The Common Core in Washington

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Skills available for Washington pre-K language arts standards

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5 Communicating (literacy)

Speaking and listening (language development)
- Know and use several hundred words in home language. Use new words on own.
  - What am I? (K-U.3)
- Use words to describe actions (such as "running fast") and emotions (such as happy, sad, tired and scared).
  - Which feeling matches the picture? (P-K.1)
- Talk in sentences of five or six words.
- Know when it is appropriate to ask questions and whom to ask. Ask questions to get information or clarification.
  - Who, what, when, where, or why? (K-FF.1)
- Remember and follow directions involving two or three steps, including steps that are not related (such as "Please pick up your toys and put on your shoes").
  - What will happen next? (P-K.2)
- Remember all parts and respond correctly to a request (such as "Bring me the green towel").
  - Find the picture that matches the action verb (P-N.1)
  - Compare pictures using adjectives (P-O.1)
- Tell some details of a recent event in sequence.
- Tell a short make-believe story, with adult help.
- Listen to others and respond in a group discussion for a short period. Remember what was said and gain information through listening.
- State own point of view, and likes and dislikes using words, gestures and/or pictures.
- Join in and make up songs, chants, rhymes and games that play with the sounds of language (such as clapping out the rhythm).
- Sing a song or say a poem from memory.

The Common Core in Washington

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5 Communicating (literacy)

Speaking and listening (language development)

Know and use several hundred words in home language. Use new words on own.

Use words to describe actions (such as "running fast") and emotions (such as happy, sad, tired and scared).

Talk in sentences of five or six words.

Know when it is appropriate to ask questions and whom to ask. Ask questions to get information or clarification.

Remember and follow directions involving two or three steps, including steps that are not related (such as "Please pick up your toys and put on your shoes").

Remember all parts and respond correctly to a request (such as "Bring me the green towel").

Tell some details of a recent event in sequence.

Tell a short make-believe story, with adult help.

Listen to others and respond in a group discussion for a short period. Remember what was said and gain information through listening.

State own point of view, and likes and dislikes using words, gestures and/or pictures.

Join in and make up songs, chants, rhymes and games that play with the sounds of language (such as clapping out the rhythm).

Sing a song or say a poem from memory.