Colorado Basic Literacy Act CBLA Proficiencies	Colorado Grade Level Examples - Standards, Benchmarks, and Grade Level Expectations	Icon or Picture	Website Link, (click on underlined words to go to the website)	Comments, Suggestions for Use
	Standard 1 - Students read and understand a variety of materials.
3.01(1)(a) A sense of story	1.1 a sense of story
3.01(1)(a)(i) Tell a simple story with a beginning, middle, and end.	1.1.1 tell a simple story with a beginning, middle, and end		Readquarium- Books with Sound	More advanced, books read but don’t highlight words as they go. Try having students hear familiar fairy tales or books first, then retell beginning, middle and end.
3.01(1)(a)(ii) Retell a known story in own words and in correct sequence.	1.1.2 retell a known story in sequence		Reading is Fundamental – Reading Planet	Great stories with music and beautiful illustrations. Words highlight as you go, but moves quickly from page to page.
		On-Line Stories	Interactive Stories – Links to Websites	Portal to great websites that offer on-line stories.
3.01(1)(a)(iii) Listen to and comprehend a variety of genres.			Starfall	Early reading activities by grade. Levels 3 and 4 has books that students read on their own.
		On-Line Stories	Interactive Stories – Links to Websites	Portal to great websites that offer on-line stories of many different genres.
3.01(1)(a)(iv) Generate a picture/written response to text listened to or read.
3.01(1)(a)(v) Connect information and events in texts to life experiences.
3.01(1)(a)(vi) Identify characters, setting, and key events in a text.
3.01(1)(b) Concepts about Print	1.2 concepts about print
3.01(1)(b)(i) Handle books correctly.	1.2.1 handle books correctly
3.01(1)(b)(ii) Understand directionality of print.	1.2.2 understand directionality of print		Raz Kids Sample Books	Click Listen, then follow highlighted words as it reads, with pointer finger. Describe the direction it travels (left to right, return, left to right, etc.)
3.01(1)(b)(iii) Focus on word after word in sequence (voice-print match).	1.2.3 focus on word after word in sequence (voice-print match)		Raz Kids Sample Books	Click Listen, then follow highlighted words as it reads, with pointer finger.
3.01(1)(b)(iv) Use pictures to predict print.	1.2.4 use pictures to predict print		Lil Fingers – Making Faces	Predict what the story says by looking at the pictures. (Story does not read to students out loud)
3.01(1)(b)(v) Realize that print carries meaning.	1.2.5 realize that print carries meaning		Lil' Fingers Storybooks	Read Penguin Party and discuss the words and pictures seen. Try to point to words like penguin and four.
3.01(1)(c) Phonological and phonemic awareness	1.3 phonological and phonemic awareness
3.01(1)(c)(i) Recognize, hear, and produce patterns of sound in oral language (i.e., rhyming words).	1.3.1 recognize patterns of sound in oral language (i.e., rhyming words)		Get Ready to Read - Gus and Inky - Underwater Adventure Game1	Phonemic awareness games.
			Little Animals Activity Center	Ending Sounds, First Sounds and Rhymes
			Professor Garfield - Rhyming by Pictures	Find pictures that rhyme as new pictures as they are introduced. Good introduction to rhyming words.
			Gus and Inky Rhyming -Make up Hip Hop Songl	Identify rhyming words.
			FunSchool - Rhyme Time	Match pictures with rhyming words.
			Scholastic - Rhyming Words	Help Reggie find rhyming words - (Advanced level).
3.01(1)(b)(iii) Focus on word after word in sequence (voice-print match).	1.3.2 follow written text when the text is read aloud		Starfall	Early reading activities by grade. Level 2 has vowel games and books that are read while students follow.
			Readquarium- Books with Sound	More advanced, books read but don’t highlight words as they go.
			Reading is Fundamental – Reading Planet	Great stories with music and beautiful illustrations. Words highlight as you go, but moves quickly from page to page.
		On-Line Stories	Interactive Stories – Links to Websites	Portal to great websites that offer on-line stories.
	1.3.3 hear and repeat initial sounds in words		Kid on net - Identify Letters/Pictures	Identify pictures that start with a chosen letter.
			Little Fingers – Beginning Sounds	Beginning sounds. Match spoken word with pictures containing the same beginning sounds.
			Professor Garfield - Phonemics	Beginning sounds.
			SesameWorkshop - Identify letters/Pictures	Identify letters and recognize pictures that start with that letter.
3.01(1)(c)(ii) Identify, blend, and segment the phonemes of most one-syllable words (e.g., dog, /d/ /o/ /g/).
3.01(1)(d) Letter and word recognition	1.4 some letter and word recognition		Lil’ Fingers – ABC Matchup Game	Concentration type matchup game. Click on cards to turn them over. Match two of the same letters or pairs.
3.01(1)(d)(i) Recognize and name all letters.	1.4.1 know letters in their names		Lil’ Fingers – Spell with Blocks	Kids type their name, click go, then see their name in blocks.
			Kinderplanet - Alphabet	Match capital and small letters.
			Create a Reader - Find the Letters	Identify letters.
			Learning Plannet - Rats!	Identify shapes, letters, colors and numbers.
			Saxon Phonics - Sort vowels and consonants	Sort vowels and consonants into separate jars.
	1.4.2 know own name in print		Lil’ Fingers – Spell with Blocks	Kids type their name, click go, then see their name in blocks. Partners can type each other’s names.
	1.4.3 recognize the differences between numerals and letters		Lil' Fingers Storybooks	First read Number Circus, then ABC Mommy and Me, and discuss the differences.
			Brain Connection - Rapid Naming	How fast can you name a letter? Try numbers and pictures as well.
	1.4.4 recognize the difference between lower and upper case letters		Lil' Fingers Storybooks	ABC Mommy and Me names letters and shows uppercase letters in Mommy’s voice and lowercase letters in little voice.
			ABCya	Alphabet match games, upper and lower case letters and more.
			Literacy Center - Play and Learn	Identify upper, lowercase and both in letters, also numbers and others.
3.01(1)(d)(ii) Apply knowledge of letter-sounds to decode single syllable words (e.g., dog, cat).			FunBrain-What's the Word?	What's the word? Reading vocabulary words, initial sounds.
3.01(1)(d)(iii) Know letter sounds.			More Links Soon!
3.01(1)(d)(iv) Read simple words including a few sight words (e.g., a, the, i, my, you, is, and, are, and simple words used in a child’s oral language).
3.01(1)(e) Vocabulary
3.01(1)(e)(i) Talk about words and word meaning as encountered in books and conversation.
3.01(1)(e)(ii) Identify and sort common words within basic categories (e.g., colors, shapes, food).
3.01(1)(f) Fluency
3.01(1)(f)(i) Read orally simple text containing familiar word patterns.
3.01(1)(f)(ii) Express knowledge of words used in instruction such as prepositions, common nouns, verbs, and pronouns.
	Standard 2 - Students write and speak for a variety of purposes and audiences
	2.1 relate a narrative, creative story, or other communication by drawing, telling, and writing
	2.2 create a narrative by drawing, telling, and/ or emergent writing
	2.3 create a message by drawing, telling, and/ or emergent writing
	Standard 3 - Students write and speak using conventional grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling
	3.1 spell simple words
	3.2 apply letter/ sound relationships as emergent writers
	3.3 copy the 26 letters of the alphabet
	Standard 5 - Students read to locate, select, and make use of relevant information from a variety of media, reference, and technological sources.
	5.1 create a message by drawing, telling, and/ or emergent writing
	Standard 6 - Students read and recognize literature as a record of human experience
3.01(1)(a)(vi) Identify characters, setting, and key events in a text.	6.1 identify and compare characters, settings, and events in story or picture
3.01(1)(a)(i) Tell a simple story with a beginning, middle, and end.	6.2 tell a simple story with a beginning, middle, and end

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