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Language in Kindergarten (L.K Standards): Grammar & WordsL.K Standards

Short answer. The L.K standards are about how English works, at kindergarten scale. That means printing letters, speaking in complete sentences, forming plurals (dog, dogs; wish, wishes), using question words like who and why, capitalizing I, naming the period and question mark, and spelling simple words the way they sound. KAT for cat is developmentally right on schedule, and these standards treat it that way.

Two clusters carry the load. Conventions of Standard English (L.K.1 and L.K.2) covers grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and phonetic spelling, with each standard broken into lettered sub-skills. Vocabulary Acquisition and Use (L.K.4 through L.K.6) is the word-meaning side: figuring out that duck can be a bird or a move, sorting words into categories, matching opposites, and acting out the difference between walk, march, and strut. There is no L.K.3; the numbering picks up at 4.

Grade: Kindergarten
Subject: English Language Arts
Standards: 5
Clusters: 2

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Every L.K standard, in order

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Cluster

Conventions of Standard English

2 standards

Cluster

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

3 standards

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