Core Performance Indicators: common to all four ELA standards

Throughout prekindergarten, kindergarten, and grade 1, students are developing the following core performance indicators in the key ideas of reading, writing, listening, and speaking.

 

Reading

• Distinguish between print and pictures

• Recognize the difference between letters and words

• Follow left-to-right and top to bottom direction when reading

• Locate parts of a book

• Recognize and identify letters of the alphabet

• Alphabetize high-frequency words according to the first letter

• Distinguish the difference between vowels and consonants

• Use beginning and ending consonants, as well as vowel sounds, to identify words

• Recognize the different sounds that make up a word

• Point to words in a text or on a chart when read aloud, matching spoken word to print

• Recognize the singular and plural of frequently used words

• Recognize own name and the names of friends and family in print

• Recognize letter-sound correspondence

• Recognize that words consist of a combination of sounds

• Identify rhyming words

• Monitor own reading by applying strategies (e.g., sounding out letters; using context, grammar, and picture clues; and rereading) to determine meaning

• Read aloud with expression and fluency

• Use computer software to support early reading development

 

Writing

• Create a drawing, picture, sign, or other graphic to represent a word or concept

• Follow left-to-right and top-to-bottom direction when writing

• Use spacing between letters and words when writing on a line

• Write recognizable upper- and lowercase letters in manuscript

• Capitalize the first words of sentences, the letter "I," and proper nouns, such as names, days of the week, and months

• Write the letters of own first and last names

• Spell high-frequency words correctly

• Use the singular and plural of high-frequency words

• Put words together in sentence format by using

   - end punctuation, such as periods

   - various parts of speech, such as nouns and adjectives, and verbs

• Begin to edit your writings, with assistance

• Use beginning-of-sentence capitalization and end punctuation

• Use classroom resources, such as word walls, picture dictionaries, teachers, and peers, to support the writing process

• Give and seek constructive feedback in order to improve writing

• Use computer software to support development of early writing skills

 

Listening

• Listen respectfully and responsively

• Attend to a listening activity for a specified period of time

• Avoid interrupting

• Respond with expression appropriate to what is heard

 

Speaking

• Respond respectfully

• Use age-appropriate vocabulary

• Take turns speaking in a group

• Correct the pronunciation of words by using classroom resources, such as teachers, peers, audio- and videotapes, and computer software

• Speak in complete sentences when required

• Stay on topic

• Speak audibly

• Speak with expression appropriate to the occasion