Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful
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United States Curriculum
Kindergarten English Language Arts and Reading
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Create mental images to deepen understanding with adult assistance
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Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by: (i) spelling words with VC, CVC, and CCVC; (ii) spelling words using sound-spelling patterns; and (iii) spelling high-frequency words
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Demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes
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Describe the elements of plot development, including the main events, the problem, and the resolution for texts read aloud with adult assistance
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Develop social communication such as introducing himself/herself, using common greetings, and expressing needs and wants
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Discuss main characters in drama
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Discuss topics and determine the basic theme using text evidence with adult assistance
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Discuss with adult assistance the author's purpose for writing text
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Discuss with adult assistance the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes
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Establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts with adult assistance
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Evaluate details to determine what is most important with adult assistance
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Generate questions for formal and informal inquiry with adult assistance
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Interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing
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Listen to and experience first- and third-person texts
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Plan by generating ideas for writing through class discussions and drawings
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Recognize characteristics of persuasive text with adult assistance and state what the author is trying to persuade the reader to think or do
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Revise drafts by adding details in pictures or words
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Share information and ideas by speaking audibly and clearly using the conventions of language
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Share writing
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Use a resource such as a picture dictionary or digital resource to find words
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Use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results
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Use text evidence to support an appropriate response
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