Michigan Pre-Kindergarten ELA Standards

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1 Children begin to understand written language read to them from a variety of meaningful materials, use reading-like behaviors, and make progress towards becoming conventional readers.

• A Retell a few important events and ideas they have heard from written materials (e.g., in stories and in books about things and events).
  • 1.A.1 Enlarge their vocabularies both with words from conversation and instructional materials and activities.
  • 1.A.2 Use different strategies for understanding written materials (e.g., making predictions using what they already know, using the structure of texts, linking themselves and their experiences to the written materials, asking relevant questions).
  • 1.A.3 Demonstrate reading-like behaviors with familiar written materials [i.e., moving from labeling pictures to creating connected stories using book language (e.g., “Once upon a time…”); using patterns and vocabulary that occur in printed material to making use of printed text (e.g., trying out what one is learning about words and sounds)].
  • 1.A.4 Talk about preferences for favorite authors, kinds of books, and topics and question the content and author’s choices (critical literacy).
• B In print and alphabetic knowledge:
  • 1.B.1 Show progress in identifying and associating letters with their names and sounds.
  • 1.B.2 Recognize a few personally meaningful words including their own name, “mom,” “dad,” signs, and other print in their environment.
  • 1.B.3 Participate in play activities with sounds (e.g., rhyming games, finger plays).
• C In concepts about reading:
  • 1.C.1 Understand that ideas can be written and then read by others.
  • 1.C.2 Understand print and book handling concepts including directionality, title, etc.
  • 1.C.3 Understand that people read for many purposes (e.g., enjoyment, information, to understand directions).
  • 1.C.4 Understand that printed materials have various forms and functions (e.g., signs, labels, notes, letters, types).
  • 1.C.5 Develop an understanding of the roles of authors and illustrators.