Parents and teachers can use this laminated 6-page guide with their kindergartener to hit specific learning requirements of The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. These expectations and skills are the stepping stones needed to succeed in school, college and the real world. Each guide in the series focuses on critical areas of the curriculum and features real-world problems, examples and illustrations, with parent and teacher guidance built in. Suggested uses: o Teacher/Parent use as a quick way to review all of the standards for kindergarten, with or without guiding the student through the material o Student you can spill anything you want on this and it will be ok, it s laminated so you can eat your lunch off it or use playdough on it"