ETA/Cuisenaire: CenterStage Math

Set A Set B Set C Set D Small-Group Packages Scope Components Skills

Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics		K	1	2	3
	Correctly uses sight words

	Instantly recognizes sight words that are nouns

	Identifies nouns as words that name people, places, things, and ideas/concepts

	Identifies and uses singular and plural nouns

	Identifies and uses possessive noun forms

	Instantly recognizes sight words that are verbs

	Identifies verbs as words that describe actions

	Demonstrates knowledge of regular and irregular verbs

	Instantly recognizes sight words that are past tense verbs

	Demonstrates knowledge of verb tenses

	Identifies and uses knowledge of verb tenses

	Demonstrates knowledge of helping verbs

	Recognizes and applies knowledge of helping verbs

	Instantly recognizes sight words that are pronouns

	Demonstrates knowledge of pronouns

	Identifies and uses knowledge of pronouns

	Uses appropriate noun-pronoun agreements

	Instantly recognizes sight words that are adjectives

	Instantly recognizes sight words that are articles

	Demonstrates knowledge of adjectives and articles

	Uses adjectives to tell what kind and how many/how much

	Understands that articles are a form of adjective

	Identifies and uses comparative and superlative adjectives

	Instantly recognizes sight words that are adverbs

	Demonstrates knowledge of adverbs

	Uses adverbs to describe place, time, manner, and degree

	Instantly recognizes sight words that are conjunctions

	Demonstrates knowledge of conjunctions

	Identifies and uses conjunctions to join words

	Identifies and uses conjunctions to join phrases and clauses

	Instantly recognizes sight words that are prepositions

	Demonstrates knowledge of prepositions

	Identifies and uses knowledge of prepositions

	Uses prepositional phrases to modify nouns, verbs, and adjectives

	Capitalizes the first word in a sentence

	Capitalizes initials

	Capitalizes the pronoun I

	Capitalizes proper nouns

	Uses punctuation to clarify meaning

	Uses punctuation correctly in statements and questions

	Uses punctuation correctly in commands and exclamatory statements

	Uses periods with initials

	Uses commas in a series

	Uses an apostrophe to signify a contraction

	Uses an apostrophe to signify a possessive

	Uses quotation marks to signify direct speech
Sentence Formation
	Matches spoken words to print

	Forms phrases

	Forms complete sentences

	Distinguishes between complete sentences and sentence fragments

	Forms sentences using basic sentence patterns (N-V, N-V-N, N-V-ADJ)

	Uses sight words (adjectives) to expand sentences

	Uses sight words (adverbs) to expand sentences

	Uses sight words (conjunctions) to expand sentences

	Uses sight words (prepositions) to form prepositional phrases

	Uses the sight word and to form compound subjects

	Uses the sight word or to form compound subjects

	Uses the sight word and to form compound objects

	Use the sight word or to form compound objects

	Uses the sight word and to form compound verbs (predicates)

	Uses appropriate subject-verb agreements

	Recognizes and uses interjections appropriately
Phonics in Context
	Identifies sight words in literature

	Identifies phonic elements and generalizations in literature

	Applies knowledge of phonics to increase fluency

	Applies knowledge of phonics to improve reading comprehension

	Shares personal responses to literature

	Identifies and understands story elements (character, setting, plot, problem/solution, and more)

	Applies knowledge of phonics to improve writing

	Shares writing