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Language Standards
- Conventions of Standard English
- L.PK.1 Through adult modeling, guidance and support, use complete sentences to express a thought or idea
- L.PK.1a Print some upper and lowercase letters (letters may not be of conventional size or shape)
- L.PK.1b Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs
- L.PK.1c With guidance and support, form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/ (e.g. dog, dogs; wish, wishes)
- L.PK.1d With guidance and support, understand and use question words (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how)
- L.PK.1e Understand and appropriately use the most frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with)
- L.PK.1f Participate in shared language activities and use increasingly complex and varied spoken vocabulary
- L.PK.2 Inconsistently uses conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation and spelling when writing
- L.PK.2a (Begin in Kindergarten)
- L.PK.2b (Begin in Kindergarten)
- L.PK.2c Show awareness of conventional letter-sound relationships through use of invented spelling and describing what was written
- L.PK.2d With prompting and support, use invented spelling when writing
- L.PK.1 Through adult modeling, guidance and support, use complete sentences to express a thought or idea
- Knowledge of Language
- L.PK.3 (Begin in grade 2)
- Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
- L.PK.4 With guidance and support, ask or answer questions about the meaning of new words and phrases introduced through books, activities, and play
- L.PK.4a With guidance and support, recognize and use words appropriately which are similar in meaning (e.g., happy/glad, angry/mad)
- L.PK.4b (Begin in Kindergarten)
- L.PK.5 With guidance and support, participate in discussions to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words found in text or used in conversations
- L.PK.5a Sort familiar objects into categories and identify the “common” factor of the group (e.g. Identify reason {common factor} for grouping objects; categorize animals by those who fly or walk; group cars by color or number of doors, etc)
- L.PK.5b Demonstrate understanding of the most frequently occurring adjectives and opposites (e.g., more/less, empty/full, happy/sad, stressed/relaxed)
- L.PK.5c Apply words learned in classroom activities to real-life examples (e.g., name places in school which are fun, quiet, or noisy)
- L.PK.5d With guidance and support, show understanding of similar words by demonstrating the meaning of the words or using the words in conversations (e.g. talk, chat, whisper; car, vehicle)
- L.PK.6 Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, listening to books read aloud, and play
- L.PK.4 With guidance and support, ask or answer questions about the meaning of new words and phrases introduced through books, activities, and play