REK Standards

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Colorado Basic Literacy Framework: Reading Level K

Passage Understanding 3.01(1)(a)

A sense of story that shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, students being able to do the following:

3.01(1)(a)(i) Tell a simple story with a beginning, middle, and end.

3.01(1)(a)(ii) Retell a known story in own words and in correct sequence.

3.01(1)(a)(iii) Listen to and comprehend a variety of genres. ES

3.01(1)(a)(iv) Generate a picture/written response to text listened to or read.

3.01(1)(a)(v) Connect information and events in texts to life experiences.ES

3.01(1)(a)(vi) Identify characters, setting, and key events in a text.

Print Concepts 3.01(1)(b)

Concepts about print that shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, students being able to do the following:

3.01(1)(b)(i) Handle books correctly. ES

3.01(1)(b)(ii) Understand directionality of print.ES

3.01(1)(b)(iii) Focus on word after word in sequence (voice-print match).ES

3.01(1)(b)(iv) Use pictures to predict print. ES

3.01(1)(b)(v) Realize that print carries meaning. ES

Phonemic Awareness 3.01(1)(c)

Phonological and phonemic awareness that shall include, but not necessarily be limited to students being able to do the following:

3.01(1)(c)(i) Recognize, hear, and produce patterns of sound in oral language (i.e., rhyming words). ES

3.01(1)(c)(ii) Identify, blend, and segment the phonemes of most one-syllable words (e.g., dog, /d/ /o/ /g/). ES

Alphabetic Principle 3.01(1)(d)

Letter and word recognition that shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, students being able to do the following:

3.01(1)(d)(i) Recognize and name all letters. ES

3.01(1)(d)(ii) Apply knowledge of letter-sounds to decode single syllable words (e.g., dog, cat).ES

3.01(1)(d)(iii) Know letter sounds. ES

3.01(1)(d)(iv) Read simple words including a few sight words (e.g., a, the, i, my, you, is, and, are, and simple words used in a child’s oral language). ES

Oral Vocabulary 3.01(1)(e)

Vocabulary that shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, students being able to do the following:

3.01(1)(e)(i) Talk about words and word meaning as encountered in books and conversation. ES

3.01(1)(e)(ii) Identify and sort common words within basic categories (e.g., colors, shapes, food).

Fluency 3.01(1)(f)

Fluency that shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, students being able to do the following:

3.01(1)(f)(i) Read orally simple text containing familiar word patterns. ES

3.01(1)(f)(ii) Express knowledge of words used in instruction such as prepositions, common nouns, verbs, and pronouns.

Resources

• Academic Vocabulary Project Six Step Process for Teaching Vocabulary. Templates for a variety of games and activities are available via this site.