EEL Continuum PrePrimary
EEL Continuum PrePrimary
EEL Continuum PrePrimary
Pre-Primary
2577
3115
5767
7409
131
716
730
Skill
659
3115
Goal
1 Self Concept
2577
2 Self Direction
5767
3 Social
Relationships
7409
131
716
3115
5767
Physical Development
659
7409
6 Health
and Safety
730
7 Listening
Comprehension
9 Vocabulary
10 Phonological
Awareness
11 Concepts
of Print
12 Letter/Word
Recognition
13 Reading
Comprehension
Predicts how self and others might feel in a variety of situations and
explains why.
1.2
Takes responsibility
1.3
2.1
Explains why rules and regulations are important and what might happen
if they are not followed.
2.2
Maintains attention
Explores personal limits. Identifies when others are or are not following
familiar rules and routines.
Sustains focus for at least five minutes, persisting even if there are
problems or distractions.
Sustains focus for at least ten minutes even if there are distractions.
Sustains focus for at least thirty minutes even if there are distractions.
2.3
Transitions from one activity to the next and helps others through the
transition.
3.1
3.2
Cooperates
Seeks out opportunities to help others. Tries to solve own social problems.
3.3
Shows empathy.
4.1
4.2
5.1
Follows a straight line when cutting and drawing. Buttons, zips, buckles
and laces.
5.2
Identifies food groups and sorts food. Chooses between two appropriate
food options or rest options.
Explains how germs spread and simple strategies for preventing the
spread.
6.3
Describes reasons for safety rules and reminds others to follow them.
7.1
7.2
8.1
Communicates ideas
8.2
Speaks in sentences
Uses many types of sentences, including simple and compound. Uses verb
tense to express past, present and future.
9.1
Builds vocabulary
10.1
10.2
11.1
Touches a written word on the page for each spoken word (but not
necessarily the correct word). Tracks print from the end of one line to the
beginning of the next line.
Explains the difference between books that tell stories and those that give
information.
12.1
Names all upper and lower case letters when presented in random order.
When shown a two to three letter word, can find it in print.
Reads and decodes root words with inflectional endings (e.g. ed, ing, s).
12.2
Identifies twelve to fifteen letters and their sounds. Recognizes that letters
make up words.
Identifies all letters and their sounds. Begins to sound out the letters in twoto four-letter words.
Recognizes letter patterns, word families, long and short vowel sounds,
whole word chunks, digraphs and blends.
13.1
Responds to text
Retells portions of a story. As the story is read, asks and answers simple
questions about characters, setting and events.
Prints first and last name. Prints upper and lower case letters appropriately.
13.2
14.1
5767
7409
131
716
14 Emergent
Writing
730
15 Number
Concepts
Mathematics and Reasoning
3115
5767
7409
18 Patterns
and Sorting
131
Social Studies
3115
22 Civics and
Economics
5767
15.1
Identifies numerals
15.2
15.3
Understands operations
16.1
Identifies shapes
16.2
17.1
17.2
18.1
131
716
26 Life Science
27 Physical
Science
659
28 Earth Science
3115
5767
7409
131
716
30 Music
32 Visual Arts
33 Drama
www.ExperienceEarlyLearning.com
Creates and extends three- and four-step patterns and plays complex
memory games.
18.2
19.1
Estimates (not always logically) size and volume. Measures and describes
findings.
Explains which measurement tool makes best sense for the object being
measured. Tells time in hours and half-hours.
19.2
Compares the length of two objects by using a third object (the length
unit). Orders three objects by length.
20.1
Solves problems
Identifies roles of self and others and describes the job each may do.
21.2
Explains the meaning and importance of their own traditions and customs.
Begins to learn about other cultures.
21.3
Respects diversity
Asks questions about how others live, eat, play and believe.
22.1
Understands citizenship
22.2
23.1
23.2
Uses maps
Explains the purpose for different types of structures, such as bridges and
buildings. Asks questions about landmarks.
Identifies what is represented on a map. Draws pictures of current
location.
24.1
25.1
25.2
25.3
26.1
Recognizes that all living things have similar basic needs. Distinguishes
between needs and wants.
26.2
Classifies organisms
Describes the features of living things and groups them by similar features.
27.1
Manipulates matter and observes any physical changes that may occur.
Identifies materials that are solid, liquid and gaseous. Identifies matter in
its various states.
27.2
28.1
Explains how weather and climate changes may affect personal life.
Identifies the current season.
Explains that different places have different kinds of weather and climates.
Explains the basic properties of the Sun, Moon and Earth. Describes the
role of the sun on weather and day/night patterns.
28.2
Explores ecosystems
29.1
Explores technology
30.1
30.2
31 Dance and
Movement
730
29 Technology
730
25 Scientific
Reasoning
Counts to one hundred by ones and tens. Counts forward from a given
number.
Decomposes numbers less than or equal to ten into pairs in more than
one way (e.g., 7=3+4, 7=5+2).
Describes objects in the environment as two- and three-dimensional
shapes.
Creates complex shapes by putting together other shapes. Takes apart
complex shapes into simpler shape pieces.
Identifies two- and three-dimensional shapes and symbols regardless of
orientation.
23 Geography
7409
24 History
2577
Uses inventive spelling to write words that are connected to a given topic
or opinion. Draws pictures to support writing.
730
21 Families and
Communities
659
19 Measurement
716
20 Logic
2577
16 Shapes
17 Spatial
Awareness
14.2
Science
659
Creative Development
2577
Benchmark G
8 Communication
3115
Benchmark F
Expresses preference
6.1
716
Benchmark E
Primary
1.1
5 Fine Motor
131
Pre-Primary
730
4 Gross Motor
2577
Preschool
32.1
32.2
33.1
33.2
DnaBeats
nce
Plans a story and seeks out props to enhance a role or highlight details.
Experience
More Math
and
Reading