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I Can Read
(Reading Foundational Skills)
I can understand how books are meant to be read.
RF.K.1A I can read the words in a book in the right order.
RF.K.1B I can understand that words I say can be written using
letters in a certain order.
RF.K.1C I can understand that words have spaces between them.
RF.K.1D I can name all of my upper and lower case letters in the
alphabet.
I can understand the sounds that letters and words make.
RF.K.2A I can recognize and make rhyming words.
RF.K.2B I can count and divide words into syllables.
RF.K.2C I can blend and take apart the beginning sounds and
ending parts of one-syllable words.
RF.K.2D I can find and say the beginning, middle and last sound in
simple words.
RF.K.2E I can make new words by changing a consonant or a vowel
sound in a word I already know.
I can look at words and figure them out by using what I know
about letters and sounds.
RF.K.3A I can say the most common sound for each consonant in
the alphabet.
RF.K.3B I can match long and short vowel sounds with the letters
that go with them.
RF.K.3C I can read common sight words.
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RF.K.3D I can tell the difference between and read similar words
by looking at the letters that are different.
RF.K.4 I can read and understand books at my level well.
I Can Read Fiction
(Reading Literature)
I can read, understand and tell about fiction.
RL.K.1 I can ask and answer questions about important details in
stories.
RL.K.2 I can retell a story I know using important details from
the story.
RL.K.3 I can tell the characters, setting and what happens in
stories.
RL.K.4 I can ask and answer questions about new words in
stories.
RL.K.5 I can tell the difference between the different
kinds of fiction I read.
RL.K.6 I can tell who the author and illustrator are in
stories. I can tell what their jobs are.
RL.K.7 I can tell how the words and pictures go together
in stories.
RL.K.9 I can tell what is the same and different about
the actions of characters in stories I know.
RL.K.10 I can be an important part of fiction reading
activities in my classroom.

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I Can Read Nonfiction
(Reading Informational Text)
I can read, understand and tell about nonfiction.
RI.K.1 I can ask and answer questions about important details in
nonfiction books.
RI.K.2 I can tell the main topic and important details in nonfiction
books.
RI.K.3 I can tell how people, events or ideas are connected.
RI.K.4 I can ask and answer questions about new words in
nonfiction books.
RI.K.5 I can find the front cover, back cover and title page in
nonfiction books.
RI.K.6 I can tell who the author and illustrator are in nonfiction
books. I can tell what their jobs are.
RI.K.7 I can tell how the words and pictures go together in
nonfiction books.
RI.K.8 I can find the reasons an author gives to make the
information more clear.
RI.K.9 I can tell how two nonfiction books about the same thing
are alike and different.
RI.K.10 I can be an important part of nonfiction reading activities
in my classroom.



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I Can Write
(Writing)
I can write different types of writing for different reasons.
W.K.1 I can draw or write to help me share what I think.
W.K.2 I can draw or write to help me explain about a topic.
W.K.3 I can draw or write to tell an organized story about
something that has happened.
W.K.5 I can listen to my friends' ideas to help add details to my
stories.
W.K.6 I can use a computer or tablet to publish my writing.
I can research topics with my class to help us write about them.
W.K.7 I can help my class learn about a subject and then write
about it.
W.K.8 I can use what I know and have read about to answer
questions.
I Can Share & Listen
(Speaking and Listening)
I can have and understand conversations with all kinds of people.
SL.K.1 I can show that I know how to have good conversations
with my friends and teachers.
SL.K.1A I can listen and take turns when I am having
conversations.
SL.K.1B I can have a long conversation with another person.
SL.K.2 I can tell what a story is about.
SL.K.3 I can ask and answer a question about what I have heard.
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I can share my ideas and what I have learned.
SL.K.4 I can use details when I tell about people, places and
things.
SL.K.5 I can use drawings to help add details to what I share.
SL.K.6 I can speak and share my ideas clearly.
I Can Use Proper English
(English)
I can use proper English when I write and speak.
L.K.1 I can show that I know how to use words correctly when I
write and speak.
L.K.1A I can print lots of upper and lowercase letters.
L.K.1B I can use nouns (words that name) and verbs (action
words).
L.K.1C I can make nouns plural (more than one) by adding "s" or
"es" to the end.
L.K.1D I can understand and use question words. (who, what,
where, when, why , how)
L.1.2B I can use the right punctuation at the ends of my
sentences.
L.1.2C I can use commas when I write the date or when I make a
list of things in a sentence.
L.1.2D I can use sight words and spelling patterns to help me
spell words correctly.
L.1.2E I can use what I know about letters and their sounds to
spell new words correctly.
L.K.2 I can show that I know how to write sentences correctly.
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L.K.2A I can capitalize the first word in a sentence.
L.K.2A I can capitalize the word I.
L.K.2B I can find and name punctuation at the end of a sentence.
L.K.2C I can write a letter or letters for most consonant sounds.
L.K.2C I can write a letter or letters for most short vowel
sounds.
L.K.2D I can use what I know about letters and sounds to spell
easy words.
L.K.1E I can use common prepositions (to, from, in, out, on, off,
for, of, by, with).
L.K.1F I can create longer complete sentences with my class.
I can figure out what words mean and use them in different
situations.
L.K.4 I can figure out what words mean by thinking about what I
have read.
L.K.4A I can find new meanings for words I already know and use
them correctly.
L.K.4B I can use beginnings and endings of words to help me
figure out what they mean. (-ed, -s, re-, un-, pre-, -ful, -less)
L.K.5 I can figure out how words are related. I can figure out
how their meanings might be alike.
L.K.5A I can sort things into groups and use the names of the
groups to help me understand them better. (shapes, foods)
L.K.5B I can match some verbs (action words) and adjectives
(describing words) with their opposites.
L.K.5C I can tell how words are used in real-life. (I can talk about
animals that are colorful).
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L.K.5D I can tell the difference between verbs (action words)
that are almost alike. (walk, march, strut, prance)
L.K.6 I can use the new words I learn in different ways to show
that I know what they mean.

















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I Can Do Math
(Counting & Cardinality)
I know my numbers and can count.
K.CC.A.1 I can count to 100 by ones and tens.
K.CC.A.2 I can count forward starting at any number I have
learned.
K.CC.A.3 I can write numbers from 0 to 20.
K.CC.A.3 I can write a number to tell about a group of 0 to 20
things.
I can count to tell the number of things.
K.CC.B.4 I can understand how number names go with counting
things in the right order.
K.CC.B.4A I can name the number for each thing in a group as I
count them.
K.CC.B.4B I can understand that the last thing I count tells the
number of things in a group.
K.CC.B.4B I can understand that things in a group can be moved
around and the total number will be the same.
K.CC.B.4C I can understand that the next number I say when I
count means that there is one more.
K.CC.B.5 I can count up to 20 to tell how many things are in a line,
a box or a circle.
K.CC.B.5 I can count up to 10 to tell how many things are in a
group.
K.CC.B.5 I can count out a group of things when someone gives me
any number from 1 to 20.
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I can compare numbers.
K.CC.C.6 I can use matching or counting to tell if a group of
objects in one group is bigger, smaller or the same as a group of
objects in another group.
K.CC.C.7 I can compare two written numbers between 1 and 10.
I Can Do Math
(Operations & Algebraic Thinking)
I can understand addition and subtraction.
K.OA.A.1 I can use what makes sense to me to show that I know
how to add.
K.OA.A.1 I can use what makes sense to me to show that I know
how to subtract.
K.OA.A.2 I can use objects or drawings to show that I can solve
addition word problems up to 10.
K.OA.A.2 I can use objects or drawings to show that I can solve
subtraction word problems up to 10.
K.OA.A.3 I can take apart any number from 1 to 10 to show that I
understand that number. (5 = 2 + 3)
K.OA.A.4 I can take any number from 1 to 9 and show what I need
to add to it to make 10.
K.OA.A.5 I can add numbers within 5.
K.OA.A.5 I can subtract numbers within 5.



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I Can Do Math
(Numbers & Operations in Base Ten)
I can work with bigger numbers to understand place value.
K.NBT.A.1 I can make and take apart numbers from 11 to 19 by
telling how many tens and ones are in the number.
K.NBT.A.1 I can show how many tens and ones in numbers from 11
to 19 by drawing a picture or writing a number sentence.
I Can Do Math
(Measurement & Data)
I can tell about and compare things that can be measured.
K.MD.A.1 I can show and tell about the parts of a thing that I can
measure.
K.MD.A.2 I can compare two things that are measured using the
same tool by using words like longer and shorter.
I can sort things and put them into groups.
K.MD.B.3 I can put things into groups by looking at how they are
the same.
K.MD.B.3 I can count the things that I put into groups and then
sort them by how many.
I Can Do Math
(Geometry)
I can name and tell about shapes.
K.G.A.1 I can name and tell about shapes I see around me.
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K.G.A.1 I can tell where I see shapes by using words like: above,
below, beside, in front of, behind and next to.
K.G.A.2 I can name shapes no matter how big they are or which
way they are turned.
K.G.A.3 I can tell if a shape is two-dimensional (flat) or three-
dimensional (solid).
I can think about, compare and make different shapes.
K.G.B.4 I can think about and compare two-dimensional and
three-dimensional shapes.
K.G.B.5 I can make shapes by drawing them or by using things like
sticks and clay.
K.G.B.6 I can use simple shapes to make larger shapes.