South Dakota State Standards for Language Arts: Kindergarten

SD.K.R. Reading Standards

K.R.1. Students can recognize and analyze words.

K.R.1.1. Students can identify and manipulate phonemes and words in spoken language. (Application)

K.R.1.2. Students can match letters and sounds and use them in decoding and making C-V-C words. (Application)

K.R.1.3. Students can comprehend and use vocabulary from text read aloud. (Application)

K.R.2. Students can comprehend and fluently read text.

K.R.2.1. Students can comprehend and respond to text read aloud. (Application)

K.R.2.2. Students can identify all upper-case and lower-case letters and matching sounds with automaticity. (Knowledge)

K.R.2.3. Students can read sight words and high-frequency words with automaticity. (Knowledge)

K.R.3. Students can apply knowledge of text structures, literary devices, and literary elements to develop interpretations and form responses.

K.R.3.1. Students can identify concepts of print in text. (Knowledge)

K.R.3.2. Students can tell what authors and illustrators do. (Knowledge)

K.R.3.3. Students can distinguish fiction from nonfiction. (Application)

K.R.4. Students can interpret and respond to diverse, multicultural, and time period texts.

K.R.4.1. Students can recognize that literature from various cultures shows differences. (Comprehension)

K.R.5. Students can access, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate informational texts.

K.R.5.1. Students can locate informational text at school. (Knowledge)

K.R.5.2. Students can alphabetize letters. (Knowledge)

SD.K.W. Writing Standards

K.W.1. Students can apply the writing process to compose text.

K.W.1.1. Students can draw a picture and write a simple sentence about the picture. (Application)

K.W.2. Students can apply Standard English conventions in their writing.

K.W.2.1. Students can write a simple sentence using a capital letter and phonetic spelling. (Application)

K.W.2.2. Students can write the letters that match sounds in words. (Application)

K.W.2.3. Students can write upper- and lower-case letters. (Application)

SD.K.LVS. Listening, Viewing, Speaking Standards

K.LVS.1. Students can listen, view, and speak to communicate, retrieve, interpret, and evaluate information.

K.LVS.1.1. Students can follow simple two-step oral directions. (Knowledge)

K.LVS.1.2. Students can follow rules of conversation in group situations. (Application)

K.LVS.1.3. Students can identify different facial expressions, body language, and signals. (Application)

K.LVS.1.4. Students can use patterns and picture organizers to remember everyday information. (Application)

K.LVS.1.5. Students can speak in complete sentences to tell about people, places, or things. (Comprehension)

K.LVS.1.6. Students can contribute to group discussions on a topic. (Application)

K.LVS.1.7. Students can tell about an experience or story in sequence with or without visual aids. (Application)

K.LVS.1.8. Students can recite short poems, rhymes, songs, and stories with repeated patterns. (Knowledge)

K.LVS.1.9. Students can identify personal and emergency information. (Knowledge)