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Charmsical Preschool Curriculum alignment with The California Preschool Learning Foundations


The Charmsical Preschool Curriculum follows The California Preschool Learning Foundations, which outline key knowledge and skills that most children can achieve when provided with the kinds of interactions, instruction, and environments that research has shown to promote early learning and development. The foundations can provide early childhood educators, parents, and the public with a clear understanding of the wide range of knowledge and skills that preschool children typically attain when given the benefits of a high-quality preschool program. 


The foundations were developed using an inclusive and deliberative input process, including statewide stakeholder meetings, public input sessions held throughout the state, public hearings, and public comment. Input from the various review opportunities was considered and incorporated as appropriate.


The preschool learning foundations are a critical step in the California Department of Education’s efforts to strengthen preschool education and school readiness and to close the achievement gap in California.

As the word is used in this publication, foundations describe the knowledge, skills, and competencies that children typically attain at around 48 and 60 months of age when they participate in a high-quality preschool program and with adequate support. The foundations define "destination points" for where children are going (in terms of development) during this age range. They also help to inform practitioners about children’s academic and social development so that decisions can be made to support children’s curriculum and growth.

Many pre-school children learn simply by participating in high-quality preschool programs. Such programs encourage active, playful exploration and experimentation. With play as an integral part of the curriculum, high-quality programs include purposeful teaching to help children gain knowledge and skills. In addition, many children in California’s preschools benefit from specific support in learning English. Other children may have a special need that requires particular accommodations and adaptations. To serve all children, preschool programs must work to provide appropriate conditions for learning and individually assist each child to move along a pathway of healthy learning and development.

In California, priority has been placed on aligning expectations for preschool learning with the state’s kindergarten academic content standards. This academic emphasis is complemented by attention to social-emotional development and English-language development. The concepts in social-emotional development and English-language development contribute significantly to young children’s readiness for school.

The preschool learning foundations presented in this document cover the following four domains or areas of emphasis: 

  • Social-Emotional Development
  • Language and Literacy 
  • English-Language Development (for English learners) 
  • Mathematics 

When taking an in-depth look at one domain, one needs to keep in mind that, for young children, learning is usually an integrated experience. For example, a young child may be concentrating on mathematical reasoning, but at the same time, there may be linguistic learning that result from the experience. 

Together, the four domains represent crucial areas of learning and development for young children. The foundations within a particular domain provide a thorough overview of development in that domain.

The foundations written for each of these domains are based on research and evidence and are enhanced by expert practitioners’ suggestions and examples. Their purpose is to promote understanding of preschool children’s learning and to guide instructional practice. 

It is anticipated that teachers, administrators, parents, and policymakers will use the foundations as a guide when helping all young children to acquire the competencies that will prepare them for success in school.

The California Preschool Learning Foundations PDFs

Volume 1 of the California Preschool Learning Foundations focuses on the domains of social-emotional development, language and literacy, English-language development, and mathematics. They provide a comprehensive understanding of what children learn in these four domains.

The California Preschool Learning Foundations, Volume 2 covers the skills and knowledge that children attain at around 36 months and 48 months in the domain areas of visual and performing arts, physical development, and health.

The California Preschool Learning Foundations, Volume 3 covers the skills and knowledge that children attain at around 36 months and 48 months in the domain areas of history–social science and science.

California Preschool Foundations Volume 1 (pdf)

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California Preschool Foundations Volume 3 (pdf)

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The California Preschool Learning Foundations

Social Emotional Development

Self

1.0 Self-Awareness

48 Month-1.1 Describe their physical characteristics, behavior, and abilities positively.

60 Month-1.1 Compare their characteristics with those of others and display a growing awareness of their psychological characteristics, such as thoughts and feelings.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 2-5
    Aware of thoughts, needs, and feelings of self and others
    Demonstrates confidence

2.0 Self-Regulation

48 Month-2.1 Need adult guidance in managing their attention, feelings, and impulses and show some effort at self-control.

60 Month-2.1 Regulate their attention, thought feelings, and impulses more contently, although adult guidance is sometimes necessary.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 2-5
    Maintains Focus
    Shows flexibility within routines
    Cooperates within shared space

3.0 Social and Emotional Understanding

48 Month-3.1 Seek to understand people’s feelings and behavior, notice diversity in human characteristics, and are interested in how people are similar and different.

60 Month-3.1 Begin to comprehend the mental and psychological reasons people act as they do and how they contribute to differences between people.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 2-5
    Aware of thoughts, needs, and feelings of self and others
    Shows empathy for others

4.0 Empathy and Caring

48 Month-4.1 Demonstrate concern for the needs of others and people in distress.

60 Month-4.1 Respond to another’s distress and needs with sympathetic caring and are more likely to assist.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 2-5
    Aware of thoughts, needs, and feelings of self and others
    Shows empathy for others

5.0 Initiative in Learning

48 Month-5.1 Enjoy learning and are confident in their abilities to make new discoveries although may not persist at solving difficult problems.

60 Month-5.1 Take greater initiative in making new discoveries, identifying new solutions, and persisting in trying to figure things out.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 2-5
    Demonstrates confidence
    Initiates learning
    Demonstrates a desire to seek out information
    Asks questions and problem solves

Social Interaction

1.0 Interaction with Familiar Adults

48 Month-1.1 Interact with familiar adults comfortably and competently, especially in familiar settings.

60 Month-1.1 Participate in longer and more reciprocal interactions with familiar adults and take greater initiative in social interaction.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 2-5
    Initiates social interactions
    Makes positive social connections

2.0 Interaction with Peers

48 Month-2.1 Interact easily with peers in shared activities that occasionally become cooperate with each other.

60 Month-2.1 More actively and intentionally cooperate with each other.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 2-5
    Cooperates within shared space
    Makes positive social connections
    Initiates social interactions
    Cooperates

48 Month-2.2 Participate in simple sequences of pretend play.

60 Month-2.2 Create more complex sequences of pretend play that involve planning, coordination of roles, and cooperation.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 2-5
    Participates in dramatic play
    Uses imagination and creativity to create new ideas or extend understanding

48 Month-2.3 Seek assistance in resolving peer conflict, especially when disagreements have escalated into physical aggression.

60 Month-2.3 Negotiate with each other, seeking adult assistance when needed, and increasingly use words to respond to conflict. Disagreements may be expressed with verbal taunting in addition to physical aggression.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 2-5
    Manages emotions appropriately
    Initiates social interactions
    Makes positive social connections
    Cooperates within shared space
    Aware of thoughts, needs, and feelings of self and others

3.0 Group Participation

48 Month-3.1 Participate in group activities and are beginning to understand and cooperate with social expectations, group rules, and roles.

60 Month-3.1 Participate positively and cooperatively as group members.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 2-5
    Aware of thoughts, needs, and feelings of self and others
    Makes positive social connections
    Cooperates
    Shows empathy for others
    Cooperates within shared spaces
    Displays a positive attitude
    Initiates social interactions
    Manages emotions appropriately

4.0 Cooperation and Responsibility

48 Month-4.1 Seek to cooperate with adult instructions but their capacities for self-control are limited, especially when they are frustrated or upset.

60 Month-4.1 Having growing capacities for self-control and are motivated to cooperate in order to receive adult approval and think approvingly of themselves.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 2-5
    Displays a positive attitude
    Initiates social interactions
    Manages emotions appropriately
    Aware of thoughts, needs, and feelings of self and others
    Makes positive social connections
    Cooperates

Relationships

1.0 Attachment to Parents

48 Month-1.1 Seek security and support from their primary family attachment figures.

60 Month-1.1 Take greater initiative in seeking support from their primary family attachment figures.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 2-5
    Makes positive social connections
    Initiates social interactions

48 Month-1.2 Contribute to maintaining positive relationships with their primary family attachment figures.

60 Month-1.2 Contribute to positive mutual cooperation with their primary family attachment figures.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 2-5
    Makes positive social connections
    Initiates social interactions
    Displays a positive attitude
    Manages emotions appropriately
    Aware of thoughts, needs, and feelings of self and others

48 Month-1.3 After experience with out-of-home care, manage departures and separations from primary family attachments figures with the teacher’s assistance.

60 Month-1.3 After experience with out-of- home care, comfortably depart from primary family attachment figures. Also maintain well-being while apart from primary family attachment figures during the day.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 2-5
    Makes positive social connections
    Initiates social interactions
    Displays a positive attitude
    Manages emotions appropriately

2.0 Close Relationships with Teachers and Caregivers

48 Month-2.1 Seek security and support from their primary teachers and caregivers.

60 Month-2.1 Take greater initiative in seeking the support of their primary teachers and caregivers.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 2-5
    Makes positive social connections
    Makes positive social connections
    Initiates social interactions

48 Month-2.2 Contribute to maintaining positive relationships with primary teachers and caregivers.

60 Month-2.2 Contribute to positive mutual cooperation with primary teachers and caregivers.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 2-5
    Makes positive social connections with others
    Initiates social interactions

3.0 Friendships

48 Month-3.1 Choose to play with one or two special peers whom they identify as friends.

60 Month-3.1 Friendships are more reciprocal, exclusive, and enduring.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 2-5
    Makes positive social connections
    Initiates social interactions
    Displays a positive attitude
    Manages emotions appropriately
    Aware of thoughts, needs, and feelings of self and others

Language and Literacy

Listening and Speaking

1.0 Language Use and Conventions

1.1 Use language to communicate with others in familiar social situations for a variety of basic purposes, including describing, requesting, commenting, acknowledging, greeting, and rejecting.

1.1 Use language to communicate with others in both familiar and unfamiliar social situations for a variety of basic and advanced purposes, including reasoning, predicting, problem solving, and seeking new information.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Shows understanding of print conventions
    Participates in conversations

1.2 Speak clearly enough to be understood by familiar adults and children.

1.2 Speak clearly enough to be understood by both familiar and unfamiliar adults and children.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Participates in conversations
    Listens for understanding and responds appropriately

1.3 Use accepted language and style during communication with familiar adults and children.

1.3 Use accepted language and style during communication with both familiar and unfamiliar adults and children.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Participates in conversations
    Shares stories and/or information
    Demonstrates confidence

1.4 Use language to construct short narratives that are real or fictional.

1.4 Use language to construct extended narratives that are real or fictional.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Builds meaning of words
    Shares stories and/or information
    Communicates verbally or through body language

2.0 Vocabulary

2.1 Understand and use accepted words for objects, actions, and attributes encountered frequently in both real and symbolic contexts.

2.1 Understand and use an increasing variety and specificity of accepted words for objects, actions, and attributes encountered in both real and symbolic contexts.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Builds meaning of words
    Identifies letters and words
    Understands that letters and words have meaning
    Participates in conversations
    Shares stories or information

2.2 Understand and use accepted words for categories of objects encountered and used in everyday life.

2.2 Understand and use accepted words for categories of objects encountered in everyday life.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Participates in conversations
    Builds meaning of words

2.3 Understand and use simple words that describe the relation between objects.

2.3 Understand and use simple both simple and complex words that describe the relation between objects.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Participates in conversations
    Builds meaning of words
    Understands that letters and words have meaning
    Shares stories and/or information

4.0 Grammar

3.1 Understand and use increasingly complex and longer sentences, including sentences that combine two phrases or two to three concepts to communicate ideas.

3.1 Understand and use increasingly complex and longer sentences, including sentences that combine two to three phrases or three to four concepts to communicate ideas.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Builds meaning of words
    Uses age appropriate grammar
    Builds meaning of words
    Identifies letters and words
    Understands that letters and words have meaning

3.2 Understand and typically use age-appropriate grammar, including accepted word forms, such as subject-verb agreement, progressive tense, regular past tense, regular plurals, pronouns, and possessives.

3.2 Understand and typically use age-appropriate grammar, including accepted word forms, such as subject-verb agreement, progressive tense, regular and irregular past tense, regular and irregular plurals, pronouns, and possessives.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Uses age appropriate grammar

Reading

1.0 Concepts of Print

1.1 Begin to display appropriate book-handling behavior and begin to recognize print conventions.

1.1 Display appropriate book-handling behaviors and knowledge of print conventions.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Shows understanding of print conventions

1.2 Recognize print as something that can be read.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Identifies letters and words
    Understands that letters and words have meaning
    Aware that words can be written down and read

1.2 Understand that print is something that is read and has specific meaning.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Understands that letters and words have meaning
    Participates in reading
    Aware that words can be written down and read

2.0 Phonological Awareness

2.1 Orally blend and delete words and syllables without the support of pictures or objects.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Demonstrates understanding of sounds, rhyme, and patterns in letters and words

2.2 Orally blend the onsets, rimes, and phonemes of words and orally delete the onsets of words, with the support of pictures or objects.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Demonstrates understanding of sounds, rhyme, and patterns in letters and words

3.0 Alphabetics and Word/Print Recognition

3.1 Recognize the first letter of own name.

3.1 Recognize own name or other common words in print.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Identifies letters and words

3.2 Match some letter names to their printed form.

3.2 Match more than half of uppercase letter names and more than half of lowercase letter names to their printed form.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Identifies letters and words

3.3 Begin to recognize that letters have sounds.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Demonstrate understanding of sounds, rhyme, and patterns in letters and words

4.0 Comprehension and Analysis of Age-Appripriation Text

4.1 Demonstrate knowledge of main characters or events in a familiar story (e.g., who, what, where) through answering questions (e.g., recall and simple inferencing), retelling, reenacting or creating artwork.

4.1 Demonstrate knowledge of details in a familiar story, including characters, events, and ordering of events through answering questions (particularly summarizing, predicting, and inferencing), retelling, reenacting, or creating artwork.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Responds to text
    Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
    Compares and orders
    Participates in reading

4.2 Demonstrate knowledge from informational text through labeling, describing, playing, or creating artwork.

4.2 Use information from informational text in a variety of ways, including describing, relating, categorizing, or comparing and contrasting.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
    Compares and orders
    Participates in reading
    Shares stories and/or information

5.0 Literacy Interest and Response

5.1 Demonstrate enjoyment of literacy and literacy-related activities.

5.1 Demonstrate, with increasing and literacy-related activities. independence, enjoyment of literacy and literacy-related activities.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Enjoys reading
    Participates in reading
    Responds to text

5.2 Engage in routines associated with literacy activities.

5.2 Engage in more complex routines associated with literacy activities.

1.1 Display appropriate book-handling behaviors and knowledge of print conventions.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Initiates Learning
    Cooperates
    Shows flexibility within routines

Writing

1.0 Writing Strategies

1.1 Experiment with grasp and body position using a variety of drawing and writing tools.

1.1 Adjust grasp and body position for increased control in drawing and writing.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Controls small muscle movement
    Manipulates varied objects
    Exhibits hand-eye coordination

1.2 Write using scribbles that are different from pictures.

1.2 Write letters or letter-like shapes to represent words or ideas.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Controls small muscle movement
    Manipulates varied objects
    Exhibits hand-eye coordination

1.3 Write marks to represent own name

1.3 Write first name nearly correctly.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Controls small muscle movement
    Manipulates varied objects
    Exhibits hand-eye coordination
    Writes, letters, words, and name

English Language Development

Listening

1.0 Children Listen with Understanding

Child enjoys being read to and knows when a favorite story has a part left out.

III.A.1. Child engages in pre-reading and reading-related activities.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Demonstrates progress in English comprehension
    Responds to text
    Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
    Comprehends and participates in ELD activities

Child enjoys looking at books and telling a story from the pictures or from memory.

III.A.2. Child self-selects books and other written materials to engage in pre-reading behaviors.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Demonstrates progress in English comprehension
    Responds to text
    Listens for understanding and responds appropriate
    Shows understanding of print conventions
    Uses imagination and creativity to create new ideas or extend understanding
    Comprehends and participates in ELD activities

Child notices environmental print and connects meaning to it.

III.A.3. Child recognizes that text has meaning

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Shares stories and information
    Aware that print can be written down and read
    Identifies letters and words

Speaking

1.0 Children use Nonverbal and verbal strategies to communicate with others.

Note: Phonological awareness is just beginning to develop between the ages of 36 and 60 months.

Children should be engaged in listening to books, poems, nursery rhymes, and songs that feature rhyme and alliteration.

III.B.1. Child separates a normally spoken four-word sentence into individual words.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Demonstrates understanding of sounds, rhyme, and patterns in letters and words

Child understands and uses increasingly longer sentences.

II.E.5. Child combines sentences that give lots of detail, sticks to the topic, and clearly communicates intended meaning.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Demonstrates progress in English comprehension
    Participates in conversations
    Shares stories and/or information
    Understands that letters and words have meaning

III.B.2. Child combines words to make a compound word.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Identifies letters and words

III.B.4. Child blends syllables into words

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Identifies letters and words

III.B.5. Child can segment a syllable from a word.

Child can distinguish when two words rhyme.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Demonstrates understanding of sounds, rhyme, and patterns in letters and words
    Identifies letters and words

III.B.6. Child can recognize rhyming words.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Demonstrates understanding of sounds, rhyme, and patterns in letters and words

2.0 Children begin to understand and use conventions in English

Child can distinguish when two words begin with the same sound.
III.B.7. Child can produce a word that begins with the same sound as a given pair of words.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Demonstrates understanding of sounds, rhyme, and patterns in letters and words
    Identifies letters and words

3.0 Children use language to create oral narratives about their personal experiences

III.B.8. Child blends onset (initial consonant or consonants) and rime (vowel to end) to form a familiar
one-syllable word with and without pictorial support.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Identifies letters and words
    Demonstrates understanding of sounds, rhyme, and patterns in letters and words

III.B.9. Child recognizes and blends spoken phonemes into one syllable words with pictorial support.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Demonstrates understanding of sounds, rhyme, and patterns in letters and words

Reading

1.0 Children demonstrate an appreciation and enjoyment of reading and literature.

1.1 Attend to an adult reading a short storybook written in the home language or a storybook written in English if the story has been written in the home language.

1.1 Begin to participate in reading activities, using books written in English when the language is predictable.

1.1 Participate in reading activities, using a variety of genres that are written in English (e.g., poetry, fairy tales, concept books, and informal books).

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
    Demonstrates progress in English comprehension
    Understands symbols, letters, words, and print knowledge in English
    Participates in reading

1.2 “Read” familiar books written in the home language or in English when encouraged by others and, in the home language, talk about the books.

1.2 Choose to “read” familiar books written in the home language or in English with increasing independence and, in the home language or in English, talk about the books.

1.2 Choose to “read” familiar books written in English with increasing independence and talk about the books in English.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Participates in reading
    Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
    Demonstrates progress in English comprehension

2.0 Children show an increasing understanding of book reading.

2.1 Begin to identify and relate to a story from their own life experiences in the home language (as reported by parents, teachers, assistants, or others, with the assistance of an interpreter if necessary).

2.1 Describe their own experiences related to the topic of the story, using telegraphic and/or formulaic speech in English.

2.1 Begin to engage in extended conversations about stories.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Participates in reading
    Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
    Demonstrates progress in English comprehension
    Enjoys reading
    Shows interest in personal and family history
    Shows interest and shares past, current, and future events

2.2 Retell a story in the home language when read or told a story in the home language (as reported by parents, teachers, assistants, or others, with the assistance of an interpreter if necessary).

2.2 Retell a story using the home language and some English when read or told a story in English.

2.2 Retell in English the majority of a story read or told in English.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Responds to text
    Listens for understanding and responds appropriately

3.0 Children demonstrate an understanding of print conventions

3.1 Begin to understand that books are read in a consistent manner (e.g., in English, pages are turned from right to left and the print is read from the top to the bottom, left to right; this may vary in other languages).

3.1 Continue to develop an understanding of how to read a book, sometimes applying knowledge of print conventions from the home language.

3.1 Demonstrate an understanding that print in English is organized from left to right, top to bottom, and that pages are turned from right to left when a book is read.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    LL 2.1 Shows understanding of print conventions

4.0 Children demonstrate awareness that print carries meaning

4.1 Begin to recognize that symbols in the environment (classroom, community, or home) carry a consistent meaning in the home language or in English.

4.1 Recognize in the environment (classroom, community, or home) some familiar symbols, words, and print labels in the home language or English.

4.1 Recognize in the environment (classroom, community, or home) an increasing number of familiar symbols, words, and print labels in English.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Understands symbols, letters, words, and print knowledge in English
    Identifies letters and words
    Understands that letters and words have meaning
    Demonstrates progress in English comprehension

5.0 Children demonstrate progress in their knowledge of the alphabet in English

5.1 Interact with material representing the letters of the alphabet.

5.1 Begin to talk about the letters of the English alphabet while playing and interacting with them; may code-switch (use the home language and English).

5.1 Begin to demonstrate understanding that the letters of the English alphabet are symbols used to make words..

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Understands symbols, letters, words, and print knowledge in English
    Demonstrates progress in English comprehension
    Comprehends and participates in ELD activities

5.2 Begin to recognize the first letter in their own name or the character for their own name in the home language of English.

5.2 Identify some letters of the alphabet in English.

5.2 Identify ten or more letters of the alphabet in English.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Understands symbols, letters, words, and print knowledge in English
    Demonstrates progress in English comprehension

6.0 Children demonstrate phonological awareness.

6.1 Listen attentively and begin to participate in simple songs, poems, and finger plays that emphasize rhyme in the home language English.

6.1 Begin to repeat or recite simple songs, poems, and finger plays that emphasize rhyme in the home language or English.

6.1 Repeat, recite, produce, or initiate simple songs, poems, and finger plays that emphasize rhyme in English.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Demonstrates progress in English comprehension
    Comprehends and participates in ELD activities
    Participates in conversational English
    Demonstrates understanding of sounds, rhyme, and patterns in letters and words
    Participates and appreciates music

6.2 Listen attentively and begin to participate in simple songs, poems, and finger plays in the home language of English.

6.2 Begin to recognize words that have a similar onset (initial sound) in the home language or in English, with support.

6.2 Recognize and produce words that have a similar onset (initial sound) in English.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Demonstrates progress in English comprehension
    Comprehends and participates in ELD activities
    Participates in conversational English
    Demonstrates understanding of sounds, rhyme, and patterns in letters and words
    Participates and appreciates music

6.3 Attend to and manipulate different sounds or tones in words in the home language (as reported by parents, teachers, with errors. assistants, or others, with the assistance of an interpreter if necessary).

6.3 Begin to use words in English with phonemes (individual units of meaningful sound in a word or syllable) that are different from the home language.

6.3 Begin to orally manipulate sounds (onsets, rimes, and phonemes) in words in English with support.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Demonstrates progress in English comprehension
    Comprehends and participates in ELD activities
    Participates in conversational English
    Demonstrates an understanding of sounds, rhymes, and patterns in letters and words

Writing

1.0 Children use writing to communicate their ideas.

1.1 Begin to understand that writing can be used to communicate.

1.1 Begin to understand that what is said in the home language or in English can be written down and read by others.

1.1 Develop an increasing understanding that what is said in English can be written down and read by others.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Listens for understanding and responds appropriately
    Comprehends and participates in ELD activities
    Controls small muscle movement
    Manipulates varied objects

1.2 Begin to demonstrate an awareness that written language can be in the home language or in English.

1.2 Begin to use marks or symbols to represent spoken language in the home language or in English.

1.2 Continue to develop writing by using letters or letter-like marks to represent their ideas in English.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Comprehends and participates in ELD activities
    Write letters, words, and name
    Aware that words can be written down and read

1.3 Write marks to represent their own name in a way that may resemble how it is written in the home language.

1.3 Attempt to copy their own name in English or in the writing system of their home language.

1.3 Write their first name on their own in English nearly correctly, using letters of the English alphabet to accurately represent pronunciation in their home language.

  • Preschool Standard: Ages 3-5
    Participates in reading
    Write letters, words, and name
    Controls small muscle movement
    Manipulates varied objects
    Understands symbols, letters, words, and print knowledge in English

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