Kindergarten ELA (Missouri Learning Standards)

Reading (R) – big idea 1

• K.R.1.A.a With help, predicts what comes next from the cover, title, and pictures.
• K.R.1.A.b With help, asks and answers questions about texts read aloud.
• K.R.1.A.c With help, retells the main ideas or key facts of a read-aloud or familiar story.
• K.R.1.A.d With help, links what happens in a text to own experiences.
• K.R.1.A.e With help, recognizes the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
• K.R.1.B.a With help, sorts pictures of objects into groups by concept.
• K.R.1.B.b With help, shows understanding of opposites.
• K.R.1.B.c With help, tells apart verbs that describe the same kind of action.
• K.R.1.B.d With help, finds words in a picture dictionary.
• K.R.1.B.e With help, uses words learned from talk, reading, and read-alouds.
• K.R.1.C.a With help, connects ideas in a text to own life.
• K.R.1.C.b With help, connects one text to another, noting likenesses and differences.
• K.R.1.D.a Reads on own for sustained periods at a suitable level.

Reading (R) – big idea 2

• K.R.2.A.a With help, names the setting, characters, and key events of a story.
• K.R.2.A.b With help, retells a main event from a story.
• K.R.2.A.c With help, notices sensory details and repeated phrases.
• K.R.2.A.d With help, recognizes different kinds of text.
• K.R.2.A.e With help, names the author and illustrator and how each tells the story.
• K.R.2.A.f With help, compares the adventures of characters in familiar stories.
• K.R.2.A.g With help, asks and answers questions about unknown words.
• K.R.2.B.a With help, responds to rhythm and rhyme by finding the beat and matching sounds.
• K.R.2.C.a With help, identifies characters in a puppet show or play.

Reading (R) – big idea 3

• K.R.3.A.a With help, names the topic and details of an informational text using words and pictures.
• K.R.3.A.b With help, uses titles and pictures to predict what a text is about.
• K.R.3.A.c With help, identifies text features.
• K.R.3.A.d With help, understands print seen around them, such as signs.
• K.R.3.B.a With help, responds to sensory details.
• K.R.3.C.a With help, asks and answers questions to clarify meaning.
• K.R.3.C.b With help, finds simple likenesses and differences between two texts on one topic.
• K.R.3.C.c With help, names the main topic and recalls key details.
• K.R.3.C.d With help, asks and answers questions about unknown words in a text.

Reading (R) – big idea 4

• K.R.4.A.a With help, names different forms of media.
• K.R.4.A.b With help, identifies techniques used in media.

Reading Foundations (RF) – big idea 1

• K.RF.1.A.a Names all capital and lowercase letters.
• K.RF.1.A.b Puts the letters of the alphabet in order.
• K.RF.1.A.c Shows that books are read left to right and top to bottom.
• K.RF.1.A.d Shows that written words are made of different letters.
• K.RF.1.A.e Knows a sentence is a group of words with spaces between them.
• K.RF.1.A.f Matches each spoken word to a written word one to one.

Reading Foundations (RF) – big idea 2

• K.RF.2.A.a Identifies sounds in spoken words.
• K.RF.2.A.b Makes rhymes for spoken words.
• K.RF.2.A.c Tells rhyming word pairs from pairs that do not rhyme.
• K.RF.2.A.d Recognizes spoken alliteration, words starting with the same sound.
• K.RF.2.A.e Blends spoken onsets and rimes into simple words.
• K.RF.2.A.f Blends spoken sounds into one-syllable words.
• K.RF.2.A.g Isolates the first, middle, and last sounds of spoken words.
• K.RF.2.A.h Splits spoken words into two or three sounds.

Reading Foundations (RF) – big idea 3

• K.RF.3.A.a Says and writes letters for most short vowel and consonant sounds.
• K.RF.3.A.b Reads high-frequency words.
• K.RF.3.A.c Blends letter sounds to decode simple words.
• K.RF.3.A.d Knows changing, adding, or removing letters makes new words and uses sounds to write simple messages.

Reading Foundations (RF) – big idea 4

• K.RF.4.A With support, reads suitable texts with purpose and understanding.

Writing (W) – big idea 1

• K.W.1.A.a With help, plans writing with pictures, talk, letters, or words.
• K.W.1.B.a With help, drafts by putting actions or details in order with letters, words, and pictures.
• K.W.1.C.a With help, answers questions and suggestions by adding details to writing.
• K.W.1.C.b With help, edits by leaving spaces between words.
• K.W.1.D.a With help, tries different paper and digital tools to produce and publish writing.

Writing (W) – big idea 2

• K.W.2.A.a With help, draws or writes to give an opinion about a topic or text.
• K.W.2.A.b With help, gives sensible reasons why others should agree or act.
• K.W.2.A.c With help, uses words linked to the topic.
• K.W.2.B.a With help, draws or writes to name and tell about a topic.
• K.W.2.B.b With help, uses words linked to the topic.
• K.W.2.C.a With help, draws or writes to tell a real or imagined story.
• K.W.2.C.b With help, tells about a character or something that happened to them.
• K.W.2.C.c With help, puts events in the order they happened.
• K.W.2.C.d With help, uses words linked to the topic.
• K.W.2.C.e With help, tells how they felt about what happened.

Writing (W) – big idea 3

• K.W.3.A.a With help, lists open questions about class topics.
• K.W.3.A.b With help, decides who or what nearby can answer the questions.
• K.W.3.A.c With help, gathers evidence from sources.
• K.W.3.A.d With help, uses pictures along with writing to record research.

Language (L) – big idea 1

• K.L.1.A.a Identifies nouns (naming words) and verbs (action words).
• K.L.1.A.b Uses plural words when speaking.
• K.L.1.A.c Uses words for time and place.
• K.L.1.A.d Uses complete sentences in shared activities.
• K.L.1.A.e Uses question words in sentences.
• K.L.1.B.a Prints capital and lowercase letters.
• K.L.1.B.b Knows a sentence ends with a punctuation mark.
• K.L.1.B.c Capitalizes own first and last name.
• K.L.1.B.d Capitalizes the first word of a sentence.
• K.L.1.B.e Capitalizes the pronoun I.
• K.L.1.B.f Writes and names letters that match sounds.
• K.L.1.B.g Uses invented spelling that shows first, last, and middle sounds.
• K.L.1.B.h Writes and names letters for consonant and vowel sounds.
• K.L.1.B.i Spells own first and last name correctly.

Speaking/Listening (SL) – big idea 1

• K.SL.1.A.a Follows classroom rules for listening.
• K.SL.1.A.b Keeps a conversation going through several exchanges.
• K.SL.1.A.c Follows one-step instructions.

Speaking/Listening (SL) – big idea 2

• K.SL.2.A.a Shows active listening as the class expects.

Speaking/Listening (SL) – big idea 3

• K.SL.3.A.a Takes turns when speaking.
• K.SL.3.A.b Keeps a conversation going through several exchanges.
• K.SL.3.A.c Shows understanding by retelling and asking questions about read-alouds or media.

Speaking/Listening (SL) – big idea 4

• K.SL.4.A.a Describes own experiences with the help of a picture, prop, or other visual.
• K.SL.4.A.b Speaks in complete sentences.