Literacy Skills Grades 1-3
Education Standards Correlations

Education Standards met with the Literacy Skills Grades 1-3 Classroom Software Collection

Reading Success: Aladdin
Kid Phonics 2
Chato's Kitchen
KidWorks Deluxe
Imagination Express: Destination Ocean
 

 

Reading Success: Aladdin

Language Arts
National Standards for the English Language Arts

Standard 1: Students read a wide range of print and nonprint texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.
Standard 2: Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of the many dimensions (e.g., philosophical, ethical, aesthetic) of human experience.
Standard 8: Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.
Standard 9: Students develop an understanding of and respect for diversity in language use, patterns, and dialects across cultures, ethnic groups, geographic regions, and social roles.
Standard 11: Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, 
and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.
Standard 12: Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes (i.e., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange of information).

Technology
National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS)

Standard 1: Basic operations and concepts: Students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems.
Standard 1: Basic operations and concepts: Students are proficient in the use of technology.
Standard 3: Technology productivity tools: Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
Standard 5: Technology research tools: Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.

Kid Phonics 2

Language Arts
National Standards for the English Language Arts

Standard 3: Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experiences, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meanings and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).
Standard 4: Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language (e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.
Standard 5: Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
Standard 6: Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and nonprint texts.
Standard 11: Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.
Standard 12: Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes (e.g., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange of information).

Art
National Arts Education Standards

Standard 1: Script-writing by planning and recording improvisations based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history.
Students collaborate to select interrelated characters, environments, and situations for classroom dramatizations.
Students improvise dialogue to tell stories and formalize improvisations by writing or recording the dialogue.

Technology
National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS) 

Standard 1: Basic operations and concepts: Students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems.
Standard 1: Basic operations and concepts: Students are proficient in the use of technology.
Standard 3: Technology productivity tools: Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
Standard 5: Technology research tools: Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.

Chato's Kitchen

Language Arts
National Standards for the English Language Arts

Standard 1: Students read a wide range of print and nonprint texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.
Standard 3: Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experiences, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meanings and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).
Standard 5: Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
Standard 6: Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and nonprint texts.
Standard 8: Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.
Standard 9: Students develop an understanding of and respect for diversity in language use, patterns, and dialects across cultures, ethnic groups, geographic regions, and social roles.
Standard 11: Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, 
and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.

The Arts
National Arts Education Standards

Standard 1: Script-writing by planning and recording improvisations based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history.
Students collaborate to select interrelated characters, environments, and situations for classroom dramatizations.
Students improvise dialogue to tell stories, and formalize improvisations by writing or recording the dialogue.

Technology
National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS)

Standard 1: Basic operations and concepts: Students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems.
Standard 1: Basic operations and concepts: Students are proficient in the use of technology.
Standard 3: Technology productivity tools: Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
Standard 5: Technology research tools: Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.

KidWorks Deluxe

Language Arts
National Standards for the English Language Arts

Standard 5: Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use various writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
Standard 6: Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and nonprint texts.
Standard 11: Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.
Standard 12: Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes (i.e., for learning, enjoyment, persuasion, and the exchange of information).

Technology
National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS)

Standard 1: Basic operations and concepts: Students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems.
Standard 1: Basic operations and concepts: Students are proficient in the use of technology.
Standard 3: Technology productivity tools: Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.

Imagination Express: Destination Ocean

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Language Arts
National Standards for the English Language Arts

Standard 1: Students read a wide range of print and nonprint texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world; to acquire new information; to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace; and for personal fulfillment. Among these texts are fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.
Standard 5: Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
Standard 8: Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.
Standard 11: Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities.

Science
National Science Education Standards

Life Science Standard C: Students should develop understanding of: the characteristics of organisms; life cycles of organisms; organisms and environments.

Technology
National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS)

Standard 1: Basic operations and concepts: Students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems.
Standard 1: Basic operations and concepts: Students are proficient in the use of technology.
Standard 3: Technology productivity tools: Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
Standard 5: Technology research tools: Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.

Sources:
Standards for the English Language Arts, by the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English. Published by the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English, 1996.

The National Educational Technology Standards initiated by the International Society for Technology in Education's Accreditation and Professional Standards Committee.

Curriculum Standards for Social Studies: Expectations of Excellence, by the National Council for the Social Studies. Published by National Council for the Social Studies, 1994.

National Standards for Arts Education: Dance, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts, by the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations. Published by Music Educators National Conference, 1994.

National Science Education Standards, by the National Research Council. Published by National Academy of Sciences, 1996.