South Dakota ELA K.RI.3

ELAKindergartenReading Informational Text

The Standard

Describe the connection between individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text with prompting and support.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: After hearing a nonfiction text, students find two pictures or facts that go together. With a teacher's question, they tell how one relates to the other.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student points to rain and a seed in the text and says, "Rain gives the seed water, so it can grow." The student uses a detail from the text to explain the link.
Common Misconceptions: Students may name both pictures without saying how they connect. They may guess a reason that the text does not give, or assume every pair of pictures shows what happened first and next.
How to Assess It: Read aloud: "Rain gives a seed water. Water helps the seed grow." Show pictures of rain and a seed, then ask, "How does rain help the seed?"

Lesson moves

After reading about seeds, let pairs plant a seed and mist the soil; ask what the water does for the seed.
Show the rain and seed pages again; ask partners, "How do these pictures go together?"
Read two facts about seeds and sunlight, then have students match picture cards and explain each match.
Show students a classroom plant and its damp soil; ask how watering it connects to what they read about plant growth.

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