Common Core Standards that Junior Achievement Lessons Meet

SL. Speaking and Listening Standards

SL.K.1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about

kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups

SL.K.3. Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify
something that is not understood.

SL.K.6. Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings and ideas clearly.

LS Language Standards

L.K.5c. Identify Real-life connections between words and their use.

L.K.6. Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, and being able
to respond to texts.

RL. Reading Standards for Literature

RL.K.7. With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and
the story in which they appear.

RL.K.10. Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

CC. Counting and Cardinality

CC.K.5. Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things arranged
in a line, a rectangular array, a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered
configuration; given a number 1-20, count out that many objects

CC.K.6. Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or
equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting
strategies