Kindergarten English & Language Arts (ELA)
Reading Standards for Informational Texts
Books for group reading are suggested in many lessons. Teachers/educators may ask questions to evaluate student understanding of the texts.
RI.K.1 - With prompting and support, ask and answer explicit questions about key concepts and details, and make logical inferences to construct meaning from the text.
RI.K.2 - With prompting and support, orally recognize key details from a summary to demonstrate understanding of the central idea of a text.
RI.K.3 - With prompting and support, identify the individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information presented over the course of a text.
RI.K.4 - With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
RI.K.5 - Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
RI.K.6 - With prompting and support, identify the author and illustrator of a text, and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.
RI.K.7 - With prompting and support, describe the relationship between visuals and the text.
RI.K.8 - With prompting and support, identify the claim and the reasons an author gives to support claims in a text.
RI.K.9 - With prompting and support, identify information from two or more texts on similar themes or topics.
RI.K.10 - With prompting and support, flexibly use a variety of comprehension strategies (i.e., questioning, monitoring, visualizing, inferencing, summarizing, using prior knowledge, determining importance) to make sense of grade-level appropriate, complex informational texts.
Composition Standards
C.K.1 - Compose opinion pieces using a combination of drawing, dictating, writing, and digital resources to state the topic and an opinion.
Which Kentucky Farms Feed Me Virtual Field Trip is your favorite?
C.K.2 - Compose informative and/or explanatory texts using a combination of drawing, dictating, writing, and digital resources to establish a topic and supply information about the topic.
Write/Draw something you learned about…
C.K.3 - Compose narratives using a combination of drawing, dictating, writing, and digital resources to develop real or imagined experiences or multiple events or ideas, using effective techniques, descriptive details, and clear sequences.
Kentucky Farms Feed Me – How to Make Ice Cream – ask them to talk about the process after they have placed the steps in order.
C.K.4 - With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital resources to create and publish products, including in collaboration with peers.
C.K.5 - With guidance and support, participate in shared research and writing projects.
C.K.6 - With guidance and support, collect information from real-world experiences or provided sources to answer or generate questions.
Encourage students to ask questions about the virtual field trips.
Language Standards
L.K.5 - With guidance and support from adults, explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
Sorting pictures into categories:
Needs Vs Wants
Linking Farm to Table – Google Slide Version here
Things I May See on a Kentucky Farm