Kentucky Reading and Writing RI.K.3

ELAKindergartenReading Informational Text

The Standard

With prompting and support, identify the individuals, events, ideas or pieces of information presented over the course of a text.

Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Key Ideas and Details

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students listen to a nonfiction text and name the people, actions, and facts it includes. With help, they find where each detail appears in the text.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can name who planted a bean, tell what happened after it was watered, and find the sentence about what plants need. They can point to the words or picture that helped them answer.
Common Misconceptions: Students may name someone they see in a picture but who is not mentioned in the words. They may mix up what happened first and later, or say that a plant fact is something the person did.
How to Assess It: Read aloud: “Mia plants a bean. She waters it. A sprout grows. Bean plants need light.” Ask, “Who planted the bean? What grew after she watered it? What do bean plants need?”

Lesson moves

Read the Mia passage aloud; have children match picture cards of planting, watering, and sprouting to its sentences.
Ask partners to finish: “First Mia..., then..., and I learned...” using the bean passage and picture cards.
Reread the passage, then show sprout, flower, and sunlight cards; children pick only details the words mention.
Plant a bean in a clear cup by a window; ask which sentence explains why you chose that spot.

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