Parent Guide to the Florida Kindergarten Language Arts Standards (LAFS):
English- goo.gl/fFQ4tw Spanish- goo.gl/jPjpdo |
Learning at Home:
-Read every day with your child
-Build a home library (garage sales and discount stores are great places to get great deals!)
-Memorize and sing nursery rhymes
-Visit your local library
-Practice the alphabet song
***Information can be found in the parent guide above***
Quarterly Learning Goals
Quarter
- With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
- With prompting and support, identify the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
- With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.
- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
- With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear.
- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
- With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear ( for example, what person, place, thing, or idea in the test the illustration depicts).
- With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
- With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or places of information in a text.
- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
- With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and the differences between two texts on the same topic.
- By the end of the year, students will create one paragraph, based on text, stating the topic and/or title of the book or state their opinion. The paragraph will include evidence (details) to support the topic or the opinion. Students may present a sense of closure. For narrative, students will write about linked events in the order in which they occurred.
- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
- With prompting and support, ask, and answer unknown words in a text.
- Recognize common types of texts (for example, storybooks and poems).
- With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (for example, what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
- With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
- With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
- With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear.
- With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
- With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
- With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.
- By the end of the year, students will create one paragraph, based on text, stating the topic and/or title of the book or state their opinion. The paragraph will include evidence (details) to support the topic or the opinion. Students may present a sense of closure. For narrative, students will write about linked events in the order in which they occurred.
Quarter 3
- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
- With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
- Recognize common types of texts such as storybooks and poems.
- With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear.
- With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
- With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
- With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear.
- With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.
- 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.
- By the end of the year, students will create one paragraph, based on text, stating the topic and/or title of the book or state their opinion. The paragraph will include evidence (details) to support the topic or the opinion. Students may present a sense of closure. For narrative, students will write about linked events in the order in which they occurred.
Quarter 4
- Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
- With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about the key details in a text.
- With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
- Recognize common types of texts such as storybooks and poems.
- With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear.
- With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
- With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
- By the end of the year, students will create one paragraph, based on text, stating the topic and/or title of the book or state their opinion. The paragraph will include evidence (details) to support the topic or the opinion. Students may present a sense of closure. For narrative, students will write about linked events in the order in which they occurred.
Links to Help Your Child:
Kindergarten Sight Words: https://goo.gl/LxDRhq
Prepositions for Kindergarten Students: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/100079
Capitalization Rules for Kindergarten Students: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/100083
Recognizing Letters and Their Sounds:
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/play.htm?f
Finding Details in the Text: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/99196
Word Meaning for Kindergarten Students: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/122023
Recognizing Types of Text: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/126032
“The Magical Library” – Finding the Author and Illustrator: http://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/126487
Reading Practice with Speakaboos: https://www.speakaboos.com/