How are foundations aligned to California’s content standards for kindergarten?
The language and literacy (L&L), English-language development (ELD), and mathematics foundations have been closely aligned to the kindergarten content standards, with a few intentional exceptions. The L&L foundations use similar strand names as the kindergarten content standards (Listening and Speaking, Reading, and Writing). But, due to the importance of language development for preschool children, the strands have been reordered to begin with Listening and Speaking. Both the preschool ELD foundations and the kindergarten ELD standards acknowledge the broad variability in English-language development among children, and thus provide a developmental progression that allows teachers to adapt their instruction for individual differences. The preschool ELD foundations are also organized around strands and substrands similar to those in the kindergarten ELD standards. The preschool mathematics strands are Number Sense, Algebra and Functions (Classification and Patterning), Measurement, Geo
