K.7.D
ELAKindergartenThe student recognizes and analyzes literary elements within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse literary texts.
The Standard
describe the setting.
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 identify where and when a story happens. They use clues from the words and pictures to describe the place and time.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can name the place and time of a story in simple words. The student points to a picture detail or story phrase as evidence.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name a character or event instead of the place and time. They may give only the place or guess without using picture and story clues.
How to Assess It
- Show one illustrated page from a familiar read-aloud. Ask, “Where and when is the story happening, and what clue helped you?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Use blocks, toy figures, and paper scenery to build the setting from a familiar picture book.
After a read-aloud, ask, “How would the story change if it happened at night instead of daytime?”
Play Setting Match by pairing character and event cards with picture cards showing places and times.
Visit the playground, then have students describe its place, time, weather, and sounds as a setting for a class story.
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