Common Core State Standards

Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.

Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).

Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.

Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.

Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.

Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.

Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.

Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing the same general action (e.g.,walk, march, strut, prance) by acting out the meanings.