CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.3

ELAKindergartenKey Ideas and Details

The Standard

With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Literature

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students name who is in a story and where the action happens. They tell the big things that happen, using pictures and teacher questions for help.
What Mastery Looks Like: After a read-aloud, students can name the main characters and describe where the story takes place. They can tell one or two major events using words or pictures.
Common Misconceptions: Students may name every person in a picture as a character. They may confuse small details or personal connections with what mainly happened in the story.
How to Assess It: After a familiar read-aloud, give students three boxes labeled Who, Where, and What Happened. Ask them to draw or tell one answer for each box.

Lesson moves

Place picture cards from a familiar story into three hoops labeled Character, Setting, and Event.
Ask, “Who was the story mostly about, where were they, and what big thing happened?” Record student answers on a chart.
Play Story Detective by showing picture-book pages and having students hold up character, setting, or event cards.
Recall a class trip or assembly, then name who was there, where it happened, and the main event.

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Learning progression

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