PK–12 Essential Standards and Benchmarks

Kahua Standards and Benchmarks

PK-12 essential standards and benchmarks for Hawaiian-focused education.

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Grade 1 - ʻŌlelo / LA

In addition to HFCS ‘Āina-based Learning Competencies (click to view), the PK-12 ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Language Arts (ʻŌH/LA) kahua is grounded in the belief that the purpose of reading and writing is constructing meaning. Reading allows the reader to construct meaning based on the writing by an author and writing allows the writer to construct meaning to convey to a reader. The ʻŌH/LA strands were derived from this understanding and include:

  • OLA.1.1E aʻo ʻia nā moʻokūʻauhau e pili mai ana iaʻu, e laʻa me koʻu ʻohana, koʻu ʻāina, koʻu kula) Learn about my various moʻokūʻauhau (i.e. my ʻohana, my school, my home/school ʻāina).
  • OLA.1.2E kuhi ana a e wānana ana ma ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ma ke kilo ʻana. Use ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi words to kilo, identify, name, and read environmental indicators (i.e. senses, intuition, prior knowledge) in order to make inferences and predictions.
  • OLA.1.3Me ka loina kūpono e komo ai i nā moʻokiʻina o ke kula. Demonstrate loina when participating in cultural protocol (i.e. schoolwide piko, oli mahalo, puka kula, kamaʻāina/malihini).
  • OLA.1.4E hele a kamaʻāina i ka ʻāina ma ka hana ʻana a me ke kilo ʻana i kekahi mau manawa ʻokoʻa o ka lā a me ka makahiki. Frequently interact with my ʻāina at various times of day and year to develop a relationship with ʻāina.
  • OLA.1.5E aʻo no nā meʻe Hawaiʻi a kūlia i ko lākou ʻano kūpono (aliʻi, ʻōpūaliʻi/lokomaikaʻi, kiaʻi) Celebrate the accomplishments of historical and contemporary Hawaiian community leaders and emulate their actions (i.e. aliʻi, ʻōpūaliʻi/kapu aloha, kiaʻi).

  • OLA.1.6Me ke emi ʻana hoʻi o ke kōkua a ke kumu, e kamaʻilio ka haumāna e pili ana i kāna mau mea i heluhelu a kākau ai ma nā mākau like ʻole. Engage in conversations about own reading and writing with increasing independence and across curriculum areas.
  • OLA.1.7Loihape ka haumāna i kāna mea i kākau ai.
  • OLA.1.8Puni ka haumāna i kekahi mau puke kikoʻī a me kekahi mau mea kākau paha. Begin developing preferences of favorite books, authors, and genres.

  • OLA.1.9Wehewehe ka haumāna i ka ʻōlelo noʻeau.
  • OLA.1.10Hoʻohana ka haumāna i kekahi hua ʻōlelo / ʻōlelo kūpono i pani no kekahi hua ʻōlelo / ʻōlelo e like ka manaʻo.
  • OLA.1.11Poeko ka ʻōlelo ʻana a ka haumāna no kāna kumuhana e hoihoi ai, me ka mahili ʻole hoʻi o ka manaʻo. Stay on topic when speaking fluently to an audience.
  • OLA.1.12Hoʻohana ka haumāna i nā pepeke ma ka pōʻaiapili kūpono a kū i ka manaʻo Hawaiʻi.
    • a.ʻŌlelo ka haumāna i nā pilina ʻōlelo: He, ʻO, Aia, Painu.
    • b.Hōʻike ka haumāna i ka ʻokoʻa o ka hopena a me ka hamani (haʻina pili).

  • I.Ka Heluhelu & Ke Kākau
    • OLA.1.13Heluhelu ka haumāna i nā puke i kūpono no kona pae makahiki.
    • OLA.1.14Hoʻomanaʻo a haʻi hou ka haumāna i ka mea i heluhelu ʻia iā ia ma ke kaʻina pololei, e laʻa me:
      • a.ka manaʻo nui
      • b.nā hanana, nā hāmeʻe, ka pōʻaiapili
    • OLA.1.15Kuhi ka haumāna i nā māhele moʻolelo like ʻole (mea kākau, mea kaha kiʻi, poʻoinoa, hameʻe, pōʻaiapili, hihia, kumuhana, kumu-hopena, panina).
    • OLA.1.16Maopopo ka manaʻo o ka huaʻōlelo hou ma o ke pōʻaiapili, ka nānā ʻana i ke kiʻi a me ke kōkua a ke kumu.
    • OLA.1.17Kākau/kaha kiʻi ka haumāna no nā kumu like ʻole (hoʻomaka ke kamaʻāina ʻana i ka pōʻaiapuni kākau).
    • OLA.1.18Ma ka heluhelu ʻana a hoʻolohe ʻana paha i kekahi moʻolelo, e hoʻomaka ka haumāna e wānana i ka hanana e hiki mai ana. While reading or listening to someone read, the student will begin to predict what might happen.
    • OLA.1.19Ma ke kākau ʻana, e kuhi ka haumāna i kahi i loaʻa mai ai kona ʻike (no ke kanaka mai paha, no ka puke mai paha). Reference sources of information (ʻike kupuna, interviewees, and text) in writings and oral presentations (e.g. I saw a picture of the puhi hiding in the seaweed in the loko iʻa book).
  • II.Ka ʻŌlelo & Ka Huaʻōlelo
    • OLA.1.20Nīnau aku/pane mai ka haumāna no nā mea hoihoi o ka moʻolelo: no nā huaʻōlelo, ka pilina ʻōlelo, a me nā mea e like ai a ʻokoʻa ai paha o kekahi mau moʻolelo. Ask and answer questions about interesting text features, vocabulary, language patterns, as well as similarities and differences between texts.

  • OLA.1.21ʻIke ka haumāna i ka manaʻo o ke kahakō a me ka ʻokina.
  • OLA.1.22Maopopo i ka haumāna, he mau manaʻo ko ka hua ʻōlelo hoʻokahi.
  • OLA.1.23Heluhelu a kākau ka haumāna i nā māmalaʻōlelo pōkole, me ke aʻo ʻana i ka hoʻokaʻawale pololei ʻana i nā huaʻōlelo.