CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.2
The Standard
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Writing Standards
What This Standard Means
Kindergartners need to make an informational piece about one topic. They can draw it, tell you words to write, and write letters or words themselves. The work should clearly name the topic, like frogs, firefighters, or apples, and give a few facts or details about it.
Mastery looks like a picture and words that stay on one topic and teach the reader something true. Students often get stuck by telling a story instead of giving facts, leaving out the topic name, or adding random details. Many need oral rehearsal before writing.
Ways to Teach It
- Hands-on activity: Give students a real object, like a leaf, and have them draw it, label it, and dictate two facts.
- Prompt: Write or tell about an animal you know, name it first, then tell two things about it.
- Quick assessment: Show a student's page and ask, What is the topic, and what did we learn?
- Real-world connection: Make a class information book about school helpers, with each child drawing one helper and adding one fact.
What This Unlocks
Mastery here sets students up for these next.
Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.2
Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.1
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- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.3
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which the...
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