Kindergarten English Language Arts
Reading Literature (RL)
- RL.K.1 – Ask/answer questions about key details
- RL.K.2 – Retell familiar stories; identify characters, settings, major events
- RL.K.3 – Identify characters, settings, and major events
- RL.K.5 – Recognize common text types (storybooks, poems)
- RL.K.7 – Use illustrations to describe story elements
- RL.K.10 – Actively engage in group reading
Reading Informational Text (RI)
- RI.K.1 – Ask/answer questions about key details
- RI.K.2 – Identify main topic/retell key details
- RI.K.3 – Describe connections between events/ideas
- RI.K.5 – Recognize common text features (headings, labels)
- RI.K.7 – Use illustrations to describe key ideas
- RI.K.10 – Actively engage in group reading
Reading Informational Text (RI)
- RF.K.1 – Print concepts (words, letters, left-to-right reading)
- RF.K.2 – Phonological awareness (rhyming, syllables, sounds)
- RF.K.3 – Phonics/word recognition (letter sounds, sight words)
- RF.K.4 – Read emergent texts with purpose
Writing (W)
- W.K.1 – Use drawing/dictating/writing to compose opinion
- W.K.2 – Compose informative/explanatory texts
- W.K.3 – Narratives with drawing/dictating/writing
- W.K.5 – Respond to feedback, add details
Speaking & Listening (SL)
- SL.K.1 – Participate in conversations with peers/adults
- SL.K.2 – Ask/answer questions about text read aloud
- SL.K.4 – Describe familiar people/places/events with details
- SL.K.6 – Speak audibly & express thoughts clearly
Language (L)
- L.K.1 – Grammar (nouns, verbs, plurals, prepositions)
- L.K.2 – Conventions (capitalization, punctuation, spelling)
- L.K.4 – Use context clues for word meaning
- L.K.6 – Use words/phrases acquired through conversations