AISL Kindergarten Benchmarks in English Language Arts
(Revised June, 2010)
- AISL.ELA.01 READING-FLUENCY: Students will read fluently using the skills and strategies of the reading process.
- AISL.ELA.01.KG.01 Identify letters and words.
- AISL.ELA.01.KG.02 Begin to decode sounds of letters.
- AISL.ELA.01.KG.03 Begin to identify and produce rhyming words.
- AISL.ELA.01.KG.04 Match oral words to printed words.
- AISL.ELA.01.KG.05 Read from left to right and top to bottom.
- AISL.ELA.02 READING-COMPREHENSION: Students will comprehend, respond to, and analyze a wide variety of literary texts.
- AISL.ELA.02.KG.01 Introduce basic story elements (setting, characters, plot)
- AISL.ELA.02.KG.02 Make predictions.
- AISL.ELA.02.KG.03 Relate reading content to personal experiences.
- AISL.ELA.02.KG.04 Read fiction and non-fiction texts.
- AISL.ELA.04 WRITING-MECHANICS: Students will write using the appropriate conventions of the English language.
- AISL.ELA.04.KG.01 Correctly form uppercase and lowercase letters.
- AISL.ELA.04.KG.02 Learn to write first names properly.
- AISL.ELA.05 WRITING-CONTENT: Students will write with clarity and coherence in a wide variety of contexts.
- AISL.ELA.05.KG.01 Begin to write their journals using a mixture of pictures and words.
- AISL.ELA.05.KG.02 Write using invented spelling and copying from different forms of print.
- AISL.ELA.06 LISTENING: Students will listen and respond critically to oral communication.
- AISL.ELA.06.KG.01 Learn to listen for a purpose.
- AISL.ELA.06.KG.02 Learn to listen attentively to a speaker.
- AISL.ELA.06.KG.03 Learn to respond and stay on the topic.
- AISL.ELA.07 SPEAKING: Students will speak with clarity and coherence in a wide variety of contexts.
- AISL.ELA.07.KG.01 Speak clearly and in complete sentences.
- AISL.ELA.07.KG.02 Learn to ask questions to clarify understanding.
- AISL.ELA.07.KG.03 Learn to recite poems and songs from memory.
- AISL.ELA.07.KG.04 Participate in oral discussion.