South Dakota ELA K.RI.10

ELAKindergartenReading Informational Text

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By the end of the year read and comprehend a variety of informational text. Demonstrate listening comprehension of complex texts. Read and proficiently comprehend grade-appropriate text. Self-select texts for personal enjoyment, interest, and academic tasks with prompting and support.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

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What Students Need to Do

Children read nonfiction books on different topics and tell what they learned. They listen to harder nonfiction read aloud and explain facts from it. With a prompt, they choose books that fit their interests or a question they have.

What Mastery Looks Like

A child reads a short nonfiction book with support and tells two accurate facts. After hearing a more detailed text, they answer a question about it. They choose a book for a reason and explain their choice.

Common Misconceptions

Some children call a made-up story factual because its pictures look real. Others describe a picture but miss what the words say. Some pick the first book they see, even when it will not answer their question.

How to Assess It

Place a short frog book and a short cloud book on the table and ask, 'Which would help you learn about frogs?' Have the child read one frog page with help, read aloud a harder frog page, then ask for one fact from each.

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Ways to Teach It

  1. Give pairs pine needles, maple leaves, and oak leaves; use a tree book to match each sample to a pictured tree.

  2. Read aloud a detailed page about rain clouds, then ask, 'What happens before rain falls? What did you hear that helped you answer?'

  3. Play fact match: give partners three short nonfiction pages and three picture cards, then have them read and pair each fact with a picture.

  4. After looking at a plant outside, let children choose a plant book and find one fact about something they noticed.

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