Ask and answer questions about key ideas and details in a text
Identify a main topic or central idea of a text and retell key details; summarize portions of a text
Explain how words and phrases suggest feelings and appeal to the senses
Describe the overall structure of a story, including beginning and ending
Explain differences between literary texts (fiction) and informational texts (non-fiction)
Identify examples of how illustrations and details support the point of view or purpose of a text
Apply information from illustrations or text features to understand story element
Explain how specific points the author makes in a text are supported by relevant reasons
Identify genre and make connections between, self, text, and the world
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skill
Distinguish long and short vowel sounds in one-syllable words
Decode long and short vowels sounds in two-syllable words
Read grade-level text orally with accuracy and fluency to support comprehension
Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words
Recognize and identify root words and common prefixes
Read all common high-frequency sight words
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and meaning
Write an opinion to support claims, using clear reasons and relevant evidence
Write informative/explanatory texts that introduce a topic, use facts and other information to develop points, and provide a concluding statement
Write narratives which recount real or imagined experiences or a short sequence of events, including details to describe action, thoughts, and feelings
Use temporal words to signal event order and a sense of closure
Create a poem, story, play, artwork, or other response to a text, author, theme, and personal experience
Ask questions and participate in shared research to answer questions and to build knowledge
Recall relevant information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question
Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse peers and adults in groups, and during play
Follow agreed-upon rules for discussion and participate by actively listening, taking turns, and staying on topic
Build on others' talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others
Ask for clarification and further details as needed
Recount or describe key ideas of diverse texts
Ask and answer questions about the speaker says
Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details
Include digital media and/or visual display in presentations
Expressing thoughts, feelings and ideas clearly
*The Language Strand identifies Conventions of English skills that develop from Pre-K to grade 2.
Demonstrate command of conventions of English grammar and usage
Print upper and lowercase letters of their name
Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs
Form and use plural nouns
Use singular and plural nouns with matching verb in basic sentences
Understand and use question words
Produce and expand complex sentences in shared language activities
Use verbs to convey past, present, and future
Use frequently occurring adjectives appropriately
Understand and use simple and compound sentences
Demonstrate command of conventions of English capitalization, punctuation. and spelling when writing
Capitalize the first letter of their name
Capitalize the first word in a sentence
Attempt to write symbols or letters to represent words
Recognize and name end punctuation
Spell simple words phonetically
Use commas appropriately
Consult reference materials to check and correct spellings
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading or listening
Use strategies to determine or clarify meaning of unknown words and phrases
Demonstrate an understanding of word relationships and word meanings