Common Core State Standards

Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

Demonstrate understanding of frequently occurring verbs and adjectives by relating them to their opposites (antonyms).

Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).

Use the most frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with).

Form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/ (e.g., dog, dogs; wish, wishes).

(RL.1.8 not applicable to literature)

(L.K.3 begins in grade 2)

Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).

(W.K.10 begins in grade 3)