CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.K.7

ELAKindergartenResearch to Build and Present Knowledge

The Standard

Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of books by a favorite author and express opinions about them).

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Writing Standards

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students work with classmates to gather information from books, pictures, observations, or simple class experiences. They share ideas and help make one class text or presentation.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students contribute a relevant fact, observation, or opinion from the sources. They help create a shared page, chart, or book through drawing, dictating, or writing.
Common Misconceptions: Students may repeat a classmate’s idea instead of adding new information. They may confuse an opinion with a fact or give unrelated details from the pictures.
How to Assess It: After reading two books about penguins, ask each student to draw one fact and dictate a sentence for a class penguin poster.

Lesson moves

Set out two nonfiction animal books, then have pairs use sticky notes to mark pictures that teach them something new.
Read two stories by the same author, then ask, “Which story did you prefer, and what part supports your opinion?”
Play Fact Match by having students pair picture cards from a shared book with teacher-read fact cards.
Investigate the school garden, record what students notice, and combine their drawings and sentences into a class field guide.

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