• Reading
• Writing
• Oral Language

• develop concepts about print
• use phonics, language structure, and meaning when reading
• apply phonetic principles by using beginning, middle, and ending sounds to read
• recognize and self-correct when errors have been made while reading
• use a variety of strategies to solve problems when reading
• learn about basic story elements and use them to aid comprehension
• demonstrate understanding of punctuation when reading aloud
• read a wide variety of materials, including basal textbooks, library books, and other students' writing
• relate reading to personal knowledge and experience
• learn new vocabulary related to literature and content area study

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• write in response to reading
  
• write daily, using a wide variety of materials
  
• plan, draft, confer, revise, edit, and publish stories and information
  
• organize writing to include beginning, middle, and end
  
• write sentences with two parts
  
• demonstrate functional use of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and pronouns
  
• apply capitalization rules at beginning of sentences,
  for the pronoun I, and for names of people
• apply knowledge of letter-sound relationships to spelling when writing
  
• form and use manuscript letters to communicate a message
  
• use word processing software and application software

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• hear, say, and understand sounds in words (phonemic awareness)
  
• develop ability to use words correctly during conversation
  and discussion
  
• demonstrate functional use of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and pronouns
  
• participate in dramatization, role-playing, shared reading,
  and storytelling
  
• develop vocabulary as they listen to teachers read aloud
  
• gather information with interview questions
  
• incorporate learned vocabulary into conversation and discussion
  
• retell a story, recount information, or follow oral directions