Kentucky Reading and Writing C.K.3.b

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The Standard

C.K.3: Compose narratives, using a combination of drawing, dictating, writing and digital resources, to develop real or imagined experiences or multiple events or ideas, using effective technique, descriptive details and clear sequences.

Recount a single event.

Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Text Types and Purpose

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Children tell about one thing that happened, not their whole day. They use a drawing, spoken words, or early writing to show what happened and add a detail.
What Mastery Looks Like: A child stays with one event, such as a block tower falling. They tell what happened first and next, and include a detail someone else could picture.
Common Misconceptions: Some children list everything they did that day instead of staying with one event. Others name an activity, like playing tag, but leave out what happened during it.
How to Assess It: After recess, say, 'Draw one thing that happened at recess. Tell me what happened first and what happened next.'

Lesson moves

Tip a cup of blocks onto a mat; children help pick them up, then draw and tell what happened during the spill.
Launch a paper airplane, then ask, 'What happened when it landed?' Have children tell a partner two details they noticed.
Give pairs three picture cards showing a kite launch, a tangled kite, and a freed kite; have them order the cards and retell.
Have children draw one recess moment on a take-home slip, then tell a family member what happened.

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