Kindergarten ELA Domain: Reading Informational Text
In this domain, students will continue building on the knowledge and skills they’ve learned in previous domains -- applying them now to informational text. With the help of standards-aligned activities and resources, students will continue asking and answering questions about texts, making connections between key details, learning new words, and naming the different parts of a book. Here’s a closer look at what students can expect to learn in each standard throughout the Kindergarten ELA Reading Literature domain:
Ask and Answer Questions
With support and prompting from teachers, students will continue practicing asking and answering questions about stories and texts.
Find the Main Idea
In this standard, students will learn how to identify main topics and details of familiar texts.
Make Connections
Students will learn how to make connections within a text, including characters, places, events, and ideas.
Learn New Words
With guidance and support, students will continue asking about and learning unknown words.
Name the Parts of a Book
Students will begin to learn about the physical parts of a book, including the front and back covers and the title page.
Name Authors and Illustrators
In this standard, students will practice learning the names of authors and illustrators while understanding each role.
Pictures Help You Read
With prompting and support, students will use illustrations to describe what’s happening in a story.
Author's Purpose
Students will continue to learn about authors and the role they play in storytelling.
Same and Different
In this final standard, students will continue comparing and contrasting different elements of familiar texts.
Reading Informational Text is one of four domains included in the Kindergarten ELA standards. Throughout each standard, students can expect to learn concepts like:
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Below are examples of how eSpark Learning resources are aligned to each Common Core standard within the Reading Informational Text domain:
Ask and Answer Questions
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
In several read aloud stories, students will follow along with familiar texts and be prompted to answer questions about characters and events.
Find the Main Idea
With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
In a fun and engaging sing-along video, students will learn about different animals that hibernate.
Make Connections
With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
Through an engaging and illustrative story, students will learn about the popular game, ‘The Floor is Lava.’
Learn New Words
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
In one of several activities, students will be introduced to brand-new words as they learn more about one of nature’s healthiest fruits: the apple!
Name the Parts of a Book
Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
In this sing-a-long, a pirate book sails the seas to teach students about the different parts of a book.
Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.
Through one of the read-a-long activities, students will be prompted to answer questions about titles, authors, and illustrators of different books.
Pictures Help You Read
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).
During a practice read, students will use pictures to answer questions about different objects and what they can and cannot do.
Author's Purpose
With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
Through another informational text, students will learn about cute kittens and discuss the author’s purpose afterwards.
Same and Different
With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).
Let’s go to the beach! In this fun and catchy song, students will see and learn about several different sea animals you find at the beach.
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