CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.5c

ELAKindergartenVocabulary Acquisition and Use

The Standard

Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students connect familiar words to objects, places, actions, and experiences they know. They give examples from school, home, or the community that fit each word.
What Mastery Looks Like: Given a familiar word, students name or point to an example and explain the match. They can find more than one example in a familiar setting.
Common Misconceptions: Students may repeat a meaning without giving an example. They may name something related that does not fit, such as calling a bell quiet.
How to Assess It: Ask, “Name one place at school that is noisy. What makes it noisy?” Students may answer aloud or draw and label the place.

Lesson moves

Take a texture walk around the classroom, then have students point to and name objects that are smooth, rough, soft, or hard.
Ask, “Where have you seen something enormous?” Have partners share an example and explain why the word fits.
Play Word Detective by calling out a describing word and having students find or mime a matching example.
Use a grocery store picture and ask students to identify items that are cold, sweet, heavy, round, or colorful.

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Learning progression

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