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ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of English Language Acquisition Services (OELAS)
Kindergarten English Language Proficiency Standards
Table of Contents
Standard 1 …………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………..…… 6
Standard 2 ………………..………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………… 8
Standard 3 ………………..………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………… 10
Standard 4 ………………..………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………… 12
Standard 5 ………………..………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………… 14
Standard 6 ………………..………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………… 16
Standard 7 ………………..………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………… 18
Standard 8 ………………..………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………… 20
Standard 9 ………………..………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………… 22
Standard 10 …..…………..………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………… 24
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c. Identify the initial and final sounds (not letters) of a spoken word. a. Identify and produce sounds (phonemes) in a spoken word.
d. Produce rhyming words and short, simple, rhyming phrases and songs b. Recognize and produce rhyming words.
using accurate pronunciation as well as expressive phrasing and c. Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words. Blend
intonation. and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words. Blend
e. Identify rhyming words in response to an oral prompt. spoken phonemes to form one-syllable words (e.g., /m/ /a/ /n/).
f. Segment one-syllable words into its phonemes. d. Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel (long and short vowels),
and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme words. (*This does not
g. Blend two or three spoken syllables to produce words. include CVCs (Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.
h. Produce and blend the initial, medial, and final sounds of CVC words e. Add, substitute, and delete individual phonemes in simple, one-syllable
using accurate articulation and pronunciation. words to make new words.
i. Blend spoken sounds to produce words.
j. Discriminate between initial, medial, and final spoken sounds within a
word.
k. Produce and blend the initial, medial, and final sounds of grade-
appropriate words using accurate articulation and pronunciation.
l. Produce new words when initial sound(s), including digraphs, are
changed (i.e., word families).
m. Orally form words by substituting simple onsets (/c/) with given rimes
(/at/).
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Print Skills
Arizona’s English Language Proficiency Standards: Arizona’s English Language Arts Standards Reading Standards:
Reading Foundational Skills Foundational Skills
2. Print Concepts: Print Concepts
a. Demonstrate the command of left to right, top to bottom directionality, K.RF.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of
and return sweep when "reading" books. print.
b. Recognize that words are represented by a sequence of letters. a. Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
c. Demonstrate the one-to-one correlation between a spoken word and a b. Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by
printed word. specific sequences of letters.
d. Recognize that sentences are made up of separate words and c. Identify that a sentence is made up of a group of words.
symbols.
d. Recognize the difference between a letter and a printed word.
e. Recognize the difference between a letter and a printed word.
e. Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
f. Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
f. Recognize and name all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
g. Name all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet with different
fonts out of sequence. Phonics and Word Recognition
h. Produce letter sounds represented by the single lettered consonants K.RF.3 Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
and vowels. a. Demonstrate basic knowledge of one‐to‐one letter‐sound correspondence
by producing the primary or most frequent sound(s) for each consonant
and the five major vowels.
3. Phonics and Word Recognition:
b. Decode regularly spelled closed-syllable words.
a. Decode common CVC words.
c. Read 50 common high-frequency words by sight from a research-based
b. Decode a new word when a specific letter is changed, added, or word list.
removed.
d. Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of
the letters that differ.
4. Fluency: Fluency
a. Read high frequency words with automaticity in context. K.RF.4 Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
b. Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
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RECEPTIVE COMMUNICATION
Listening and Reading
AZ ELP - Standard 1
construct meaning from oral With substantial With moderate With light support, Reading Functions for using language include but
presentations and literary and support, apply an support, apply a apply a wide range of Literature: are not limited to:
informational text through emerging set of developing set of strategies to: K.RL.1 describing, entertaining, informing,
grade appropriate listening, strategies to: strategies to: K.RL.2 interpreting, analyzing, recounting, explaining,
reading, and viewing. K.RL.3 persuading, negotiating, justifying, evaluating,
PE/E-1: answer B-1: ask questions I-1: ask and answer K.RL.7 and so on.
questions about one about key details from questions about key
or more details from a a read-aloud, picture details from a read- Informational text types include but are
Reading
read-aloud, picture book, and oral aloud, picture book, not limited to:
book, and oral presentation. and oral presentation. Informational:
descriptions or accounts (e.g., scientific,
presentation. K.RI.1
historical, economic, technical), recounts
K.RI.2
(e.g., biography, memoir), information
K.RI.3
reports, explanations (e.g., causal,
PE/E-2: identify key B-2: identify key I-2: identify the main K.RI.7
words and phrases in details from read- topic and details from factual), expositions (e.g., speeches,
read-alouds and oral alouds, picture books, read-alouds, picture opinion pieces, argument, debate),
Speaking and
presentations. and/or oral books, and/or oral responses (e.g., literary analysis), oral
Listening:
presentations. presentation. presentations, and so on.
KSL.2
Literary text types include but are not
limited to:
PE/E-3: repeat B-3: retell familiar I-3: retell familiar texts stories (e.g., historical fiction, myths,
familiar texts. texts. with details. graphic novels), poetry, read-alouds, drama,
and so on.
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Reading Informational
K.RI.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
K.RI.2 With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
K.RI.3 With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
K.RI.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an
illustration depicts).
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RECEPTIVE COMMUNICATION
Listening and Reading
AZ ELP - Standard 2
determine the meaning of With substantial With moderate With light support, Reading Functions for using language include but
words and phrases in oral support, apply an support, apply a apply a wide range of Literature: are not limited to:
presentations and literary and emerging set of developing set of strategies to: K.RL.4 describing, entertaining, informing,
informational text. strategies to: strategies to: interpreting, analyzing, recounting, explaining,
Reading persuading, negotiating, justifying, evaluating,
PE/E-1: answer B-1: answer I-1: answer and ask Informational: and so on.
questions to help questions to help questions about the K.RI.4
determine the determine the meaning of words and Informational text types include but are
meaning of some meaning of some phrases in grade- not limited to:
frequently occurring words and phrases in appropriate oral Speaking and
descriptions or accounts (e.g., scientific,
words and phrases in simple oral presentations and Listening:
historical, economic, technical), recounts
simple oral presentations and read-alouds about a K.SL.2
(e.g., biography, memoir), information
presentations and read-alouds about variety of topics,
read-alouds about familiar topics, experiences, or reports, explanations (e.g., causal,
Language:
familiar topics, experiences, or events. factual), expositions (e.g., speeches,
K.L.5
experiences, or events. opinion pieces, argument, debate),
events. responses (e.g., literary analysis), oral
presentations, and so on.
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Reading Informational
K.RI.4 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
Language
K.L.5 With guidance and support from adults, explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
a. Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
b. Demonstrate understanding of frequently occurring verbs and adjectives by relating them to their antonyms.
c. Identify real‐life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
d. Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing the same general action (e.g., walk, march, strut, prance) by acting out the meanings.
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PRODUCTIVE COMMUNICATION
Speaking and Writing
AZ ELP - Standard 3
speak and write about grade With substantial With moderate With light support, Writing: Functions for using language include but
appropriate complex literary support, apply an support, apply a apply a wide range of K.W.1 are not limited to:
and informational texts and emerging set of developing set of strategies to: K.W.2 describing, entertaining, informing,
topics. strategies to: strategies to: K.W.3 interpreting, analyzing, recounting, explaining,
K.W.4 persuading, negotiating, justifying, evaluating,
PE/E-1: communicate B-1: tell or dictate I-1: make simple oral and so on.
simple information or simple messages presentations about a Speaking and
feelings about familiar about a variety of variety of topics, Listening: Informational text types include but are
topics, experiences, topics, experiences, experiences, or
or events. or events. events. K.SL.4 not limited to:
K.SL.5 descriptions or accounts (e.g., scientific,
historical, economic, technical), recounts
Language: (e.g., biography, memoir), information
K.L.2 reports, explanations (e.g., causal,
factual), expositions (e.g., speeches,
PE/E-2: add B-2: add appropriate I-2: add appropriate opinion pieces, argument, debate),
appropriate drawings drawings or other drawings or other responses (e.g., literary analysis), oral
or other visual visual displays to visual displays to
presentations, and so on.
displays to provide provide additional provide additional
additional detail to detail to a variety of detail about a variety
familiar topics, topics, experiences, of topics, Literary text types include but are not
experiences, or or events. experiences, or limited to:
events. events. stories (e.g., historical fiction, myths,
graphic novels), poetry, read-alouds, drama,
and so on.
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Language
K.L.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
a. Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.
b. Recognize and name end punctuation.
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PRODUCTIVE COMMUNICATION
Speaking and Writing
AZ ELP - Standard 4
construct grade appropriate With substantial With moderate With light support, Writing: Functions for using language include but
oral and written claims and support, apply an support, apply a apply a wide range of K.W.1 are not limited to:
support them with reasoning emerging set of developing set of strategies to: describing, entertaining, informing,
and evidence. strategies to: strategies to: Speaking and interpreting, analyzing, recounting, explaining,
Listening: persuading, negotiating, justifying, evaluating,
PE/E-1: express an B-1: express an I-1: express an K.SL.6 and so on.
opinion or preference opinion or preference opinion or preference
using words and/or and limited using appropriate Informational text types include but are
illustrations about a justification about a structure and not limited to:
familiar topic. familiar topic or story. justification about a descriptions or accounts (e.g., scientific,
variety of topics or historical, economic, technical), recounts
stories.
(e.g., biography, memoir), information
reports, explanations (e.g., causal,
factual), expositions (e.g., speeches,
opinion pieces, argument, debate),
responses (e.g., literary analysis), oral
presentations, and so on.
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PRODUCTIVE COMMUNICATION
Speaking and Writing
AZ ELP - Standard 5
adapt language choices to With substantial With moderate With light support, Writing: Functions for using language include but
purpose, task, and audience support, apply an support, apply a apply a wide range of K.W.5 are not limited to:
when speaking and writing. emerging set of developing set of strategies to: describing, entertaining, informing,
strategies to: strategies to: Speaking and interpreting, analyzing, recounting, explaining,
Listening: persuading, negotiating, justifying, evaluating,
PE/E-1: respond to B-1: respond to I-1: respond to K.SL.6 and so on.
questions and questions and questions and
suggestions from suggestions from suggestions from Informational text types include but are
Language:
peers and add details peers and add details peers and add details not limited to:
to writing. to strengthen writing to strengthen writing K.L.6
descriptions or accounts (e.g., scientific,
as needed. as needed. historical, economic, technical), recounts
(e.g., biography, memoir), information
reports, explanations (e.g., causal,
factual), expositions (e.g., speeches,
opinion pieces, argument, debate),
responses (e.g., literary analysis), oral
presentations, and so on.
PE/E-2: demonstrate B-2: demonstrate a I-2: demonstrate Literary text types include but are not
a developing developing increasing awareness limited to:
awareness of the awareness of the of differences stories (e.g., historical fiction, myths,
difference between difference between between informal
graphic novels), poetry, read-alouds, drama,
appropriate language appropriate language “playground speech”
for the playground for the playground and language and so on.
and language for the and language for the appropriate to the Audiences include but are not limited to:
classroom. classroom. classroom.
Peers (one to one)
Small group (one to a group)
Whole group (one to many)
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Language
K.L.6 Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
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INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION
Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing
AZ ELP - Standard 6
participate in grade- With substantial With moderate With light support, Writing: Functions for using language include but
appropriate oral and written support, apply an support, apply a apply a wide range of K.W.6 are not limited to:
exchanges of information, emerging set of developing set of strategies to: describing, entertaining, informing,
ideas, and analyses, strategies to: strategies to: Speaking and interpreting, analyzing, recounting, explaining,
responding to peer, audience, Listening: persuading, negotiating, justifying, evaluating,
or reader comments and PE/E-1: participate in B-1: participate in I-1: participate in K.SL.1 and so on.
questions. short conversations conversations and conversations and
about familiar topics. discussions about discussions about a Informational text types include but are
familiar topics. variety of topics with not limited to:
diverse partners. descriptions or accounts (e.g., scientific,
historical, economic, technical), recounts
(e.g., biography, memoir), information
reports, explanations (e.g., causal,
factual), expositions (e.g., speeches,
PE/E-2: follow some B-2: follow increasing I-2: follow rules for
rules for discussion number of rules for discussion about a opinion pieces, argument, debate),
about familiar topics. discussion about variety of topics. responses (e.g., literary analysis), oral
familiar topics. presentations, and so on.
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INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION
Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing
AZ ELP - Standard 7
conduct research and evaluate With substantial With moderate With light support, Writing: Functions for using language include but
and communicate findings to support, apply an support, apply a apply a wide range of K.W.7 are not limited to:
answer questions or solve emerging set of developing set of strategies to: K.W.8 describing, entertaining, informing,
problems. strategies to: strategies to: interpreting, analyzing, recounting, explaining,
persuading, negotiating, justifying, evaluating,
PE/E-1: recall or use B-1: recall and record I-1: recall and record Speaking and and so on.
information from a information from information from Listening:
provided source to experience or use experience or use Informational text types include but are
K.SL.4
answer a question information from information from not limited to:
about familiar topics. provided sources to provided sources to descriptions or accounts (e.g., scientific,
answer a question answer a question historical, economic, technical), recounts
with developing with increasing
(e.g., biography, memoir), information
control. control.
reports, explanations (e.g., causal,
factual), expositions (e.g., speeches,
opinion pieces, argument, debate),
responses (e.g., literary analysis), oral
presentations, and so on.
PE/E-2: participate in B-2: participate in I-2: participate in
shared research and shared research and shared research and Literary text types include but are not
writing projects about writing projects by writing projects by limited to:
familiar topics. communicating evaluating and stories (e.g., historical fiction, myths,
findings. communicating graphic novels), poetry, read-alouds, drama,
findings. and so on.
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INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION
Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing
AZ ELP - Standard 8
analyze and critique the With substantial With moderate With light support, Reading Functions for using language include but
arguments of others orally and support, apply an support, apply a apply a wide range of Informational: are not limited to:
in writing. emerging set of developing set of strategies to: K.RI.8 describing, entertaining, informing, interpreting,
strategies to: strategies to: analyzing, recounting, explaining, persuading,
Writing: negotiating, justifying, evaluating, and so on.
PE/E-1: orally identify B-1: orally identify I-1: orally and/or in K.W.1
one reason an author one reason an author writing identify one or Informational text types include but are
or a speaker gives in or a speaker gives to two reasons an not limited to:
Speaking and
a familiar text. support a point. author or speaker descriptions or accounts (e.g., scientific,
gives to support Listening:
historical, economic, technical), recounts
points in a text. K.SL.3
(e.g., biography, memoir), information
reports, explanations (e.g., causal,
factual), expositions (e.g., speeches,
opinion pieces, argument, debate),
responses (e.g., literary analysis), oral
presentations, and so on.
PE/E-2: respond to B-2: ask and answer I-2: ask and answer
yes-no, either-or, and yes-no, either-or, and yes-no, either-or, and Literary text types include but are not
wh- questions about wh- questions in order wh- questions in order limited to:
what an author or to gather more to clarify what an
stories (e.g., historical fiction, myths,
speaker says. information about author or speaker
what an author or says. graphic novels), poetry, read-alouds, drama, and
speaker says. so on.
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Writing
K.W.1 With guidance and support from adults, use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the
book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is . . .).
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LANGUAGE
Standards 9 and 10 are to be used across Standards 1-8
AZ ELP - Standard 9
create clear and coherent With substantial With moderate With light support, Writing: Functions for using language include but
grade-appropriate speech and support, apply an support, apply a apply a wide range of K.W.1 are not limited to:
text. emerging set of developing set of strategies to: K.W.2 describing, entertaining, informing,
strategies to: strategies to: K.W.3 interpreting, analyzing, recounting, explaining,
persuading, negotiating, justifying, evaluating,
PE/E-1: express B-1: describe/express I-1: describe/express and so on.
feelings about an thoughts and feelings thoughts, feelings, Speaking and
event or a familiar about several events and ideas about a Informational text types include but are
Listening:
story using a limited from a familiar story short sequence of not limited to:
number of words. with developing events from a familiar K.SL.4
descriptions or accounts (e.g., scientific,
control of some story, with a K.SL.6
historical, economic, technical), recounts
frequently occurring beginning, middle,
(e.g., biography, memoir), information
linking words (e.g., and end including the
and, then). use of frequently reports, explanations (e.g., causal,
occurring linking factual), expositions (e.g., speeches,
words. opinion pieces, argument, debate),
responses (e.g., literary analysis), oral
presentations, and so on.
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LANGUAGE
Standards 9 and 10 are to be used across Standards 1-8
AZ ELP - Standard 10
make accurate use of standard With substantial With moderate With light support, Language: Functions for using language include but
English to communicate in support, apply an support, apply a apply a wide range of K.L.1 are not limited to:
grade appropriate speech and emerging set of developing set of strategies to: describing, entertaining, informing,
writing. strategies to: strategies to: interpreting, analyzing, recounting, explaining,
persuading, negotiating, justifying, evaluating,
PE/E-1: recognize B-1: recognize and I-1: use frequently and so on.
and use frequently use frequently occurring regular
occurring nouns, occurring regular plural nouns, verbs, Informational text types include but are
verbs, and short plural nouns, verbs, prepositions, and not limited to:
phrases in shared and prepositions in question words in descriptions or accounts (e.g., scientific,
language activities. shared language shared language historical, economic, technical), recounts
activities. activities.
(e.g., biography, memoir), information
reports, explanations (e.g., causal,
factual), expositions (e.g., speeches,
opinion pieces, argument, debate),
responses (e.g., literary analysis), oral
PE/E-2: respond to B-2: use and respond I-2: ask and answer presentations, and so on.
yes-no and wh- to question words in interrogatives (wh-
questions in shared shared language questions) in shared Literary text types include but are not
language activities activities. language activities. limited to:
stories (e.g., historical fiction, myths,
graphic novels), poetry, read-alouds, drama,
and so on.
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PE/E-3: produce B-3: produce simple I-3: produce and Audiences include but are not limited to:
simple sentences. sentences. expand simple Peers (one to one)
sentences in shared Small group (one to a group)
language activities.
Whole group (one to many)
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