Maine Pre-Kindergarten ELA Standards

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Language

• Conventions of Standard English
  • MELDS.ELA.LS.CSE.PS.1 Begins to demonstrate understanding of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking:
    • MELDS.ELA.LS.CSE.PS.1.a Prints some upper- and lowercase letters, and can write own name
    • MELDS.ELA.LS.CSE.PS.1.b Uses frequently occurring nouns and verbs
    • MELDS.ELA.LS.CSE.PS.1.c Begins to form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/ (e.g. dog, dogs; wish, wishes)
    • MELDS.ELA.LS.CSE.PS.1.d Responds to and uses more questions words (interrogatives, e.g. who, what, where, when, why, how)
    • MELDS.ELA.LS.CSE.PS.1.e Begins to use the most frequently occurring prepositions (e.g. to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with)
    • MELDS.ELA.LS.CSE.PS.1.f Demonstrates the ability to speak in complete sentences
  • MELDS.ELA.LS.CSE.PS.2 Begins to use standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing:
    • MELDS.ELA.LS.CSE.PS.2.a Capitalizes the first letter in own name
    • MELDS.ELA.LS.CSE.PS.2.b Begins to recognize punctuation (e.g., ., ?, !)
    • MELDS.ELA.LS.CSE.PS.2.c Begins to write letters to represent sounds
    • MELDS.ELA.LS.CSE.PS.2.d Begins to spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships
• Vocabulary Acquisition & Use
  • MELDS.ELA.LS.VAU.PS.1 Asks and answers questions about the meanings of new words and phrases introduced through books, activities and play
    • MELDS.ELA.LS.VAU.PS.1.a With prompting and support, generates words that are similar in meaning (e.g. happy/glad, angry/mad)
  • MELDS.ELA.LS.VAU.PS.2 Explores word relationships and meanings
    • MELDS.ELA.LS.VAU.PS.2.a Sorts common objects into categories (e.g. big/small, living/nonliving)
    • MELDS.ELA.LS.VAU.PS.2.b Applies words learned in classroom activities to real-life examples (e.g., names places in school that are fun, quiet, or noisy)
    • MELDS.ELA.LS.VAU.PS.2.c Begins to distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing the same general action by acting out the meanings
  • MELDS.ELA.LS.VAU.PS.3 Uses words and phrases acquired through conversations, listening to books read aloud, activities, and play

Reading: Foundational Skills

• Print Concepts
  • MELDS.ELA.RF.PC.PS.1 Displays appropriate book handling skills and knowledge of print conventions:
    • MELDS.ELA.RF.PC.PS.1a Begins to track print from left to right and top to bottom
    • MELDS.ELA.RF.PC.PS.1b Recognizes that print is something that is read and has specific meaning
    • MELDS.ELA.RF.PC.PS.1c Begins to demonstrate that words are separated by spaces in print
    • MELDS.ELA.RF.PC.PS.1d Recognizes and names at least 15-20 upper and 15-20 lower case letters
• Phonological Awareness
  • MELDS.ELA.RF.PA.PS.1 Demonstrates understanding of spoken words, syllables, and some beginning sounds (phonemes):
    • MELDS.ELA.RF.PA.PS.1a Recognizes and produces rhyming words
    • MELDS.ELA.RF.PA.PS.1b Counts, pronounces, blends, and segments syllables in spoken words
    • MELDS.ELA.RF.PA.PS.1c Blends and segments onsets and rimes of single-syllable words
    • MELDS.ELA.RF.PA.PS.1d Isolates and pronounces the initial and final sounds (phonemes) in single syllable words and their name
    • MELDS.ELA.RF.PA.PS.1e Begins to add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one syllable words to make new words
• Phonics and Word Recognition
  • MELDS.ELA.RF.PWR.PS.1 Links a sound to a picture of an object that begins with that sound
  • MELDS.ELA.RF.PWR.PS.2 Begins to link a sound to the corresponding printed letter
  • MELDS.ELA.RF.PWR.PS.3 Recognizes names of other children in the classroom and common print around the classroom
• Fluency
  • MELDS.ELA.RF.F.PS.1 Attends to fluent models of reading
  • MELDS.ELA.RF.F.PS.1 Imitates fluent models of reading