Competency 1. Understand oral language foundations of literacy development in English, including phonological and phonemic awareness
Competency 2. Understand the development of concepts of print, letter recognition, letter formation, and letter-sound correspondence
Competency 3. Understand the development of phonics and other word identification strategies, spelling, and fluency
Competency 4. Understand vocabulary development
Competency 5. Understand reading comprehension and development of comprehension strategies and independent reading
Competency 6. Understand different types of texts and strategies for understanding, analyzing, and responding to them
Competency 7. Understand academic language development, including English language structures and conventions
Domain II. Communication arts
Competency 8. Understand the development of writing skills
Competency 9. Understand the development of listening, speaking, viewing, and media literacy skills
Competency 10. Understand concepts of numerical literacy
Competency 11. Understand concepts of mathematical patterns, relations, and functions
Competency 12. Understand concepts of space and shape
Competency 13. Understand concepts and techniques of data investigations and the concepts of randomness and uncertainty
Competency 14. Understand concepts and applications of discrete math
Competency 15. Understand mathematical processes and perspectives
Domain IV. Health/fitness and fine arts
Competency 16. Understand fundamental health and physical education concepts
Competency 17. Understand fundamental visual and performing arts concepts
Competency 18. Understand concepts related to scientific knowledge and inquiry
Competency 19. Understand the fundamental concepts and principles of physical science
Competency 20. Understand the fundamental concepts and principles of life science
Competency 21. Understand the fundamental concepts and principles of earth and space science
Domain VI. Social studies
Competency 22. Understand the processes and tools of inquiry and problem solving in social studies
Competency 23. Understand characteristics of and interactions among people, places, and environments
Competency 24. Understand characteristics of and interactions among individuals, groups, and institutions
