Iowa Core (Pre-K)

Main Criteria: Iowa Core
Secondary Criteria: ReadyRosie
Subject: Early Childhood Education
Grade: Ages 3-5
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Iowa Core
Early Childhood Education
Grade: Ages 3-5 - Adopted: 2017
STRAND / COURSE Area 1:Social and Emotional Development
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Self - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 1.1.PSChildren express a positive awareness of self in terms of specific abilities, characteristics, and preferences.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 1.2.PS.1expresses a positive sense of self in terms of specific abilities.

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Detailed Drawing of a Face
Family Talent Show
I Remember When
If You're Happy & You Know It
EXAMPLE 1.2.PS.2expresses needs, wants, opinions, and feelings in socially appropriate ways.

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Behavior is a form of communication
Funny Faces
If You're Happy & You Know It
Talking About Your Feelings
EXAMPLE 1.2.PS.3demonstrates increasing confidence and independence in a variety of tasks and routines, and expresses pride accomplishments.

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Detailed Drawing of a Face
Family Talent Show
I Remember When
If You're Happy & You Know It
STRAND / COURSE Area 1:Social and Emotional Development
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Self-Regulation - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 1.2.PSChildren show increasing ability to regulate their behavior and express their emotions in appropriate ways.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 1.2.PS.1demonstrates the ability to monitor his or her own behavior and its effects on others, following and contributing to adult expectations.

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All Done
Decorating Cupcakes
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
Sink or Swim
Taking Turns
EXAMPLE 1.2.PS.2persists with difficult tasks without becoming overly frustrated.

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Celebrate Learning
My Age
Shape Changers
Sink or Swim
Taking Turns
EXAMPLE 1.2.PS.3begins to accept consequences of his or her own actions.

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All Done
Decorating Cupcakes
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
Sink or Swim
Taking Turns
EXAMPLE 1.2.PS.5states feelings, needs, and opinions in difficult situations without harming self, others, or property.

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All Done
Behavior is a form of communication
Decorating Cupcakes
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
Sink or Swim
Taking Turns
EXAMPLE 1.2.PS.6expresses an increasing range and variety of emotions, and the transitions between feeling states become smoother.

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Funny Faces
Talking About Your Feelings
STRAND / COURSE Area 1:Social and Emotional Development
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Self-Regulation - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 1.3.PSChildren relate positively with significant adults.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 1.3.PS.2accepts guidance, comfort, and directions from a range of familiar adults in a variety of environments.

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How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
EXAMPLE 1.3.PS.4shows trust in familiar adults.

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Behavior is a form of communication
You are your child's first teacher
EXAMPLE 1.3.PS.5seeks help, as needed, from familiar adults.

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How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
STRAND / COURSE Area 1:Social and Emotional Development
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Self-Regulation - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 1.4.PSChildren respond to and initiate appropriate interactions with other children, and form positive peer relationships.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 1.4.PS.1initiates and sustains positive interactions with peers, and organizes play.

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Building Houses
Family Talent Show
Keep It Up
Taking Turns
Who has the Biggest Number?
EXAMPLE 1.4.PS.2wants to please and be like friends.

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Building Houses
Family Talent Show
Keep It Up
Taking Turns
Who has the Biggest Number?
EXAMPLE 1.4.PS.3negotiates with others to resolve disagreements.

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How can I stop my kids from fighting?
Talking About Your Feelings
EXAMPLE 1.4.PS.4develops friendships with other children (peers); starts to demonstrate taking turns and sharing with others.

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Building Houses
Family Talent Show
Keep It Up
Taking Turns
Who has the Biggest Number?
EXAMPLE 1.4.PS.5expresses empathy to other children (peers), and demonstrates caring behaviors.

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Funny Faces
If You're Happy & You Know It
Talking About Your Feelings
Thank You Note
EXAMPLE 1.4.PS.6accepts consequences of his or her actions.

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All Done
Decorating Cupcakes
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
Sink or Swim
Taking Turns
EXAMPLE 1.4.PS.7recognizes how behaviors can affect others.

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All Done
Decorating Cupcakes
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
Sink or Swim
Taking Turns
EXAMPLE 1.5.PS.8names friends.

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Building Houses
Family Talent Show
Keep It Up
Taking Turns
Who has the Biggest Number?
STRAND / COURSE Area 1:Social and Emotional Development
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Healthy and Safe Living - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 2.1.PSChildren show increasing awareness of healthy and safe living practices.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 2.1.PS.1begins to recognize and select healthy foods.

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Grocery Store Conversations
Putting Away the Groceries
EXAMPLE 2.1.PS.2follows healthy self-care routines such as brushing teeth, washing hands, and using the bathroom.

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Rub a Dub Counting
EXAMPLE 2.1.PS.4demonstrates safe behaviors regarding environment (stranger, tornado, fire, traffic, bodies of water), toxic substances, objects, and climbing structures.

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My Address
STRAND / COURSE Area 1:Social and Emotional Development
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Large Motor Skills - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 2.2.PSChildren develop large motor skills.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 2.2.PS.1demonstrates control and balance in locomotor skills, such as walking, running, jumping, hopping, marching, galloping, and climbing stairs.

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Follow the Leader
Frog Hopping
Hopping Rhyming
Jump to It
Leap Frog Measure
Lily Pad Hop
Stomp the Letter
EXAMPLE 2.2.PS.2demonstrates the ability to coordinate movements with balls, such as throwing, kicking, striking, catching, and bouncing.

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Rhyming Toss
Rock Toss
The Number Stays the Same
STRAND / COURSE Area 1:Social and Emotional Development
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Large Motor Skills - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 2.3.PSChildren develop small motor skills.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 2.3.PS.1uses hand-eye coordination to perform self-help and small motor tasks with a variety of manipulative materials, such as beads, pegs, shoelaces, puzzle pieces, and musical instruments.

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Alphabet Clapping
Detailed Drawing of a Face
Drumming Sounds
Finger Shapes
Jump Rope Letters
Mirror, Mirror
Setting the Table
Shaving Cream Shapes
Silverware Alphabet
Thank You Note
Writing Names with Shaving Cream
EXAMPLE 2.3.PS.2demonstrates increased skills using scissors and writing tools for various learning experiences.

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Alphabet Clapping
Detailed Drawing of a Face
Drumming Sounds
Finger Shapes
Jump Rope Letters
Mirror, Mirror
Setting the Table
Shaving Cream Shapes
Silverware Alphabet
Thank You Note
Writing Names with Shaving Cream
STRAND / COURSE Area 3:Approaches to Learning
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Curiosity and Initiative - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 3.1.PSChildren express curiosity, interest, and initiative in exploring the environment, engaging in experiences, and learning new skills.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 3.1.PS.1chooses, deliberately, to explore a variety of materials and experiences, seeking out new challenges.

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Celebrate Learning
My Age
Shape Changers
Sink or Swim
Taking Turns
EXAMPLE 3.1.PS.2participates in experiences with eagerness, flexibility, imagination, independence, and inventiveness.

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Celebrate Learning
My Age
Shape Changers
Sink or Swim
Taking Turns
EXAMPLE 3.1.PS.3asks questions about a variety of topics.

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Color Word Sentences
Listening for Sounds
Phone Fun
EXAMPLE 3.1.PS.4repeats skills and experiences to build competence and support the exploration of new ideas.

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Celebrate Learning
My Age
Shape Changers
Sink or Swim
Taking Turns
STRAND / COURSE Area 3:Approaches to Learning
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Engagement and Persistence - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 3.2.PSChildren purposefully choose and persist in experiences and play.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 3.2.PS.1maintains concentration on a task, despite distractions and interruptions.

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Celebrate Learning
My Age
Shape Changers
Sink or Swim
Taking Turns
EXAMPLE 3.2.PS.2stays engaged and completes a variety of both adult-directed and self-initiated tasks, projects, and experiences of increasing degrees of difficulty.

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Celebrate Learning
My Age
Shape Changers
Sink or Swim
Taking Turns
EXAMPLE 3.2.PS.3sets goals and follows a plan in order to complete a task.

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Celebrate Learning
My Age
Setting Summer Learning Goals
Shape Changers
Sink or Swim
Taking Turns
EXAMPLE 3.2.PS.4chooses to participate in play and learning experiences.

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Building Houses
Family Talent Show
Keep It Up
Taking Turns
Who has the Biggest Number?
STRAND / COURSE Area 3:Approaches to Learning
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Engagement and Persistence - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 3.3.PSChildren demonstrate strategies for reasoning and problem solving.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 3.3.PS.2recognizes and solves problems through active exploration, including trial and error, and through interactions and discussions with peers and adults.

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Celebrate Learning
Color Word Sentences
If You're Happy & You Know It
My Age
Pantry Talk Description
Phone Fun
Shape Changers
Sink or Swim
Taking Turns
Who Should We Ask?
STRAND / COURSE Area 3:Approaches to Learning
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Engagement and Persistence - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 3.4.PSChildren engage in play to learn.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 3.4.PS.1engages in a variety of indoor and outdoor play experiences.

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Building Houses
Family Talent Show
Keep It Up
Taking Turns
Who has the Biggest Number?
EXAMPLE 3.4.PS.2uses sights, smells, sounds, textures, and tastes to discriminate between and to explore experiences, materials, and the environment.

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Grocery Store Conversations
EXAMPLE 3.4.PS.4plans and executes play experiences alone and with others.

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Building Houses
Family Talent Show
Keep It Up
Taking Turns
Who has the Biggest Number?
STRAND / COURSE Area 4:Social Studies
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Awareness of Family and Community - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 4.1.PSChildren demonstrate an increasing awareness of belonging to a family and community.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 4.1.PS.1demonstrates understanding communities are composed of groups of people who live, play, or work together.

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Family Photos
Family Talent Show
Grandparent Storytime
Why should we tell family stories?
EXAMPLE 4.1.PS.2demonstrates ability to identify communities to which they belong.

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Family Photos
Family Talent Show
Grandparent Storytime
Why should we tell family stories?
EXAMPLE 4.1.PS.3recognizes their family is an important group to which they belong.

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My Address
EXAMPLE 4.1.PS.4demonstrates responsibility as a member of a family or community.

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My Address
EXAMPLE 4.1.PS.5shows confidence in expressing individual opinions and thoughts while respecting the thoughts and opinions of others.

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Funny Faces
If You're Happy & You Know It
Putting Away the Groceries
Table Riddles
Talking About Your Feelings
Thank You Note
EXAMPLE 4.1.PS.6participates in creating and following rules and routines.

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How do I get my child to______?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
EXAMPLE 4.1.PS.7demonstrates an initial awareness of the concepts of fairness, individual rights, and welfare of family and community members.

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Funny Faces
If You're Happy & You Know It
Talking About Your Feelings
Thank You Note
STRAND / COURSE Area 4:Social Studies
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Awareness of Culture - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 4.2.PSChildren demonstrate an increasing awareness of culture and diversity.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 4.2.PS.1demonstrates an awareness of diversity such as family characteristics, adult roles within a family, and skin and hair color.

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Detailed Drawing of a Face
Family Photos
Family Talent Show
How Many Feet?
My Address
Tips for storytelling: Story ideas
EXAMPLE 4.2.PS.2demonstrates acceptance of persons from different cultures and ethnic groups.

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Family Photos
Family Talent Show
Grandparent Storytime
Why should we tell family stories?
EXAMPLE 4.2.PS.3demonstrates a sense of belonging, feeling pride in his or her own culture while showing respect for others.

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Family Photos
Family Talent Show
Grandparent Storytime
Why should we tell family stories?
EXAMPLE 4.2.PS.4uses respectful and descriptive language for human similarities and differences, demonstrating curiosity, comfort, ease and empathy with similarities and differences.

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Funny Faces
If You're Happy & You Know It
Putting Away the Groceries
Table Riddles
Talking About Your Feelings
Thank You Note
STRAND / COURSE Area 4:Social Studies
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Awareness of the Relationship Between People and the Environment in Which They Live - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 4.3.PSChildren demonstrate an increasing awareness of the environment in which they live, especially how people (including themselves) relate to that environment.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 4.3.PS.1interacts with the world, first with familiar settings and then with less familiar ones; first in simple ways and then in more complex, exploratory ways.

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Family Photos
Family Talent Show
Grandparent Storytime
Why should we tell family stories?
EXAMPLE 4.3.PS.2constructs meaning about himself or herself and the world through relevant and meaningful experiences with objects and the environment.

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Detailed Drawing of a Face
Family Photos
Family Talent Show
How Many Feet?
Tips for storytelling: Story ideas
STRAND / COURSE Area 4:Social Studies
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Awareness of Past - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 4.4.PSChildren demonstrate an increasing awareness of past events and how those events relate to one’s self, family, and community.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 4.4.PS.2represents events and experiences that occurred in the past through words, play, and art.

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Detailed Drawing of a Face
May I Take your Order?
Mirror, Mirror
Shaving Cream Shapes
Three Ways to Show a Number
Using a Menu to Order
Writing Names with Shaving Cream
STRAND / COURSE Area 5:Creative Arts
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Art - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 5.1.PSChildren participate in a variety of art and sensory-related experiences.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 5.1.PS.1uses a variety of drawing and art materials, such as drawing utensils, paint, clay, and wood to create original works, form, and meaning.

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Detailed Drawing of a Face
May I Take your Order?
Mirror, Mirror
Shaving Cream Shapes
Three Ways to Show a Number
Using a Menu to Order
Writing Names with Shaving Cream
EXAMPLE 5.1.PS.3demonstrates care and persistence when involved in art projects.

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Celebrate Learning
My Age
Shape Changers
Sink or Swim
Taking Turns
EXAMPLE 5.1.PS.4plans and works cooperatively to create drawings, paintings, sculptures, and other art projects.

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Detailed Drawing of a Face
May I Take your Order?
Mirror, Mirror
Shaving Cream Shapes
Three Ways to Show a Number
Tips for helping your child love reading
Using a Menu to Order
Writing Names with Shaving Cream
STRAND / COURSE Area 5:Creative Arts
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Music, Rhythm, and Movement - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 5.2.PSChildren participate in a variety of music and movement experiences.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 5.2.PS.1participates in a variety of musical and rhythmic experiences, including singing, dancing, listening, playing simple rhythmic and pitched instruments, and creating and singing chants, rhymes, and finger plays from diverse cultures.

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If You're Happy & You Know It
Itsy Bitsy Spider Illustrations
Sliding to Nursery Rhymes
Why should I sing to my baby?
EXAMPLE 5.2.PS.4recognizes patterns in songs and rhymes and repeats them, using songs, chants or instruments, including the development of ability to keep beat.

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If You're Happy & You Know It
Itsy Bitsy Spider Illustrations
Sliding to Nursery Rhymes
Why should I sing to my baby?
STRAND / COURSE Area 6:Communication, Language, and Literacy
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Language Understanding and Use - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 6.1.PSChildren understand and use communication and language for a variety of purposes.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 6.1.PS.1demonstrates a steady increase in listening (receptive language) and speaking (expressive language) vocabulary.

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Comparing Vegetables
Finding the Groceries
Following Directions
Grocery Store Conversations
How Many Can You Name?
How can I help my child learn new words?
I Spy an Animal
I'm Thinking of an Animal
Kitchen Labeling
Mystery Bag
Pantry Talk Description
Predicting Vocabulary
Silent Opposites
Sink or Float
Take Away
Think About It
EXAMPLE 6.1.PS.2initiates, listens, and responds in relationship to the topics of conversations with other children (peers) and adults.

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Color Word Sentences
Finding the Groceries
How Many Can You Name?
I Spy an Animal
If You're Happy & You Know It
Mystery Bag
Pantry Talk Description
Phone Fun
Taking Turns
Who Should We Ask?
EXAMPLE 6.1.PS.3speaks in phrases and sentences of increasing length and complexity.

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Family Photos
Pantry Talk Description
Phone Fun
Who Should We Ask?
EXAMPLE 6.1.PS.4follows oral directions that involve several actions.

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Follow My Design
Follow the Leader
Little Miss Muffet Role Play
Making Patterns
Making Trail Mix
Mirror, Mirror
Mystery Bag
Rhyming Purse
Sequences of Sounds
Shopping for Clothes
Sink or Swim
EXAMPLE 6.1.PS.5asks and answers a variety of questions.

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Baby Photo Fun
Color Word Sentences
Listening for Sounds
Phone Fun
Why should we tell family stories?
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
EXAMPLE 6.1.PS.6demonstrates knowledge of the rules of conversations such as taking turns while speaking.

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Choosing the Right Voice
Taking Turns
STRAND / COURSE Area 6:Communication, Language, and Literacy
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Language Understanding and Use - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 6.1.PSChildren understand and use communication and language for a variety of purposes.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child, who is an English language learner, also…
EXAMPLE 6.1.PS.10demonstrates receptive (listening) and expressive (speaking) English language skills to be able to comprehend the English language.

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Comparing Vegetables
Finding the Groceries
Following Directions
Grocery Store Conversations
How Many Can You Name?
How can I help my child learn new words?
I Spy an Animal
I'm Thinking of an Animal
Kitchen Labeling
Mystery Bag
Pantry Talk Description
Predicting Vocabulary
Silent Opposites
Sink or Float
Take Away
Think About It
EXAMPLE 6.1.PS.11demonstrates engagement in English literacy activities to understand and respond to books, storytelling, and songs presented in English.

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Getting Information from Pictures
If You're Happy & You Know It
Itsy Bitsy Spider Illustrations
Sliding to Nursery Rhymes
Why should I sing to my baby?
STRAND / COURSE Area 6:Communication, Language, and Literacy
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Early Literacy - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 6.2.PSChildren engage in early reading experiences.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 6.2.PS.1expresses an interest and enjoyment in listening to books and attempts to read familiar books (print motivation).

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Grandparent Storytime
I Remember When
Making Trail Mix
My Favorite Part
Reading a Book for the Second Time
Tips for helping your child love reading
Why should we tell family stories?
EXAMPLE 6.2.PS.2displays book handling knowledge by turning the book right side up, turning one page at a time, recognizing familiar books by the cover, pointing to words as they talk about or retell stories using books, and using left to right sweep (print awareness).

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All About My Day
Book Bag Descriptions
Chime In
Color Word Sentences
Family Movie Night
Family Photos
Funny Reading
Grandparent Storytime
My Favorite Part
Reading a Book for the Second Time
Reading the Grocery List
Reading with Jack and Jill
Recalling What Happened in a Story
Retelling the Story
Stuffed Animal Sentences
Stuffed Animal Stories
Tips for helping your child love reading
Tips for storytelling: Using gestures
Words on the Page
EXAMPLE 6.2.PS.3shows an awareness of print such as pointing to familiar words or letters (print awareness).

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Chime In
Color Word Sentences
Kitchen Labeling
Morning Message
My Address
Reading the Grocery List
Reading with Jack and Jill
Shopping for Clothes
Starting a Word Bank
Stuffed Animal Stories
EXAMPLE 6.2.PS.4understands sentences are made of words and words are made of individual letters (concepts of print).

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Color Word Sentences
Looking for Letters in Ads
Reading with Jack and Jill
Sentence Segmenting
Starting a Word Bank
Words on the Page
EXAMPLE 6.2.PS.5understands increasingly and uses a variety of words (vocabulary).

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Reading a Book for the Second Time
EXAMPLE 6.2.PS.6shows increasing comprehension of a story through retelling the story and/or recognizing story elements such as the plot or characters (comprehension and story retelling).

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Book Bag Descriptions
Family Movie Night
Family Photos
Making Connections PreK
My Favorite Part
Reading a Book for the Second Time
Recalling What Happened in a Story
Retelling the Story
Text to Self Connections
Tips for helping your child love reading
Tips for storytelling: Using gestures
Toy Stories
EXAMPLE 6.2.PS.7recognizes increasingly and names more of the letters in their first and last name and letters they see frequently (letter knowledge).

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Jump Rope Letters
Letter Hunt
Letter Sort
Magnetic Letter Mix Up
Making Letter Soup
Morning Message
Name Game
Point the ABC Song
Reading the Grocery List
Searching for Sounds at the Store
Shopping for Clothes
Silverware Alphabet
Stomp the Letter
Writing Names with Shaving Cream
EXAMPLE 6.2.PS.8recognizes most upper and lower case letters (letter knowledge).

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Jump Rope Letters
Letter Hunt
Looking for Letters in Ads
Name Game
Shopping for Clothes
Stomp the Letter
EXAMPLE 6.2.PS.9produces the sound of some of the letters she or he knows (phonics).

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Frog Hopping
Listen My Children
Reading the Grocery List
Searching for Sounds at the Store
Shopping for Clothes
EXAMPLE 6.2.PS.10identifies words that rhyme from a group of three words: cat, rug, hat (phonological awareness - rhyme).

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Color Word Sentences
Finish the Rhyme
Hopping Rhyming
Little Miss Muffet Role Play
Reading with Jack and Jill
Rhyming Purse
Rhyming Toss
Rhyming with Jack and Jill
Sliding to Nursery Rhymes
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
Twinkle, Twinkle Rhymes
EXAMPLE 6.2.PS.11identifies the beginning sound in words, such as identifying two words that start with the same sound (phonological awareness – alliteration).

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Making a Grocery List
Signaling for Sounds
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
EXAMPLE 6.2.PS.12identifies the syllables in his or her name and in familiar objects or words by clapping and segmenting the syllables (phonological awareness – segmenting syllables).

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Frog Hopping
Grocery Sack Syllables
Sequences of Sounds
EXAMPLE 6.2.PS.13blends syllables to identify a word, object, or picture (phonological awareness – blending syllables).

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Drumming Sounds
Echo Game
Frog Hopping
Grocery Sack Syllables
Lazy Letters
Sequences of Sounds
STRAND / COURSE Area 6:Communication, Language, and Literacy
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Early Literacy - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 6.3.PSChildren engage in early writing experiences.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 6.3.PS.1attempts to communicate with others using scribbles, shapes, pictures, letter-like forms and/or letters in writing.

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Detailed Drawing of a Face
Jump Rope Letters
Making a Grocery List
Silverware Alphabet
Thank You Note
Using a Menu to Order
Weekend News
Writing Names with Shaving Cream
EXAMPLE 6.3.PS.3uses expressive (speaking) language to share intended meaning of drawings and writing.

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Detailed Drawing of a Face
Making a Grocery List
Putting Away the Groceries
Table Riddles
Thank You Note
Using a Menu to Order
Writing Names with Shaving Cream
EXAMPLE 6.3.PS.4starts to demonstrate interest in learning to write letters, especially the letters in his or her name.

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Jump Rope Letters
Making a Grocery List
Silverware Alphabet
Weekend News
Writing Names with Shaving Cream
EXAMPLE 6.3.PS.5uses invented spelling consisting of beginning sounds to represent a whole word.

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Making a Grocery List
Name Game
Thank You Note
Writing Names with Shaving Cream
STRAND / COURSE Area 7:Mathematics
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Numbers and Operations - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 7.1.PSChildren understand counting, ways of representing numbers, and relationships between quantities and numerals.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 7.1.PS.1recognizes small quantities (1 to 5) without counting them (subitizing).

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Domino Match-Up
How Many in a Set?
More Grapes
Quick Dots
Show Me
Slap One More
Three Ways to Show a Number
EXAMPLE 7.1.PS.2counts to 20 verbally.

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How Many Can I Grab?
Keep It Up
Penny Drop
Rub a Dub Counting
EXAMPLE 7.1.PS.3points and counts 10-20 objects accurately.

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How Many Can I Grab?
Keep It Up
Penny Drop
Rub a Dub Counting
EXAMPLE 7.1.PS.4makes sets of 6-10 objects and describes parts.

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More than Ten
EXAMPLE 7.1.PS.5uses language such as more, less or the same amount to compare quantities.

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Acorns and Pinecones
Cereal Challenge
Make a Tower of Ten
More than Ten
Sharing Goldfish
Slap One More
Snack Fractions
Who has the Biggest Number?
EXAMPLE 7.1.PS.6identifies numerals to 10 by name.

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Crazy Counting
How Many Steps to Bed?
How Old Are You?
Magazine Number Hunt
Rub a Dub Counting
STRAND / COURSE Area 7:Mathematics
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Patterns - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 7.2.PSChildren understand patterns.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 7.2.PS.1recognizes, reproduces and creates patterns moving from simple to complex.

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Making Patterns
My Age
Setting the Table
Sound Patterns
Speedometer Math
The Fence Problem
EXAMPLE 7.2.PS.2extends patterns by predicting what comes next.

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Making Patterns
My Age
Setting the Table
Sound Patterns
Speedometer Math
The Fence Problem
EXAMPLE 7.2.PS.3describes patterns seen in natural and designed settings.

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Making Patterns
My Age
Setting the Table
Sound Patterns
Speedometer Math
The Fence Problem
STRAND / COURSE Area 7:Mathematics
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Shapes and Spatial Relationships - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 7.3.PSChildren understand shapes and spatial relationships
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION Benchmarks: The child…
EXAMPLE 7.3.PS.1demonstrates understanding of spatial words such as up, down, over, under, top, bottom, inside, outside, in front, and behind.

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Bookcase Problem
Finding the Groceries
Follow My Design
Follow the Leader
Following Directions
Jump to It
Little Miss Muffet Role Play
Mirror, Mirror
Near and Far
Race Car Transformations
Stuffed Animal Olympics
Treasure Map
EXAMPLE 7.3.PS.2identifies and describes two- and three-dimensional shapes.

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Building Houses
Finger Shapes
Guess My Shape
Mirror, Mirror
Pantry Sort 1
Pantry Sort 2
Shape Changers
Shape Hunt
Shaving Cream Shapes
Ways to Cut a Sandwich
EXAMPLE 7.3.PS.3notices characteristics, similarities, and differences among shapes such as corners, points, edges, and sides.

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Building Houses
Finger Shapes
Guess My Shape
Mirror, Mirror
Pantry Sort 1
Pantry Sort 2
Shape Changers
Shape Hunt
Shaving Cream Shapes
Ways to Cut a Sandwich
EXAMPLE 7.3.PS.4notices how shapes fit together and can be taken apart to form other shapes.

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Building Houses
Finger Shapes
Guess My Shape
Mirror, Mirror
Pantry Sort 1
Pantry Sort 2
Shape Changers
Shape Hunt
Shaving Cream Shapes
Ways to Cut a Sandwich
STRAND / COURSE Area 7:Mathematics
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Measurements - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 7.4.PSChildren understand comparisons and measurements
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 7.4.PS.1sorts, classifies, and puts objects in series using a variety of properties.

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Candy Sort and Graph
I Spy a Coin
I Spy an Animal
Letter Sort
Likely or Unlikely
Sort and Graph Leaves
Sorting Laundry
EXAMPLE 7.4.PS.2makes comparisons between several objects based on one or more attributes, such as length, height, weight, and area using words such as taller, shorter, longer, bigger, smaller, heavier, lighter, full, empty, length, height, and weight.

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Bookcase Problem
Building Houses
Buying Oranges
Candy Sort and Graph
Comparing Vegetables
Fill Up the Cup
Grocery Store Weights
I Spy a Coin
I Spy an Animal
Leap Frog Measure
Letter Sort
Likely or Unlikely
Making Trail Mix
Measuring the Table
Near and Far
Sort and Graph Leaves
Sorting Laundry
Strawberries for a Picnic
EXAMPLE 7.4.PS.3measures objects using non-standard units of measurement, such as using blocks to determine how tall a child is.

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Bookcase Problem
EXAMPLE 7.4.PS.5begins to demonstrate knowledge that measurement requires a ‘fair’ comparison starting at the same baseline or measuring the same property such as length, height, and volume.

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Bookcase Problem
Building Houses
Comparing Vegetables
Fill Up the Cup
Leap Frog Measure
Making Trail Mix
Measuring the Table
Near and Far
Strawberries for a Picnic
EXAMPLE 7.4.PS.6develops an awareness of simple time concepts within his or her daily life such as day, night; and sequence of usual daily events, such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, bedtime; outdoor time follows snack; and brushing teeth after a meal.

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All About My Day
Which Takes Longer?
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
STRAND / COURSE Area 7:Mathematics
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Data Analysis - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 7.5.PSChildren demonstrate the process of data analysis by sorting and classifying, asking questions, and finding answers.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 7.5.PS.1sorts collections of objects into sets such as lines, piles, or groups by color, size, shape, or kind.

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Building Houses
Candy Sort and Graph
Finger Shapes
Grocery Store Conversations
Guess My Shape
How Many Can I Grab?
I Spy a Coin
I Spy an Animal
Letter Sort
Likely or Unlikely
Mirror, Mirror
Pantry Sort 1
Pantry Sort 2
Shape Changers
Shape Hunt
Shaving Cream Shapes
Sort and Graph Leaves
Sorting Laundry
Ways to Cut a Sandwich
EXAMPLE 7.5.PS.2sorts and resorts sets in a variety of ways.

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Acorns and Pinecones
Adding Ice
Block Tower
Domino Match-Up
Fruit Salad
How Many Feet?
How Many Steps to Bed?
How Many in the Car?
How Old Are You?
Keep It Up
More than Ten
Show Me
Taking Inventory
EXAMPLE 7.5.PS.3compares and orders such as most to least, same amount as, and least to most.

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Acorns and Pinecones
Cereal Challenge
Make a Tower of Ten
More than Ten
Sharing Goldfish
Slap One More
Snack Fractions
Who has the Biggest Number?
EXAMPLE 7.5.PS.4sorts data into two groups such as big and not big, green and not green, and pets and not pets.

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Candy Sort and Graph
I Spy a Coin
I Spy an Animal
Letter Sort
Likely or Unlikely
Sort and Graph Leaves
Sorting Laundry
EXAMPLE 7.5.PS.5asks questions, collects, records, and organizes data to find answers to questions.

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Dino Dig
Sort and Graph Leaves
What's for Dinner?
STRAND / COURSE Area 8:Science
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Scientific Investigations - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 8.1.PSChildren gather information and conduct investigations to address their wonderings and test solutions to problems.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 8.1.PS.1asks questions about his or her environment, and begins to identify and look for information that will help answer those questions or solve problems.

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What's for Dinner?
EXAMPLE 8.1.PS.6asks questions based on observations of weather-related phenomena and begins to notice relationships and patterns over time, such as it is warmer in the summer and colder in the winter.

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What's for Dinner?
STRAND / COURSE Area 8:Science
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Scientific Reasoning - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 8.2.PSChildren use reasoning to make sense of information and design solutions to problems in their environment.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 8.2.PS.1begins to make comparisons and to categorize nonliving things based on characteristics she or he can observe, such as texture, color, size, shape, temperature, sound, odor, usefulness, and weight.

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Candy Sort and Graph
Grocery Store Weights
I Spy an Animal
Likely or Unlikely
Sort and Graph Leaves
Sorting Laundry
STRAND / COURSE Area 8:Science
ESSENTIAL CONCEPT AND/OR SKILL Scientific Communications - Preschool (3 - 5 years)
DETAILED DESCRIPTOR 8.3.PSChildren share information and understanding about experiences in their environment.
GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATION The child…
EXAMPLE 8.3.PS.2obtains, evaluates, and uses age-appropriate text and online resources, with support, to gather information related to a topic of study and makes connections to observations and experiences such as when studying butterflies, children may evaluate a variety of books and begin to identify which books are most useful for learning about real butterflies.

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Who Should We Ask?
EXAMPLE 8.3.PS.3begins to ask questions of others to seek more information on a topic, and participates in generating questions to ask a visiting expert on a topic of interest.

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What's for Dinner?
EXAMPLE 8.3.PS.4offers evidence to explain the thought process he or she used to make conclusions or claims, and listens to the claims, conclusions, and evidence of others to begin to identify areas of agreement and disagreement.

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Sink or Float
EXAMPLE 8.3.PS.5participates in creating a final product such as a panel, classroom book, or newsletter that communicates what was learned during one exploration or during the study of a topic over time, and contributes through language, drawing, writing, or choosing items to include.

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Sink or Float