“I Can” Common Core!     

Kindergarten Reading

I Can Read Fiction With Help

• I can retell a story. K.2
• I can tell who, what, where, when, why and how after listening to stories. K.3
• I can tell the characters, setting and what happens in a story. K.3

I Can Read Nonfiction with Help

• I can tell who, what, where, when, why and how after reading nonfiction. K.1
• I can tell the main topic and details in a nonfiction book. K.2
• I can tell how people, events or ideas are connected. K.3

I Can Understand Fiction

• I can ask and answer questions about new words in a story. K.4
• I can tell the difference between storybooks and poems. K.5
• I can tell who the author and illustrator are. I can tell what their jobs are. K.6

I Can Understand Nonfiction

• I can ask and answer questions about new words in nonfiction. K.4
• I can find the front cover, back cover and title page In a book. K.5
• I can tell who the author and illustrator are. I can tell what their jobs are. K.6

I Can Use What I Know To Understand Fiction with Help

• I can use the illustrations to help to tell the story. K.7
• I can compare and contrast familiar characters in stories. K.9
• I can tell how my life is like and different from other cultures referenced in stories. k.9a

I Can Use What I Know To Understand Nonfiction with Help

• I can use words and pictures to help me understand nonfiction. K.7
• I can find the reasons an author gives to support his or her ideas. K.8
• I can tell how two nonfiction books are alike and different. K.9

I Can Engage in Class Fiction Reading Activities.  RL.K.10

I Can Engage in Class Nonfiction Reading Activities. RI.Kl.10

I Can Make Connections Between Myself, Stores, and the World Around Me.  RL.K.11

I Can Use Basic Text Features to help Me Read  RF.K.1 (read left to right, read top to bottom, spaces between words)

I Can Recognize and Name All Upper- and Lowercase letters  RF.K.1

I Can Use Phonics to Help Me Read

• I can recognize and make rhyming words RF.K.2
• I can count and divide words into syllables. K.2
• I can blend and divide onsets and rhymes of single-syllable words. K.2
• I can find and say the initial, middle vowel and last sound in simple words. K.2
• I can change a consonant or a vowel sound to make new words K.2
• I can make the most common sound for each consonant. K.3
• I can match the most common long and short vowel sounds with the common spellings. K.3
• I can read common high-frequency words. K.3

I Can Read Fluently

• I can read beginning books fluently. K.4
• I can understand beginning books. K.4

Kindergarten Writing

I Can Write Different Types of Writing

• I can write, draw and tell my opinion. K.1
• I can write, draw and tell to teach. K.2
• I can write, draw and say what happened to tell a story. K.3
• I can tell how I feel about the story I told. K.3

I Can Make My Writing Better

• I can add details to my writing. K.5
• I can publish my writing. K.6

I Can Use Research to Help My Writing

• I can help my class research. K.7
• I can help my class write. K.7
• I can remember what I have been taught to answer a question. K.8
• I can write, draw, or tell a poem, dramatization, artwork, or personal response to an author or theme. W.K.11

Kindergarten Language

I Can Use Proper English When I Write and Speak

• I can print many uppercase and lowercase letters. K.1
• I can use nouns and verbs. K.1
• I can say regular plural nouns. K.1
• I can understand and use question words. K.1
• I can use common prepositions. K.1 (to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with)
• I can make complete sentences with my class. K.1
• I can capitalize the first word in a sentence. K.2
• I can capitalize the word “I”. K.2
• I can recognize and name end punctuation. K.2
• I can write a letter or letters for most consonant sounds. K.2
• I can write a letter or letters for most short vowel sounds. K.2
• I can use what I know about phonics to write words. K.2

I Can Figure Out What Words Mean and Use Them in Different Situations

• I can tell the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning kindergarten L.K.4
• I can use common beginnings and endings to help me determine what a word means. K.4 ( -ed, -s, re-, un-, pre-, -ful, -less)
• I can match common verbs and adjectives with their opposites. K.5
• I can tell how words are used in real-life. L,K.5 (tell animals that are colorful)
• I can tell the difference between similar verbs. K.5
• I can use new words I learn K.6

Kindergarten Math

I Can Use Numbers To Help Me Understand Math

• I can count to 100 by ones and tens. CC.1
• I can count forward starting at a given number. CC.2
• I can write numbers from 0 to 20. CC.3
• I can write a number for a group of 0 to 20 objects. CC.3
• I can put numbers in order. CC.4
• I can name a group of objects by using a number. CC.4
• I can understand that the last object counted tells the number of objects in a group. CC.4
• I can understand that the number of objects in a group can be rearranged and the number will be the same. K.CC.4
• I can understand that adding an object to a group will make the total number one bigger. CC.4
• I can count to tell how many. CC.5
• I can count out a number of objects between 1 and 20. CC.5
• I can tell if a group of objects in one group is greater than, less than or equal to a group of objects in another group. CC.6
• I can compare two written numbers between 1 and 10. CC.7

I Can Use Addition and Subtraction to Help Me Understand Math

• I can use objects, fingers and pictures to help me show addition. OA.1
• I can use objects, fingers and pictures to help me show subtraction. OA.1
• I can solve addition and subtraction word problems within 10. OA.2
• I can take apart numbers less than or equal to 10. OA.3 (5= 2+3)
• I can find the number that is added to 1 through 9 to make 10. I can use objects or drawings to show my answer. OA.4
• I can add and subtract within 5. OA.5
• I Can Use Number Sense and Place Value to Help Me Understand Math
• I can put together and take apart numbers from 11 to 19 by naming the tens and ones. NBT.1
• I can use objects, drawings or equations to show tens and ones. NBT.1
• I Can Use Measurement and Data to Help Me Understand Math
• I can tell how an object can be measured. MD.1 (length, weight)
• I can compare how two objects are similar or different. MD.2 (more of, less of, taller, shorter)
• I can place objects into categories. MD.3
• I can count the number of objects in categories. MD.3
• I can sort the categories by the number of objects. MD.3

I Can Use Geometry to Help Me Understand Math

• I can find shapes around me. G.1
• I can tell where shapes are. G.1 (above, below, beside, in front of, behind,
• next to)
• I can tell about shapes. G.1
• I can compare shapes. G.1
• I can name shapes. G.3
• I can tell about and compare two-dimensional and three dimensional shapes. G.4
• I can make shapes using materials like sticks and clay. G.5
• I can use simple shapes to make larger shapes. G.6

Kindergarten Speaking & Listening

I Can Understand and Talk About What I Hear

• I can follow rules for discussions. K.1
• I can talk with others. K.1
• I can participate in a conversation. K.1
• I can understand that everyone is different by communicating with others. K.1c
• I can tell what a story is about. K.2
• I can ask and answer a question about what I have heard. K.3

I Can Share What I Know

• I can tell about people, places and things with help. K.4
• I can use drawings to add details. K.5
• I can speak clearly. K.6