Government Standards
Common Core
Language Arts - Grade K
Assessment Exam - Common Core Language Arts - Kindergarten| Reading: Literature | eTAP Lesson |
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| Key Ideas and Details | |
| With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.1 |
Main Idea and Supporting Details |
| With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.2 |
Retelling/Recall Facts |
| With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.1 |
Structural Features of Text |
| Craft and Structure | |
| Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.4 |
Questioning |
| Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.5 |
Types of Literature Poetry |
| With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.6 |
Predictions |
| Integration of Knowledge and Ideas | |
| 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).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.7 |
Cause-effect Relationships Sequencing |
| With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.9 |
Compare and Contrast |
| Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity | |
| Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.10 |
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| Reading: Informational Text | eTAP Lesson |
| Key Ideas and Details | |
| With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.1 |
Main Idea and Key Details |
| With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.2 |
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| With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.3 |
Abbreviations |
| Craft and Structure | |
| With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.4 |
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| Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.5 |
Book Parts |
| Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.6 |
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| Integration of Knowledge and Ideas | |
| 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).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.7 |
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| With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.8 |
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| With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.9 |
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| Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity | |
| Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.10 |
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| Reading: Foundational Skills | eTAP Lesson |
| Print Concepts | |
| Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1.a |
Letters, Words, & Sentences |
| Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1.b |
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| Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1.c |
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| Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.1.d |
Uppercase & Lowercase Letters |
| Phonological Awareness | |
| Recognize and produce rhyming words.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2.a |
Rhyming Words |
| Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2.b |
Syllables |
| 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/.)
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2.c |
Short Vowels |
| Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.2.e |
Phonemes |
| Phonics and Word Recognition | |
| Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3.a |
Beginning, Middle & Ending Sounds |
| Associate the long and short sounds with the common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3.b |
Vowel Sounds Long Vowels Vowel Patterns |
| Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3.c |
Sight Words |
| Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3.d |
Contractions Consonant Blends |
| Fluency | |
| Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.4 |
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| Writing | eTAP Lesson |
| Text Types and Purposes | |
| 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...).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.1 |
Organization and Focus |
| 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.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.2 |
Paragraphs Penmanship |
| 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.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.3 |
Brief Narratives |
| Production and Distribution of Writing | |
| With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.5 |
Letters |
| With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.6 |
Summary & Spelling |
| Research to Build and Present Knowledge | |
| Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of books by a favorite author and express opinions about them).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.7 |
Research Reports and Research Plans |
| With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.8 |
Gathering Research Report Information |
| Speaking and Listening | eTAP Lesson |
| Comprehension and Collaboration | |
| Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.1.a |
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| Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.1.b |
Questioning |
| Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.2 |
Oral Directions |
| Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.3 |
Dictionary |
| Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas | |
| Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.4 |
Oral Presentations |
| Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.5 |
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| Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.6 |
Descriptive Words |
| Language | eTAP Lesson |
| Conventions of Standard English | |
| Print many upper- and lowercase letters.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.1.a |
Uppercase & Lowercase Letters |
| Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.1.b |
Nouns |
| Language Standards | eTAP Lesson |
| Form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/ (e.g., dog, dogs; wish, wishes).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.1.c |
Plurals |
| Language | eTAP Lesson |
| Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.1.d |
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| Use the most frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.1.e |
Prepositions |
| Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.1.f |
Sentence Structure |
| Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.2.a |
Capitalization |
| Recognize and name end punctuation.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.2.b |
Period/Exclamation Point/Question Mark |
| Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.2.c |
Vowel Digraphs |
| Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.2.d |
Word Families |
| Vocabulary Acquisition and Use | |
| Identify new meanings for familiar words and apply them accurately (e.g., knowing duck is a bird and learning the verb to duck).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.4.a |
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| Use the most frequently occurring inflections and affixes (e.g., -ed, -s, re-, un-, pre-, -ful, -less) as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.4.b |
Prefixes & Suffixes |
| Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.5.a |
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| Demonstrate understanding of frequently occurring verbs and adjectives by relating them to their opposites (antonyms).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.5.b |
Antonyms, Synonyms, Homophones & Homographs |
| Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.5.c |
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| Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing the same general action (e.g., walk, march, strut, prance) by acting out the meanings.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.5.d |
Verbs |
| Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.6 |
Pronouns, Verbs, and Adjectives |
