State Curriculum - Reading

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Grade PK	Grade K
Standard 6.0 Listening: Students will demonstrate effective listening to learn, process, and analyze information.	Standard 6.0 Listening: Students will demonstrate effective listening to learn, process, and analyze information.
A. Listening	A. Listening
1. Demonstrate active listening strategies	1. Demonstrate active listening strategies
a. Attend to the speaker	a. Attend to the speaker
2. Comprehend and analyze what is heard	2. Comprehend and analyze what is heard
a. Determine a speaker's general purpose	a. Determine a speaker's general purpose
b. Identify rhythms and patterns of language, including rhyme and repetition	b. Identify rhythms and patterns of language, including rhyme and repetition
c. Demonstrate an understanding of what is heard by retelling and relating prior knowledge	c. Demonstrate an understanding of what is heard by retelling and relating prior knowledge
d. Follow a set of two- or three-step directions	d. Follow a set of two- or three-step directions
e. Listen carefully to expand and enrich vocabulary	e. Listen carefully to expand and enrich vocabulary

	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.*
	MSDE has developed a toolkit for these standards which can be found online at: http://mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/reading/vsc_toolkit.html.
	11/15/07