The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts include Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language.
The Reading Standards are broken into three sections: Literature, Informational Text, and Foundational Skills.
A. Key Ideas and Details in Literature
With prompting and support,
- ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
- retell familiar stories, including key details.
- identify characters, setting, and major events in a story.
- ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
- retell familiar stories, including key details.
- identify characters, setting, and major events in a story.
B. Craft and Structure in Literature
- Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
- Recognize common types of texts.
- With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
- Recognize common types of texts.
- With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
C. Integration of Knowledge and Ideas in Literature
With prompting and support,
- describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear.
- identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
- identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic.
- describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear.
- identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
- identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic.
D. Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
- Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
Use the following iOS Apps for Literature:
1. Biscuit's First Trip (for iPhone)
$.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
2. Biscuit Visits the Pumpkin Patch
$2.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
3. Biscuit Gives a Gift
$.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
4. Biscuit's Valentine's Day
$2.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
5. We'll Paint the Octopus Red
$.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
6. The Poky Little Puppy
$3.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
7. Green Eggs and Ham
$3.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
8. Penelope HD
$2.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
9. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
$2.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
10. A Present for Milo: A Touch-and-Surprise Storybook
$5.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
E. Key Ideas and Details in Informational Text
With prompting and support,
- ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
- identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
- describe the connections between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
- ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
- identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
- describe the connections between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
F. Craft and Structure in Informational Text
- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
- Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
- Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.
- Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
- Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.
G. Integration of Knowledge and Ideas in Informational Text
- With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and text in which they appear.
- With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
- With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic.
- With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
- With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic.
H. Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
- Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
Use the following iOS Apps for Informational Text:
1. Lulu in Australia
$2.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
2. Lulu in Polynesia
$1.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
3. Booklets from the Learning A-Z leveled libraries
Libraries are $6.99 in the Apple iTunes Store or $.99 per booklet. Kindergarten Levels in the Learning A-Z program are Levels aa, A, B, and C.
4. Monster Trucks HD
$.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
5. Plants HD
$1.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
I. Print Concepts in Foundational Skills
- Demonstrate understanding of the basic organization and basic features of print.
a. Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
b. Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
c. Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
d. Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
a. Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
b. Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
c. Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
d. Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
Use the following iOS Apps for Print Concepts:
1. Starfall ABCs
$2.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
2. ABC Magnetic Alphabet HD
$1.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
J. Phonological Awareness in Foundational Skills
- Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
a. Recognize and produce rhyming words.
b. Count, produce, blend, and segment syllables into spoken words.
c. Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable of spoken words.
d. Isolate and produce the initial, medial vowel, and final sound in three phoneme words.
e. Add or substitute individual sounds in simple, one syllable words to make new words.
a. Recognize and produce rhyming words.
b. Count, produce, blend, and segment syllables into spoken words.
c. Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable of spoken words.
d. Isolate and produce the initial, medial vowel, and final sound in three phoneme words.
e. Add or substitute individual sounds in simple, one syllable words to make new words.
Use the following iOS Apps for Phonological Awareness:
1. Rhyming Words
Free in the Apple iTunes Store.
K. Phonics and Word Recognition in Foundational Skills
- Know and apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
a. Demonstrate basic knowledge of one to one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.
b. Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
c. Read common high frequency words by sight.
d. Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
a. Demonstrate basic knowledge of one to one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.
b. Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
c. Read common high frequency words by sight.
d. Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
Use the following iOS Apps for Phonics and Word Recognition:
1. Clifford's BE BIG With Words on iPad
$3.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
2. Phonics Vowels- Short Vowels, Long Vowels, Two Vowels
Free in the Apple iTunes Store.
3. SightWords Pro
$1.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
L. Fluency in Foundational Skills
- Read emergent- reader texts with purpose and understanding.
Use the following iOS Apps for Fluency:
1. K12 Timed Reading Practice
$1.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.