South Dakota ELA K.W.2

ELAKindergartenWriting

The Standard

Compose informative texts that name the topic and a fact using a combination of drawing, dictating and writing.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025) · Text Types and Purposes

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students draw a picture about one topic, name it, and give one true fact. They can dictate the fact, write it, or use letters and words they know.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student draws a turtle, labels it “turtle,” and dictates or writes, “A turtle has a shell.” A reader can name the topic and learn a fact.
Common Misconceptions: Some students label a picture “cat” but give no fact. Others write “Cats are the best” instead of a fact, or draw an animal without naming it.
How to Assess It: Ask students to draw the classroom plant, label it “plant,” and tell or write one thing they can see. Write down any dictated words.

Lesson moves

Give each child a leaf to observe, then have them draw it, label it, and dictate one detail they can see.
Show a duck photo and ask, “What true fact could we tell someone about this duck?” Write students’ answers on chart paper.
Give pairs animal pictures and fact cards to match, then have each child draw and label one match.
After checking the sky, have children draw today’s weather, label the picture, and dictate one fact they observed.

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