Kindergarten

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Math

(K.1) Number, operation, and quantitative reasoning. The student uses numbers to name quantities.	The student is expected to: (A) use one-to-one correspondence and language such as more than, same number as, or two less than to describe relative sizes of sets of concrete objects; (B) use sets of concrete objects to represent quantities given in verbal or written form (through 9); and (C) use numbers to describe how many objects are in a set (through 20)
Interactive Student (A) Count Us In, Game 3: Garden Count (A) Count Us In, Game 6: Color by Number (A) Money Recognition (B) Owl's Addition and Subtraction (B) Count Us In, Game 1: Counting Sheep (B) How Many? (B) Sea Horse Count (B) Count Along to 100 (B) 123 Order (C) Count your chickens (C) Count Along (B,C) Count Us In, Game 5: Feather Count	Interactive Classroom (C) Let's Count - English or Spanish
(K.2) Number, operation, and quantitative reasoning. The student describes order of events or objects.	The student is expected to: (A) use language such as before or after to describe relative position in a sequence of events or objects; and (B) name the ordinal positions in a sequence such as first, second, third, etc.
Interactive Student (A) What's Next (B) Let's Count - English or Spanish (B) Count Us In, Game 4: Coaster Count (B) Count Us In, Game 14: Order by Height	Interactive Classroom (B) Cats in a Line (B) Animal Zoo
(K.3) Number, operation, and quantitative reasoning. The student recognizes that there are quantities less than a whole.	The student is expected to: (A) share a whole by separating it into equal parts; and (B) explain why a given part is half of the whole.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom (A) Pizza Party
(K.4) Number, operation, and quantitative reasoning. The student models addition and subtraction.	The student is expected to model and create addition and subtraction problems in real situations with concrete objects.
Interactive Student Owl's Addition and Subtraction Count Us In, Game 7: Bus Addition Count Us In, Game 8: Bowling Subtraction Adding Bricks	Interactive Classroom
(K.5) Patterns, relationships, and algebraic thinking. The student identifies, extends, and creates patterns.	The student is expected to identify, extend, and create patterns of sounds, physical movement, and concrete objects.
Interactive Student Cyber-Pattern Player Complete the Pattern Pattern Mania Check Out Cookies What Comes Next?	Interactive Classroom Patterns
(K.6) Patterns, relationships, and algebraic thinking. The student uses patterns to make predictions.	The student is expected to: (A) use patterns to predict what comes next, including cause-and-effect relationships; and (B) count by ones to 100.
Interactive Student (A) Music Patterns (A) Check out Cookie (A) What's Next (A) Music Patterns (A) Check out Cookie (A) Count Us In, (A) What Comes Next? Game 2: Making Patterns (A) Pattern Mania (B) Count Along (B) Count Along to 100 (B) Connect the Dot (B) Connect the Dots (B) Count Us In, Game 11: Frog Jump	Interactive Classroom (B) Connect the Dots with Rolie Polie Olie (B) Connect the Dots (B) Mend the Number Square (Hundreds Chart)
(K.7) Geometry and spatial reasoning. The student describes the relative positions of objects.	The student is expected to: (A) describe one object in relation to another using informal language such as over, under, above, and below; and (B) place an object in a specified position.
Interactive Student (A) Fun for Fish	Interactive Classroom (A) Fun for Fish (A) Spatial Concepts
(K.8) Geometry and spatial reasoning. The student uses attributes to determine how objects are alike and different.	The student is expected to: (A) describe and identify an object by its attributes using informal language; (B) compare two objects based on their attributes; and (C) sort objects according to their attributes and describe how those groups are formed.
Interactive Student (A, B, C) Zoe's Pet Shelter (A, B) Money Recognition (B) Count Us In, Game 15: Compare Volume (B) Leo and the Matching Letter (B) Clifford's Confusable Letters (C) Pinky Dinky Doo - Eat it or Wear It	Interactive Classroom
(K.9) Geometry and spatial reasoning. The student recognizes characteristics of shapes and solids.	The student is expected to: (A) describe and compare real-life objects or models of solids; (B) recognize shapes in real-life objects or models of solids; and (C) describe, identify, and compare circles, triangles, and rectangles including squares.
Interactive Student (B) FisherPrice Shapes (B) Rats Shapes (C) TIC-TAC-TOE shapes (C) Shape Match (C) I spy Shapes (C) Shape Sorter	Interactive Classroom (B) Colors+Shapes (B) Sammy's Shapes
(K.10) Measurement. The student uses attributes such as length, weight, or capacity to compare and order objects.	The student is expected to: (A) compare and order two or three concrete objects according to length (shorter or longer), capacity (holds more or holds less), or weight (lighter or heavier); and (B) find concrete objects that are about the same as, less than, or greater than a given object according to length, capacity, or weight.
Interactive Student (A) Taller or Shorter (A) Same or Different	Interactive Classroom
(K.11) Measurement. The student uses time and temperature to compare and order events, situations, and/or objects.	The student is expected to: (A) compare situations or objects according to temperature such as hotter or colder; (B) compare events according to duration such as more time than or less time than; (C) sequence events; and (D) read a calendar using days, weeks, and months.
Interactive Student (B) Double Fun Match Memory Game (D) Rm. 108 Don't Wet the Bear (D) Rm. 10 Don't Wet the Bear	Interactive Classroom (B) What Time Is It?
(K.12) Probability and statistics. The student constructs and uses graphs of real objects or pictures to answer questions.	The student is expected to: (A) construct graphs using real objects or pictures in order to answer questions; and (B) use information from a graph of real objects or pictures in order to answer questions.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom (B) Create a Graph
(K.13) Underlying processes and mathematical tools. The student applies Kindergarten mathematics to solve problems connected to everyday experiences and activities in and outside of school.	The student is expected to: (A) identify mathematics in everyday situations; (B) use a problem-solving model, with guidance, that incorporates understanding the problem, making a plan, carrying out the plan, and evaluating the solution for reasonableness; (C) select or develop an appropriate problem- solving strategy including drawing a picture, looking for a pattern, systematic guessing and checking, or acting it out in order to solve a problem; and (D) use tools such as real objects, manipulatives, and technology to solve problems.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom (B) Bobbie Bear's Outfits
(K.14) Underlying processes and mathematical tools. The student communicates about Kindergarten mathematics using informal language.	The student is expected to: (A) explain and record observations using objects, words, pictures, numbers, and technology; and (B) relate everyday language to mathematical language and symbols.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom (B) Spending Spree
(K.15) Underlying processes and mathematical tools. The student uses logical reasoning to make sense of his or her world.	The student is expected to reason and support his or her thinking using objects, words, pictures, numbers, and technology.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom

Science

(K.1) Scientific processes. The student participates in classroom and field investigations following home and school safety procedures.	The student is expected to: (A) demonstrate safe practices during classroom and field investigations; and (B) learn how to use and conserve resources and materials.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.2) Scientific processes. The student develops abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry in the field and the classroom.	The student is expected to: (A) ask questions about organisms, objects, and events; (B) plan and conduct simple descriptive investigations; (C) gather information using simple equipment and tools to extend the senses; (D) construct reasonable explanations using information; and (E) communicate findings about simple investigations.
Interactive Students	Interactive Classroom
(K.3) Scientific processes. The student knows that information and critical thinking are used in making decisions.	The student is expected to: (A) make decisions using information; (B) discuss and justify the merits of decisions; and (C) explain a problem in his/her own words and propose a solution.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.4) Scientific processes. The student uses age- appropriate tools and models to verify that organisms and objects and parts of organisms and objects can be observed, described, and measured.	The student is expected to: (A) identify and use senses as tools of observation; and (B) make observations using tools including hand lenses, balances, cups, bowls, and computers.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.5) Science concepts. The student knows that organisms, objects, and events have properties and patterns.	The student is expected to: (A) describe properties of objects and characteristics of organisms; (B) observe and identify patterns including seasons, growth, and day and night and predict what happens next; and (C) recognize and copy patterns seen in charts and graphs.
Interactive Student (A) Barnyard Matchup (A) D iego's Field Journal	Interactive Classroom
(K.6) Science concepts. The student knows that systems have parts and are composed of organisms and objects.	The student is expected to: (A) sort organisms and objects into groups according to their parts and describe how the groups are formed; (B) record observations about parts of plants including leaves, roots, stems, and flowers; (C) record observations about parts of animals including wings, feet, heads, and tails; (D) identify parts that, when separated from the whole, may result in the part or the whole not working, such as cars without wheels and plants without roots; and (E) manipulate parts of objects such as toys, vehicles, or construction sets that, when put together, can do things they cannot do by themselves.
Interactive Student (A) Walk, Swim or Fly? (A) Land, Sea or Air?	Interactive Classroom (B) Science Clips - Growing Plants (A, C) Science Clips - Ourselves
(K.7) Science concepts. The student knows that many types of change occur.	The student is expected to: (A) observe, describe, and record changes in size, mass, color, position, quantity, time, temperature, sound, and movement; (B) identify that heat causes change, such as ice melting or the Sun warming the air and compare objects according to temperature; (C) observe and record weather changes from day to day and over seasons; and (D) observe and record stages in the life cycle of organisms in their natural environment.
Interactive Student (A) Elmo's Weather Game (C) Seasons	Interactive Classroom (A) Seasons Storybook (A) We Wear Different Clothes (C) Weather Graph (in MS Excel)
(K.8) Science concepts. The student knows the difference between living organisms and nonliving objects.	The student is expected to: (A) identify a particular organism or object as living or nonliving; and (B) group organisms and objects as living or nonliving.
Interactive Student (A) Bug on a wire (B) Dead or Alive? (B) Plants and Animals	Interactive Classroom
(K.9) Science concepts. The student knows that living organisms have basic needs.	The student is expected to: (A) identify basic needs of living organisms; (B) give examples of how living organisms depend on each other; and (C) identify ways that the Earth can provide resources for life.
Interactive Student (A) Growing Plants	Interactive Classroom
(K.10) Science concepts. The student knows that the natural world includes rocks, soil, and water.	The student is expected to: (A) observe and describe properties of rocks, soil, and water; and (B) give examples of ways that rocks, soil, and water are useful
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom

Language Arts

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(K.1) Listening/speaking/purposes. The student listens attentively and engages actively in a variety of oral language experiences.

The student is expected to:
(A) determine the purpose(s) for listening such as to get information, to solve problems, and to enjoy and appreciate;
(B) respond appropriately and courteously to directions and questions;
(C) participate in rhymes, songs, conversations, and discussions;
(D) listen critically to interpret and evaluate;

Interactive Student
(B) Can You Follow Directions

Interactive Classroom

(K.2) Listening/speaking/culture. The student listens and speaks to gain knowledge of his/her own culture, the culture of others, and the common elements of cultures.

The student is expected to:
(A) connect experiences and ideas with those of others through speaking and listening (K-3); and
(B) compare language and oral traditions (family stories) that reflect customs, regions, and cultures (K-3).

Interactive Student

Interactive Classroom

(K.3) Listening/speaking/audiences/oral grammar. The student speaks appropriately to different audiences for different purposes and occasions. The student is expected to

The student is expected to:
(A) choose and adapt spoken language appropriate to the audience, purpose, and occasion, including use of appropriate volume and rate (K-3);
(B) use verbal and nonverbal communication in effective ways when making announcements, giving directions, or making introductions (K-3);
(C) ask and answer relevant questions and make contributions in small or large group discussions (K-3);
(D) present dramatic interpretations of experiences, stories, poems, or plays (K-3); and
(E) gain increasing control of grammar when speaking such as using subject-verb agreement, complete sentences, and correct tense (K-3).

Interactive Student

Interactive Classroom

(K.4) Listening/speaking/communication. The student communicates clearly by putting thoughts and feelings into spoken words. The student is expected to:

The student is expected to:
(A) learn the vocabulary of school such as numbers, shapes, colors, directions, and categories (K-1);
(B) use vocabulary to describe clearly ideas, feelings, and experiences (K-3);
(C) clarify and support spoken messages using appropriate props such as objects, pictures, or charts (K-3); and
(D) retell a spoken message by summarizing or clarifying (K -3).

Interactive Student
(A) What Color?
(A) Hungry Crocodiles
(A) What Color Is It?
(A) Color The Rainbow
(A) Rm. 108 Don't Wet the Bear
(A) Rm. 1 Don't Wet the Bear

Interactive Classroom

(K.5) Reading/print awareness. The student demonstrates knowledge of concepts of print. The student is expected to:

The student is expected to:
(A) recognize that print represents spoken language and conveys meaning such as his/her own name and signs such as Exit and Danger (K-1);

(B) know that print moves left-to-right across the page and top-to-bottom (K-1);

(C) understand that written words are separated by spaces (K-1);

(D) know the difference between individual letters and printed words (K-1);

(E) know the difference between capital and lowercase letters (K-1);

(F) recognize how readers use capitalization and punctuation to comprehend (K-1);

(G) understand that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters (K-1); and

(H) recognize that different parts of a book such as cover, title page, and table of contents offer information (K-1).

Interactive Student
(A, B) ABC Adventure
(B) Left to Right
(D) Leo and the Matching Letter
(D) Clifford's Confusable Letters
(E) Lug and the Giant Storks
(E) Kangaroo Confusing Letters
(E) Alphabet Zoo

Interactive Classroom
(B) Left to Right

(K.6) Reading/phonological awareness. The student orally demonstrates phonological awareness (an understanding that spoken language is composed of sequences of sounds.)

The student is expected to:
(C) produce rhyming words and distinguish rhyming words from non-rhyming words (K-1);
(D) identify and isolate the initial and final sound of a spoken work (K-1);

Interactive Student
(C) Reggie the Rhyming Rhino
(C) Paw Park
(C) Super Grover in the Nick of Rhyme
(D) Leo Loves to Spell
(D) Picture Match
(D) Sound and Letter Time
(D) Maisy's Letter Fun
(D) Make a Word (Star Fall)
(D) Make a Word (Scholastic)
(D) ABC Gulp
(D) Bumper Car Starting Letter

Interactive Classroom

(K.7) Reading/letter-sound relationships. The student uses letter-sound knowledge to decode written language. The student is expected to:

The student is expected to:
(A) name and identify each letter of the alphabet (K-1);
(B) understand that written words are composed of letters that represent sounds (K-1); and
(C) learn and apply letter-sound correspondences of a set of consonants and vowels to begin to read (K-1)

Interactive Student
(A) Alphabet Order
(A) ABC Adventure
(B) Letter Blends
(C) Alphabetize
(C) Letter Match
(C) Sound Match
(C) Make a Word
(B,C) Learn to Read
(C) ABC Gulp
(C) GenkiEnglish

Interactive Classroom
(A) Alphabet Action
(A) Lil Fingers Alphabet

(A) Paw Park Alphabet Bears
(A) Alphabet Soup Cafe
(B,C) Learn to Read

(B) And the Caboose Said…

(K.8) Reading/vocabulary development. The student develops an extensive vocabulary

The student is expected to:
(A) discuss meanings of words and develop vocabulary through meaningful/concrete experiences (K-2);
(B) develop vocabulary by listening to and discussing both familiar and conceptually challenging selections read aloud (K-3); and
(C) identify words that name persons, places, or things and words that name actions (K-1).

Interactive Student
(A, B, C) Nina Loves to Name Things
(C) Transportation Words (Spanish)
(C) Fruit Words (Spanish)
(C) Vegetable Words (Spanish)
(C) Old McDonalds Farm

Interactive Classroom

(K.9) Reading/comprehension. The student uses a variety of strategies to comprehend selections read aloud.

The student is expected to:
(A) use prior knowledge to anticipate meaning and make sense of texts (K-3);
(B) establish purposes for reading or listening such as to be informed, to follow directions, and to be entertained (K-3); and
(C) retell or act out the order of important events in stories (K-3).

Interactive Student
(A) Sentences Make Stories

Interactive Classroom
(A) BookPALS Storytime Online
(A) Nick Jr.'s Stories
(A) Sesame Street Stories

(K.10) Reading/literary response. The student responds to various texts

The student is expected to:
(A) listen to stories being read aloud (K-1);
(B) participate actively (react, speculate, join in, read along) when predictable and patterned selections are read aloud (K-1);
(C) respond through talk, movement, music, art, drama, and writing to a variety of stories and poems in ways that reflect understanding and interpretation (K-1); and
(D) describe how illustrations contribute to the text (K-1).

Interactive Student
(B) Sentences Make Stories

Interactive Classroom
(A) Learn to Read
(A) BookPALS Storytime Online
(A) Nick Jr.'s Stories
(A) Sesame Street Stories

(K.11) Reading/text structures/literary concepts. The student recognizes characteristics of various types of texts.

The student is expected to:
(A) distinguish different forms of texts such as lists, newsletters, and signs and the functions they serve (K-3);
(B) understand simple story structure (K-1);
(C) distinguish fiction from nonfiction, including fact and fantasy (K-3);
(D) understand literary forms by recognizing and distinguishing among such types of text as stories, poems, and information books (K-2); and
(E) understand literary terms by distinguishing between the roles of the author and illustrator such as the author writes the story and the illustrator draws the pictures (K-1)

Interactive Student
(C) Tina's Real or Make Believe

Interactive Classroom

(C) Real or Make-Believe

(K.12) Reading/inquiry/research. The student generates questions and conducts research about topics introduced through selections read aloud and from a variety of other sources

(A) identify relevant questions for inquiry such as "Why did knights wear armor?" (K-3);
(B) use pictures, print, and people to gather information and answer questions (K-1);
(C) draw conclusions from information gathered (K-3); and
(D) locate important areas of the library/media center (K-1).

Interactive Student

Interactive Classroom

(K.13) Reading/culture. The student reads or listens to increase knowledge of his/her own culture, the culture of others, and the common elements of cultures.

The student is expected to:
(A) connect his/her own experiences with the life experiences, language, customs, and culture of others (K-3); and
(B) compare experiences of characters across cultures (K-3).

Interactive Student

Interactive Classroom

(K.14) Writing/spelling/penmanship. The student develops the foundations of writing.

The student is expected to:
(A) write his/her own name and other important words (K-1);
(B) write each letter of the alphabet, both capital and lowercase (K);
(C) use phonological knowledge to map sounds to letters to write messages (K-1);
(D) write messages that move left-to-right and top-to-bottom on the page (K-1); and
(E) gain increasing control of penmanship such as pencil grip, paper position, and beginning stroke (K).

Interactive Student
(B,E) Upper Case
(B) Writing Guide and Alphabet Archive
(B) Compare Upper/Lower
(B,E) Lower Case

Interactive Classroom
(B,E) Upper Case
(B,E) Lower Case

(K.15) Writing/composition. The student composes original texts

The student is expected to:
(A) dictate messages such as news and stories for others to write (K-1);
(B) write labels, notes, and captions for illustrations, possessions, charts, centers (K-1);
(C) write to record ideas and reflections (K-3);
(D) generate ideas before writing on self-selected topics (K-1);
(E) generate ideas before writing on assigned tasks (K-1); and
(F) use available technology to compose text (K-3).

Interactive Student

Interactive Classroom

(K.16) Writing/inquiry/research. The student uses writing as a tool for learning and research

The student is expected to:
(A) record or dictate questions for investigating (K-1); and
(B) record or dictate his/her own knowledge of a topic in various ways such as by drawing pictures, making lists, and showing connections among ideas (K-3).

Interactive Student

Interactive Classroom

Social Studies

(K.1) History. The student understands that holidays are celebrations of special events..	The student is expected to: (A) explain the reasons for national patriotic holidays such as Presidents' Day and Independence Day; and (B) identify customs associated with national patriotic holidays such as parades and fireworks on Independence Day.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.2) History. The student understands how historical figures and ordinary people helped to shape the community, state, and nation.	The student is expected to: (A) identify the contributions of historical figures such as Stephen F. Austin and George Washington who helped to shape our state and nation; and (B) identify ordinary people who have shaped the community.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.3) History. The student understands the concept of chronology.	The student is expected to: (A) place events in chronological order; and (B) use vocabulary related to time and chronology, including before, after, next, first, and last.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.4) Geography. The student understands the concept of location.	The student is expected to: (A) use terms, including over, under, near, far, left, and right, to describe relative location; and (B) locate places on the school campus and describe their relative locations.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom (A) Spatial Concepts
(K.5) Geography. The student understands the physical and human characteristics of the environment.	The student is expected to: (A) identify the physical characteristics of places such as landforms, bodies of water, natural resources, and weather; and (B) identify the human characteristics of places such as types of houses and ways of earning a living.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.6) Economics. The student understands that basic human needs are met in many ways.	The student is expected to: (A) identify basic human needs; and (B) explain how basic human needs of food, clothing, and shelter can be met.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.7) Economics. The student understands the importance of jobs.	The student is expected to: (A) identify jobs in the home, school, and community; and (B) explain why people have jobs.
Interactive Student (A) Dress Fran the Firefighter (A) Community Jobs Game	Interactive Classroom (A) Jobs in your Neighborhood
(K.8) Government. The student understands the purpose of rules.	The student is expected to: (A) identify purposes for having rules; and (B) identify rules that provide order, security, and safety in the home and school.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.9) Government. The student understands the role of authority figures.	The student is expected to: (A) identify authority figures in the home, school, and community; and (B) explain how authority figures make and enforce rules.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.10) Citizenship. The student understands important customs, symbols, and celebrations that represent American beliefs and principles and contribute to our national identity.	The student is expected to: (A) identify the flags of the United States and Texas; (B) recite the Pledge of Allegiance; and (C) explain the use of voting as a method for group decision making.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.11) Culture. The student understands similarities and differences among people.	The student is expected to: (A) identify personal attributes common to all people such as physical characteristics; and (B) identify differences among people.
Interactive Student (B) Panwapa	Interactive Classroom
(K.12) Culture. The student understands how people learn about themselves through family customs and traditions.	The student is expected to: (A) identify family customs and traditions and explain their importance; (B) compare family customs and traditions; and (C) describe customs of the local community.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.13) Science, technology, and society. The student understands ways technology is used in the home and school.	The student is expected to: (A) identify examples of technology used in the home and school; and (B) describe how technology helps accomplish specific tasks.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.14) Science, technology, and society. The student understands ways in which technology has changed how people live.	The student is expected to: (A) describe how his or her life might be different without modern technology; and (B) list ways in which technology meets people's needs.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.15) Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of sources including electronic technology.	The student is expected to: (A) obtain information about a topic using a variety of oral sources such as conversations, interviews, and music; (B) obtain information about a topic using a variety of visual sources such as pictures, symbols, television, maps, computer images, print material, and artifacts; (C) sequence and categorize information; and (D) identify main ideas from oral, visual, and print sources.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.16) Social studies skills. The student communicates in oral and visual forms.	The student is expected to: (A) express ideas orally based on knowledge and experiences; and (B) create and interpret visuals including pictures and maps.
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.17) Social studies skills. The student uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others, in a variety of settings.	The student is expected to: (A) use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution; and (B) use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision.
Interactive Student (A) Clifford	Interactive Classroom

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(K.1) Listening/speaking/purposes. The student listens attentively and engages actively in a variety of oral language experiences.	The student is expected to: (A) determine the purpose(s) for listening such as to get information, to solve problems, and to enjoy and appreciate; (B) respond appropriately and courteously to directions and questions; (C) participate in rhymes, songs, conversations, and discussions; (D) listen critically to interpret and evaluate;
Interactive Student (B) Can You Follow Directions	Interactive Classroom
(K.2) Listening/speaking/culture. The student listens and speaks to gain knowledge of his/her own culture, the culture of others, and the common elements of cultures.	The student is expected to: (A) connect experiences and ideas with those of others through speaking and listening (K-3); and (B) compare language and oral traditions (family stories) that reflect customs, regions, and cultures (K-3).
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.3) Listening/speaking/audiences/oral grammar. The student speaks appropriately to different audiences for different purposes and occasions. The student is expected to	The student is expected to: (A) choose and adapt spoken language appropriate to the audience, purpose, and occasion, including use of appropriate volume and rate (K-3); (B) use verbal and nonverbal communication in effective ways when making announcements, giving directions, or making introductions (K-3); (C) ask and answer relevant questions and make contributions in small or large group discussions (K-3); (D) present dramatic interpretations of experiences, stories, poems, or plays (K-3); and (E) gain increasing control of grammar when speaking such as using subject-verb agreement, complete sentences, and correct tense (K-3).
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.4) Listening/speaking/communication. The student communicates clearly by putting thoughts and feelings into spoken words. The student is expected to:	The student is expected to: (A) learn the vocabulary of school such as numbers, shapes, colors, directions, and categories (K-1); (B) use vocabulary to describe clearly ideas, feelings, and experiences (K-3); (C) clarify and support spoken messages using appropriate props such as objects, pictures, or charts (K-3); and (D) retell a spoken message by summarizing or clarifying (K -3).
Interactive Student (A) What Color? (A) Hungry Crocodiles (A) What Color Is It? (A) Color The Rainbow (A) Rm. 108 Don't Wet the Bear (A) Rm. 1 Don't Wet the Bear	Interactive Classroom
(K.5) Reading/print awareness. The student demonstrates knowledge of concepts of print. The student is expected to:	The student is expected to: (A) recognize that print represents spoken language and conveys meaning such as his/her own name and signs such as Exit and Danger (K-1); (B) know that print moves left-to-right across the page and top-to-bottom (K-1); (C) understand that written words are separated by spaces (K-1); (D) know the difference between individual letters and printed words (K-1); (E) know the difference between capital and lowercase letters (K-1); (F) recognize how readers use capitalization and punctuation to comprehend (K-1); (G) understand that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters (K-1); and (H) recognize that different parts of a book such as cover, title page, and table of contents offer information (K-1).
Interactive Student (A, B) ABC Adventure (B) Left to Right (D) Leo and the Matching Letter (D) Clifford's Confusable Letters (E) Lug and the Giant Storks (E) Kangaroo Confusing Letters (E) Alphabet Zoo	Interactive Classroom (B) Left to Right
(K.6) Reading/phonological awareness. The student orally demonstrates phonological awareness (an understanding that spoken language is composed of sequences of sounds.)	The student is expected to: (C) produce rhyming words and distinguish rhyming words from non-rhyming words (K-1); (D) identify and isolate the initial and final sound of a spoken work (K-1);
Interactive Student (C) Reggie the Rhyming Rhino (C) Paw Park (C) Super Grover in the Nick of Rhyme (D) Leo Loves to Spell (D) Picture Match (D) Sound and Letter Time (D) Maisy's Letter Fun (D) Make a Word (Star Fall) (D) Make a Word (Scholastic) (D) ABC Gulp (D) Bumper Car Starting Letter	Interactive Classroom
(K.7) Reading/letter-sound relationships. The student uses letter-sound knowledge to decode written language. The student is expected to:	The student is expected to: (A) name and identify each letter of the alphabet (K-1); (B) understand that written words are composed of letters that represent sounds (K-1); and (C) learn and apply letter-sound correspondences of a set of consonants and vowels to begin to read (K-1)
Interactive Student (A) Alphabet Order (A) ABC Adventure (B) Letter Blends (C) Alphabetize (C) Letter Match (C) Sound Match (C) Make a Word (B,C) Learn to Read (C) ABC Gulp (C) GenkiEnglish	Interactive Classroom (A) Alphabet Action (A) Lil Fingers Alphabet (A) Paw Park Alphabet Bears (A) Alphabet Soup Cafe (B,C) Learn to Read (B) And the Caboose Said…
(K.8) Reading/vocabulary development. The student develops an extensive vocabulary	The student is expected to: (A) discuss meanings of words and develop vocabulary through meaningful/concrete experiences (K-2); (B) develop vocabulary by listening to and discussing both familiar and conceptually challenging selections read aloud (K-3); and (C) identify words that name persons, places, or things and words that name actions (K-1).
Interactive Student (A, B, C) Nina Loves to Name Things (C) Transportation Words (Spanish) (C) Fruit Words (Spanish) (C) Vegetable Words (Spanish) (C) Old McDonalds Farm	Interactive Classroom
(K.9) Reading/comprehension. The student uses a variety of strategies to comprehend selections read aloud.	The student is expected to: (A) use prior knowledge to anticipate meaning and make sense of texts (K-3); (B) establish purposes for reading or listening such as to be informed, to follow directions, and to be entertained (K-3); and (C) retell or act out the order of important events in stories (K-3).
Interactive Student (A) Sentences Make Stories	Interactive Classroom (A) BookPALS Storytime Online (A) Nick Jr.'s Stories (A) Sesame Street Stories
(K.10) Reading/literary response. The student responds to various texts	The student is expected to: (A) listen to stories being read aloud (K-1); (B) participate actively (react, speculate, join in, read along) when predictable and patterned selections are read aloud (K-1); (C) respond through talk, movement, music, art, drama, and writing to a variety of stories and poems in ways that reflect understanding and interpretation (K-1); and (D) describe how illustrations contribute to the text (K-1).
Interactive Student (B) Sentences Make Stories	Interactive Classroom (A) Learn to Read (A) BookPALS Storytime Online (A) Nick Jr.'s Stories (A) Sesame Street Stories
(K.11) Reading/text structures/literary concepts. The student recognizes characteristics of various types of texts.	The student is expected to: (A) distinguish different forms of texts such as lists, newsletters, and signs and the functions they serve (K-3); (B) understand simple story structure (K-1); (C) distinguish fiction from nonfiction, including fact and fantasy (K-3); (D) understand literary forms by recognizing and distinguishing among such types of text as stories, poems, and information books (K-2); and (E) understand literary terms by distinguishing between the roles of the author and illustrator such as the author writes the story and the illustrator draws the pictures (K-1)
Interactive Student (C) Tina's Real or Make Believe	Interactive Classroom (C) Real or Make-Believe
(K.12) Reading/inquiry/research. The student generates questions and conducts research about topics introduced through selections read aloud and from a variety of other sources	(A) identify relevant questions for inquiry such as "Why did knights wear armor?" (K-3); (B) use pictures, print, and people to gather information and answer questions (K-1); (C) draw conclusions from information gathered (K-3); and (D) locate important areas of the library/media center (K-1).
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.13) Reading/culture. The student reads or listens to increase knowledge of his/her own culture, the culture of others, and the common elements of cultures.	The student is expected to: (A) connect his/her own experiences with the life experiences, language, customs, and culture of others (K-3); and (B) compare experiences of characters across cultures (K-3).
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.14) Writing/spelling/penmanship. The student develops the foundations of writing.	The student is expected to: (A) write his/her own name and other important words (K-1); (B) write each letter of the alphabet, both capital and lowercase (K); (C) use phonological knowledge to map sounds to letters to write messages (K-1); (D) write messages that move left-to-right and top-to-bottom on the page (K-1); and (E) gain increasing control of penmanship such as pencil grip, paper position, and beginning stroke (K).
Interactive Student (B,E) Upper Case (B) Writing Guide and Alphabet Archive (B) Compare Upper/Lower (B,E) Lower Case	Interactive Classroom (B,E) Upper Case (B,E) Lower Case
(K.15) Writing/composition. The student composes original texts	The student is expected to: (A) dictate messages such as news and stories for others to write (K-1); (B) write labels, notes, and captions for illustrations, possessions, charts, centers (K-1); (C) write to record ideas and reflections (K-3); (D) generate ideas before writing on self-selected topics (K-1); (E) generate ideas before writing on assigned tasks (K-1); and (F) use available technology to compose text (K-3).
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom
(K.16) Writing/inquiry/research. The student uses writing as a tool for learning and research	The student is expected to: (A) record or dictate questions for investigating (K-1); and (B) record or dictate his/her own knowledge of a topic in various ways such as by drawing pictures, making lists, and showing connections among ideas (K-3).
Interactive Student	Interactive Classroom