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*Kindergarten I Can Statements Kindergarten Reading Standards Reading Literature RL.K.1 I can ask questions about text. I can answer questions about text. RL.K.2 I can retell stories I have read using key ideas. RL.K.3 I can identify characters, setting, and details in a story. RL.K.4 I can ask and answer questions about words I do not know when I read. RL.K.5 I can tell the difference between fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. RL.K.6 I can tell what an author and an illustrator does. RL.K.7 I can match the illustration with the story. RL.K.9 I can compare story characters and events. RL.K.10 I can participate in group reading activities. Reading Informational Text RI.K.1 I can ask questions about informational text. I can answer questions about text. RI.K.2 I can tell you what a text is mainly about and give details of the text. RI.K.3 I can connect ideas in a text (characters, events, ideas) RI.K.4 I can ask and answer questions about words I do not know when I read. RI.K.5 I can show you the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book. RI.K.6 I can tell you the author and illustrator of a text and what they do. RI.K.7 I can match the illustration with the text. RI.K.8 I can tell you what the author thinks and why. RI.K.9 I can compare text about the same topic. (similarities, differences) RI.K.10 I can participate in group reading activities. Reading Foundational Skills RF.K.1 I can show you how books are organized. RF.K.1a I can follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page. RF.K.1b I know that words represent spoken words. RF.K.1c I know words are separated by spaces in print. RF.K.1d I know all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet. RF.K.2 I can play with words, syllables, and sounds. RF.K.2a I can tell you what words rhyme. I can make new rhymes. RF.K.2b I can count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in words. RF.K.2c I can make words and break words in parts. RF.K.2d I can identify the beginning, middle and ending sounds of words. RF.K.2e I can change sounds to make new words. RF.K.3 I can decode words. RF.K.3a I know my letter sounds. RF.K.3b I know the two sounds a vowel makes. RF.K.3c I can read words by sight. RF.K.3d I can tell similar words apart by the sounds. (cat, cap) RF.K.4 I can read books on my own. Kindergarten Writing Standards W.K.1 I can write about something I like or do not like. (opinion) W.K.2 I can write to tell someone about a topic. (informational) W.K.3 I can write about an event or a series of events. (narrative) W.K.5 I can edit my work. W.K.6 I can use the computer to publish my work. W.K.7 I can research and write on a topic. W.K.8 I can write to answer a question. Kindergarten Speaking and Listening Standards SL.K.1 I can talk and listen in small groups. SL.K.1a I can follow group rules for listening and speaking. SL.K.1b I can take turns listening and speaking. SL.K.2 I can ask and answer questions about details. I can ask about things I do not understand. SL.K.3 I can ask or answer questions to get help or get more information when I do not understand. SL.K.4 I can tell about people, places, things, and events. SL.K.5 I can add details to drawings. SL.K.6 I can speak clearly my thoughts, feelings, and ideas. Kindergarten Language Standards L.K.1 I can write and speak in English. L.K.1a I can write my upper and lowercase letters. L.K.1b Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs. L.K.1c I can add the s or es sound to words when there are more than one. L.K.1d I can use questions words. L.K.1e I can use prepositions when I talk to tell where. L.K.1f I can produce and expand complete sentences. L.K.2 I can use capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. L.K.2a I can capitalize the first word in a sentence and the word I. L.K.2b I can recognize and name end punctuation. L.K.2c I can write a letter for each sound. L.K.2d I can kid-spell words, writing the sounds I hear. L.K.4 I can learn the meanings of words from text. L.K.4a I can tell two meanings for a word. (duck-duck) L.K.4b I can use the ending of a word as a clue to figure out a word’s meaning. L.K.5 I can understand relationships between words by their meaning. L.K.5a I can sort objects into categories. L.K.5b I can give the opposite of a word. L.K.5c I can make real-life connections between words and their use. L.K.5d I can act out the meanings of similar words. L.K.6 I can use new words and phrases I have learned from text. Kindergarten Math Standards Counting and Cardinality K.CC.1 I can count to 100 by ones and by tens. K.CC.2 I can count starting at any number. K.CC.3 I can write numbers 0 to 20. I can match numbers to the amount of things I count. K.CC.4 I know a number represents an amount of objects. K.CC.4a When I count, I know that each number I say represents one object. K.CC.4b I know that last number I say is how many objects there are. I know that the number doesn’t change even if I count them a different way. K.CC.4c I know that when I count, the number gets bigger. K.CC.5 I can count 20 things. (line, array, circle, or scattered configuration) K.CC.6 I can tell you if a group has greater than, less than, or the same as another group. K.CC.7 I can compare two written numbers. Operations and Algebraic Thinking K.OA.1 I can add and subtract with my objects, fingers, mental images, or drawings. K.OA.2 I can add and subtract within 10 by drawing or using objects to solve. K.OA.3 I can show different names for numbers by showing different ways to make the number 5 out of 5 objects. (5=2+3 and 5=4+1) K.OA.4 I can add any number from 1 to 9 to make 10. K.OA.5 I can add and subtract within 5. Number and Operations in Base 10 K.NBT.1 I can show you how many 10’s and how many 1’s a number has. Measurement and Data K.MD.1 I can tell you what length and weight is. I know shapes can have many attributes. K.MD.2 I can tell you which is more. I can tell you which is less. K.MD.3 I can sort and classify objects into categories, then count the categories. Geometry K.G.1 I can tell you the position of an object using words like above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to. K.G.2 I can name shapes no matter what way they are turned. K.G.3 I know some objects are 2-D and flat. I know some objects are 3D and solid. K.G.4 I can compare the attributes of 2D and 3D shapes. K.G.5 I can make 3-D shapes out of other objects. K.G.6 I can put two shapes together to make a new shape.

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