South Dakota ELA K.RL.10.c

ELAKindergartenReading Literature

The Standard

K.RL.10: By the end of the year read and comprehend a variety of literary texts.

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 choose storybooks they want to hear or look through. With a teacher's prompt, they also choose a story for a class task, such as talking about a character's problem. They use covers, pictures, and teacher support to decide.
What Mastery Looks Like: A child can pick a story for fun and one that fits a class task. They can point to a cover or picture and tell why they chose each book.
Common Misconceptions: Some children grab the brightest cover without checking whether the story fits the task. Others think they must read every word alone before they can choose a book.
How to Assess It: Set out three picture books: a silly story, a friendship story, and an animal story. Ask, "Pick a book to enjoy and a book for our talk about friendship. What clues helped you choose?"

Lesson moves

Let children browse six picture books, then place one in a "for fun" basket and one in a "talk about friends" basket.
Show two book covers and ask children to finish, "I would choose this book because ___."
Play Book Match with laughing-face and friendship picture cards, then have children find a matching story and point to a cover clue.
Before a library visit, ask children what they like, then help them find a storybook about it to take home.

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