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
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Children tell readers what their piece is about. They use pictures, spoken words, labels, or sentences to share facts about that topic.
What Mastery Looks Like
- The child creates a page with a clear topic and relevant details. The child can explain the drawing, dictate a sentence, or write labels and simple sentences.
Common Misconceptions
- Children may draw a picture without naming the topic or adding facts. They may tell a story, give an opinion, or avoid writing because they think every word must be spelled correctly.
How to Assess It
- Give each child a half-sheet and say, “Teach me about an animal. Show its name and two facts using pictures, labels, writing, or dictation.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set out classroom objects; children choose one, sketch it, add labels, and dictate two facts they observed.
Ask, “What could we teach someone about our class pet?” Record ideas, then have children create one information page.
Play Topic or Detail: name a topic, then have children sort matching picture and fact cards beneath it.
Make a class playground guide, with each child creating a page about one feature and how children use it.
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