• FDK

    PA Common Core Standards for Kindergartners

    How academic standards for English Language Arts align with grades 1-5.


    Numbers and Operations

    • Extend the concepts of putting together and taking apart to add and subtract within 10 (CC.2.2.K.A.1)

    Geometry

    • Identify and describe two- and three-dimensional shapes (CC.2.3.K.A.1)
    • Analyze, compare, create, and compose two- and three- dimensional shapes (CC.2.3.K.A.2)

    Measurement and Data

    • Describe and compare attributes of length, area, weight, and capacity of everyday objects (CC.2.4.K.A.1)

    Reading Literature

    • With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories (across texts)

    Reading Informational Texts

    • With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text
    • With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures)

    Writing

    • Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is...)
    • With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed (peer editing) 
    • With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers
    • With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question

    Language

    • Identify new meanings for familiar words and apply them accurately (e.g., knowing "duck" is a bird and learning the verb "to duck")
    • Use the most frequently occurring inflections and affixes (e.g., -ed, -s, re-, un-, pre-, -ful, -less) as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word
    • Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing the same general action (e.g., walk, march, strut, prance) by acting out the meanings

    Research

    • With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question