Kentucky Reading and Writing C.K.2
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Compose informative and/or explanatory texts, using a combination of drawing, dictating, writing and digital resources, to establish a topic and supply information about the topic. With guidance and support from adults, strengthen writing through peer collaboration and adding details through writing and/or pictures as needed. Introduce the topic. Supply information to develop the topic. Use grade-appropriate conjunctions to develop text structure within sentences. Use grade-appropriate transitions to combine sentences within a paragraph (or piece). Provide a concluding idea. With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing.
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Text Types and Purpose
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C.K.2 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.
- C.K.2.a
With guidance and support from adults, strengthen writing through peer collaboration and adding details through writing and/or pictures as needed.
- C.K.2.b
Introduce the topic.
- C.K.2.c
Supply information to develop the topic.
- C.K.2.d
Use grade-appropriate conjunctions to develop text structure within sentences.
- C.K.2.e
Use grade-appropriate transitions to combine sentences within a paragraph (or piece).
- C.K.2.f
Provide a concluding idea.
- C.K.2.g
With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing.
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What This Cluster Means
What Students Need to Do
- Children introduce a topic and share facts through pictures, dictation, or writing. They use words like and and also to connect ideas, add a closing thought, and improve their work with help.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A child can draw an apple, tell or write two facts about it, and end with a closing thought. After a partner asks a question, the child adds a detail to the picture or words.
Common Misconceptions
- Children may tell a make-believe story instead of giving facts. They may switch topics, use and to join every sentence, or stop after the last fact without a closing thought.
How to Assess It
- Show a photo of a sunflower. Ask children to draw, dictate, or write an introduction, two facts, and a closing thought, using and within a sentence and also to start another.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a pinecone to touch and sketch, then have them dictate two facts and add a detail after a partner asks a question.
Show a snail photo and ask, 'What could we tell someone who has never seen one?' Record two facts and a closing thought.
Give pairs apple sentence strips to order into an introduction, two facts, and a closing, then add and within one sentence and also between sentences.
Make a sign for the class snack table: children sketch a real apple, share two facts, and dictate a closing sentence.
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Related Standards
- C.2.2
Compose informative and/or explanatory texts, using writing and digital resources, to establish a topic and provide information about the topic.
- C.3.2
Compose informative and/or explanatory texts, using writing and digital resources, to examine a topic and provide information.
- C.1.2
Compose informative and/or explanatory texts, using a combination of drawing, dictating, writing and digital resources, to establish a topic and provide informa...
- C.5.2
Compose informative and/or explanatory texts, using writing and digital resources, to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
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