I reviewed the speaking and listening standard for kindergarten. I think that the standard’s expectations of this grade level are on par for what kindergartners should be able to accomplish by the end of the school year. However, I am not sure that the standards are not unrealistic when relating it to the ability of the teacher get students to fully develop these skills. While student are fully capable of reaching the end result of the standard, teachers have to have the time to incorporate these skills into their instruction. With the amount of information that must be taught it, it will take a skilled teacher to strategically incorporate these skills into aspects of their daily lessons. So for students, they are not expecting too much of
