folktales, songs, plays, and other genres.

PKE1c.2 Retell favorite stories.

PKE1c.3 Retell or re-enact a simple story using a variety of media. (such as flannel boards, puppets, or dramatic play with props, use drawings or constructions to describe what happened in the story.)

PKE1c.4 Tell a story by looking at the pictures in a text.

PKE1c.5 Identify and talk about characters in a story.

PKE1c.6 Relate events in a book to real-life experiences.

PKE1c.7 Make predictions about what will happen next in the story.