Alaska State Standards Alignments Kindergarten through Grade Ten

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Alaska State Standards Alignments

Standards List with Aligned Product Skills

The Standards List with Aligned Product Skills Report is a standards-oriented document showing the entire list of standards for the subject and grade on the left side of the report with the aligning product objectives on the right side. This alignment report shows the breadth of standards coverage for the purpose and focus of this product.

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Kindergarten ..................................................... 1

Grade 1 ..................................................... 6

Grade 2 ....................................................11

Grade 3 ....................................................16

Grade 4 ....................................................22

Grade 5 ....................................................29

Grade 6 ....................................................36

Grade 7 ....................................................43

Grade 8 ....................................................50

Grade 9 ....................................................57

Grade 10 ....................................................65

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Agency Tag Set NameAlaska, Reading, 2005, Kindergarten, Grade Level Expectations, State Department of Education

Standard Skill Area Description Skill Description - The student uses strategies to decode or comprehend meaning of words in text.AK R1.1 a - Distinguish, reproduce, and manipulate the sounds in words;

AK R1.1 b - Use a combination of the following to read and comprehend text: knowledge of phonics, alphabet, and alphabetic principle, e.g., recognition of letter shapes, letter names, letter/sound relationships, initial/final consonants, vowels, letter patterns; pictures and visual cues; sight recognition of high frequency vocabulary words; word structure, e.g., root words, prefixes, suffixes, rhyming words; language structure, e.g., word order, grammar; meaning structure, e.g., prior knowledge and context; text structure, e.g., read left to right.

Skill Area 1 - Overall Product (OP)

Skill 1 - OP01 Understanding words in context

Skill 2 - OP02 Recognizing wordsSkill 4 - OP04 Drawing meaning from text

Skill Area 3 - Vocabulary-in-context (V)

Skill 1 - V01 Using context clues

Skill 2 - V02 Making inferences for vocabularySkill 3 - V03 Making connections with prior knowledge

Skill Area 4 - Comprehension (C) Skill 3 - C03 Using context clues for comprehensionSkill 4 - C04 Making inferences for comprehensionSkill 6 - C06 Making connections with prior knowledge

AK 1.1.1 - The student uses strategies to decode or comprehend meaning of words in text by Given spoken words or sounds (phonological awareness):AK 1.1.1.a - identifying whether words are the same or different;AK 1.1.1.b - identifying whether words rhyme or not;AK 1.1.1.c - producing words that rhyme;AK 1.1.1.d - orally blending syllables or onset-rimes;

Standards List with Aligned Product SkillsProduct NameSTAR Reading

STAR Reading Kindergarten

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Agency Tag Set NameAlaska, Reading, 2005, Kindergarten, Grade Level Expectations, State Department of Education

Standard Skill Area Description Skill Description

Standards List with Aligned Product SkillsProduct NameSTAR Reading

AK 1.1.1.e - orally blending separate phonemes;AK 1.1.1.f - identifying the first sound in a 1-syllable word;AK 1.1.1.g - identifying different speech sounds;AK 1.1.1.h - segmenting individual sounds in words with supportAK 1.1.2 - The student uses strategies to decode or comprehend meaning of words in text by Identifying all letters by name and most common sound; orally reading some high frequency sight words

AK 1.1.3 - The student uses strategies to decode or comprehend meaning of words in text by Naming pictures of common objects; environmental print (e.g., stop, exit), using words to describe location, size, color, and shape; using names and labels of basic objects; identifying and sorting pictures into categories (e.g., vehicles, foods, colors)AK 1.1.4 - The student uses strategies to decode or comprehend meaning of words in text by Listening to and using new vocabulary in contextAK 1.1.5 - The student uses strategies to decode or comprehend meaning of words in text by Demonstrating understanding of concepts of print including

AK 1.1.5.a - holding book right side up;AK 1.1.5.b - reading front to back, top to bottom of page, left to right of page, left before right page;AK 1.1.5.c - one-to-one word correspondence;AK 1.1.5.d - meaning of the concept of first/last and beginning/end

- The student comprehends literal or inferred meaning from text.

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Agency Tag Set NameAlaska, Reading, 2005, Kindergarten, Grade Level Expectations, State Department of Education

Standard Skill Area Description Skill Description

Standards List with Aligned Product SkillsProduct NameSTAR Reading

AK R1.2 a - Comprehend literal meaning from text.

Skill Area 1 - Overall Product (OP)

Skill 4 - OP04 Drawing meaning from text

AK R1.2 b - Use a variety of strategies to support comprehension; including predicting, questioning, rereading, and monitoring own comprehension.

Skill Area 1 - Overall Product (OP)

Skill 8 - OP08 Focusing on challenging information

AK 1.2.1 - The student comprehends literal or inferred meaning from text by Answering who, where, and what questions after listening to a sentence, paragraph, or story

AK 1.2.2 - The student comprehends literal or inferred meaning from text by Predicting and confirming outcomes when listening to a story

- The student reads text aloud.AK R1.3 - Read texts aloud with expression, demonstrating knowledge of punctuation and other conventions of print.AK 1.3.1 - The student reads text aloud by Participating in choral speaking and reciting short poems, rhymes, songs, or stories with repeated patterns - The student restates/summarizes information.

AK R1.4 a - Retell or dramatize a story after reading it.AK R1.4 b - Restate information after reading a text.AK 1.4.1 - The student restates/summarizes information by Retelling or dramatizing a familiar story (not necessarily in sequence) with or without the use of props

AK 1.4.2 - The student restates/summarizes information by Restating information after listening to text - The student demonstrates an understanding of main idea.AK R1.5 - Identify the main idea of a passage.

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Agency Tag Set NameAlaska, Reading, 2005, Kindergarten, Grade Level Expectations, State Department of Education

Standard Skill Area Description Skill Description

Standards List with Aligned Product SkillsProduct NameSTAR Reading

AK 1.5.1 - The student demonstrates an understanding of main idea by Identifying the most important idea of a text - The student follows written directions.AK R1.6 - Read and follow simple directions to complete a simple task.

Skill Area 1 - Overall Product (OP)

Skill 12 - OP12 Following instructions

Skill Area 2 - Technology Software (TS)

Skill 5 - TS05 Following instructions

AK 1.6.1 - The student follows oral and written directions by Following simple two-step oral directions to complete a taskAK 1.6.2 - The student follows oral and written directions by Following symbol or icon directions to complete a task

Skill Area 2 - Technology Software (TS)

Skill 3 - TS03 Interacting with a computer

- The student analyzes content and structure of genres.AK R1.7 - Distinguish between common forms of texts (genres): fiction/nonfiction, prose/poetry, short story/drama.AK 1.7.1 - The student analyzes content and structure of genres by Listening to and discussing fiction, non-fiction, and poetryAK 1.7.2 - The student analyzes content and structure of genres by Identifying use of rhyme in text - The student analyzes literary elements and devices.AK R1.8 - Identify and describe basic plot, main characters, and setting (time and place) in fiction.AK 1.8.1 - The student analyzes literary elements and devices