Kentucky Reading and Writing L.K.1
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When writing or speaking, demonstrate appropriate use of: common nouns and verbs. regular plural nouns by orally adding /s/ or /es/. interrogative sentences using who, what, where, when, why and how. sentences using common prepositions. complete sentences.
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Conventions of General American English
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What Students Need to Do
- Students name people, places, things, and actions when they speak and write. They say regular plurals with /s/ or /es/ and ask questions using who, what, where, when, why, and how. They use words such as in, on, and under in complete sentences.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Looking at two buses by a school, a student says, 'Two buses stop beside the school,' with an audible /es/ ending. They write a complete sentence about the picture and ask, 'Where do the buses stop?'
Common Misconceptions
- Students may say 'two bus' or say 'boxs' instead of 'boxes.' They may confuse where with when or treat 'under the table' as a complete sentence.
How to Assess It
- Show two foxes playing under a tree. Have each child say and write one complete sentence about the picture, then ask a question starting with where.
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Ways to Teach It
Put two blocks in two boxes; have children say both plurals aloud and describe where the blocks are in a full sentence.
Show a picture of children eating lunch and ask students to write one who question and one what question for a partner.
Play question-word bingo: call out 'time,' 'place,' or 'reason'; children cover when, where, or why and ask a matching question.
At cleanup, have children say, 'The crayons are in the bin,' then name another item and tell where it goes.
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Related Standards
- L.1.1
The 1st Grade version of this standard.
- L.3.1
When writing or speaking, demonstrate command of the conventions of General American English grammar and usage.
- L.4.1
When writing or speaking, demonstrate command of the conventions of General American English grammar and usage.
- L.2.1
In writing or speaking, demonstrate appropriate use of:
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