Texas Content Area Standards

• ELA: K.110.2.b.1

  Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking - - oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

  • ELA: K.1.C: The student is expected to share information and ideas by speaking audibly and clearly using the conventions of language.

• ELA: K.110.2.b.2

  Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking -- beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell.

  • ELA: K.2.D.i: The student is expected to demonstrate print awareness by: identifying the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
  • ELA: K.2.D.v: The student is expected to demonstrate print awareness by identifying all uppercase and lowercase letters.
  • ELA: K.2.E: The student is expected to develop handwriting by accurately forming all uppercase and lowercase letters using appropriate directionality.

• ELA: K.110.2.b.3

  Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking -- vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively.

  • ELA: K.3.C: The student is expected to identify and use words that name actions; directions; positions; sequences; categories such as colors, shapes, and textures; and locations.

• ELA: K.110.2.b.5

  Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.

  • ELA: K.5.G: The student is expected to evaluate details to determine what is most important with adult assistance.
  • ELA: K.5.H: The student is expected to synthesize information to create new understanding with adult assistance.

• ELA: K.110.2.b.10

  Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts -- writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.

  • ELA: K.10.D.vi: The student is expected to edit drafts with adult assistance using standard English conventions, including: pronouns, including subjective, objective, and possessive cases.
  • ELA: K.10.D.vii: The student is expected to edit drafts with adult assistance using standard English conventions, including: capitalization of the first letter in a sentence and name.
  • ELA: K.10.D.viii: The student is expected to edit drafts with adult assistance using standard English conventions, including: punctuation marks at the end of declarative sentences.

• ELA: K.110.2.b.11

  Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts -- genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful.

  • ELA: K.11.B: The student is expected to dictate or compose informational texts.

• ELA: 1.110.3.b.1

  Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking - - oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

  • ELA: 1.1.C: The student is expected to share information and ideas about the topic under discussion, speaking clearly at an appropriate pace and using the conventions of language.

• ELA: 1.110.3.b.2

  Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking - - beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell.

  • ELA: 1.2.D: The student is expected to demonstrate print awareness by identifying the information that different parts of a book provide.
  • ELA: 1.2.F: The student is expected to develop handwriting by printing words, sentences, and answers legibly leaving appropriate spaces between words.

• ELA: 1.110.3.b.3

  Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking -- vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively.

  • ELA: 1.3.D: The student is expected to identify and use words that name actions, directions, positions, sequences, categories, and locations.

• ELA: 1.110.3.b.6

  Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.

  • ELA: 1.6.G: The student is expected to evaluate details to determine what is most important with adult assistance.
  • ELA: 1.6.H: The student is expected to synthesize information to create new understanding with adult assistance.

• ELA: 1.110.3.b.11

  Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts -- writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.

  • ELA: 1.11.D.ix: The student is expected to edit drafts using standard English conventions, including: punctuation marks at the end of declarative, exclamatory, and interrogative sentences.
  • ELA: 1.11.D.vii: The student is expected to edit drafts using standard English conventions, including: pronouns, including subjective, objective, and possessive cases.
  • ELA: 1.11.D.viii: The student is expected to edit drafts using standard English conventions, including: capitalization for the beginning of sentences and the pronoun "I".

• ELA: 1.110.3.b.12

  Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts -- genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful.

  • ELA: 1.12.B: The student is expected to dictate or compose informational texts, including procedural texts.

• ELA: 2.110.4.b.1

  Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking -- oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

  • ELA: 2.1.C: The student is expected to share information and ideas that focus on the topic under discussion, speaking clearly at an appropriate pace and using the conventions of language.

• ELA: 2.110.4.b.6

  Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.

  • ELA: 2.6.G: The student is expected to evaluate details read to determine key ideas.
  • ELA: 2.6.H: The student is expected to synthesize information to create new understanding.

• ELA: 2.110.4.b.11

  Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts -- writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.

  • ELA: 2.11.D.vii: The student is expected to edit drafts using standard English conventions, including: pronouns, including subjective, objective, and possessive cases.
  • ELA: 2.11.D.x: The student is expected to edit drafts using standard English conventions, including: end punctuation, apostrophes in contractions, and commas with items in a series and in dates.

• ELA: 2.110.4.b.12

  Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts -- genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful.

  • ELA: 2.12.B: The student is expected to compose informational texts, including procedural texts and reports.

• Social Studies: 2.113.13.c.16

  Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to:

  • Social Studies: 2.113.13.c.16.E: communicate information visually, orally, or in writing based on knowledge and experiences in social studies

• Social Studies: K.113.11.c.14

  Social studies skills. The student communicates in oral and visual forms. The student is expected to:

  • Social Studies: K.113.11.c.14.C: communicate information visually, orally, or in writing based on knowledge and experiences in social studies

• Social Studies: 1.113.12.c.17

  Social studies skills. The student communicates in oral, visual, and written forms. The student is expected to:

  • Social Studies: 1.113.12.c.17.C: communicate information visually, orally, or in writing based on knowledge and experiences in social studies

• Science: 2.112.4.b.1

  Scientific and engineering practices. The student asks questions, identifies problems, and plans and safely conducts classroom, laboratory, and field investigations to answer questions, explain phenomena, or design solutions using appropriate tools and models. The student is expected to:

  • Science: 2.112.4.b.1.F: record and organize data using pictures, numbers, words, symbols, and simple graphs

• Science: K.112.2.b.1

  Scientific and engineering practices. The student asks questions, identifies problems, and plans and safely conducts classroom, laboratory, and field investigations to answer questions, explain phenomena, or design solutions using appropriate tools and models. The student is expected to:

  • Science: K.112.2.b.1.F: record and organize data using pictures, numbers, words, symbols, and simple graphs.

• Science: K.112.2.b.3

  Scientific and engineering practices. The student develops evidence-based explanations and communicates findings, conclusions, and proposed solutions. The student is expected to:

  • Science: K.112.2.b.3.B: communicate explanations and solutions individually and collaboratively in a variety of settings and formats.

• Science: K.112.2.b.13

  Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms resemble their parents and have structures and undergo processes that help them interact and survive within their environments. The student is expected to:

  • Science: K.112.2.b.13.C: identify and record the changes from seed, seedling, plant, flower, and fruit in a simple plant life cycle.

• Science: 1.112.3.b.1

  Scientific and engineering practices. The student asks questions, identifies problems, and plans and safely conducts classroom, laboratory, and field investigations to answer questions, explain phenomena, or design solutions using appropriate tools and models. The student is expected to:

  • Science: 1.112.3.b.1.F: record and organize data using pictures, numbers, words, symbols, and simple graphs.

• Science: 1.112.3.b.3

  Scientific and engineering practices. The student develops evidence-based explanations and communicates findings, conclusions, and proposed solutions. The student is expected to:

  • Science: 1.112.3.b.3.B: communicate explanations and solutions individually and collaboratively in a variety of settings and formats.

• Science: 2.112.4.b.3

  Scientific and engineering practices. The student develops evidence-based explanations and communicates findings, conclusions, and proposed solutions. The student is expected to:

  • Science: 2.112.4.b.3.B: communicate explanations and solutions individually and collaboratively in a variety of settings and formats

• Science: 2.112.4.b.12

  Organisms and environments. The student knows that living organisms have basic needs that must be met through interactions within their environment. The student is expected to:

  • Science: 2.112.4.b.12.A: describe how the physical characteristics of environments, including the amount of rainfall, support plants and animals within an ecosystem