Students listen and respond to stories based on well-known characters, themes, plots, and settings. The quality and complexity of the materials to be read by students are illustrated in the California Reading List. Students write words and brief sentences that are legible. Thus, these standards have been placed between the other two. 1.0. Students write and speak with a command of standard English conventions.
Students listen and respond to oral communication.
They speak in clear and coherent sentences. About Print A primary focus of language arts instruction in kindergarten is placed on making sense of the alphabet and its role in reading. Moreover, letter-sound knowledge is not optional in an alphabetic writing system. By the end of kindergarten, students should be able to name all upper and lowercase letters and match all letters with their associated sounds. The decision of teaching letter names first or letter-sound relationships is not entirely settled.