Kentucky Reading and Writing C.K.3.c

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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.

Include details which describe actions, thoughts and/or emotions.

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

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students tell about one small moment in a story or their own life. They show what someone did, thought, or felt through a picture, labels, or a sentence they write or dictate.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student draws a child looking under a bench and dictates, “I looked for my mitten. I felt worried.” A classmate can tell what happened and how the child felt.
Common Misconceptions: Students may say “I played” and stop, leaving out what happened. They may draw a smiley face without showing who feels happy or why. Some use “I said” when they mean “I thought.”
How to Assess It: Show a picture of a child dropping an ice cream cone. Ask students to draw the next moment and write or dictate one sentence about what the child does or feels.

Lesson moves

Use a toy bear and a paper puddle to act out a slip; students draw what the bear does next and label its face.
Show a drawing of a child opening an empty lunch box; ask, “What might the child think?” Have students dictate a sentence.
Put action and feeling picture cards in a bag; students pick one of each and tell a two-sentence story using both.
After recess, have students sketch one moment and tell a partner what they did and how they felt.

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