Kindergarten

Language Arts

 

Strand   A Reading
Standard The student uses the reading process effectively.
       
Benchmarks      
LA.A.1.1.3.K The student uses knowledge of appropriate grade-, age-, and developmental-level vocabulary in reading.
  • identifies frequently used words.
Weather

 

Strand   A Reading
Standard The student constructs meaning from a wide range of texts.
       
Benchmarks      
LA.A.2.1.1.K The student determines the main idea or essential message from text and identifies supporting information. 
K-list, FCAT I, FCAT III

Classic Literature
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LA.A.2.1.2.K  The student selects material to read for pleasure. K-list             Classic Literature  
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Strand  C Listening, Viewing, and Speaking    
Standard The student uses listening strategies effectively    
Benchmarks
LA.C.1.1.1.K The student listens for a variety of informational purposes, including curiosity, pleasure, getting directions, performing tasks, solving problems, and following rules. K-list            

Developing Good Listening Skills
Classic Literature

LA.C.1.1.2.K The student recognizes personal preferences in listening to literature and other material. Classic Literature

 

LA.C.1.1.3.K The student carries on a conversation with another person, seeking answers and further explanations of the other’s ideas through questioning and answering. K-list             Developing Good Listening Skills

 

 

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Strand  C Listening, Viewing, and Speaking    
Standard The student uses viewing strategies effectively    
Benchmarks
LA.C.2.1.2.K The student recognizes simple nonverbal cues, such as use of eye contact, smiles, simple hand gestures.

Choosing What's Right for Me
Violence Prevention  
Communication  

 

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Strand  C Listening, Viewing, and Speaking    
Standard The student uses speaking strategies effectively.    
Benchmarks
LA.C.3.1.2.K The student asks questions to seek answers and further explanation of other people’s ideas.
  • asks and responds to questions.
Being Responsible
LA.C.3.1.4.K The student uses eye contact and simple gestures when speaking.
  • uses eye contact and appropriate gestures to enhance oral delivery

Getting Along With Others
Communication 

 

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Strand  D Language    
Standard The student understands the nature of language.    
Benchmarks
LA.D.1.1.1.K The student recognizes basic patterns in and functions of language (patterns such as characteristic sounds and rhythms and those found in written forms; functions such as asking questions, expressing oneself, describing objects or experience, and explaining). K-list      
  • knows patterns of sound in oral language (for example, rhyming, choral poetry, chants).
  • knows different functions of language (for example, expressing oneself, describing objects).       
Developing Good Listening Skills

 

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Strand  D Language    
Standard The student understands the power of language.    
Benchmarks
LA.D.2.1.1.K The student understands that word choice can shape ideas, feelings, and actions. K-list    
  • understands that word choice can shape ideas, feelings, and actions (for example, story language, descriptive words).        
Classic Literature
LA.D.2.1.3.K The student recognizes that use of more than one medium increases the power to influence how one thinks and feels.
  • understands that the use of more than one medium can influence how one thinks and feels (for example, music, illustrations).
Communication

 

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Strand  E Literature    
Standard The student understands the common features of a variety of literary forms.    
Benchmarks
LA.E.1.1.1.K The student knows the basic characteristics of fables, stories, and legends. K-list, FCAT III
  • knows a variety of familiar literary genres (for example, fiction, nonfiction, picture books, fairy tales, legends).

Code of Ethics
How I Learn from My Mistakes
Community
Classic Literature
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LA.E.1.1.2.K The student identifies the story elements of setting, plot, character, problem, and solution/resolution. K-list, FCAT III
  • knows the sequence of events, characters, and setting of stories (for example, read-aloud stories).

Classic Literature
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Strand  E Literature    
Standard The student responds critically to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.    
Benchmarks
LA.E.2.1.1.K The student uses personal perspective in responding to a work of literature, such as relating characters and simple events in a story or biography to people or events in his or her own life.

Code of Ethics
How I Learn from My Mistakes

 

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