The Common Core in Nevada

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Skills available for Nevada pre-K language arts standards

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Nevada Pre-Kindergarten Standards (2023) Nevada Pre-Kindergarten Standards (2023)
Nevada Pre-Kindergarten Content Standards: Expository Text Nevada Pre-Kindergarten Content Standards: Expository Text
Nevada Pre-Kindergarten Content Standards: Reading Strategies Nevada Pre-Kindergarten Content Standards: Reading Strategies
Nevada Pre-Kindergarten Content Standards: Word Analysis Nevada Pre-Kindergarten Content Standards: Word Analysis

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Standard 1 Demonstrate the ability to attend to and understand communication from others.

Receptive Communication
- L.RC.PK1 Use verbal and nonverbal signals to acknowledge communication from others.
- L.RC.PK2 Show ongoing connection to a conversation, group discussion, or presentation.
- L.RC.PK3 Recall and follow two- and three-step directions.
- L.RC.PK4 Show understanding of books read aloud, stories, or explanations on a topic.
- L.RC.PK5 Listen with increasing attention span to gain new knowledge.

Standard 2 Demonstrate the ability to express themselves verbally or nonverbally.

Expressive Communication
- L.EC.PK1 Communicate to express self in detailed ways.
- L.EC.PK2 Communicate in complete sentences using at least three words.
- L.EC.PK3 Follow conventions of conversation most of the time.
- L.EC.PK4 Share ideas and information from personal and group experiences.
- L.EC.PK5 Communicate to express needs and clarify a word or statement when misunderstood.

Standard 3 Use a variety of vocabulary words during play and other activities.

Vocabulary
- L.V.PK1 Use vocabulary words with increasing specificity and variety to describe feelings, experiences, observations, and ideas.
- L.V.PK2 Use context to determine the meaning of unknown words.
- L.V.PK3 Use a wide variety of words for many purposes.
- L.V.PK4 Use words that describe a category of objects that go together.
  - Sort objects into categories (P-BB.1)
  - Which one is not like the others? (P-BB.2)
- L.V.PK5 Identify common opposite words.
  - Match antonyms to pictures (P-AA.1)
- L.V.PK6 Use words with similar meaning to describe an object, emotion, or action.
- L.V.PK7 Discuss and use new vocabulary words learned from stories, books, and/or other early literacy activities.

Standard 4 Demonstrate knowledge of the alphabet and how letters are used in the reading process.

Alphabet Knowledge

Standard 5 Demonstrate knowledge of how print and books are read.

Print and Book Awareness
- L.PB.PK1 Recognize that print carries a message and information.
  - Find a word in a sentence (P-F.3)
- L.PB.PK2 Recognize environmental print and symbols.
- L.PB.PK3 Indicate that groups of letters form a word.
- L.PB.PK4 Identify book parts and features, such as the front, back, title, and/or author.
  - Identify book parts and features (P-S.1)

Standard 6 Demonstrate knowledge gained from stories, books, and other early literacy activities.

Comprehension
- L.C.PK1 Ask questions or make comments related to the details of a story.
  - Which feeling matches the picture? (P-U.1)
- L.C.PK2 Retell a story, putting at least two events in the appropriate sequence.
  - Order images in a story (K-EE.1)
- L.C.PK3 Predict what might happen next in a story.
  - What will happen next? (P-U.2)
- L.C.PK4 Recall information and answer questions related to an event, text, or pictures related to self and the world around them.
  - Which could happen in real life? (P-T.1)
- L.C.PK5 Use pictures to gain meaning and follow a simple pictorial direction.

Standard 7 Demonstrate the use of written letters and symbols to communicate.

Writing
- L.W.PK1 Draw to express ideas, thoughts, or interests.
- L.W.PK2 Experiment with writing tools and materials for variety of purposes.
- L.W.PK3 Recreate basic shapes that form letters or draw the shapes while looking at a model.
- L.W.PK4 Write for a variety of purposes using increasingly sophisticated marks.
- L.W.PK5 Use letter-like approximation to print name.
- L.W.PK6 Share ideas, information from experiences, and opinions for class writing.
- L.W.PK7 Dictate words, phrases, or sentences to an adult who writes them down.

Standard 8 Demonstrate knowledge of sounds within spoken language.

Phonological Awareness
- L.PA.PK1 Repeat rhyming words.
- L.PA.PK2 Identify beginning sounds of some spoken words with which they are familiar.
  - Identify the first sound in a word (P-H.4)
  - Find the word that begins with a given sound (P-L.1)
- L.PA.PK3 Identify two or more spoken words that share the same initial sound.
  - Which two words start with the same sound? (P-I.1)
- L.PA.PK4 Identify multiple parts of short words and long words.
  - Blend syllables together to make a word (P-H.1)
  - How many syllables does the word have? (K-H.1)

The Common Core in Nevada

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Standard 1 Demonstrate the ability to attend to and understand communication from others.

Receptive Communication

L.RC.PK1 Use verbal and nonverbal signals to acknowledge communication from others.

L.RC.PK2 Show ongoing connection to a conversation, group discussion, or presentation.

L.RC.PK3 Recall and follow two- and three-step directions.

L.RC.PK4 Show understanding of books read aloud, stories, or explanations on a topic.

L.RC.PK5 Listen with increasing attention span to gain new knowledge.

Standard 2 Demonstrate the ability to express themselves verbally or nonverbally.

Expressive Communication

L.EC.PK1 Communicate to express self in detailed ways.

L.EC.PK2 Communicate in complete sentences using at least three words.

L.EC.PK3 Follow conventions of conversation most of the time.

L.EC.PK4 Share ideas and information from personal and group experiences.

L.EC.PK5 Communicate to express needs and clarify a word or statement when misunderstood.

Standard 3 Use a variety of vocabulary words during play and other activities.

Vocabulary

L.V.PK1 Use vocabulary words with increasing specificity and variety to describe feelings, experiences, observations, and ideas.

L.V.PK2 Use context to determine the meaning of unknown words.

L.V.PK3 Use a wide variety of words for many purposes.

L.V.PK4 Use words that describe a category of objects that go together.

L.V.PK5 Identify common opposite words.

L.V.PK6 Use words with similar meaning to describe an object, emotion, or action.

L.V.PK7 Discuss and use new vocabulary words learned from stories, books, and/or other early literacy activities.

Standard 4 Demonstrate knowledge of the alphabet and how letters are used in the reading process.

Alphabet Knowledge

L.AK.PK1 Identify the names of letters in own name and produce the sound of the first letter in own name.

L.AK.PK2 Identify and name most letters in their uppercase form and some letters in their lowercase form.

L.AK.PK3 Name and produce the letter sound for several letters.

Standard 5 Demonstrate knowledge of how print and books are read.

Print and Book Awareness

L.PB.PK1 Recognize that print carries a message and information.

L.PB.PK2 Recognize environmental print and symbols.

L.PB.PK3 Indicate that groups of letters form a word.

L.PB.PK4 Identify book parts and features, such as the front, back, title, and/or author.

Standard 6 Demonstrate knowledge gained from stories, books, and other early literacy activities.

Comprehension

L.C.PK1 Ask questions or make comments related to the details of a story.

L.C.PK2 Retell a story, putting at least two events in the appropriate sequence.

L.C.PK3 Predict what might happen next in a story.

L.C.PK4 Recall information and answer questions related to an event, text, or pictures related to self and the world around them.

L.C.PK5 Use pictures to gain meaning and follow a simple pictorial direction.

Standard 7 Demonstrate the use of written letters and symbols to communicate.

Writing

L.W.PK1 Draw to express ideas, thoughts, or interests.

L.W.PK2 Experiment with writing tools and materials for variety of purposes.

L.W.PK3 Recreate basic shapes that form letters or draw the shapes while looking at a model.

L.W.PK4 Write for a variety of purposes using increasingly sophisticated marks.

L.W.PK5 Use letter-like approximation to print name.

L.W.PK6 Share ideas, information from experiences, and opinions for class writing.

L.W.PK7 Dictate words, phrases, or sentences to an adult who writes them down.

Standard 8 Demonstrate knowledge of sounds within spoken language.

Phonological Awareness

L.PA.PK1 Repeat rhyming words.

L.PA.PK2 Identify beginning sounds of some spoken words with which they are familiar.

L.PA.PK3 Identify two or more spoken words that share the same initial sound.

L.PA.PK4 Identify multiple parts of short words and long words.