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Skills available for Idaho pre-K language arts standards

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Vocabulary
- 51 Children use receptive vocabulary.
  - Use responses that demonstrate an increased knowledge of specific concepts.
    - Identifies objects by category.
      - Sort objects into categories (P-R.1)
      - Which one is not like the others? (P-R.2)
    - Identifies objects by attribute.
      - Choose the singular or plural noun that matches the picture (P-M.1)
      - Compare pictures using adjectives (P-O.1)
    - Responds to who, what, where, why, and when questions.
      - Who, what, when, where, or why? (K-FF.1)
    - Understands simple time concepts (tonight, tomorrow, yesterday).
    - Understands relationships expressed by if then, or because sentences.
    - Begins to identify shapes and colors.
      - Use color words (P-L.1)
    - Understands number concepts (one, all, sets).
      - Choose the uppercase letter that matches: C, K, O, P, S, U, V, W, X, Z (P-B.4)
    - Correctly answers yes and no questions.
    - Responds appropriately to a request (e.g., "Bring me the green towel.").
    - Has a receptive vocabulary of several hundred words in home language.
    - Distinguishes between real and made-up words.
    - Recognizes and responds to some family and traditional stories and their meanings.
    - Identifies parts of an object.
    - Shows interest in why and how things work.
    - Follows simple directions.
    - Identifies verb tense in pictures.
    - Understands full adult sentences.
    - Responds to opposites, comparatives, and superlatives.
      - Match antonyms to pictures (P-Q.1)
    - Appreciates absurdities.
      - Choose the uppercase letter that matches: C, K, O, P, S, U, V, W, X, Z (P-B.4)
    - Responds to how questions.
    - Recognizes and follow routines.
    - Follows a change in a routine that has been described.
- 52 Children use expressive vocabulary.
  - Use phrases and sentences with functional and descriptive vocabulary.
    - Uses sentences three to seven words in length.
    - Takes turns in conversation.
    - Answers why, what, and where questions.
    - Retells an event or story.
    - Answers simple comprehension questions from a story read aloud.
    - Memorizes and recite simple songs and finger plays.
    - Uses new vocabulary in spontaneous speech.
    - Asks the meaning of unfamiliar words and then experiments with using them.
    - Uses words to further describe actions or adjectives (running fast, playing well).
    - Uses multiple words to explain ideas (e.g., when talking about primary caregiver says "mother/father" and/or "parent").
    - Uses words to express emotions (happy, sad, tired, scared).
      - Which feeling matches the picture? (P-K.1)
    - Uses more complex vocabulary to describe events.
- 53 Children demonstrate progression in grammar and syntax.
  - Use basic conventions of grammar and syntax.
    - Find the complete sentence (K-JJ.3)
    - Uses articles in sentences (the ball, a cat).
    - Uses complete sentences in conversations during play with peers.
    - Begins to use correct question forms.
      - Who, what, when, where, or why? (K-FF.1)
    - Begins to use prepositions.
    - Talks in sentences with five to six words to describe people, places, and events.
    - Uses more complex grammar and parts of speech.
    - Describes a task, project, and/or event sequentially in three or more sentences.
    - Asks questions for information/clarification.
    - Uses sequence sentences in logical order.
    - Begins to correctly use subject and verb tense.
    - Strings multiple sentences together in logical order.
    - Uses complex grammar and parts of speech.
    - Combines more than one idea using complex sentences.
Comprehension
- 54 Children demonstrate comprehension and meaning in language.
  - Respond verbally and non-verbally to verbal and gestural communication.
    - Understands new words rapidly.
    - Responds to simple questions.
    - Understands location phrases.
    - Follows simple commands.
    - Responds to "wh" questions (what, when).
    - Begins to understand and recall information from stories.
    - Recognizes and responds appropriately to nonverbal cues.
    - Follows directions that involve a two- or three-step sequence of actions, which may not be related (e.g., "Please pick up your toys and then get your shoes.").
    - Extends/expands the thought or idea expressed by another.
    - Engages in conversation that develops a thought or idea (tells about a past event).
    - Understands and recalls information in books and stories.
    - Understands quantitative concepts (how many more chairs do we need?).
    - Recognizes and responds in a culturally appropriate way to more subtle nonverbal cues.
    - Comprehends analogies.
    - Understands complex sentences.
Expressive/Oral Language
- 55 Children use language for a variety of purposes.
  - Follow social conventions to access, gain, and share information.
    - Uses words and phrases to relate observations, concepts, ideas, and relationships.
    - Takes turns in conversation.
    - Talks in sentences.
    - Responds to questions.
    - Uses words to protest.
    - Relates past or future events.
    - Asks questions to obtain information.
    - Participates in conversations about a variety of topics.
    - Engages in conversation with peers and adults.
    - Interprets written symbols, pictures, and letters to a listener.
    - Uses language to interpret the world.
    - Uses words to express feelings of self and others.
      - Which feeling matches the picture? (P-K.1)
    - Uses own words to retell a story or to discuss an event in life

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Language

Vocabulary

51 Children use receptive vocabulary.

Use responses that demonstrate an increased knowledge of specific concepts.

Identifies objects by category.

Identifies objects by attribute.

Responds to who, what, where, why, and when questions.

Understands simple time concepts (tonight, tomorrow, yesterday).

Understands relationships expressed by if then, or because sentences.

Begins to identify shapes and colors.

Understands number concepts (one, all, sets).

Correctly answers yes and no questions.

Responds appropriately to a request (e.g., "Bring me the green towel.").

Has a receptive vocabulary of several hundred words in home language.

Distinguishes between real and made-up words.

Recognizes and responds to some family and traditional stories and their meanings.

Identifies parts of an object.

Shows interest in why and how things work.

Follows simple directions.

Identifies verb tense in pictures.

Understands full adult sentences.

Responds to opposites, comparatives, and superlatives.

Appreciates absurdities.

Responds to how questions.

Recognizes and follow routines.

Follows a change in a routine that has been described.

52 Children use expressive vocabulary.

Use phrases and sentences with functional and descriptive vocabulary.

Uses sentences three to seven words in length.

Takes turns in conversation.

Answers why, what, and where questions.

Retells an event or story.

Answers simple comprehension questions from a story read aloud.

Memorizes and recite simple songs and finger plays.

Uses new vocabulary in spontaneous speech.

Asks the meaning of unfamiliar words and then experiments with using them.

Uses words to further describe actions or adjectives (running fast, playing well).

Uses multiple words to explain ideas (e.g., when talking about primary caregiver says "mother/father" and/or "parent").

Uses words to express emotions (happy, sad, tired, scared).

Uses more complex vocabulary to describe events.

53 Children demonstrate progression in grammar and syntax.

Use basic conventions of grammar and syntax.

Uses articles in sentences (the ball, a cat).

Uses complete sentences in conversations during play with peers.

Begins to use correct question forms.

Begins to use prepositions.

Talks in sentences with five to six words to describe people, places, and events.

Uses more complex grammar and parts of speech.

Describes a task, project, and/or event sequentially in three or more sentences.

Asks questions for information/clarification.

Uses sequence sentences in logical order.

Begins to correctly use subject and verb tense.

Strings multiple sentences together in logical order.

Uses complex grammar and parts of speech.

Combines more than one idea using complex sentences.

Comprehension

54 Children demonstrate comprehension and meaning in language.

Respond verbally and non-verbally to verbal and gestural communication.

Understands new words rapidly.

Responds to simple questions.

Understands location phrases.

Follows simple commands.

Responds to "wh" questions (what, when).

Begins to understand and recall information from stories.

Recognizes and responds appropriately to nonverbal cues.

Follows directions that involve a two- or three-step sequence of actions, which may not be related (e.g., "Please pick up your toys and then get your shoes.").

Extends/expands the thought or idea expressed by another.

Engages in conversation that develops a thought or idea (tells about a past event).

Understands and recalls information in books and stories.

Understands quantitative concepts (how many more chairs do we need?).

Recognizes and responds in a culturally appropriate way to more subtle nonverbal cues.

Comprehends analogies.

Understands complex sentences.

Expressive/Oral Language

55 Children use language for a variety of purposes.

Follow social conventions to access, gain, and share information.

Uses words and phrases to relate observations, concepts, ideas, and relationships.