K.5
Knowledge and Skills Statement (Standard Cluster)
The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
Cluster contents
Student Expectations in This Statement
K.5 is a knowledge and skills statement. These are the student expectations under it.
- K.5.A
establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts with adult assistance
- K.5.B
generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information with adult assistance
- K.5.C
make and confirm predictions using text features and structures with adult assistance
- K.5.D
create mental images to deepen understanding with adult assistance
- K.5.E
make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society with adult assistance
- K.5.F
make inferences and use evidence to support understanding with adult assistance
- K.5.G
evaluate details to determine what is most important with adult assistance
- K.5.H
synthesize information to create new understanding with adult assistance
- K.5.I
monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, checking for visual cues, and asking questions when understanding bre...
Teacher's field guide
What This Cluster Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students think aloud before, during, and after reading with teacher support. They set a purpose, ask questions, predict, picture events, make connections and inferences, choose key details, combine ideas, and fix confusion.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student states a reason for reading, asks relevant questions, and checks predictions against new information. The student identifies key details, explains thinking with picture or text evidence, connects ideas, and rereads or asks for help when confused.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may guess from pictures without checking the words or story events. They may retell every detail, confuse a connection with evidence, or keep going when the text stops making sense.
How to Assess It
- Read a short picture book page aloud, then ask: “What do you think will happen next, what clue helped you, and what can you do if confused?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs picture cards from a familiar story to sequence, then have them name the key detail on each card.
Read two short books on one animal, then ask, “What new idea did you learn by putting both books together?”
Play Prediction Detective: pause during a read-aloud, collect predictions, reveal the next page, and have students point to clues that confirm or change ideas.
Compare a playground rules sign with a school map, then ask students how both texts help a new student prepare for recess.
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