Kentucky Reading and Writing L.K.1.d

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The Standard

sentences using common prepositions.

Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Conventions of General American English

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students say and write short sentences that tell where something is. They choose words like in, on, under, and beside to match what they see.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can look at a picture and say, “The bear is under the chair,” then write a matching sentence. If the bear moves, they change the location word to keep the sentence accurate.
Common Misconceptions: Some students mix up under and behind or leave out the location word. Others answer with just “under” instead of a full sentence.
How to Assess It: Draw a ball under a table and another ball beside a chair. Ask students to write or dictate one sentence about each ball.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a toy bear and cup; one child places the bear while the other says a sentence telling where it is.
Show a cat behind a box and ask, “Where is the cat? What would you say if it moved in front?”
Hide a button under or beside a paper cup and have students guess its spot in full sentences.
At the coat hooks, ask partners to tell where a backpack is, then check whether the sentence matches what they see.

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