Hush, Little Puppy
English/Language Arts Standards
Kindergarten
K.1.1 Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
K.1.2 Follow words from left to right and from top to bottom on the printed page.
K.1.3 Understand that printed materials provide information.
K.1.4 Recognize that sentences in print are made up of separate words.
K.1.5 Distinguish letters from words.
K.1.6 Recognize and name all capital and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
K.1.10 Say rhyming words in response to an oral prompt.
K.1.22 Listen to stories read aloud and use the vocabulary in those stories in oral language.
K.2.1 Locate the title and the name of the author of a book.
K.2.2 Use pictures and context to aid comprehension and to draw conclusions or make predictions about story content.
K.2.3 Generate and respond to questions (who, what, where).
Grade 1
1.1.1 Match oral words to printed words.
1.1.2 Identify letters, words, and sentences.
1.1.3 Recognize that sentences start with capital letters and end with punctuation, such as periods, question marks, and exclamation points.
1.1.7 Create and state a series of rhyming words.
1.2.1 Identify the title, author, illustrator, and table of contents of a reading selection.
Grade 2
2.3.4 Identify the use of rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration (using words with repeating consonant sounds) in poetry or fiction.
Grade 3
3.3.1 Recognize different common genres (types) of literature, such as poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction.
Grade 4
4.2.2 Use appropriate strategies when reading for different purposes.
Understanding Standards
In the case of English/Language Arts, the National Standards consist of 12 standards. Each state takes those twelve standards and develops their own objectives to indicate how they intend for those standards to be taught. And then each school district takes their state’s standards and sometimes defines them even slightly more or determines in which order those standards and objectives will be taught.
Therefore, the first number is the grade level, the second number is the national standard and the third number is the state objective. For example: 5.1.3 stands for 5th Grade, National Standard #1, and the state’s 3rd objective.
These are keyed to national standards and Indiana’s standards. As you can see from the explanation above, it should be simple to plug in your state’s standards, as needed.
Here is a website where the National Standards are listed.
http://www.education-world.com/standards/national/index.shtml
February marks the release of my new book, Meet the Howlers! (illustrated by Woody Miller, published by Charlesbridge).This nonfiction, rhyming read aloud looks at the life of a howler monkey from the perspective of a child who is a bit envious about the things wild howlers can get away with that a human child cannot. “A solid read-aloud for young animal enthusiasts. Ages 4–7” –Publishers Weekly. Charlesbridge has made a wonderful poster out of the cover art. To download it, visit their site and scroll down to the bottom of the page at www.charlesbridge.com.