Kentucky Reading and Writing RL.K.1
The Standard
With prompting and support, ask and answer explicit questions about key ideas and details and make logical inferences to construct meaning from the text.
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Key Ideas and Details
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- With help, students ask and answer questions about what happens in a story. They use the words, pictures, and what they already know to figure out things the story does not say directly.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can point to where Peter put his snowball in The Snowy Day. They can explain why it disappeared and ask a question about another part of the story.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students guess without using a story clue, such as saying someone stole Peter’s snowball. Others think an answer cannot be right unless the book says it directly.
How to Assess It
- After reading The Snowy Day, ask each child, 'Where did Peter put his snowball, and why was it gone later?' Have them point to a picture clue, then ask you one question about the story.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Put an ice cube in a mitten, read The Snowy Day, and have children check the mitten and explain what changed.
Ask, 'How might Peter feel when he finds his pocket empty?' Have children name a clue from the story.
Play 'Page or Clue': read 'Where was the snowball?' and 'Why did it disappear?' Have children sort and answer the questions.
Show a photo of a dripping ice cream cone and ask how it helps explain Peter’s missing snowball.
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