Literacy Benchmarks

The following Literacy Benchmarks guide our literacy program:

A. Work recognition, analysis and fluency

1. See, hear, and sya the basic sounds of the English language

2. Match consonant and vowel sounds to appropriate letters, say the

common sounds of most letters

3. Identify and name letters of alphabet

4. Identify, produce and say rhyming words in response to an oral prompt

B. Vocabulary Expansion

1. Use words to describe and name people, places and things

2. See, hear, and say vocabulary words from stories that are read

3. Use words to describe location, size, color, shape and direction

4. Use words to describe action

Speaking, Listening and Viewing

A. Speaking

1. Speak clearly and with a voume that is easity heard

2. Demonstrate literal comprehension by asking and answering questions

about narrative and informal text

3. Make preditions from illustrations and story content

4. Follow 2 to 5 step directions

B. Listening

1. Listen to a story from beginning to end without interruption

C. Comprehension

1. Deomonstrate literal comprehension by asking and answering questions

about narrative and informational text.

2. Make predictions from illustrations and story content

3. Wirte , draw, or act out a response that demonstrates comprehension

D. Literature

1. Identify main characters and story events and actions.

2. Retell familiar stories using beginning, middle and end

II. Writing

A. Spelling, Grammar and Usage

1. Use knowledge of basic phonics to spell (inventive spelling)

2. Correctly form upper and lower case letters in own name