WRPK Standards

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Colorado Alignment Alignment of the Colorado Building Blocks With The Goals and Objectives of The Creative Curriculum® Developmental Continuum for Ages 3–5

Brush Developmental Preschool Writing Rubric

Writing Rubric - District Aligned Essential Skill with Creative Curriculum

Building Blocks to Colorado's Content Standards: Writing Level PK

Standard 2: Young children need many opportunities to communicate their ideas to attentive listeners, both adults and children. They need to hear language being used for different purposes; and they need an environment filled with varied examples of symbols and written language.

Standard/Benchmark/Building Block

• 2-A: Preschool learners use spoken language for a variety of purposes.ES
• 2-B: Preschool learners use symbols for communication and for enjoyment.ES
• 2-C: Preschool learners use pictures and symbols as a representation for oral language.ES
• 2-D: Preschool learners participate in activities that are representative of their own culture and others through songs, nursery rhymes, dramatic activities, storytelling, and poetry.
• 2-E: Preschool learners develop increasingly complex and abstract use of language.

Standard 3: In building a foundation for writing and speaking using conventional grammar, usage and sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling, young children need many opportunities to express themselves in a variery of ways. They need to hear adults speaking appropriately and using questions, exclamatory statements, and humor.

Standard/Benchmark/Building Block

• 3-A: Preschool learners begin to experiment with basic writing conventions such as grasp, body and paper positioning, and writing progression.ES
• 3-B: Preschool learners become aware of grammar and punctuation through listening to and experimenting with oral language.ES
• 3-C: Preschool learners become aware of grammar and punctuation through exposure to written language.ES
• 3-D: Preschool learners begin to associate sounds with the written letter.ES

Preschool Resource

• Starfall website: Practice for letter and reading skills
• Preschool Express: Preschool resource for letter practice
• Enchanted Learning: Preschool reading resource for enhanced activities
• First School: Preschool reading readiness resource
• Handwriting without Tears: Preschool writing resource