CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.4

ELAKindergartenFluency

The Standard

Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards: Foundational Skills

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students read a short, patterned book and use print, pictures, and repeated language to make meaning. They tell what happened and answer a simple question using the book.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student reads most of a familiar emergent text accurately and connects the words to the story. The student names the topic, retells key events, or explains a character’s action.
Common Misconceptions: Some children recite a memorized pattern while their eyes leave the print. Others name pictures instead of checking words, or finish the book but cannot explain what it was about.
How to Assess It: Give each student a new four-page patterned text. Ask, “What was this book mostly about?” and “Show me a page that helped you know.”

Lesson moves

After reading a four-page book, students place copied page pictures in order and retell the book while pointing to each image.
Ask partners, “What did the character want, and which page shows it?” Then have each partner point and explain.
Play Read and Match: students read one sentence card, then place it beside the picture that matches its meaning.
Read a simple classroom sign or picture recipe, then have students explain what action the words tell them to take.

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Learning progression

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