Grade Pre-K

Listening

Speaking

Reading

Writing

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Match oral language to classroom and everyday objects

Point to stated pictures in context

Respond non-verbally to oral commands or statements (e.g., through physical movement)

Find familiar people and places named orally

Sort pictures or objects according to oral instructions

Match pictures, objects or movements to oral descriptions

Follow one-step oral directions (e.g., “stand up”; “sit down”)

Identify simple patterns described orally

Respond with gestures to songs, chants, or stories modeled by teachers

Follow two-step oral directions, one step at a time

Draw pictures in response to oral instructions

Respond non-verbally to confirm or deny facts (e.g., thumbs up, thumbs down)

Act out songs and stories using gestures

Find pictures that match oral descriptions

Follow oral directions and compare with visual or nonverbal models (e.g., “Draw a circle under the line.”)

Distinguish between what happens first and next in oral activities or readings

Role play in response to stories read aloud

Order pictures of events according to sequential language

Arrange objects or pictures according to descriptive oral discourse

Identify pictures/realia associated with grade-level academic concepts from oral descriptions

Make patterns from real objects or pictures based on detailed oral descriptions

Identify people or objects in illustrated short stories

Repeat words, simple phases

Answer yes/no questions about personal information 

Name classroom and everyday objects

Restate some facts from illustrated short stories

Describe pictures, classroom objects or familiar people using simple phrases

Answer questions with one or two words (e.g., “Where is Sonia?”)

Complete phrases in rhymes, songs, and chants

Retell short narrative stories through pictures

Repeat sentences from rhymes and patterned stories

Make predictions (e.g. “What will happen next?”)

Answer explicit questions from stories read aloud (e.g., who, what, or where)

Retell narrative stories through pictures with emerging detail

Sing repetitive songs and chants independently

Compare attributes of real objects (e.g., size, shape, color)

Indicate spatial relations of real-life objects using phrases or short sentences

Match icons and symbols to corresponding pictures

Identify name in print

Find matching words or pictures

Find labeled real-life classroom objects

Match examples of the same form of print

Distinguish between same and different forms of print (e.g., single letters and symbols)

Demonstrate concepts of print (e.g., left to right movement, beginning/end, or top/bottom of page) 

Match labeled pictures to those in illustrated scenes

Use pictures to identify words

Classify visuals according to labels or icons (e.g., animals v. plants)

Demonstrate concepts of print (e.g., title, author, illustrator)

Sort labeled pictures by attribute (e.g., number, initial sound)

Identify some highfrequency words in context

Order a series of labeled pictures described orally to tell stories

Match pictures to phrases/ short sentences

Classify labeled pictures by two attributes (e.g., size and color)

Find school-related vocabulary items

Differentiate between letters, words, and sentences

String words together to make short sentences

Indicate features of words, phrases, or sentences that are the same and different

Draw pictures and scribble

Circle or underline pictures, symbols, and numbers

Trace figures and letters

Make symbols, figures or letters from models and realia (e.g., straws, clay

Connect oral language to print (e.g., language experience)

Reproduce letters, symbols, and numbers from models in context

Copy icons of familiar environmental print 

Draw objects from models and label with letters

Communicate using letters, symbols, and numbers in context

Make illustrated “notes” and cards with distinct letter combinations

Make connections between speech and writing 

Reproduce familiar words from labeled models or illustrations

Produce symbols and strings of letters associated with pictures 

Draw pictures and use words to tell a story

Label familiar people and objects from models

Produce familiar words/phrases from environmental print and illustrated text 

Create content-based representations through pictures and words

Make “story books” with drawings and words

Produce words/phrases independently

Relate everyday experiences using phrases/short sentences

Tell original stories with emerging detail

Explain situations (e.g., involving feelings)

Offer personal opinions

Express likes, dislikes, or preferences with reasons