PreK Introduction

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Introduction to Pre-Kindergarten Students in Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) learn how to handle books physically, recognize beginning and ending sounds in individual words, and write the majority of letters in their first name. Pre-K students orally describe personal interests and follow simple oral directions. They begin to describe the roles of authors and illustrators of books, as well as describe characters and setting. Students in Pre-K also begin drawing and labeling pictures to tell a story or share information. They begin to build their vocabularies and apply their knowledge of new words as they communicate through speaking, drawing, and writing. Pre-K students hear different sentence structures through both verbal conversations and read-alouds, and explore other media and formats as means of communication. Students participate in read-alouds, developing stamina for listening.
2021 Resources
	Objective Analysis	The 8 overarching standards are broken down into specific objectives. Each objective is analyzed with student actions, teacher actions, recommendations, and key terms and related objectives.
	Literacy Progressions	See how 27 major literacy skills develop throughout the course of a student's academic career, PK-12.
	Proficiency Levels	Student skill levels for each objective from the standards are shown at the developing, approaching, understanding, and extending stages.
	UDL Lesson	Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a research-based framework for improving student learning experiences and outcomes through careful instructional planning focused on the varied needs of all students, including students with visible and non-visible disabilities, advanced and gifted learners, and English learners. Some general ideas for implementing the UDL lens in an ELA lesson, PK-12, are provided in this chart.
	Exemplar Lesson Plans	These exemplar lesson plans showcase best practices for English language arts. These lessons are aligned to the Oklahoma Academic Standards and bundle together multiple objectives to showcase the recursive nature of ELA. Each lesson plan includes helpful explanations about the instructional plan and steps. Teachers can review these sample lessons on their own, with a colleague, and/or with their professional learning community, to reflect on the highlighted ELA practices and how they mesh with their own current classroom practices. Lesson plans are available for each grade featuring texts from the following genres: fiction, nonfiction, & poetry. Moreover, an exemplar lesson plan sequence regarding Standard 6 research is available for each grade band.
	Writing Resources	This suite of writing resources includes: examples of teacher feedback on student writing a peer feedback lesson plan with a slideshow and handout
	Other Resources	Engagement Strategies Family Guide Pre-K ELA Standards (pages 10-15)