CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.10

ELAKindergartenRange of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

The Standard

Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Informational Text

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students take part in shared readings of nonfiction books. They listen, study the pictures and words, respond to prompts, and tell what they learned.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student stays focused during a shared nonfiction reading and responds to questions or prompts. The student can name the topic and share an accurate fact from the text or pictures.
Common Misconceptions: Some students think listening quietly is enough, even if they cannot explain the topic. Others focus only on pictures, call out unrelated facts, or lose track of the reading purpose.
How to Assess It: Read a short nonfiction page aloud, then ask each student to draw one fact and explain how the page taught it.

Lesson moves

Read a picture book about animals, then have students place picture cards under headings for habitat, food, and body parts.
Pause after two pages and ask, "What are we trying to learn, and what have we learned so far?"
Play Fact Catch by tossing a soft ball to students who share one accurate fact from the group reading.
Read a classroom sign, lunch menu, or weather chart together and discuss what useful information it gives readers.

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Learning progression

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