PK–12 Essential Standards and Benchmarks

Kahua Standards and Benchmarks

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

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Kindergarten - 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.K.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.K.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.K.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.K.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.K.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.K.6Hoʻohana ka haumāna i nā puke, ka ʻenehana, a me nā pono kākau e kō ai kona makemake. Explore and use literacy materials (books, paper, writing and drawing implements, computers) independently for own purposes and across curriculum areas.
  • OLA.K.7ʻImi ka haumāna i nā puke no kona mea e hoihoi ai. Begins to have a preference of topics to read about.
  • OLA.K.8Paka ka haumāna i kāna hana ponoʻī. Reflect on the quality of own work and behavior.

  • OLA.K.9Na ka haumāna e hoʻokumu - a komo piha hoʻi - i ke kamaʻilio ʻana me ka ʻohana, nā hoa, a me nā kumu. Initiate and engage in conversations with peers, teachers, family members, and others.
    • a.Hoʻokō ka haumāna i nā ʻōkuhi a kekahi no ke kaha kiʻi ʻana, ka hana ʻana, a ʻo ia mau ʻano.
    • b.Haku ka haumāna i nā nīnau e hoʻokele ana i kona ʻapomanaʻo ʻana a i ʻole haku i nīnau e nūnē ana me ke kōkua.
  • OLA.K.10ʻŌlelo ka haumāna me ka poeko, ʻaʻohe ona kānalua.
    • a.Haʻi hou i ka moʻolelo a ke kumu i haʻi mua ai.
    • b.Hōʻike a wehewehe ka haumāna i kekahi mea āna i lawe mai i ka papa
  • OLA.K.11Hoʻohana ka haumāna i nā hua ʻōlelo i pili loa i kāna mau hana maʻamau.

  • I.Ka Heluhelu, Ke Kākau, Ka ʻŌlelo & Ka Huaʻōlelo
    • OLA.K.12Hoʻolohe ka haumāna i ka mea i heluhelu ʻia a hōʻike hoʻi ʻo ia e pili ana i kāna i lohe ai.
    • OLA.K.13Kūkākūkā ka haumāna e pili ana i kāna i heluhelu ai: he mele paha, he moʻolelo paha, he ʻano ʻokoʻa hoʻi paha. Engage in discussion of multiple genres of text (mele/poetry, narrative, and informational).
      • a.Nīnau a pane ka haumāna i nā nīnau e pili i kekahi mea i heluhelu ʻia iā ia.
      • b.Haʻi hou ka haumāna i nā mea nui o ka moʻolelo, e laʻa me nā hāmeʻe, kahi, pōʻaiapili a me nā hanana nui. Retell key details in a text including characters, settings and major events.
      • c.ʻIke ka haumāna i nā lauana ma ka moʻolelo, e laʻa me nā huaʻōlelo kani like a me ka pīnaʻi o ka huaʻōlelo like. Notice patterns in text including sequence, beginning and ending, rhyme, and repeated vocabulary
    • OLA.K.14Lepili ʻia ke kiʻi a keiki i kaha ai me ke kōkua ʻana mai a ke kumu.
      • a.Kaha kiʻi ka haumāna i kona makemake.
      • b.Kākau ke keiki i ka pīʻāpā Hawaiʻi.
      • c.Kākau ke keiki i nā hua ʻōlelo pōkole.
    • OLA.K.15Hoʻopuka ka haumāna i ka ʻike a me ke kumu o ia ʻike ma ke kākau ʻana a me ka haʻi waha nō hoʻi. Use and refer to sources of information (ʻike kupuna, interviewees, and text) in writings and oral presentations (e.g. My anakala showed me the way to pick lāʻi).

  • OLA.K.16ʻIke ka haumāna i ia mea he hua maʻaka a me he hua naʻinaʻi. Recognize all upper and lowercase letters.
  • OLA.K.17Maopopo i ka haumāna kekahi mau huaʻōlelo maʻamau. Recognizes some high frequency words.