Maryland ELA RL.K.9

ELAKindergartenReading Literature

The Standard

With prompting, modeling, and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.

Maryland College and Career Ready Standards for English Language Arts (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: With a read-aloud and picture reminders, children tell what happened to characters in two familiar stories. They name one way the characters' experiences are alike and one way they differ.
What Mastery Looks Like: A child can say that Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood both visit a house. Goldilocks eats the bears' food, while Little Red Riding Hood brings food to Grandma.
Common Misconceptions: Children may list events from each story without comparing them. They may mix up who did what or compare clothes instead of experiences.
How to Assess It: Show pictures of Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood. Ask, 'How were their visits alike, and what did each girl do differently?'

Lesson moves

Give pairs character pictures and a two-circle mat; have them place story event cards where they belong.
After rereading both stories, ask, 'How are Goldilocks's visit and Little Red Riding Hood's visit alike and different?'
Play Same or Different: read event cards such as 'visits a house' and 'eats porridge,' and have children name who did each.
Show a classroom doorway; ask what children do before entering, then compare their answer with Goldilocks entering the bears' home.

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