Kindergarten ELA Critical Concepts

Decoding

I can:
Identify the letters and sounds  that differ among similarly spelled words.
Read common high-frequency words by sight.

Phonological Awareness


I can:
Produce rhyming words orally.
Pronounce the initial, medial vowel and final sounds in spoken words that follow a consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pattern.
Blend and segment syllables in spoken words.

Print Concepts


I can:
Explain how written words are organized on pages.
Write sentences when told how to spell individual words.

Analyzing Text Organization and Structure

I can:
Compare two ideas, events or people in a text.

Text Features

I can:
Describe the connection between an illustration and the information in a text.

Analyzing Main Ideas

I can:
Identify the main idea of a text.
Retell details from a text.

Analyzing Claims and Reasons

I can:
Identify a reason that supports an opinion in a text.

Analyzing Narratives

I can:
Retell events from a narrative text in order.
Identify the characters and settings in a narrative text.

Comparing Texts

I can:
Compare details from two texts on the same topic.
Compare the main characters from two stories.

Analyzing Words

I can:
Relate words to their real-life meanings.
Use familiar parts of words t understand their meaning.
Explain a word's meaning by relating it to opposites.

Generating Sentences

I can:
Generate complete sentences.
Use proper end punctuation marks for different kinds of sentences.

Generating Text Organization and Structure

I can:
State the topic in text.
Use drawing, dictating, and writing to supply information about a topic.

Generating Claims

I can:
State an opinion or preference about a topic or book.

Source and Research

I can:
Answer a question with a fact or piece of information from a provided source.

Generating Narrative

I can:
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to tell a narrative about one event.
Describe familiar people, places, and things.

Parts of Speech

I can:
Use common singular and plural nouns correctly.
Use common verbs correctly.
Use common prepositions correctly.
Use question words correctly.

Spelling

I can:
Spell simple, one-syllable words phonetically.