South Dakota ELA K.RI.10.c

ELAKindergartenReading Informational Text

The Standard

K.RI.10: By the end of the year read and comprehend a variety of informational text.

Self-select texts for personal enjoyment, interest, and academic tasks with prompting and support.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Children browse nonfiction books and choose one they want to read or use to answer a question. With a teacher's prompt, they point to a cover or picture and say why they chose it.
What Mastery Looks Like: A child picks a book that matches their interest or the class question. They can show a clue, such as a cover photo, that explains their choice.
Common Misconceptions: Some children choose a colorful cover without checking whether the book matches their question. Others assume every book about an animal gives facts, even when it tells a made-up story.
How to Assess It: Set out a penguin fact book, a truck fact book, and a penguin story. Ask, "Which book could help us learn what penguins eat? Show me what helped you choose."

Lesson moves

Place three photo books on each table and have children browse, pick one, and show a picture that made them curious.
Ask, "Which book would you choose to learn about rain, and what on its cover helps you decide?"
Play book match: show a question card with a picture, then have pairs pick the fact book most likely to answer it.
After finding a worm in the school garden, offer two animal books and ask which could help children learn about worms.

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