PK–12 Essential Standards and Benchmarks

Kahua Standards and Benchmarks

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

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Pre-K - 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.PK.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.PK.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.PK.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.PK.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.PK.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.PK.6Kamaʻilio ka haumāna me nā hoa papa, nā kumu, a me ka ʻohana. Engage in conversations with peers, teachers, family members, and others.
    • a.Hoʻokō ka haumāna i ka ʻōkuhi nohie.
    • b.Pane piha ka haumāna i nā nīnau nohie.
    • c.Noi ka haumāna i nā mea e pono ai ʻo ia.
  • OLA.PK.7Hōʻike ka haumāna i ka lawena:
    • a.Nānā ka maka, hoʻolohe ka pepeiao, a paʻa ka waha o ka haumāna i ka manawa kūpono.
    • b.Walaʻau ka haumāna i ka manawa kūpono e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi.
  • OLA.PK.8Mālama ka haumāna i nā puke:
    • a.Hoʻopaʻa pololei ka haumāna i ka puke no ka heluhelu ʻana
    • b.Hoʻihoʻi pono i nā puke
    • c.ʻAʻole e kākau i loko o ka puke
    • d.Lole mālie i nā ʻaoʻao
  • OLA.PK.9Oli/hīmeni ka haumāna i ke mele i hoʻopaʻanaʻau ʻia ma ka pōʻaiapili kūpono.

  • OLA.PK.10Komo ka haumāna i ke kamaʻilio ʻana a me nā haʻawina mākau ʻōlelo (ke paipai ʻia a kākoʻo ʻia). Engage in conversation and literacy activities appropriate to classroom discussion with prompting and support.
  • OLA.PK.11Hoʻopuka ʻia nā huaʻōlelo maʻamau a me kekahi mau huaʻōlelo hou nō hoʻi. Use high frequency, common words and new vocabulary.
  • OLA.PK.12Hoʻolauna aku ka haumāna me ka welina kuʻuna i ke anaina.
  • OLA.PK.13Hoʻopaʻanaʻau a hoʻopuka ka haumāna i kona moʻokūʻauhau ponoʻī.
  • OLA.PK.14Hōʻike a wehewehe ka haumāna i kekahi mea, hana a mele/oli paha.

  • I.Ka Heluhelu
    • OLA.PK.15E hoʻolohe ka haumāna i ka moʻolelo e heluhelu ʻia a kūkā pū ʻo ia me kona hoa no ka moʻolelo a me nā kiʻi. Listen to stories being read and participate in active discussion of text and illustrations
    • OLA.PK.16E ʻike nō ka haumāna i ka like o ka moʻolelo me kona ola ʻana. Make connections between text ideas and own life experiences
    • OLA.PK.17E ʻike nō ka haumāna i ka lauana ma ka heluhelu ʻana, e laʻa me ka pīnaʻi o ka huaʻōlelo like a me ka pilina ʻōlelo like. Notice patterns in text including repeated vocabulary and sentence patterns
  • II.Ke Kākau
    • OLA.PK.18Hoʻāʻo ka haumāna i ka heluhelu, ke kākau, a me ke kaha kiʻi. Experiment with literacy materials and equipment with emergent forms of writing, drawing, and reading
    • OLA.PK.19Kaha kiʻi a ʻōlelo hoʻi ka haumāna e pili ana i kāna i hana ai a ʻike ai. Draw and talk about own experiences
    • OLA.PK.20Kākau ka haumāna i kona inoa ponoʻī a ʻike hoʻi ʻo ia i ka inoa o kona mau hoa papa. Writes own name and recognizes the written names of others.
  • III.Ka ʻŌlelo
    • OLA.PK.21Ma ka walaʻau ʻana, e hōʻike ka haumāna no ke kumu o ia ʻike a manaʻo paha. Use and attribute sources of information in oral discussions (“My aunty told me about the honu.”)

  • OLA.PK.22ʻIke ka haumāna i ka pili o ka hakalama a me kona puana ʻia ʻana. Notice that hakalama/letters are associated with sounds
  • OLA.PK.23ʻIke ka haumāna i ka hoʻopili ʻia o kekahi mau hakalama, he huaʻōlelo nō ia (e laʻa me nā inoa a me nā lepili). Notice that groups of hakalama/letters form words, such as names and labels
  • OLA.PK.24Maopopo i ka haumāna kekahi o nā hakalama. Recognize some hakalama/letters
  • OLA.PK.25Maopopo i ka haumāna nā hakalama o kona inoa. Recognize own name and hakalama/ letters in own name