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Appendix E-Sight Word List
Sight words: Suggested words: Word Endings:
A Color Words -an
And Written numbers 0-10 -at
Are all, am, at, ate, away, -in
For be, big, but, came, -it
Go can, come, did, do, -ig
Have down, eat, find, funny -et
He get,good,help, how -ot
Here in, into, it,jump, -ip
I little,look,love,make Is me, must,new,no,not Like now,on,our,out,please My pretty,ran,ride,run Play saw,say,so,soon Said that,there,they,this See too,under,up,want She was,we,well,went, The what,when,where To who,why,will,with,yes,you
Appendix F-Standards Handout
California Common Core State Standards Overview Kindergarten-English Language Arts
Reading With prompting and
support: -Ask and answer questions about reading.
-Identify characters,! setting, & main events. -Retell Stories.
Print Understand that print
is read: -Left to right -Top to bottom -Page by page
Letter & Words
• Recognize all 26 upper & lowercase letters. • Recognize all 26 sounds the letters make. • Say rhyming words.
• Blend 2-3 sounds to make word. C-a-t • Read common high frequency words such as:
o I, see, my, like, the, have, here, for, he, she, go, to.
Writing
• Use upper & lower case letters appropriately.
• Use punctuation, such as period, or question mark. • Use phonetic spelling such as
skol (school).
• Write opinion (My favorite book is…..)
• Write informative (Tell about frog).
• Write a narrative (first this and then that).
• More than one sentence on
same topic. To look at the complete set of standards please visit:
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