Kindergarten ELA (North Dakota Content Standards)

Foundations of Literacy (F)

• K.F.1 Recognize a book's front cover, back cover, author and illustrator.
• K.F.2 Follow print left to right, top to bottom and page by page.
• K.F.3 Recognize sentence features: letters, words, spaces, capitals and end punctuation.
• K.F.4 Recognize and produce rhyming words.
• K.F.5 Segment spoken words.
  • K.F.5a Split longer spoken words into syllables.
  • K.F.5b Split one-syllable words into two and three phonemes.
• K.F.6 Blend spoken parts into words.
  • K.F.6a Blend two or more syllables into a word.
  • K.F.6b Blend two or three phonemes into a one-syllable word.
• K.F.7 Isolate and say the first, middle vowel and last sounds in three-phoneme words.
• K.F.8 Decode words using sound–spelling patterns.
  • K.F.8a Decode predictable consonants.
  • K.F.8b Decode short vowels a, i, o, u and e.
  • K.F.8c Decode long vowels in open one-syllable words.
  • K.F.8d Decode irregular high-frequency words.
• K.F.9 Spell (encode) words using sound–spelling patterns.
  • K.F.9a Spell consonants.
  • K.F.9b Spell short vowels.
  • K.F.9c Spell long vowels in open one-syllable words such as he, me and go.
  • K.F.9d Spell irregular high-frequency words.
• K.F.10 Work out meanings of multiple-meaning words with taught spelling patterns, e.g. bat, can, pop.
• K.F.11 Use new academic and grade-level words aloud and link them to what is already known.
• K.F.12 Build fluency through phonemic skills.
  • K.F.12a Name all capital and lowercase letters automatically in any order.
  • K.F.12b Give consonant and short vowel sounds in any order.
  • K.F.12c Blend sounds into words.
• K.F.13 Write capital and lowercase letters accurately.
• K.F.14 Write a simple sentence with a subject, predicate, capitals, punctuation and spaces between words.

Communication (C)

• K.C.1 Describe personal interests or tell stories aloud to an audience such as peers or adults.
• K.C.2 Speak clearly enough to be heard when sharing thoughts, feelings and ideas.
• K.C.3 Use words and phrases picked up from conversation, reading, read-alouds and texts.
• K.C.4 Use grade-level conversational, academic and subject-specific words.
• K.C.6 Join conversations by listening and taking turns to speak.
• K.C.7 Work with others by following agreed rules and simple one- and two-step spoken directions.

Reading (R)

• K.R.2 Respond to texts, photos or pictures before, during and after shared reading to compare, contrast, predict or infer.
• K.R.3a Tell about an informational text, photos or pictures before, during or after shared reading.
• K.R.3b Tell about characters and settings in a literary text during or after shared reading.
• K.R.5 Work out the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words through read-alouds.
• K.R.6 Identify photos, pictures and labels during or after shared reading.
• K.R.8 Use a range of fiction.
  • K.R.8a Respond to or act out characters' feelings in stories, poems or rhymes.
  • K.R.8b Compare and contrast the adventures of characters in familiar stories.

Writing (W)

• K.W.1 Produce writing through shared and interactive writing, organized to suit the task, purpose and audience.
• K.W.3 Draw and write informative pieces on a topic.
• K.W.4 Draw and write opinion pieces on a topic.
• K.W.5 Draw and write narrative pieces about a single event.
• K.W.6 Use the five steps of writing.
  • K.W.6a Writing step: planning.
  • K.W.6b Writing step: drafting.
  • K.W.6c Writing step: revising.
  • K.W.6d Writing step: editing.
  • K.W.6e Writing step: presenting or publishing.
• K.W.7 Use shared and interactive writing that shows feeling or personality through word choice.

Language Usage (L)

• K.L.1 Write a simple sentence.
  • K.L.1a Use capital first letter and a capital "I".
  • K.L.1b Use correct spaces between words.
  • K.L.1c Use end punctuation.
• K.L.2 Identify parts of speech aloud, in pictures or in writing.
  • K.L.2a Identify nouns.
  • K.L.2b Identify verbs.
  • K.L.2c Identify color and size adjectives.
  • K.L.2d Identify the pronoun "I".
  • K.L.2e Identify position and time words such as up, down, before and after.