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You picked 10 standards. There are 80 more Kindergartners have to have mastered by the end of the year. They are swamped and hating kindergarten. Parents are all over the Internet saying this. [/quote]

True, there are many Kindergarten standards.   However, most of them state "with support" which means they do not need to be fully mastered, independently, by the end of 1st grade.   Most of them develop background knowledge for future years, and should be practiced many days a week, not just taught one day and done.

THat means that a teacher could incorporate several -- maybe 8 or 10 -- in one morning message, or one Big Book read aloud.

Pick up the Big Book.   "Now children let's look at our new book.     Class, what's the word for the person who writes the book?   CLASS:  AUTHOR!   Teacher:   Yes, that's right"   Boom.   Author standard practiced.  Teacher:   Look at the title!  It says "Are You My Mother?"   What's this funny sign at the end of the sentence?   Class:  Question Mark!   Teacher__ Yes that's right   BOOM end punctuation standard practiced.

Etc.

You can cover many of these every day in Language Arts Whole Group time; and many many more in Science and Social Studies and Health (because you can read a non-fiction book and cover many of the standards , too; or draw pictures in your journals to show what you have learned in content areas.)[/quote]

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