British Columbia
Skills available for British Columbia kindergarten English language arts curriculum
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2 Students will listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to comprehend and respond personally and critically to oral, print, and other media texts.
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2.1 Use Strategies and Cues
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make connections between oral language, texts, and personal experiences
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recognize and anticipate meaning from print, symbols, and images; revise understanding based on further information
- Find a word in a sentence (K-C.3)
- Which could happen in real life? (K-S.1)
- What is the picture about? (K-T.1)
- Which feeling matches the picture? (K-U.1)
- What will happen next? (K-U.2)
- Compare pictures using adjectives (K-X.1)
- Find the picture that matches the action verb (K-X.2)
- Sort objects into categories (K-BB.1)
- Which one is not like the others? (K-BB.2)
- Multiple-meaning words with pictures (K-CC.1)
- Is the noun a person, animal, place or thing? (K-FF.1)
- Choose the singular or plural noun that matches the picture (K-FF.2)
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recognize environmental print, symbols, and images in context; recognize own name and personally familiar words
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recognize that print is organized from top to bottom and left to right; recognize that letters represent sounds
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2.2 Respond to Texts
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participate in shared listening, reading, and viewing experiences, using texts from a variety of genres [such as picture books, fairy tales, rhymes, stories, photographs, illustrations, video programs...] and cultural traditions
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share personal experiences and family traditions related to oral, print, and other media texts; talk about and represent the actions of people in texts
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share feelings evoked by a variety of oral, print, and other media
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2.3 Understand Forms and Techniques
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distinguish between what is realistic and imaginary in a variety of texts
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develop a sense of story through listening, reading, and viewing experiences
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demonstrate curiosity about and experiment with letters, sounds, words, and word patterns
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appreciate the sounds and rhythms of language [such as nursery rhymes, personal songs...]
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create original texts [such as dramatic play, pictures, chants, story boards...] to communicate and demonstrate understanding of forms and techniques
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3 Students will listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to manage ideas and information.
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3.1 Plan and Focus
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discuss personal knowledge of a topic
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ask questions to satisfy personal curiosity and information needs
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ask and answer questions to help satisfy group curiosity and information needs
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choose different ways to gather information and ideas
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3.2 Select and Process
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identify self and others as sources of information
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seek information from others [such as people at school, at home, in the community...]
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compare gathered ideas and information to personal knowledge
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use illustrations, photographs, video programs, objects, and auditory cues to understand ideas and information
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ask questions and use prior knowledge to make sense of information
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3.3 Organize, Record, and Evaluate
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categorize objects and pictures according to visual similarities and differences
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represent and share information and ideas; compose with a scribe
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indicate whether or not information is useful for answering questions
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share learning and information-gathering experiences
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4 Students will listen, speak, read, write, view, and represent to enhance the clarity and artistry of communication.
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4.1 Generate and Focus
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contribute ideas to focus on a topic
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share ideas and experiences through talking, storytelling, pictures, singing, illustrations, and print
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know that ideas expressed in oral language can be drawn and recorded
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4.2 Enhance and Improve
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talk about own and others' creations and stories
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retell ideas to clarify meaning
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form recognizable letters and use letters and directional arrow keys on the keyboard
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describe own drawings and attempts at writing
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use drawings to express ideas, feelings, and information
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4.3 Attend to Conventions
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check for completeness of work
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connect sounds with letters in words
- Which two words have the same ending? (K-F.2)
- Blend each sound in a word together (K-G.2)
- Which two words start with the same sound? (K-H.1)
- Find the words that begin with a given sound (K-H.2)
- Which two words end with the same sound? (K-H.4)
- Which letter does the word start with? (K-H.6)
- Which letter does the word end with? (K-H.7)
- Which consonant blend does the word start with? (K-I.1)
- Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend (K-I.2)
- Does the word start with a consonant blend? (K-I.3)
- Which consonant blend does the word end with? (K-I.4)
- Complete the word with the right final consonant blend (K-I.5)
- Does the word end with a consonant blend? (K-I.6)
- Choose the word that matches the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck (K-I.7)
- Choose the correct digraph (K-I.8)
- Find the short a word (K-J.1)
- Complete the short a word (K-J.3)
- Find the short e word (K-K.1)
- Complete the short e word (K-K.3)
- Find the short i word (K-L.1)
- Complete the short i words (K-L.3)
- Find the short o word (K-M.1)
- Complete the short o word (K-M.3)
- Find the short u word (K-N.1)
- Complete the short u word (K-N.3)
- Identify the short vowel sound in a word (K-O.1)
- Complete the word with the right short vowel (K-O.2)
- Spell the short vowel word (K-O.3)
- Find the long a word (K-P.3)
- Find the long e word (K-P.4)
- Find the long i word (K-P.5)
- Find the long o word (K-P.6)
- Find the long u word (K-P.7)
- Sort short and long vowel words (K-P.8)
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recognize own name, capital letters, and periods
- Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase (K-A.1)
- Choose the letter that you hear: uppercase (K-A.3)
- Choose the letter that you hear: lowercase (K-A.4)
- Frequently confused letters: find all the letters (K-A.6)
- Choose the lowercase letter that matches: review (K-B.1)
- Find the lowercase letters (K-B.2)
- Choose the uppercase letter that matches: review (K-B.3)
- Find the uppercase letters (K-B.4)
- Is it a telling sentence or an asking sentence? (K-DD.1)
- Identify and use end marks (K-DD.2)
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4.4 Present and Share
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share information and ideas about a topic of personal interest
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share information and ideas with a group
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demonstrate active listening and viewing behaviours [such as showing attentive facial expression, keeping respectful silence...]
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