Reading

			Standard 1. Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the reading process

			Interval Benchmark K-2 Uses the skills and strategies of the print-sound code when reading grade appropriate text

			Grade K

To understand this Interval Benchmark, a Kindergartener: • Knows the names of the letters of the alphabet and can identify them by name in any context (letter recognition) • Knows the correspondences between speech sounds and the letters or letter combinations that represent these sounds (phonemic awareness) • Converts written word to spoken word (reads words) Instructional Resources   Supporting Knowledge Vocabulary, Information, Skills   Instructional Strategies Best Practices, Strategies, Discovery General Resources   Curriculum Planning Create Grade k planning worksheets Select supporting knowledge to: Examine key vocabulary, terms, and phrases unique to the content area that students should know Determine what information student should understand (Declarative Knowledge) Determine what skills student are able to do (Procedural Knowledge)   Learning requires students to know declarative knowledge (vocabulary and information). Using or applying information (declarative knowledge) results in procedural knowledge, referred to as skills.   Select instructional strategies to: Examine research-based best practices or links to other web-sites and resources Identify appropriate strategies matched to student needs Discover ongoing compilation of teacher-developed strategies

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