Kentucky Reading and Writing C.K.3.d

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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.

Create a sense of closure.

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

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students finish a story or piece about a topic so it feels complete. They can use a drawing, spoken words, or writing to show what happened last or give a final thought.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student ends a picture story about a lost dog by showing the dog back home. When sharing an opinion, they give a final sentence that fits their choice.
Common Misconceptions: Some students stop when the page is full, even if the reader still wonders what happened. Others add “The End” without showing how the story ends, or start a new topic in the last sentence.
How to Assess It: Show two pictures: a child drops a mitten, then finds it under a bench. Ask students to draw a final picture and dictate one sentence that makes the story feel finished.

Lesson moves

Give students three blank picture cards to draw a character, a problem, and an ending, then have them tell the story aloud.
Read The Three Little Pigs, stop before the ending, and ask, “What could we add so the story feels finished?”
Read “My kite got stuck. Dad got a ladder.” Have students choose an ending: “We got it down” or “I like soup.”
After students write picture steps for planting a seed, have them finish with a watered pot and the words “Now we wait.”

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