Balanced Literacy

Pre-Kindergartners (older 4-year-olds to younger 5-year-olds):

MA.1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about a story or poem read aloud.MA.2. With prompting and support, retell a sequence of events from a story read aloud.MA.3. With prompting and support, act out characters and events from a story or poem read aloud.MA.4. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unfamiliar words in a story or poem read aloud.5. (Begins in kindergarten or when the individual child is ready)MA.6. With prompting and support, “read” the illustrations in a picture book by describing a character or place depicted, or by telling how a sequence of events unfolds.MA.7. With prompting and support, make predictions about what happens next in a picture book after examining and discussing the illustrations.8. (Not applicable to literature)MA.8.A. Respond with movement or clapping to a regular beat in poetry or song.MA.9. With prompting and support, make connections between a story or poem and one’s own experiences.MA.10. Listen actively as an individual and as a member of a group to a variety of age-appropriate literature read aloud.