Kindergarten English Language Arts Common Core State Standards

With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.

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With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).

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With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.

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Reading: Informational Text

With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. See related worksheets, workbooks, lesson plans With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. See related worksheets, workbooks, lesson plans

With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

See related worksheets, workbooks, lesson plans With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. See related worksheets, workbooks, lesson plans Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book. See related worksheets, workbooks, lesson plans

Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.

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With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).

See related worksheets, workbooks, lesson plans With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.

With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).

See related worksheets, workbooks, lesson plans Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. See related worksheets, workbooks, games, lesson plans

Reading: Foundational Skills

Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.

Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page. See related worksheets, workbooks, lesson plans Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters. See related worksheets, workbooks, lesson plans Understand that words are separated by spaces in print. See related worksheets, workbooks, lesson plans Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet. See related worksheets, workbooks, lesson plans

Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).

Recognize and produce rhyming words. See related worksheets, workbooks, games, lesson plans Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words. See related worksheets, workbooks, games, lesson plans Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words. See related worksheets, workbooks, games, lesson plans

Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)

See related worksheets, workbooks, games, lesson plans Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words. See related worksheets, workbooks, games, lesson plans

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.

See related worksheets, workbooks, lesson plans Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels. See related worksheets, workbooks, lesson plans Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does). See related worksheets, workbooks, lesson plans Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ. See related worksheets, workbooks, lesson plans

Foundational Skills

Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding. See related worksheets, workbooks, games, lesson plans

Writing

Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is. ).

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Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.

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Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.

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With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.

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With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.

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Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of books by a favorite author and express opinions about them).

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With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.