Kindergarten ELA (New York Next Generation)

Reading (Literary and Informational)

• KR1 (RI&RL) With support, ask and answer questions about a text.
• KR2 (RI&RL) Retell stories or share key details from a text.
• KR3 (RI&RL) Identify characters, settings, major events or pieces of information in a text.
• KR4 (RI&RL) Identify words that show feelings or appeal to the senses.
• KR5 (RI&RL) Tell whether a text is literary or informational.
• KR6 (RI&RL) Name the author and illustrator and say what each does.
• KR7 (RI&RL) Describe how the illustrations relate to the words of a text.
• KR8 (RI&RL) Identify specific information that supports ideas in a text.
• KR9 (RI&RL) Make connections between a text and themselves, other texts and the world.

Reading Foundations

• KRF1 Show understanding of how print is organized and its basic features.
• KRF1a Follow words left to right, top to bottom and page by page.
• KRF1b Know that spoken words are written with specific sequences of letters.
• KRF1c Know that words are separated by spaces in print.
• KRF1d Recognize and name all upper- and lower-case letters.
• KRF1e Identify the front cover, back cover and title page of a book.
• KRF2 Show understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds (phonemes).
• KRF2a Recognize and produce spoken rhyming words.
• KRF2b Blend and segment syllables in spoken words.
• KRF2c Blend and segment onsets and rimes of spoken words.
• KRF2d Blend and segment individual sounds in spoken one-syllable words.
• KRF2e Change sounds in spoken one-syllable words to make new words.
• KRF3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills to decode words.
• KRF3a Say the main sound for each consonant letter.
• KRF3b Decode short vowel sounds with common spellings.
• KRF3c Decode some regularly spelled one-syllable words.
• KRF3d Read common high-frequency words by sight.
• KRF4 Engage with emergent-reader texts and read-alouds with purpose and understanding.

Writing

• KW1 Give an opinion on a familiar topic or text with a reason.
• KW2 Name a familiar topic and give information about it.
• KW3 Narrate an event or events in order.
• KW4 Create a response (e.g. artwork, poem) to a text, author or experience.
• KW6 Develop questions and take part in shared research to answer them.
• KW7 Recall or gather information and show answers in different ways.

Speaking and Listening

• KSL1 Take part in conversations and collaborative play with diverse peers and adults.
• KSL1a Follow agreed rules for discussion: listen, take turns, stay on topic.
• KSL1b Keep a conversation going through several exchanges.
• KSL1c Consider individual differences when communicating with others.
• KSL2 Talk about features of different texts and formats presented orally or in media.
• KSL3 Ask and answer questions to understand what a speaker says.
• KSL4 Describe familiar people, places, things and events with details.
• KSL5 Create or use visual displays to support descriptions.
• KSL6 Express thoughts, feelings and ideas.

Language

• KL4 Explore and use new and multiple-meaning words through real-life experiences.
• KL4a Identify new meanings of familiar words and use them accurately.
• KL4b Use common inflections and affixes as clues to word meanings.
• KL5 Explore word relationships and nuances in meaning through conversation.
• KL5a Sort common objects into categories to build understanding of concepts.
• KL5b Relate frequently used verbs and adjectives to their opposites.
• KL5c Identify real-life connections between words and their use.
• KL5d Act out different verbs that describe the same general action.
• KL6 Use words and phrases learned through conversations, read-alouds and responding to texts.