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Naming upper-and lower-case letters, matching those letters with their sounds
Comparing adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories, such as fairy tales and folktales
Retelling familiar stories and talking about stories read to them using details from the text
Using a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to describe an event, including his or her reaction to what happened
Stating an opinion or preference about a topic or book in writing (e.g., My favorite book is . . .”)
Taking part in classroom conversations and following rules for discussions (e.g., learning to listen to others and taking turns when speaking)
Asking and answering questions about key details in stories or other information read aloud
Understanding and using question words (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how) in discussions
Learning to recognize, spell, and properly use those little grammatical words that hold the language together (e.g., a, the, to, of, from, I, is, are)

Counting objects to tell how many there are
Comparing two groups of objects to tell which group, if either, has more; comparing two written numbers to tell which is greater
Acting out addition and subtraction word problems and drawing diagrams to represent them
Adding with a sum of 10 or less; subtracting from a number 10 or less; and solving addition and subtraction word problems
Adding and subtracting very small numbers quickly and accurately (e.g., 3 + 1)
Correctly naming shapes regardless of orientation or size (e.g., a square oriented as a “diamond” is still a square)

$A proctractor, an example of a right angle, and ruler$