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Kindergarten - English Language Arts (2022)
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English Language Arts
ELA.1.
Text Forms and Structures : Identifying and applying text forms and structures improves understanding of content, literary style, and our rich language traditions.
ELA.2.
Oral Language : Listening and speaking form the foundation for literacy development and improve communication, collaboration, and respectful mutual understanding.
ELA.3.
Vocabulary : Communication and comprehension are improved by understanding word meaning and structures.
ELA.4.
Phonological Awareness : Foundational literacy is supported by the ability to identify and manipulate sounds in oral language.
ELA.5.
Phonics : Foundational literacy is supported by understanding relationships between sounds in oral language and the letters that represent them.
ELA.6.
Fluency : Comprehension and literary appreciation are improved by the ability to read a range of texts accurately, automatically, and with expression.
ELA.7.
Comprehension : Text comprehension is supported by applying varied strategies and processes and by considering both particular contexts and universal themes.
ELA.8.
Writing : Ideas and information can be articulated accurately and imaginatively through the use of writing processes and an understanding of the author�s craft.
ELA.9.
Conventions : Understanding grammar, spelling, and punctuation makes it easier to communicate clearly, to organize thinking, and to use language for desired effects.
ELA.1.1.
Children explore how messages can be organized.
ELA.2.1.
Children explore listening and speaking skills through a variety of literacy experiences.
ELA.3.1.
Children develop vocabulary through a variety of literacy experiences.
ELA.4.1.
Children experiment with sounds in words.
ELA.5.1.
Children make connections between letters and sounds in words.
ELA.6.1.
Children recognize some letters and words with speed and accuracy.
ELA.7.1.
Children demonstrate understandings of messages communicated in texts.
ELA.8.1.
Children experiment with written expression of ideas and information.
ELA.9.1.
Children develop appropriate grammar in oral language and experiment with spelling and punctuation in written messages.
ELA.1.1.1.
Knowledge
ELA.1.1.2.
Understanding
ELA.1.1.3.
Skills & Procedures
ELA.2.1.1.
Knowledge
ELA.2.1.2.
Understanding
ELA.2.1.3.
Skills & Procedures
ELA.3.1.1.
Knowledge
ELA.3.1.2.
Understanding
ELA.3.1.3.
Skills & Procedures
ELA.4.1.1.
Knowledge
ELA.4.1.2.
Understanding
ELA.4.1.3.
Skills & Procedures
ELA.5.1.1.
Knowledge
ELA.5.1.2.
Understanding
ELA.5.1.3.
Skills & Procedures
ELA.6.1.1.
Knowledge
ELA.6.1.2.
Understanding
ELA.6.1.3.
Skills & Procedures
ELA.7.1.1.
Knowledge
ELA.7.1.2.
Understanding
ELA.7.1.3.
Skills & Procedures
ELA.8.1.1.
Knowledge
ELA.8.1.2.
Understanding
ELA.8.1.3.
Skills & Procedures
ELA.9.1.1.
Knowledge
ELA.9.1.2.
Understanding
ELA.9.1.3.
Skills & Procedures
ELA.1.1.1.a.
Messages can be shared for different reasons (purposes), including to learn and have fun.
ELA.1.1.1.b.
Messages can be imaginary (fiction) or real (non-fiction).
ELA.1.1.1.c.
Messages can be shared digitally or non-digitally in a variety of forms, including stories, pictures, plays and land.
ELA.1.1.1.d.
Messages, both real and imaginary, can follow a sequence (structure), including beginning, middle and ending.
ELA.1.1.1.e.
Books and other forms of print are organized in specific ways (concepts of print): A book has a front and a back cover, Words are made up of letters, Print is read from left to right and top to bottom, One print word represents one spoken word when read aloud, Every word has a first and last letter, and Every sentence has a first and last word.
ELA.1.1.1.f.
Features that clarify messages can be digital or non-digital, including pictures and print size.
ELA.1.1.1.g.
Imaginary (fictional) stories include fairy tales and realistic stories.
ELA.1.1.1.h.
A fairy tale is a story based on imaginary people, animals, and places.
ELA.1.1.1.i.
Realistic stories include people and places that seem real but were imagined.
ELA.1.1.1.j.
Stories include characters, setting, and events (story elements).
ELA.1.1.1.k.
A character can be any person, object, or animal that is part of a story.
ELA.1.1.1.l.
Setting refers to the time and place of a story.
ELA.1.1.1.m.
An event is something that happens in a story.
ELA.1.1.1.n.
Real information or ideas (non-fiction) can come in many forms, including factual books or stories, people, pictures.
ELA.1.1.1.o.
Poems can describe ideas and feelings in serious or playful ways.
ELA.1.1.2.a.
Ideas and information can be organized in ways that support understanding messages.
ELA.1.1.2.b.
Messages can be clarified when they include features.
ELA.1.1.2.c.
Stories and ideas that are imaginary (fictional) can encourage creativity.
ELA.1.1.2.d.
Some messages share ideas and information about things that are real (non-fiction).
ELA.1.1.2.e.
Poetry helps us explore ideas and feelings.
ELA.1.1.3.a.
Explore messages shared for different reasons.
ELA.1.1.3.b.
Engage with messages for enjoyment.
ELA.1.1.3.c.
Discuss the differences between messages that are imaginary (fiction) or real (non-fiction).
ELA.1.1.3.d.
Explore messages shared in a variety of forms.
ELA.1.1.3.e.
Discuss the beginning, middle, and ending in a message.
ELA.1.1.3.f.
Identify the front and back of a book.
ELA.1.1.3.g.
Identify where reading begins and where to go after (return sweep).
ELA.1.1.3.h.
Identify the first and last letter in a word.
ELA.1.1.3.i.
Identify the first and last word on a page or in a message.
ELA.1.1.3.j.
Identify corresponding written words as they are read aloud.
ELA.1.1.3.k.
Investigate a variety of features that help clarify messages.
ELA.1.1.3.l.
Investigate story elements within a variety of imaginary stories.
ELA.1.1.3.m.
Create imaginative representations or dramatizations of stories that include story elements.
ELA.1.1.3.n.
Represent information and ideas from a variety of real messages.
ELA.1.1.3.o.
Explore a variety of ideas and feelings represented through poetry and songs
ELA.1.1.3.p.
Identify rhymes in poems.
ELA.2.1.1.a.
Individuals or groups of people can have unique stories that can be shared through listening and speaking (oral traditions).
ELA.2.1.1.b.
Listening and speaking skills can be developed through discussions, sharing (presentations), stories, songs, poems.
ELA.2.1.1.c.
The appropriate volume for speaking can change based on the situation.
ELA.2.1.1.d.
Listening is an active process that involves focusing on the speaker, taking turns, using appropriate body postures and gestures.
ELA.2.1.1.e.
Messages can be shared through sounds and words (verbally).
ELA.2.1.1.f.
Messages can be shared without sounds or words (non-verbally) through body language, such as movements, facial expressions.
ELA.2.1.2.a.
Oral traditions can provide lessons and entertainment and develop imagination.
ELA.2.1.2.b.
Ideas, information, and feelings can be shared through listening and speaking.
ELA.2.1.2.c.
Listening is an active process that can support learning, collaborating, and having fun.
ELA.2.1.2.d.
Language can be expressed verbally or non-verbally.
ELA.2.1.3.a.
Practise listening and speaking skills through sharing oral stories.
ELA.2.1.3.b.
Explore digital or non-digital stories, poems, or songs from First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities.
ELA.2.1.3.c.
Share personal experiences and stories through listening and speaking with others.
ELA.2.1.3.d.
Participate in group discussions.
ELA.2.1.3.e.
Share stories, songs, or poems individually or as part of a group.
ELA.2.1.3.f.
Demonstrate a variety of listening behaviours.
ELA.2.1.3.g.
Listen to and follow simple one or two step instructions.
ELA.2.1.3.h.
Express an idea or share information through the use of body language or voice.
ELA.2.1.3.i.
Share a short poem, story, or song from memory using verbal and non-verbal language.
ELA.3.1.1.a.
Vocabulary can be developed through literacy experiences, such as read alouds, songs, poems, rhymes, pictures, conversations and land.
ELA.3.1.2.a.
Literacy experiences can provide opportunities to learn new words.
ELA.3.1.3.a.
Explore and play with new words.
ELA.3.1.3.b.
Identify the meaning of new words.
ELA.3.1.3.c.
Develop new vocabulary through a variety of literacy experiences.
ELA.3.1.3.d.
Transfer new vocabulary to different situations.
ELA.4.1.1.a.
Sounds can be identified at the beginning, middle, or ending of words.
ELA.4.1.1.b.
Songs and poems can contain rhyming words.
ELA.4.1.1.c.
Sounds can be identified at the beginning of words.
ELA.4.1.1.d.
Sentences can be separated into words.
ELA.4.1.1.e.
Words can be separated into parts, (e.g., syllables, onsets, rimes, phonemes, or the two individual words that compose a compound word).
ELA.4.1.1.f.
Two separate words can be blended to form a new word (compound word).
ELA.4.1.1.g.
Two or more syllables can be blended to form a new word.
ELA.4.1.1.h.
Sounds (phonemes) can be blended to form words.
ELA.4.1.1.i.
One of the words in a compound word can be removed.
ELA.4.1.1.j.
Syllables in words can be removed.
ELA.4.1.1.k.
Sounds in words (phonemes) can be removed.
ELA.4.1.2.a.
Words are made up of sounds (phonemes).
ELA.4.1.2.b.
Words that rhyme have the same sound at the end.
ELA.4.1.2.c.
Words have initial and final sounds (phonemes).
ELA.4.1.2.d.
Spoken language is made up of words and sentences that can be separated into parts (segmentation).
ELA.4.1.2.e.
Sounds can be blended to form spoken words.
ELA.4.1.2.f.
Parts of words can be removed (deletion).
ELA.4.1.3.a.
Identify sounds at the beginning of spoken words.
ELA.4.1.3.b.
Identify sounds in the middle of spoken words.
ELA.4.1.3.c.
Identify sounds at the ending of spoken words.
ELA.4.1.3.d.
Explore rhyme in a variety of language-learning contexts.
ELA.4.1.3.e.
Identify one-syllable rhyming words.
ELA.4.1.3.f.
Identify sounds at the beginning and ending of spoken words.
ELA.4.1.3.g.
Sort words based on their initial sounds.
ELA.4.1.3.h.
Sort words based on their final sounds.
ELA.4.1.3.i.
Count the number of words in a spoken sentence of three to four words.
ELA.4.1.3.j.
Separate compound words into two individual words.
ELA.4.1.3.k.
Identify the number of syllables in one to three syllable words.
ELA.4.1.3.l.
Separate words into onsets and rimes.
ELA.4.1.3.m.
Blend two words to form compound words.
ELA.4.1.3.n.
Blend syllables to form words.
ELA.4.1.3.o.
Blend onsets and rimes to form words.
ELA.4.1.3.p.
Blend sounds to form words.
ELA.4.1.3.q.
Delete one word from compound words.
ELA.4.1.3.r.
Delete one syllable from multisyllabic words.
ELA.4.1.3.s.
Delete onsets or rimes in words.
ELA.5.1.1.a.
The English alphabet consists of a set of 26 letters.
ELA.5.1.1.b.
Letters have distinguishable characteristics, including height, shape, straight lines and curved lines.
ELA.5.1.1.c.
Letters can be upper case or lower case.
ELA.5.1.1.d.
Letters represent sounds in words.
ELA.5.1.1.e.
There is a relationship between written letters (graphemes) and the sounds they represent (phonemes).
ELA.5.1.2.a.
Letters come in many shapes and sizes.
ELA.5.1.2.b.
Knowing the relationship between letters and sounds (phonics) supports reading print messages.
ELA.5.1.3.a.
Identify letters by characteristics.
ELA.5.1.3.b.
Recognize most upper case and lower case letters by name.
ELA.5.1.3.c.
Make connections between letters and sounds in words.
ELA.5.1.3.d.
Recognize the first, middle, or ending letter or sound in words.
ELA.6.1.1.a.
Some letters can be recognized quickly and accurately.
ELA.6.1.1.b.
Some words can be recognized quickly and accurately.
ELA.6.1.1.c.
Phrased reading reflects end punctuation, including pausing at periods and raising one's voice at the end of questions.
ELA.6.1.2.a.
Some words, signs, and symbols are very common and can be recognized automatically.
ELA.6.1.2.b.
Fluent and phrased reading sounds like spoken language.
ELA.6.1.3.a.
Recognize some letters of the alphabet with speed and accuracy.
ELA.6.1.3.b.
Recognize 5-10 high-frequency words.
ELA.6.1.3.c.
Recognize own name.
ELA.6.1.3.d.
Recognize some environmental print automatically.
ELA.6.1.3.e.
Notice end punctuation and reflect it in voice.
ELA.7.1.1.a.
New words and ideas can be learned by listening to texts.
ELA.7.1.1.b.
The language in texts that is listened to can contain more complex words and ideas than everyday language.
ELA.7.1.1.c.
Texts often repeat words and phrases through patterns that can be recognized.
ELA.7.1.1.d.
Understandings of messages within texts can be shared in a variety of ways, including discussions and pictures with a few letters or words.
ELA.7.1.1.e.
Details include specific information that help the reader to understand texts.
ELA.7.1.1.f.
Sequencing involves putting events in a correct or an appropriate order.
ELA.7.1.1.g.
Connections can be made to ideas and information in texts, including to experiences and feelings.
ELA.7.1.1.h.
Questions that help understand messages in texts include Who?, What?, Where?, When? and Why?
ELA.7.1.1.i.
Predicting includes imagining what might happen based on information (critical thinking), including title, pictures, details within the text and background knowledge
ELA.7.1.1.j.
Predictions can be made prior to or during reading, viewing, or listening to texts.
ELA.7.1.2.a.
Understanding messages in texts can be enhanced by listening to texts read aloud.
ELA.7.1.2.b.
Predictable and decodable texts support a reader's understanding.
ELA.7.1.2.c.
Understanding texts involves describing ideas, information, and details.
ELA.7.1.2.d.
Understanding messages in texts involves making connections.
ELA.7.1.2.e.
Understanding messages in texts involves asking and answering questions.
ELA.7.1.2.f.
Understanding messages involves making predictions.
ELA.7.1.3.a.
Listen to a variety of texts that are read aloud.
ELA.7.1.3.b.
Engage in discussions about texts that have been listened to.
ELA.7.1.3.c.
Read aloud simple, predictable, and decodable texts.
ELA.7.1.3.d.
Share understandings of messages read independently.
ELA.7.1.3.e.
Discuss ideas and details from texts.
ELA.7.1.3.f.
Sequence events from a text.
ELA.7.1.3.g.
Retell the beginning, middle, or ending of a text.
ELA.7.1.3.h.
Retell or dramatize a story, including characters and events.
ELA.7.1.3.i.
Interpret illustrations.
ELA.7.1.3.j.
Share connections between a text and personal feelings or experiences.
ELA.7.1.3.k.
Ask questions to clarify ideas or information in texts.
ELA.7.1.3.l.
Answer questions about ideas or information in texts.
ELA.7.1.3.m.
Make predictions based on information provided in texts.
ELA.7.1.3.n.
Compare actual outcomes to predictions made.
ELA.8.1.1.a.
Ideas for personal expression can be inspired by experiences with people, places, and things.
ELA.8.1.1.b.
Creative thinking includes using imagination, ideas, or materials to create or to make changes to a creation.
ELA.8.1.1.c.
Messages have creators.
ELA.8.1.1.d.
Factual information can be gathered from a variety of people, places, or things (sources).
ELA.8.1.1.e.
Information can be shared through messages that include pictures, letters, or words.
ELA.8.1.1.f.
Messages can be shared in digital or non-digital ways, including pictures, symbols, letters, words and scribbles.
ELA.8.1.2.a.
Ideas and information can be expressed creatively to learn and have fun.
ELA.8.1.2.b.
Information can be shared about people, places, or things that are real (factual).
ELA.8.1.2.c.
Messages can be created using a variety of digital or non-digital methods or tools.
ELA.8.1.3.a.
Express ideas and information in a variety of creative ways.
ELA.8.1.3.b.
Apply creative thinking to create or make changes to a representation of a message.
ELA.8.1.3.c.
Identify the creator or creators of a variety of messages.
ELA.8.1.3.d.
Include first name on messages created.
ELA.8.1.3.e.
Ask questions about real people, places, or things to learn more about them.
ELA.8.1.3.f.
Gather factual information from a variety of people, places, or things.
ELA.8.1.3.g.
Share factual information.
ELA.8.1.3.h.
Create a variety of digital or non-digital messages.
ELA.9.1.1.a.
Names begin with a capital letter.
ELA.9.1.1.b.
Sentences begin with a capital letter.
ELA.9.1.1.c.
Sentences often end with periods.
ELA.9.1.1.d.
A sentence is a group of words that shares a complete thought or idea.
ELA.9.1.1.e.
Sentence types include telling (declarative) or asking (interrogative).
ELA.9.1.1.f.
The spelling of words can be remembered.
ELA.9.1.1.g.
Some words occur often in spoken and written language (high-frequency words).
ELA.9.1.1.h.
Some words do not have a one-letter-to-one-sound relationship (e.g., the).
ELA.9.1.1.i.
Saying words slowly can help to hear individual sounds in words.
ELA.9.1.2.a.
Written messages can be communicated in predictable ways.
ELA.9.1.2.b.
Language is organized to support understanding and sharing of ideas (grammar).
ELA.9.1.2.c.
Some words are very common and can be spelled automatically.
ELA.9.1.2.d.
Spelling includes writing the sounds heard in words.
ELA.9.1.3.a.
Identify capital letters in names.
ELA.9.1.3.b.
Identify capital letters at the beginning of sentences.
ELA.9.1.3.c.
Identify periods at the end of sentences.
ELA.9.1.3.d.
Recognize sentences in oral language that include a complete thought or idea.
ELA.9.1.3.e.
Differentiate between telling and asking sentences.
ELA.9.1.3.f.
Spell 5-10 high-frequency words.
ELA.9.1.3.g.
Attempt to spell unknown words using letter-sound relationships.
ELA.9.1.3.h.
Copy environmental print to become familiar with how words are spelled.
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