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The Work Sampling System®

New York State Prekindergarten Foundation for the Common Core Preschool–4

New York State Prekindergarten Foundation for the Common Core

The Work Sampling System, 5th Edition Performance Indicators for Preschool–4

Engagement

1. Actively and confidently engages in play as a means of exploration and learning.

I.C.2 Attends to task and seeks help when encountering a problem.

I.D.5 Begins to use simple strategies to resolve conflict without contextual cues.2. Actively engages in problem solving.

Creativity and Imagination

3. Approaches tasks, activities and problems with creativity, imagination and/or willingness to try new experiences or activities.

I.C.3 Approaches tasks with flexibility and inventiveness.

Curiosity and Initiative

4. Exhibits curiosity, interest, and willingness in learning new things and having new experiences.

I.A.2 Shows some self-direction.I.C.1 Shows eagerness and curiosity as

a learner.

Persistence

5. Demonstrates persistence.I.A.1 Demonstrates self-confidence.I.B.1 Follows simple classroom rules and

routines.

Approaches to Learning

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Physical Development and Health



Physical Development

1. Uses senses to assist and guide learning.VII.A.1 Moves with increased balance and

control.VII.B.3 Shows beginning control of writing,

drawing, and art tools.VII.A.2 Coordinates combined movement

patterns to perform simple tasks.VII.B.2 Uses eye-hand coordination to perform

tasks.

2. Uses sensory information to plan and carry out movements.

3. Demonstrates coordination and control of large muscles.

4. Combines a sequence of large motor skills with and without the use of equipment.

5. Demonstrates eye-hand coordination and dexterity needed to manipulate objects.

Physical Fitness

6. Engages in a variety of physical fitness activities.VII.B.1 Uses emerging strength and control to

perform simple tasks.

Health and Well Being

7. Demonstrates personal care and hygiene skills. VII.C.1 Performs some self-care tasks

independently.8. Demonstrates awareness and understanding of healthy habits.

Health and Safety

9. Demonstrates awareness and understanding of safety rules.

VII.C.2 Follows basic safety rules with reminders.

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Social and Emotional Development



Self Concept and Self Awareness

1. Recognizes himself/herself as a unique individual having his/her own abilities, characteristics, feelings and interests.

I.A.1 Demonstrates self-confidence.I.A.2 Shows some self-direction.

Self Regulation

2. Regulates his/her responses to needs, feelings and events.

I.C.1 Shows eagerness and curiosity as a learner.

I.C.2 Attends to task and seeks help when encountering a problem.

Relationships with Others

3 Demonstrates and continues to develop positive relationships with significant adults (primary caregivers, teachers and other familiar adults).

I.D.2 Interacts easily with familiar adults.I.D.1 Interacts easily with one or more

children.I.D.5 Begins to use simple strategies to

resolve conflict.I.D.4 Identifies some feelings and responds

to those of others.I.D.3 Participates in the group life of the class.

4. Develops positive relationships with their peers.

5. Demonstrates pro-social problem solving skills in social interactions.

Accountability

6. Understands and follows routines and rules.

II.B.1 Follows simple classroom rules and routines.

I.B.2 Manages transitions.

Adaptability

7. Adjusts to change.I.C.3 Approaches tasks with flexibility

and inventiveness.

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Communication, Language, and Literacy



Approaches to Communication

Motivation

1. Demonstrate that they are motivated to communicate.

II.A.1 Gains meaning by listening.II.E.1 Gains meaning by listening

(for English Language Learners).II.G.1 Speaks in social situations

(for English Language Learners).

Background Knowledge

2. Demonstrates he/she is building background knowledge.

II.B.1 Speaks clearly enough to be understood without contextual cues.

Viewing

3. Demonstrates that he/she understand what they observe.

II.A.2 Follows two-or three-step directions.II.E.2 Follows directions


Representing

4. Demonstrates his/her ability to express ideas using a variety of methods.

VII.B.3 Shows beginning control of writing, drawing, and art tools.

VI.A.2 Participates in creative movement, dance, and drama.

Vocabulary

5. Demonstrates a growing receptive vocabulary.

II.B.2 Follows rules for conversation.II.B.3 Uses expanded vocabulary and

language for a variety of purposes.II.F.1 Develops awareness of the sounds of

English (for English Language Learners).II.G.1 Speaks in social situations


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Communication, Language, and Literacy (continued)



Reading Standards for Literature

Key Ideas and Details

1. With prompting and support, ask and answer about detail(s) in a text.

II.C.4 Recounts some key ideas and details from text.

2. With prompting and support, retell familiar stories.

3. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about characters and major events in a story.

Craft and Structure

4. Exhibit curiosity and interest in learning new vocabulary (e.g., ask questions about unfamiliar vocabulary).

II.C.3 Shows appreciation and understanding of books and reading.

5. Students interact with a variety of common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems, songs).

6. With prompting and support, can describe the role of an author and illustrator.

Integration and Knowledge of Ideas

7. With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing or idea in the text an illustration depicts). II.D.1 Represents ideas and stories through

pictures, dictation, and play.8. Not applicable to literature.

9. With prompting and support, identify basic similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., illustrations, descriptions or procedures).

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

10. Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.


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Responding to Literature

11. With prompting and support, make connections between self, text, and the world around them (text, media, social interaction).

II.C.1 Begins to develop knowledge of letters.

Reading Standards for Informational TextKey Ideas and Details

1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about details in a text.

II.C.4 Recounts some key ideas and details from text.

2. With prompting and support, retell detail(s) in a text.

3. With prompting and support, describe the connection between two events or pieces of information in a text.

Craft and Structure

4. Exhibit curiosity and interest in learning new vocabulary (e.g., ask questions about unfamiliar vocabulary).


5. Identify the front cover, back cover; displays correct orientation of book, page turning skills.

6. With prompting and support, can describe the role of an author and illustrator.

Integration and Knowledge of Ideas

7. With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing or idea in the text an illustration depicts). II.D.1 Represents ideas and stories through

pictures, dictation, and play.8. Not applicable to literature.9. With prompting and support, identify basic

similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., illustrations, descriptions or procedures).

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Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

10. With prompting and support, actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

II.D.1 Represents ideas and stories through pictures, dictation, and play.

Reading Standards: Foundational SkillsPrint Concepts1. Demonstrate understanding of the

organization and basic features of print.II.C.1 Begins to develop knowledge of letters.

Phonological Awareness2. Demonstrate an emerging understanding

of spoken words, syllables and sounds (phonemes).

II.C.2 Demonstrates phonological awareness.II.F.1 Develops awareness of the sounds of

English (for English Language Learners).Phonics and Word Recognition3. Demonstrate emergent phonics and word

analysis skills.II.C.1 Begins to develop knowledge of letters.

Fluency4. Displays emergent reading behaviors

with purpose and understanding (e.g., pretend reading).


Writing StandardsText Types and Purposes1. With prompting and support, use a

combination of drawing, dictating, or writing to express an opinion about a book or topic (e.g., I like…because…).

II.D.3 Understands purposes for writing.

2. With prompting and support, use a combination of drawing, dictating, or writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.

3. With prompting and support, use a combination of drawing, dictating, or writing to narrate a single event and provide a reaction to what happened.

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Production and Distribution of Writing

4. Not applicable to prekindergarten (begins in grade 3).

II.D.2 Uses letter-like shapes, symbols, and letters to convey meaning.

5. With guidance and support, respond to questions and suggestions and add details to strengthen illustration or writing, as needed.

6. With guidance and support, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing; collaborate with peers.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge

7. With guidance and support, participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of books by a favorite author and express opinions about them).


8. With guidance and support, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.


Range of Writing


Responding to Literature

11. Create and present a poem, dramatization, art work, or personal response to a particular author or theme studied in class, with prompting and support as needed.


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Speaking and Listening StandardsComprehension and Collaboration

1. With guidance and support, participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about pre-kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and large groups.

II.B.2 Follows rules for conversation.II.G.1 Speaks in social situations


2. With guidance and support, confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.

3. With guidance and support, ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

4. Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.


5. Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.

6. Demonstrate an emergent ability to express thoughts, feelings and ideas.

Language Standards

Conventions of Standard English

1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

II.B.3 Uses expanded vocabulary and language for a variety of purposes.

II.F.1 Develops awareness of the sounds of English (for English Language Learners).

II.D.2 Uses letter-like shapes, symbols, and letters to convey meaning.

2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

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Knowledge of Language

3. Use knowledge of language and how language functions in different contexts.

II.B.2 Follows rules for conversation.II.G.1 Speaks in social situations


Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on pre-kindergarten reading and content. II.B.3 Uses expanded vocabulary and

language for a variety of purposes.II.G.1 Speaks in social situations


5. With guidance and support, explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

6. With prompting and support, use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.

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Cognition and Knowledge of the World



Mathematics

Mathematical Practices

a. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

b. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.c. Construct viable arguments and critique

the reasoning of others.d. Model with mathematics.e. Use appropriate tools strategically.f. Attend to precision.g. Look for and make use of structure.h. Look for and express regularity in

repeated reasoning.

III.A.1 Begins to make sense of problems and uses simple strategies to solve them.

III.A.2 Reasons quantitatively and begins to use some tools.

III.A.3 Uses words and representations to describe mathematical ideas.

Counting and Cardinality

1. Count to 20.2. Represent a number of objects with a

written numeral 0–5 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).

3. Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities to 10; connect counting to cardinality.

4. Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 10 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as any as 5 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1–10, count out that many objects.

5. Identify whether the number of objects in one group is more, less, greater than, fewer, and/or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies (up to 5 objects).

6. Identify “first” and “last” related to order or position.

III.B.1 Counts with understanding.III.B.2 Shows beginning understanding of

number and quantity.

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Cognition and Knowledge of the World (continued)



Operations and Algebraic Thinking

1. Demonstrate an understanding of addition and subtraction by using objects, fingers, and responding to practical situations (e.g., if we have 3 apples and add 2 more, how many apples do we have all together?).

2. Duplicate and extend (e.g., what comes next?) simple patterns using concrete objects.

III.C.1 Understands and begins to apply addition and subtraction to problems.

III.A.4 Begins to recognize patterns and makes simple generalizations.

Measurement and Data

1. Identify measurable attributes of objects, such as length, and weight. Describe them using correct vocabulary (e.g., small, big, short, tall, empty, full, heavy, and light).

2. Sort objects into categories; count the numbers of objects in each category (limit category counts to be less than or equal to 10).

III.D.1 Orders, compares, and describes objects according to a single attribute.

III.D.2 Participates in measuring activities.

Geometry

1. Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as top, bottom, up, down, in front of, behind, over, under, and next to.

2. Correctly name shapes regardless of size.3. Analyze, compare, and sort two- and three-

dimensional shapes and objects, in different sizes, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, and other attributes (e.g., color, size, and shape).

4. Create and build shapes from components (e.g., sticks and clay balls).

III.F.1 Shows understanding of and uses several positional words.

III.F.2 Begins to recognize and describe the attributes of shapes.

III.F.3 Composes and decomposes shapes.

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Science

Scientific Thinking

1. Asks questions and makes predictions based on observations and manipulation of things and events in the environment.

IV.A.1 Asks questions and begins to solve problems that arise during explorations.

IV.A.2 Uses senses and simple tools to explore solutions to problems.

IV.A.3 Makes meaning from explorations, and generates ideas and solutions based on their own observations of the natural and human-made worlds.

IV.A.3 Makes meaning from explorations, and generates ideas and solutions based on their own observations of the natural and human-made worlds.

IV.A.4 Communicates experiences, observations, and ideas with others through conversations, representations, and/or behavior.

2. Tests predictions through exploration and experimentation.

3. Generates explanations and communicates conclusions regarding experiments and explorations.

Earth and Space

4. Observes and describes characteristics of earth and space.

IV.D.1 Observes the sky and the natural and human-made objects in it.

IV.D.2 Explores rocks, water, soil, and sand.IV.D.3 Observes weather and seasonal

changes.

Living Things

5. Observes and describes characteristics of living things.

IV.C.1 Explores the characteristics of living things.IV.C.2 Explores the needs of living things.

Physical Properties

6. Acquires knowledge about the physical properties of the world.

IV.B.1 Explores the properties of objects and materials, and how they change.

IV.B.2 Explores how objects and materials move in different circumstances.

IV.B.3 Explores and describes light and sound.

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Social Studies

Geography

1. Develops a basic awareness of self as an individual, self within the context of family, and self within the context of community.

V.D.1 Describes the location of things in the environment.

V.D.2 Shows awareness of the environment.V.D.3 Shows some awareness of ways people

affect their environment.

2. Demonstrates awareness and appreciation of their own culture and other cultures.

3. Demonstrates knowledge of the relationship between people, places, and regions.

History

4. Develops an understanding of how people and things change over time and how to relate past events to their present and future activities.

V.A.1 Identifies similarities and differences in personal and family characteristics.

V.A.2 Demonstrates beginning awareness of community, city, and state.

V.B.3 Begins to be aware of how technology affects their lives.

Civics, Citizenship and Government

5. Demonstrates an understanding of roles, rights, and responsibilities. V.C.1 Demonstrates awareness of rules.

V.C.2 Shows awareness of what it means to be a leader.6. Begins to learn the basic civic and

democratic principles.

Economics

7. Develops a basic understanding of economic concepts within a community.

V.B.1 Begins to understand family needs, roles, and relationships.

Career Development

8. Demonstrates interest and awareness about a wide variety of careers and work environments.

V.B.2 Identifies some people’s jobs and what is required to perform them.

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The Arts

Visual Arts

1. Expresses oneself and represents what he/she knows, thinks, believes and feels through visual arts.

VI.A.3 Uses a variety of art materials for tactile experience and exploration.

VI.B.1 Responds to artistic creations or events.2. Responds and react to visual arts created by

themselves and others.

Music

3. Expresses oneself by engaging in musical activities. VI.A.1 Participates in group music experiences.

4. Responds and reacts during musical activities.

Theatre/Dramatic Play

5. Participates in a variety of dramatic play activities to represent fantasy and real life experiences. VI.A.2 Participates in creative movement,

dance, and drama.6. Responds and reacts to theater and drama

presentations.

Dance/Creative Movement

7. Expresses what he/she knows, thinks, feels and believes through dance and creative movement. VI.A.2 Participates in creative movement,

dance, and drama.8. Responds and reacts to dance and

creative movement.

Cultural Differences

9. Expresses an understanding of artistic difference among cultures.

VI.B.1 Responds to artistic creations or events.

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TechnologyFoundations of Technology

1. Describes types of materials and how they’re used.



2. Explores and uses various types of tools appropriately.

3. Expresses an understanding of how technology affects them in daily life, and how it can be used to solve problems.

Using Technology

4. Understands the operation of technology systems.



5. Uses the knowledge of technology to increase learning.

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