K.6.E

ELAKindergartenThe student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

The Standard

interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading

Teacher's field guide

What This Standard Means

What Students Need to Do

Students show what they understood from something read aloud, heard, or viewed. They draw, label, dictate, or write about a detail, event, or idea.

What Mastery Looks Like

A student creates a drawing, label, or sentence that clearly matches the source. The response includes an accurate character, event, fact, or idea.

Common Misconceptions

Students may draw something they like instead of something connected to the source. They may copy one detail without showing what happened or why it mattered.

How to Assess It

Read a short picture book, then ask, "Draw one important event and write or dictate a sentence telling what happened."

Lesson moves

Ways to Teach It

  1. After a read-aloud, students arrange three picture cards in order, glue them down, and draw one missing event.

  2. Ask, "Which part helped you understand the character?" Students draw that part and write or dictate one sentence.

  3. Place story detail cards face down, then have students match each card to the correct character or event.

  4. Show a simple weather forecast, then students draw suitable clothing and label one item using information from the forecast.

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