School Improvement in Maryland

State Curriculum: Reading Grade PK

Document Date: 11/15/07
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Standard 1.0 General Reading Processes

Topic

A.

Students will master the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words by the end of grade one.

Indicator

  • 1. Discriminate sounds and words

Objectives

  1. Tell whether sounds are same or different
  1. Recognize that letters represent sounds
  1. Identify and repeat initial sounds in words
  1. Classify words by initial sounds

Indicator

Objectives

  1. Repeat rhyming words
  1. Repeat phrases and sentences with alliteration
  1. Discriminate rhyming words from non-rhyming words

Indicator

  • 3. Blend sounds and syllables to form words

Objectives

  1. Orally blend syllables into a whole word, such as fun-ny=funny

Indicator

  • 4. Segment sounds in spoken words and sentences

Objectives

  1. Clap words in a sentence
  1. Identify the initial sound in a word

Topic

B.

Students will apply their knowledge of letter/sound relationships and word structure to decode unfamiliar words.

Indicator

  • 1. Recognize that letters have corresponding sounds

Objectives

  1. Recognize similarities and differences in letter shapes
  1. Match familiar consonant sounds to appropriate letters, such as m, b, f, t, p

Indicator

  • 2. Decode words in grade-level texts

Objectives

  1. Identify and name some upper and lower case letters in words, especially those in the student's own name

Topic

C.

Students will read orally with accuracy and expression at a rate that sounds like speech.

Indicator

  • 1. Engage in imitative reading at an appropriate rate

Objectives

  1. Listen to models of fluent reading
  1. Recite nursery rhymes, poems, and finger plays with expression
  1. Develop beginning sight vocabulary of familiar words, such as first name, color words

Topic

D.

Students will use a variety of strategies and opportunities to understand word meaning and to increase vocabulary.

Indicator

  • 1. Develop and apply vocabulary through exposure to a variety of texts

Objectives

  1. Acquire new vocabulary through listening to a variety of texts on a daily basis
  1. Discuss words and word meanings daily as they are encountered in texts, instruction, and conversation
  1. Asks questions about unknown objects and words related to topics discussed
  1. Listen to and identify the meaning of content-specific vocabulary
  1. Identify some signs, labels, and environmental print
  1. Collect and play with favorite words

Indicator

  • 2. Develop a conceptual understanding of new words

Objectives

  1. Use words to describe size, color, and shape
  1. Name common objects shown in pictures

Indicator

  • 3. Understand, acquire, and use new vocabulary

Objectives

  1. Use illustrations to find meaning of unknown words
  1. Use newly learned vocabulary on multiple occasions to reinforce meaning

Topic

E.

Students will use a variety of strategies to understand what they read (construct meaning).

Indicator

  • 1. Demonstrate an understanding of concepts of print to determine how print is organized and read

Objectives

  1. Understand that speech can be written and read
  1. Understand that print conveys meaning
  1. Demonstrate the proper use of a book
  1. Identify the title of a book
  1. Demonstrate that text is read from left to right and top to bottom
  1. Identify pictures, shapes, letters, and numerals

Indicator

  • 2. Use strategies to prepare for reading (before reading)

Objectives

  1. Make connections to the text using illustrations/photographs from prior knowledge
  1. Make predictions by examining the title, cover, illustrations/photographs, and familiar author or topic
  1. Help set a purpose for reading

Indicator

  • 3. Use strategies to make meaning from text (during reading)

Objectives

  1. Use illustrations to construct meaning
  1. Make and confirm predictions
  1. Connect events, characters, and actions in stories to specific life experiences

Indicator

  • 4. Demonstrate understanding of text (after reading)

Objectives

  1. Recall information from text
  1. Respond orally to questions
  1. Respond to text in a variety of ways
    • Retell
    • Dramatize
    • Draw
  1. Review the purpose for reading
  1. Retell a story as though reading a book

Standard 2.0 Comprehension of Informational Text

Topic

A.

Indicator

Objectives

  1. Listen to nonfiction materials
    • Nonfiction trade books
    • Magazines
    • Multimedia resources
  1. Listen to and read functional documents by following simple oral or rebus directions
    • Recipes
    • Rules
    • Signs
    • Center activities
    • Labels
    • Classroom schedules
  1. Listen to and use personal interest materials, such as books and magazines

Indicator

Objectives

  1. Recognize print features
    • Print size
  1. Recognize graphic aids
    • Photographs
    • Drawings
    • Maps
    • Graphs
    • Diagrams

Indicator

Objectives

  1. Recognize sequential order

Indicator

Objectives

  1. Retell important facts from a text
  1. Identify how someone might use the text

Indicator

Objectives

Standard 3.0 Comprehension of Literary Text

Topic

A.

Indicator

  • 1. Develop comprehension skills by listening to a variety of self-selected and assigned literary texts

Objectives

  1. Listen to and discuss a variety of literary texts representing diverse cultures, perspectives, and ethnicities
  1. Listen to and discuss a variety of different types of fictional literary text, such as stories, poems, nursery rhymes, realistic fiction, and fairy tales

Indicator

  • 2. Use text features to facilitate understanding of literary texts

Objectives

  1. Identify and explain how the title contributes to meaning
  1. Identify and explain how text features, such as illustrations, punctuation, and print features, contribute to meaning

Indicator

  • 3. Use elements of narrative texts to facilitate understanding

Objectives

  1. Identify the beginning and end of a story
  1. Identify the characters of a story

Indicator

  • 4. Use elements of poetry to facilitate understanding

Objectives

  1. Identify rhyme, rhythm, and repetition in poems read to them

Indicator

  • 5. Use elements of drama to facilitate understanding

Objectives

  1. Recognize that a play has characters, dialogue, scenery, and tells a story

Indicator

  • 6. Determine important ideas and messages in literary texts

Objectives

  1. Retell the story by sequencing the main events
  1. Identify a personal connection to the text

Standard 4.0 Writing

Topic

A.

Indicator

  • 1. Compose texts using the prewriting and drafting strategies of effective writers and speakers

Objectives

  1. Recognize that writing conveys meaning
  1. Generate ideas by using letter-like shapes, symbols, and letters, dictating words and phrases, and using drawings to represent ideas

Indicator

  • 2. Compose oral and visual presentations that express personal ideas

Objectives

  1. Write to express personal ideas using letter-like shapes, symbols, and letters
  1. Contribute to a shared writing experience or topic of interest
  1. Use drawings, letters, or symbols to express personal ideas

Indicator

  • 3. Identify how language choices in writing and speaking affect thoughts and feelings

Objectives

  1. Identify and use words to communicate feelings
  1. Acquire and use new vocabulary

Standard 5.0 Controlling Language

Topic

A.

Indicator

  • 1. Use grammar concepts and skills that strengthen oral language

Objectives

  1. Use complete sentences to respond to questions

Topic

B.

Indicator

  • 1. Comprehend and apply standard English in oral language

Objectives

  1. Use sentences with subject/verb agreement
  1. Use correct verb tense

Topic

C.

Indicator

  • 1. Explain the purpose of mechanics to make and clarify meaning

Objectives

Indicator

  • 2. Comprehend basic punctuation and capitalization in written language

Objectives

  1. Recognize that names begin with a capital letter
  1. Recognize that space is used to separate words

Standard 6.0 Listening

Topic

A.

Indicator

  • 1. Demonstrate active listening strategies

Objectives

  1. Attend to the speaker

Indicator

  • 2. Comprehend and analyze what is heard

Objectives

  1. Determine a speaker's general purpose
  1. Identify rhythms and patterns of language, including rhyme and repetition
  1. Demonstrate an understanding of what is heard by retelling and relating prior knowledge
  1. Follow a set of two- or three-step directions
  1. Listen carefully to expand and enrich vocabulary

Standard 7.0 Speaking

Topic

A.

Indicator

  • 1. Use organization and delivery strategies

Objectives

  1. Speak clearly enough to be heard and understood in a variety of settings

Indicator

  • 2. Make oral presentations

Objectives

  1. Speak in a variety of situations to inform and/or relate experiences, such as retelling stories
  1. Use props in situations, such as show-and-tell
  • *Emphasis is on application of conventions rather than memorization of terms.

Indicators/objectives that include assessment limits are assessed on MSA *New Standards identifies the need for students to process 1 million words per year to maintain academic progress.

11/15/07