Performance Indicator - ELA.K.R.1.A:
Students locate and use classroom and library media center resources to acquire information, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.K.R.1.B:
Students read familiar informational texts to begin to collect data, facts, and ideas, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.K.R.1.C:
Students interpret information represented in simple charts and webs.

Performance Indicator - ELA.K.R.1.D:
Students draw on a prior experience to understand new data, facts, and ideas.

Performance Indicator - ELA.K.R.2.A:
Students comprehend and respond to literary texts and performances.

Performance Indicator - ELA.K.R.2.B:
Students engage in pre-reading and reading activities to:

• select books, tapes, and poems on the basis of personal choice/interest or teacher-selected criteria, such as a theme/topic
• make connections between personal experiences and stories read
• predict what might happen next in a story read aloud
• retell a story, with assistance

Performance Indicator - ELA.K.R.2.C:
Students dramatize or retell stories, using puppets, toys, and other props.

Performance Indicator - ELA.K.R.3.A:
Students identify and explain ideas and experiences from texts and performances.

Performance Indicator - ELA.K.R.3.B:
Students engage in pre-reading and reading activities to:

• identify what they know and have learned about a specific story or topic
• use illustrations to assist in understanding the content of a text and to anticipate what will happen next
• predict what could happen next or the outcome of a story or article read aloud
• change the sequence of events in a story to create a different ending, with assistance
• form an opinion about the differences between events in a story and events in own life
• evaluate and select books, poems, or tapes on the basis of personal choice or teacher-selected criteria, such as topic, author, and illustrations
• distinguish between real and imaginary stories

Performance Indicator - ELA.K.R.4.A:
Students share reading experience to establish, maintain, and enhance personal relationships.

Performance Indicator - ELA.K.R.4.B:
Students respect the age, gender, and cultural traditions of the writer, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.K.R.4.C:
Students recognize the vocabulary and writing conventions (e.g., greetings and closings) of social communication, with assistance.