TK English Language Arts Checklist

TK English Language Arts Checklist

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Reading: Foundational Skills

  • ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1 I can show that I know how books should be read.
  • ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1.A I can read the words in a book in the right order.
  • ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1.B I can understand that words I say can be written using letters in a certain order.
  • ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1.C I can understand that words have spaces between them.
  • ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1.D I can name all of my upper and lower case letters in the alphabet.
  • ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2 I can show that I know how words and their parts go together.
  • ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2.A I can recognize and make rhyming words.
  • ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2.B I can count and divide words into syllables.
  • ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2.C I can blend and take apart the beginning sounds and ending parts of one-syllable words.
  • ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2.D I can find and say the beginning, middle and last sound in simple words.
  • ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2.E I can make new words by changing a consonant or a vowel sound in a word I already know.
  • ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3 I can show what I have learned about letters and sounds by reading words.
  • ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3.A I can say the most common sound for each consonant in the alphabet.
  • ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3.B I can match long and short vowel sounds with the letters that go with them.
  • ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3.C I can read common sight words.

 

Reading: Literature

  • ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1 I can ask and answer questions about important details in stories.
  • ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.2 I can retell a story I know using important details from the story.
  • ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3 I can tell the characters, setting and what happens in stories.
  • ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4 I can ask and answer questions about new words in stories.
  • ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.5 I can tell the difference between the different kinds of fiction I read.
  • ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6 I can tell who the author and illustrator are in stories. I can tell what their jobs are.
  • ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7 I can tell how the words and pictures go together in stories.
  • ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.9 I can tell what is the same and different about the actions of characters in stories I know.
  • ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.10 I can be an important part of fiction reading activities in my classroom.

 

Reading: Informational Text

  • ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.1 I can ask and answer questions about important details in nonfiction books.
  • ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.2 I can tell the main topic and important details in nonfiction books.
  • ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.3 I can tell how people, events or ideas are connected.
  • ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.4 I can ask and answer questions about new words in nonfiction books.
  • ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.5 I can find the front cover, back cover and title page in nonfiction books.
  • ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.6 I can tell who the author and illustrator are in nonfiction books. I can tell what their jobs are.

 

Speaking and Listening

  • ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1 I can show that I know how to have good conversations with my friends and teachers.
  • ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1.A I can listen and take turns when I am having conversations.
  • ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.1.B I can have a long conversation with another person.
  • ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.2 I can tell what a story is about.
  • ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.3 I can ask and answer a question about what I have heard.
  • ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.4 I can use details when I tell about people, places and things.
  • ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.5 I can use drawings to help add details to what I share.
  • ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.6 I can speak and share my ideas clearly.

 

Language

  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1 I can show that I know how to use words correctly when I write and speak.
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.A I can print lots of upper and lowercase letters.
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.B I can use nouns (words that name) and verbs (action words).
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.C I can make nouns plural (more than one) by adding “s” or “es” to the end.
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.D I can understand and use question words. (who, what where, when, why, how.)
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.E I can use common prepositions (to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with.)
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1.F I can create longer complete sentences with my class.
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2 I can show that I know how to write sentences correctly.
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2.A I can capitalize the first word in a sentence.
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2.A I can capitalize the word “I”
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2.B I can find and name punctuation at the end of a sentence.
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2.C I can write a letter or letters for most consonant sounds.
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2.C I can write a letter or letters for most short vowel sounds.
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2.D I can use what I know about letters and sounds to spell easy words.
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.4 I can figure out what words mean by thinking about what I have read.
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.4.A I can find new meanings for words I already know and use them correctly.
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.4.B I can use beginnings and endings of words to help me figure out what they mean (-ed, -s, re-, un-, pre-, -ful, -less.)
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5 I can figure out how words are related. I can figure out how their meanings might be alike.
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.A I can sort things into groups and use the names of the groups to help me understand them better (shapes, foods.)
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.B I can match some verbs (action words) and adjectives (describing words) with their opposites.
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.C I can tell how words are used in real-life. (I can talk about animals that are colorful.)
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.D I can tell the difference between verbs (action words) that are almost alike (walk, march, strut, prance.)
  • ELA-LITERACY.L.K.6 I can use the new words I learn in different ways to show that I know what they mean.