CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.1
ELAKindergartenKey Ideas and Details
The Standard
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Informational Text
What This Standard Means
Students need to listen to or read a nonfiction text and talk about the important facts in it. They should ask simple questions, like who, what, where, when, why, and how, then use the text or pictures to answer.
Mastery looks like a child pointing to a page, picture, or sentence to support an answer. Many students answer from memory or personal experience instead of the text. Others need help forming a question, not just giving an answer.
Ways to Teach It
- Read a short animal book, then give students sticky notes to place on pages that answer teacher-made question cards.
- Ask, “What did you learn, and which page helped you know that?” after reading a two-page nonfiction passage.
- Show one page from the text and ask, “What question can we ask about this page?” then listen for a text-based answer.
- Use a classroom safety sign or lunch menu and have students ask and answer questions about the information it gives.
Plan a Lesson for CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.1
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What This Unlocks
Mastery here sets students up for these next.