Kindergarten

Reading Literature and Informational Text (range of reading and text complexity) 

Writing (range of writing)

Speaking and Listening

Language

Foundational Skills

Students inquire about and comprehend key ideas and details in a variety of texts.

Students investigate the craft and structure of a variety of texts.

Students integrate knowledge to make meaningful connections between ideas in diverse texts.

Students apply their knowledge of text types and purposes.

Students use various processes to produce and distribute a wide range of their writing.

Students research to build and present knowledge in writing.

Students present their knowledge and ideas orally and comprehensibly

Students apply strategies for listening and collaborate with others to comprehend what is heard and spoken.

Students apply strategies to comprehend and utilize vocabulary appropriately in a variety of contexts: social, instructional, and academic.

Students recognize and apply conventions of English in order to produce oral and written texts.

Students apply print concepts when they read.

Students utilize phonological skills when they read.

Students apply phonics and word recognition skills when they read.

Students read a range of texts with fluency.

Ask and answer, with prompting and support, questions about key details in a text

Retell key details of familiar stories, with prompting and support

Identify, with prompting and support, basic details about key people and things in narrative and expository texts

Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text, with prompting and support

Identify, with prompting and support, the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text

Ask questions about unknown words in a text, and listen to and repeat information from the answers

Recognize, with prompting and support, common types of written texts, and identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book

Identify the author and illustrato r of a story, and define the role of each, with prompting and support

Identify words that rhyme, and demonstrate that words have rhythm

Identify, with prompting and support, the relati onship between illustrations and the story in which they appear

Compare and contrast, with prompting and support, the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories

Describe characters’ be havior in familiar stories

Use, with support, a combination of drawing, copying, and writing to state an opinion or preference about a topic or book

Use, with support, a combination of drawing a nd writing to compose informative/explanatory texts, naming the topic and supplying basic information

Use, with support, a combination of drawi ng and writing to narrate a sequence of events

Demonstrate and produce writing in which t he development and organization are appropriate to a task and purpose (e.g., writing to friends)

Give and receive feedback on own and others’ texts, with guidance and support

Produce and publish writing in collaboration with peers

Draw evidence from literary or informat ional texts to support reflection and research

Recall information from experiences to answer a question, with guidance and support

Describe familiar people, places, things, and events, and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail

Speak audibly and express thoug hts, feelings, and ideas clearly

Demonstrate understanding of the relationship bet ween words that are spoken and words that are in print

Confirm understanding of information read or presented orally, by asking about key details, and requesting repetition or clarificat ion if something is not understood

Participate in collaborative c onversations about kindergarten topics and texts, with diverse partners, and with peers and adults in small and large groups

Apply strategies to determine or clarify the meaning of unknown words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content

Explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings, with guidance and support

Apply word knowledge when producing oral and written texts, with support

Recognize and apply basic conventions of st andard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking

Demonstrate, with support, a developing grade -level appropriate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punc tuation, and spelling when writing

Count to 500 by ones, twos, and tens, starting at any number, and read and write numbers

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

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

Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and basic understanding