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Kindergarten Reading

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With support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in
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31 categories
With support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in
3%
Listen actively and communicate effectively with a variety of
3%
Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown words and phrases
3%
K-8 Reading
3%
Use number words
3%
With support, ask and answer questions about important elements
3%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of kindergarten reading — drill into a card to work its skills.

With support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in

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Listen actively and communicate effectively with a variety of

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Determine and/or clarify the meaning of unknown words and phrases

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K-8 Reading

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Identify Author and Illustrator RolesAvailable
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Continue a Conversation through Multiple ExchangesAvailable
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Locate a Book's Front CoverAvailable
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Recognize and Produce Pairs of Rhyming WordsAvailable
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Print Upper- and Lowercase LettersAvailable
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Distinguish Letters, Words, and SentencesAvailable
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Demonstrate Concepts of PrintAvailable
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Count Words in SentencesAvailable
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Sort Words and Explore RelationshipsAvailable
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Blend and Segment Sounds and SyllablesAvailable
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Develop Concepts of PrintAvailable
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Use Illustrations and Texts to Build UnderstandingAvailable
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Recognize Words and Sentence BoundariesAvailable
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Follow Words from Left to RightAvailable
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Identify Story Elements and Describe Familiar EventsAvailable
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Retell Stories and Identify Central MessageAvailable
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Use Frequently Occurring Nouns and VerbsAvailable
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Demonstrate a Command of the ConventionsAvailable
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Identify Text Topics, Types, and FeaturesAvailable
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Use Reading Strategies to Build UnderstandingAvailable
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Ask and Answer Questions About TextsAvailable
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Read High-Frequency Words and DecodeAvailable
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Apply Capitalization ConventionsAvailable
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Determine the Meaning of Unknown WordsAvailable
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Use number words

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Write Number WordsAvailable
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With support, ask and answer questions about important elements

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Orally read emergent-reader texts, maintaining an appropriate

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Recognize Letters, Words, and Sentences in Print

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Use words, phrases, and strategies acquired through

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Capitalize First Word and Pronoun I

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Retell Stories and Identify Author and Illustrator

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Identify Text Features of a Nonfiction Text

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Compare Characters and Recognize Story Genres

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Recognize common signs and logos and identify commercials or

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Narrate Events Using Words and Pictures

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Use Words and Pictures to Communicate Ideas

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Give, restate, and follow simple two-step directions

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Complete sentences

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Complete sentencesAvailable
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Ask appropriate questions about what a speaker says

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Use Verbs in Sentences

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Manipulate Sounds in Spoken Words

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Choose words and

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Choose Descriptive WordsAvailable
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Speaking audibly, recite poems, rhymes, and songs, and use

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Speaking audibly, recite poems, rhymes, and songs, and useAvailable
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Ask questions to seek help, get information, or clarify

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Recognize Different Kinds of Sentences

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Understand and apply knowledge of print concepts, phonics,

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Listen to others, take turns speaking, and add one’s own ideas

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Use Singular and Plural Nouns in Sentences

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Sort Pictures of Objects into Categories

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Recognize End Punctuation and Capitalization

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Participate in collaborative conversations about

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