Guide ID	Topic ID	Description	Gr PK	Gr K	Gr 1	Gr 2	Gr 3	Gr 4	Gr 5	Gr 6	Gr 7	Gr 8
001	09	Begins to recognize letters and knows that the alphabet letters have individual names	X
002	11	Uses left-to-right and top-to-bottom scanning	X
003	09	Engages in reading activities.	X
004	11	Engages in writing activities	X
005	09	Begins to develop an awareness of beginning sounds and words	X
006	09	Produces rhyming words	X
007	08	Organizes major steps of an event or story in sequential order	X
008	14	Engages in dialogue (conversation with others)	X
009	09	Relates story to self and own experiences	X
010	08	Speaks clearly enough to be understood.	X
011	14	Discusses what a selection is about		X
012	14	Dramatize and retell the events of a story in sequence		X
013	14	Responds appropriately to questions relating to a text		X
014	13	Demonstrates correct pencil grips and posture		X	X
015	13	Demonstrates proper formation of all manuscript letters		X		X
016	12	Uses the basic sentence structures of simple sentence		X	X
017	12	Recognizes a question mark at the end of a question		X	X
018	12	Uses a period at the end of a sentence		X		X
019	12	Uses capital letter for first word of every sentence		X	X	X
020	12	Demonstrates a simple understanding of plurals		X		X
021	11	Uses inventive spelling for words that are beyond grade and ability level		X	X
022	11	Dictates stories to adults for writing		X
023	11	Participates in small group or whole class written pieces		X		X	X
024	11	Uses journals.		X
025	11	Draws pictures		X
026	11	Identifies prewriting as a stimulation of ideas		X
027	09	Reads a piece of writing orally to an individual, a group, or a whole class		X
028	11	Writes first and last name correctly		X
029	09	Uses picture clues and background knowledge to get meaning from text.		X
030	09	Makes predictions about different aspects of text such as ending, characters, setting and whether the text is real or make believe.		X
031	09	Sequences pictures in relation to a story selection		X
032	09	Reads words in isolation		X		X
033	09	Uses the relationship between letters and sounds as a decoding strategy.		X
034	09	Identifies vowels and consonants		X
035	09	Develops decoding skills by using initial, final consonants and medial sounds.		X
036	09	Develops an awareness that printed words have meaning		X
037	09	Recognizes the relationship between letter and sound correspondence		X
038	09	Identifies and uses capital and lower case letters		X
039	09	Uses top to bottom/left to right progression		X
040	09	Describes and interprets simple events		X
041	09	Identify main idea and details		X
042	09	Identifies rhyming words		X
043	09	Identifies specific sounds		X
044	08	Participates in classroom group discussions		X
045	08	Participates in group story development		X
046	08	Tells simple stories from personal experiences		X
047	08	Recites from memory		X		X
048	07	Listens to receive information and answer specific questions		X				X
049	07	Listens to follow directions		X
050	07	Listens to discriminate sounds.		X
051	13	Write first name in an age-appropriate manner	X
052	07	Respond to a story displaying basic comprehension skills	X
053	13	Begins to develop age-appropriate hand writing skills.	X
054	08	Participate in retelling of stories and poems.	X
055	08	Can ask relevant questions and share experiences individually and in groups	X
056	08	Express ideas and expand receptive language skills	X
057	08	Increase vocabulary	X
058	08	Engage in conversations with peers and adults	X
059	07	Listen to literature being read	X
060	07	Listen to and follow simple directions	X
061	13	Engages in fine motor activities	X
100	15	The student will apply vowel rules when spelling.			X
101	11	Writes across the curriculum (letters, poetry, journals, observations)			X
102	13	Spaces  letters, words and sentences appropriately			X
103	08	Retells stories following the sequence of story events			X
104	08	Recites poems, rhymes, songs and stories			X
105	07	Follows one or two step directions			X
106	09	The student will read and write contractions.			X
107	09	The student will use decoding skills to blend and read words.			X
108	09	The student will recognize antonyms, synonyms, and homophones.			X
109	15	The student will recognize compound words.			X
110	15	The student will have the ability to produce rhyming words (word families)			X
111	15	The student will be able to break words into syllables			X
112	15	The student will recognize suffixes and root words.			X
113	15	The student will recognize diagraphs.			X
114	15	The student will recognize blends.			X
115	09	Recognizes long and short vowels			X
116	09	Identifies beginning, middle and ending sounds			X
117	09	Participates in activities (compare/contrast, character traits, and plots)			X
118	09	Develops fluency in reading			X
119	14	Develops comprehension (predicting outcomes, main ideas, sequencing, locating details)			X
120	09	Employs a variety of reading strategies, picture clues, phonics, sentence structure			X
121	13	Recognizes the four different types of sentences			X
122	12	Uses a period after abbreviation and at end of sentence			X
123	12	Uses a comma to separate day from month, date from year			X	X	X
124	12	Alphabetizes words			X
125	12	Uses capital letters for abbreviations when they stand for words which begin with capitals			X
126	12	Uses capital letter at beginning of sentence and correct punctuation at end of sentences			X
127	12	Uses a capital for the pronoun I			X
128	12	Uses a capital letter for all proper nouns			X		X
129	12	Identifies different parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, pronoun			X
130	11	Participates in writing process (prewriting, drafting, editing, revising)			X		X
131	11	Brainstorms in small and large groups to stimulate writing					X
132	10	Identifies authors and illustrators			X
133	09	Reads narrative fictional works such as realistic fiction, fantasy, folktale, fairy tale, epic tale, myth, fable, parable, novel, short story, tall tale, historical fiction, legend, science fiction			X
134	09	Distinguishes between real/make believe and fantasy/reality			X
135	09	Listens to a variety of literary genre including prose, poetry, drama, and non-fiction to stimulate writing					X
136	09	Reads and listens to a variety of literature including prose, poetry, drama, and non-fiction to stimulate writing			X
137	09	Reads orally with expression			X
138	08	Speaks in choral reading format				X
139	08	Articulates ideas and concepts			X
140	08	Enunciates words correctly			X
141	08	Uses proper grammar when speaking			X
142	07	Detects descriptive words from text			X
143	07	Listens to discriminate sounds that are similar/different			X
200	12	Uses correct ending punctuation				X
201	11	Develops brainstorming and prewriting skills to stimulate ideas				X
202	09	Reads orally with expression to an individual or to a group				X
203	15	Decodes words with long and short vowels				X
204	15	Decodes words with silent letters				X
205	14	Determines cause and effect/problem and solution				X