Kindergarten ELA (Oregon Common Core)

Reading Foundational Skills (RF)

• ELA.K.RF.1 Understand how print is organized and its basic features, to help comprehension.
  • a. Track print in reading order: across the line, down the page and from one page to the next.
  • b. Know that strings of written letters stand for spoken words.
  • c. Know that words are separated by spaces.
  • d. Recognize and name every capital and lowercase letter.
• ELA.K.RF.2 Understand spoken words, syllables and individual sounds (phonemes).
  • a. Blend and split syllables in spoken words.
  • b. Blend and split onset and rime in one-syllable words.
  • c. Pick out the first, middle vowel and last sounds in three-sound words.
  • d. Blend and split up to three sounds in one-syllable words.
  • e. Add or swap sounds in three-sound CVC words to make new words.
• ELA.K.RF.3 Use phonics and word analysis to read (decode) and spell (encode) words.
  • a. Say the main sound for each consonant letter.
  • b. Match long and short sounds to the common spellings of the five vowels.
  • c. Read common high-frequency words on sight.
  • d. Tell similar-looking words apart by the sounds of the letters that differ.
  • e. Read and spell consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
• ELA.K.RF.4 Read grade-level text with purpose to build accuracy, pace, expression and understanding.

Reading Literature (RL)

• ELA.K.RL.1 With support, ask and answer questions and make sensible inferences about a story.
• ELA.K.RL.2 With support, retell familiar stories with key details and say what lesson they teach.
• ELA.K.RL.3 With support, name characters, settings and main events and the beginning, middle and end.
• ELA.K.RL.4 With support, find words and phrases that show feelings or appeal to the senses.
• ELA.K.RL.5 With support, recognize the structure of common text types such as poems, stories and plays.
• ELA.K.RL.6 With support, name a story's author and illustrator and say what each does.
• ELA.K.RL.7 With support, describe how the pictures connect to the story.
• ELA.K.RL.9 With support, compare the experiences of characters in familiar stories.
• ELA.K.RL.10 With support, use decoding and comprehension strategies flexibly on grade-level literature.

Reading Informational Text (RI)

• ELA.K.RI.1 With support, ask and answer questions and make sensible inferences about an informational text.
• ELA.K.RI.2 With support, name the main topic and retell key details.
• ELA.K.RI.3 With support, describe links between people, events, ideas or information in a text.
• ELA.K.RI.4 With support, ask and answer questions about unfamiliar words.
• ELA.K.RI.5 Find a book's front cover, back cover and title page.
• ELA.K.RI.6 With support, name a text's author and illustrator and say what each does.
• ELA.K.RI.7 With support, describe how pictures and visuals connect to the text.
• ELA.K.RI.8 With support, find the reasons an author gives for a point.
• ELA.K.RI.9 With support, spot simple likenesses and differences between two texts on similar topics.
• ELA.K.RI.10 With support, use decoding and comprehension strategies flexibly on grade-level informational texts.

Writing (W)

• ELA.K.W.1 With scaffolding, draw, dictate and write opinion pieces that name a topic and give a preference.
  • a. Introduce the topic.
  • b. Give reasons and details for the opinion.
  • c. Use simple linking words between ideas.
  • d. Give an ending.
• ELA.K.W.2 With scaffolding, draw, dictate and write informative pieces that name a topic and share facts about it.
  • a. Introduce the topic.
  • b. Add information that develops the topic.
  • c. Use simple joining words inside sentences.
  • d. Use simple linking words between ideas.
  • e. Give an ending.
• ELA.K.W.3 With scaffolding, tell about one event or a few linked events in order and react to them.
  • a. Retell a single event.
  • b. Include details about actions, thoughts and feelings.
  • c. Give an ending.
• ELA.K.W.5 With guidance, respond to feedback from classmates and add details and pictures to improve writing.
• ELA.K.W.6 With guidance, try digital tools and handwriting to produce and publish writing with classmates.
• ELA.K.W.7 With scaffolding, join in shared research and writing projects.
• ELA.K.W.8 With scaffolding, gather information from experience or sources to answer a question.

Language (L)

• ELA.K.L.1 Use standard English grammar and usage correctly in writing and speech.
  • a. Print all capital and lowercase letters.
  • b. Use common nouns and verbs.
  • c. Make regular plurals aloud by adding /s/ or /es/.
  • d. Ask questions with who, what, where, when, why and how.
  • e. Make sentences with common prepositions.
  • f. Say and extend complete sentences in shared language activities.
• ELA.K.L.2 Show control of capital letters, punctuation and spelling when writing.
  • a. Capitalize the first word of a sentence and the word I.
  • b. Recognize, name and use end punctuation.
  • c. Write a letter for every consonant and short vowel sound.
  • d. Spell simple words by sound, using letter-sound knowledge.
• ELA.K.L.4 Work out unknown and multiple-meaning words from kindergarten reading and content.
  • a. Recognize homophones.
  • b. Learn new meanings for familiar words and use them correctly.
  • c. Use common endings and affixes as clues to word meaning.
• ELA.K.L.5 With scaffolding, explore how words relate and differ slightly in meaning.
  • a. Sort everyday objects into groups.
  • b. Match common verbs and adjectives with synonyms and antonyms.
  • c. Find real-life links between words and how they are used.
  • d. Tell apart verbs for the same kind of action that differ slightly in meaning.
• ELA.K.L.6 Use words and phrases picked up from talk, reading, being read to and responding to texts.

Speaking and Listening (SL)

• ELA.K.SL.1 With scaffolding, take part in group conversations with varied partners about kindergarten topics and texts.
  • a. Follow agreed rules for discussion.
  • b. Keep a conversation going over several turns.
• ELA.K.SL.2 Check understanding of read-alouds or spoken and media information by asking and answering questions.
• ELA.K.SL.3 Ask and answer questions to get help, find information or clear up confusion.
• ELA.K.SL.4 Describe familiar people, places, things and events, adding detail when prompted.
• ELA.K.SL.5 Add drawings or other visuals to descriptions to give more detail.
• ELA.K.SL.6 Speak loudly enough and share thoughts, feelings and ideas clearly.