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Idaho Content Standards: Language Idaho Content Standards: Language
Idaho Content Standards: Reading Foundational Skills Idaho Content Standards: Reading Foundational Skills
Idaho Content Standards: Reading: Informational Text Idaho Content Standards: Reading: Informational Text
Idaho Content Standards: Reading: Literature Idaho Content Standards: Reading: Literature

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K.FR Foundational Reading

K.FR.PC Print Concepts
- K.FR.PC.1 Demonstrate understanding of the basic features of print.
  - K.FR.PC.1a Locate a printed word on a page.
    - Find a word in a sentence (K-C.3)
  - K.FR.PC.1b Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
  - K.FR.PC.1c Know that print (not pictures) is what we read, and text holds meaning.
  - K.FR.PC.1d Follow words from left to right with return sweep at the end of each line.
    - Find a word in a sentence (K-C.3)
    - Identify book parts and features (K-R.1)
  - K.FR.PC.1e Read left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
    - Find a word in a sentence (K-C.3)
    - Identify book parts and features (K-R.1)
  - K.FR.PC.1f Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
    - Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly (K-C.2)
    - Find a word in a sentence (K-C.3)
  - K.FR.PC.1g Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation).
  - K.FR.PC.1h Identify and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
K.FR.PA Phonemic Awareness
- K.FR.PA.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds.
  - K.FR.PA.2a Identify and produce rhyming words.
  - K.FR.PA.2b Count, pronounce, blend, delete, and segment syllables in spoken words.
  - K.FR.PA.2c Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.
  - K.FR.PA.2d Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words and say the resulting word (Note: This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/).
  - K.FR.PA.2e Add, substitute, and delete individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.
K.FR.PH Phonics and Decoding
- K.FR.PH.3 Use knowledge of grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
  - K.FR.PH.3a Demonstrate knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the most frequent sound for each consonant letter.
  - K.FR.PH.3b Associate the long and short sounds for the five major vowel letters.
  - K.FR.PH.3c Read common high-frequency words with automaticity by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
  - K.FR.PH.3d Distinguish between similarly spelled CVC words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

K.RC Reading Comprehension

K.RC.V Volume of Reading to Build Knowledge
- K.RC.V.2 Regularly engage in listening to a series of texts related to the topics and themes being studied to build knowledge and vocabulary.
K.RC.TE Textual Evidence
- K.RC.TE.3 Ask and answer questions about key details in texts heard.
K.RC.RF Reading Fluency
- K.RC.RF.4 Read emergent-reader texts (e.g., rhymes, songs, simple poems) with purpose and understanding.
K.RC.L Literature
- K.RC.L.5 With support, use evidence from literature read aloud to demonstrate understanding of grade-level texts.
  - K.RC.L.5a Retell key details of familiar stories, poems, and nursery rhymes heard.
    - Order images in a story (K-W.1)
  - K.RC.L.5b Describe the connection between characters, settings, and major events in stories heard.
    - Choose the picture that matches the setting or character (K-V.1)
  - K.RC.L.5c Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of stories.
    - Identify book parts and features (K-R.1)
  - K.RC.L.5d Define the roles of authors and illustrators in presenting the ideas or information in stories.
  - K.RC.L.5e Compare and contrast the adventures or experiences of characters in familiar stories heard.
K.RC.NF Nonfiction Text
- K.RC.NF.6 With support, use evidence from nonfiction works read aloud to demonstrate of grade-level texts.
  - K.RC.NF.6a Retell key details of texts heard.
  - K.RC.NF.6b Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in texts heard.
  - K.RC.NF.6c Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of nonfiction texts.
    - Identify book parts and features (K-R.1)
  - K.RC.NF.6d Identify the reasons authors give to support points in texts heard.
  - K.RC.NF.6e Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts heard on the same topic.

K.VD Vocabulary Development

K.VD.WB Word Building
- K.VD.WB.1 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content.
  - K.VD.WB.1a Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
  - K.VD.WB.1b Identify new meanings for familiar words and apply them accurately (e.g., discovering the verb "roll" is also a noun).
- K.VD.WB.2 With support, explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
  - K.VD.WB.2a Sort common objects into categories (e.g., foods, size) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
    - Sort objects into categories (K-HH.1)
    - Which one is not like the others? (K-HH.2)
  - K.VD.WB.2b Demonstrate understanding of frequently occurring verbs and adjectives by relating them to their synonyms and antonyms.
    - Match antonyms to pictures (K-GG.1)
    - Match synonyms (K-GG.2)
  - K.VD.WB.2c Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing the general action (e.g., walk, march, strut, prance).
  - K.VD.WB.2d Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).
K.VD.AV Academic Vocabulary
- K.VD.AV.3 With support, use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, and listening to texts.
  - Choose the best location word to match the picture (K-EE.2)

K.RS Research

K.RS.DR Deep Reading on Topics to Build Knowledge
- K.RS.DR.2 Listen to a series of texts organized around a variety of conceptually related topics to build knowledge about the world.

K.W Writing

K.W.RW Range of Writing
- K.W.RW.1 Routinely write or dictate writing for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
  - Identify the purpose of a text (K)
K.W.HWK Handwriting and Keyboarding
- K.W.HWK.2 Print all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet. Write left to right and top to bottom with appropriate spaces between letters.
  - Choose the sentence that is spaced correctly (K-C.2)

K.GC Grammar and Conventions

K.GC.GU Grammar and Usage
- K.GC.GU.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
  - K.GC.GU.1a Form regular plural nouns orally by adding 's' or 'es' sound.
    - Choose the singular or plural noun that matches the picture (K-LL.2)
  - K.GC.GU.1b Use interrogatives to ask questions in full sentences (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
    - Who, what, when, where, or why? (K-FF.1)
  - K.GC.GU.1c Use frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with).
    - Inside and outside, above and below, next to and beside (K-EE.1)
    - Choose the best location word to match the picture (K-EE.2)
  - K.GC.GU.1d Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.
    - Find the complete sentence (K-JJ.3)
K.GC.M Mechanics
- K.GC.M.2 Recognize and name end punctuation.
  - Identify and use end marks (K-JJ.2)
- K.GC.M.3 Spell words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

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K.FR Foundational Reading

K.FR.PC Print Concepts

K.FR.PC.1 Demonstrate understanding of the basic features of print.

K.FR.PC.1a Locate a printed word on a page.

K.FR.PC.1b Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.

K.FR.PC.1c Know that print (not pictures) is what we read, and text holds meaning.

K.FR.PC.1d Follow words from left to right with return sweep at the end of each line.

K.FR.PC.1e Read left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.

K.FR.PC.1f Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.

K.FR.PC.1g Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation).

K.FR.PC.1h Identify and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

K.FR.PA Phonemic Awareness

K.FR.PA.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds.

K.FR.PA.2a Identify and produce rhyming words.

K.FR.PA.2b Count, pronounce, blend, delete, and segment syllables in spoken words.

K.FR.PA.2c Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.

K.FR.PA.2d Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words and say the resulting word (Note: This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/).

K.FR.PA.2e Add, substitute, and delete individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.

K.FR.PH Phonics and Decoding

K.FR.PH.3 Use knowledge of grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

K.FR.PH.3a Demonstrate knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the most frequent sound for each consonant letter.

K.FR.PH.3b Associate the long and short sounds for the five major vowel letters.

K.FR.PH.3c Read common high-frequency words with automaticity by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).

K.FR.PH.3d Distinguish between similarly spelled CVC words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

K.RC Reading Comprehension

K.RC.V Volume of Reading to Build Knowledge

K.RC.V.2 Regularly engage in listening to a series of texts related to the topics and themes being studied to build knowledge and vocabulary.

K.RC.TE Textual Evidence

K.RC.TE.3 Ask and answer questions about key details in texts heard.

K.RC.RF Reading Fluency

K.RC.RF.4 Read emergent-reader texts (e.g., rhymes, songs, simple poems) with purpose and understanding.

K.RC.L Literature

K.RC.L.5 With support, use evidence from literature read aloud to demonstrate understanding of grade-level texts.

K.RC.L.5a Retell key details of familiar stories, poems, and nursery rhymes heard.

K.RC.L.5b Describe the connection between characters, settings, and major events in stories heard.

K.RC.L.5c Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of stories.

K.RC.L.5d Define the roles of authors and illustrators in presenting the ideas or information in stories.

K.RC.L.5e Compare and contrast the adventures or experiences of characters in familiar stories heard.

K.RC.NF Nonfiction Text

K.RC.NF.6 With support, use evidence from nonfiction works read aloud to demonstrate of grade-level texts.

K.RC.NF.6a Retell key details of texts heard.

K.RC.NF.6b Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in texts heard.

K.RC.NF.6c Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of nonfiction texts.

K.RC.NF.6d Identify the reasons authors give to support points in texts heard.

K.RC.NF.6e Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts heard on the same topic.

K.VD Vocabulary Development

K.VD.WB Word Building

K.VD.WB.1 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content.

K.VD.WB.1a Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

K.VD.WB.1b Identify new meanings for familiar words and apply them accurately (e.g., discovering the verb "roll" is also a noun).

K.VD.WB.2 With support, explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

K.VD.WB.2a Sort common objects into categories (e.g., foods, size) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

K.VD.WB.2b Demonstrate understanding of frequently occurring verbs and adjectives by relating them to their synonyms and antonyms.

K.VD.WB.2c Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing the general action (e.g., walk, march, strut, prance).

K.VD.WB.2d Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).

K.VD.AV Academic Vocabulary

K.VD.AV.3 With support, use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, and listening to texts.

K.RS Research

K.RS.DR Deep Reading on Topics to Build Knowledge

K.RS.DR.2 Listen to a series of texts organized around a variety of conceptually related topics to build knowledge about the world.

K.W Writing

K.W.RW Range of Writing

K.W.RW.1 Routinely write or dictate writing for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.

K.W.HWK Handwriting and Keyboarding

K.W.HWK.2 Print all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet. Write left to right and top to bottom with appropriate spaces between letters.

K.GC Grammar and Conventions

K.GC.GU Grammar and Usage

K.GC.GU.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

K.GC.GU.1a Form regular plural nouns orally by adding 's' or 'es' sound.

K.GC.GU.1b Use interrogatives to ask questions in full sentences (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).

K.GC.GU.1c Use frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with).

K.GC.GU.1d Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.

K.GC.M Mechanics

K.GC.M.2 Recognize and name end punctuation.

K.GC.M.3 Spell words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.