Component - L.K.1.a:
Print many upper- and lowercase letters.

Component - L.K.1.b:
Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs.

Component - L.K.1.c:
Form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/ (e.g., dog, dogs; wish, wishes).

Component - L.K.1.d:
Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).

Component - L.K.1.e:
Use the most frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with).

Component - L.K.1.f:
Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.

Component - L.K.2.a:
Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.

Component - L.K.2.b:
Recognize and name end punctuation.

Component - L.K.2.c:
Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).

Component - L.K.2.d:
Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

Component - L.K.4.a:
Identify new meanings for familiar words and apply them accurately (e.g., knowing duck is a bird and learning the verb to duck).

Component - L.K.4.b:
Use the most frequently occurring inflections and affixes (e.g., -ed, -s, re-, un-, pre-, -ful, -less) as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word.

Component - L.K.5.a:
Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

Component - L.K.5.b:
Demonstrate understanding of frequently occurring verbs and adjectives by relating them to their opposites (antonyms).

Component - L.K.5.c:
Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

Component - L.K.5.d:
Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing the same general action (e.g., walk, march, strut, prance) by acting out the meanings.