• Write a complete sentence. (1.6.2)

• Respond to who, what, when, where questions and discuss the main idea of what is read. (1.2.3)

• Capitalize the first word of sentences, names of people, and pronoun I. (1.6.7)

• Read common sight words (words that are often seen in print). (1.1.11)
• Know first 36 kindergarten words.

• Write a brief expository (informational) description of a real object, person, place, or event using sensory details. (1.5.2)

• Respond to why and how questions. (1.2.3)
• Confirm predictions about what will happen next in a text by identifying key words. (1.2.6)

• Correctly use periods. (1.6.6)
• Capitalize the first word of sentences, names of people, and pronoun I. (1.6.7)

• Read common sight words (words that are often seen in print). (1.1.11)
• Classify categories of words. (1.1.18)

• Write for different purposes and to a specific audience or person. (1.5.5)

Reading Comprehension

• Respond to who, what, when, where, why, and how questions and discuss the main idea of what is read. (1.2.3)

• Identify and correctly use singular and plural nouns. (1.6.3)

• Read common sight words (words that are often seen in print). (1.1.11)
• Read and understand root words and their inflectional forms. (1.1.17)

• Use descriptive words when writing. Use varied words to describe events, people, and places such as describing a day as a sunny day or cloudy day. (1.5.4)

• Identify text that uses sequence or other logical order. (1.2.2)

• Identify and correctly write contractions (isn’t, aren’t, can’t). (1.6.4)
• Identify and correctly write possessive nouns and possessive pronouns. (1.6.5)

• Read and understand simple compound words and contractions. (1.1.16)