New Mexico Content Standards (Pre-K)

Main Criteria: New Mexico Content Standards
Secondary Criteria: ReadyRosie
Subject: Early Childhood Education
Grade: Ages 3-5
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New Mexico Content Standards
Early Childhood Education
Grade: Ages 3-5 - Adopted: 2014
STRAND / CONTENT STANDARD NM.1.PK.Physical Development, Health, and Well-Being (Preschool)
BENCHMARK / STANDARD 1.PK.1.The child uses gross motor control independently, including balance, spatial awareness, and stability.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 1.PK.1.1.Exhibits body coordination and strength in activities such as climbing stairs with alternating feet, marching, running, jumping, hopping, dancing, riding tricycles and scooters.

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Frog Hopping
Hopping Rhyming
Jump to It
Leap Frog Measure
Lily Pad Hop
Stomp the Letter
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 1.PK.1.2.Exhibits balance and spatial awareness in many situations (running and stopping, climbing, ball-handling, and/or simple group games i.e., “Duck, Duck, Goose”).

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Follow the Leader
Jump to It
Rhyming Toss
Rock Toss
The Number Stays the Same
STRAND / CONTENT STANDARD NM.1.PK.Physical Development, Health, and Well-Being (Preschool)
BENCHMARK / STANDARD 1.PK.2.The child independently uses fine motor skills.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 1.PK.2.2.Coordinates eye-hand movements using beads, laces, pegs, puzzles, and other manipulatives and small objects and when dressing and undressing.

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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 / CONTENT STANDARD NM.2.PK.Literacy (Preschool)
BENCHMARK / STANDARD 2.PK.5.The child demonstrates development and expansion of listening skills.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 2.PK.5.1.Listens with understanding to directions and conversations.

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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
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 2.PK.5.3.Hears and discriminates the sounds of language in words to develop phonological awareness.

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Color Word Sentences
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
STRAND / CONTENT STANDARD NM.2.PK.Literacy (Preschool)
BENCHMARK / STANDARD 2.PK.6.The child communicates experiences, ideas, and feelings through speaking.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 2.PK.6.1.Converses effectively in his or her home language, English, or Sign language for a variety of purposes relating to real experiences and different audiences.

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Color Word Sentences
If You're Happy & You Know It
Pantry Talk Description
Phone Fun
Taking Turns
Who Should We Ask?
STRAND / CONTENT STANDARD NM.2.PK.Literacy (Preschool)
BENCHMARK / STANDARD 2.PK.7.The child engages in activities that promote the acquisition of emergent reading skills.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 2.PK.7.1.Demonstrates an interest and enjoyment in books, listening to stories read aloud, and/or looking at books using illustrations or familiar text.

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Asking Wh- Questions
Grandparent Storytime
I Remember When
Just the Facts
Making Trail Mix
My Favorite Part
Picture Walk Predictions
Reading Routines for Early Readers
Reading a Book for the Second Time
Recalling What Happened in a Story
Retelling the Story
Tips for helping your child love reading
Why should we tell family stories?
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 2.PK.7.2.Demonstrates comprehension of a story read aloud by asking relevant questions or making pertinent comments.

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Asking Wh- Questions
Grandparent Storytime
I Remember When
Just the Facts
Making Trail Mix
My Favorite Part
Reading Routines for Early Readers
Reading a Book for the Second Time
Recalling What Happened in a Story
Think About It
Tips for helping your child love reading
Why should we tell family stories?
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 2.PK.7.4.Progresses in understanding and using concepts of print.

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Chime In
Color Word Sentences
Funny Reading
Kitchen Labeling
Morning Message
My Address
Reading the Grocery List
Reading with Jack and Jill
Shopping for Clothes
Starting a Word Bank
Stuffed Animal Sentences
Stuffed Animal Stories
Tips for helping your child love reading
Words on the Page
STRAND / CONTENT STANDARD NM.2.PK.Literacy (Preschool)
BENCHMARK / STANDARD 2.PK.8.The child engages in activities that promote the acquisition of emergent writing skills.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 2.PK.8.3.Increasingly attempts to represent meaningful words and print in the environment using the early stages of writing.

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Detailed Drawing of a Face
Making a Grocery List
Thank You Note
Using a Menu to Order
Writing Names with Shaving Cream
STRAND / CONTENT STANDARD NM.3.PK.Numeracy (Preschool)
BENCHMARK / STANDARD 3.PK.9.The child understands numbers, ways of representing numbers, and relationships between quantities and numerals.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 3.PK.9.2.Uses one-to-one correspondence in counting increasingly higher groups of objects.

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Acorns and Pinecones
Adding Ice
Apple Pie
Candy Sort and Graph
Counting Signs
Decorating Cupcakes
Fruit Salad
How Many Can I Grab?
How Many Feet?
How Many Steps to Bed?
How Many in the Car?
How Old Are You?
Lily Pad Hop
Measure your Steps
Penny Drop
The Number Stays the Same
Three Ways to Show a Number
Under the Cup
What's for Dinner?
STRAND / CONTENT STANDARD NM.3.PK.Numeracy (Preschool)
BENCHMARK / STANDARD 3.PK.10.The child demonstrates understanding of geometrical and spatial concepts.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 3.PK.10.1.Recognizes, names, describes, compares, and creates familiar 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 / CONTENT STANDARD NM.3.PK.Numeracy (Preschool)
BENCHMARK / STANDARD 3.PK.12.The child demonstrates the ability to investigate, organize, and create representations.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 3.PK.12.1.Sorts, classifies, and groups materials by one or more characteristics.

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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
STRAND / CONTENT STANDARD NM.4.PK.Aesthetic Creativity (Preschool)
BENCHMARK / STANDARD 4.PK.13.The child demonstrates appreciation for the arts (movement, music, visual, and dramatic).
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 4.PK.13.1.Communicates ideas and/or feelings through creative activities (for example, making up a song, acting out a story, creating a piece of art work or a set of movements).

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Funny Faces
If You're Happy & You Know It
Talking About Your Feelings
STRAND / CONTENT STANDARD NM.5.PK.Scientific Conceptual Understandings (Preschool)
BENCHMARK / STANDARD 5.PK.14.The child uses the scientific method to investigate the physical and natural worlds and to hypothesize and make predictions.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 5.PK.14.1.Uses senses to investigate characteristics and behaviors in the physical and natural worlds and begins to form explanations of observations and explorations.

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Grocery Store Conversations
Sink or Float
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 5.PK.14.3.Makes predictions and forms hypotheses.

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Acorns and Pinecones
Measure your Steps
Strawberries for a Picnic
STRAND / CONTENT STANDARD NM.6.PK.Self, Family, and Community (Preschool)
BENCHMARK / STANDARD 6.PK.17.The child exhibits self-awareness.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 6.PK.17.4.Expresses cultural influences from home, neighborhood, and community.

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Family Photos
Family Talent Show
Grandparent Storytime
Why should we tell family stories?
STRAND / CONTENT STANDARD NM.6.PK.Self, Family, and Community (Preschool)
BENCHMARK / STANDARD 6.PK.20.The child works cooperatively with other children and adults.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 6.PK.20.1.Plays and interacts with various children, sharing experiences and ideas with others.

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Building Houses
Family Talent Show
Keep It Up
Taking Turns
Who has the Biggest Number?
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 6.PK.20.2.Uses and accepts negotiation, compromise, and discussion to resolve conflicts.

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How can I stop my kids from fighting?
Talking About Your Feelings
STRAND / CONTENT STANDARD NM.7.PK.Approaches to Learning (Preschool)
BENCHMARK / STANDARD 7.PK.23.The child is open and curious to learn new things.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 7.PK.23.2.Shows interest in exploring the environment, learning new things, and trying new experiences.

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Celebrate Learning
My Age
Shape Changers
Sink or Swim
Taking Turns
STRAND / CONTENT STANDARD NM.7.PK.Approaches to Learning (Preschool)
BENCHMARK / STANDARD 7.PK.24.The child takes initiative.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 7.PK.24.2.Develops increasing independence during activities, routines, and play.

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Celebrate Learning
How do I get my child to______?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
My Age
Shape Changers
Sink or Swim
Taking Turns
STRAND / CONTENT STANDARD NM.7.PK.Approaches to Learning (Preschool)
BENCHMARK / STANDARD 7.PK.25.The child exhibits imagination and creativity.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 7.PK.25.3.Role-plays to express feelings, to dramatize stories, to try out social behaviors observed in adults, and reenact real-life roles and experiences.

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Act It Out
Funny Faces
If You're Happy & You Know It
Talking About Your Feelings
Toy Stories
STRAND / CONTENT STANDARD NM.7.PK.Approaches to Learning (Preschool)
BENCHMARK / STANDARD 7.PK.27.The child displays persistence and pursues challenges.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD / BENCHMARK / PROFICIENCY 7.PK.27.1.Focuses and completes a variety of tasks, activities, projects, and experiences.

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Celebrate Learning
My Age
Shape Changers
Sink or Swim
Taking Turns