Illinois Priority Learning Standards: Kindergarten
Skills available for Illinois kindergarten language arts standards
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RI.K
Reading: Informational Text
RI.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Inference and analysis
Main idea
Read-along texts
Read-alone texts
RI.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Inference and analysis
Main idea
Read-along texts
Read-alone texts
RI.K.2 With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
RI.K.2 With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
RI.K.3 With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
RI.K.3 With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
RI.K.5 Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
RI.K.5 Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
RI.K.6 Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.
RI.K.6 Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.
RI.K.9 With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).
RI.K.9 With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).
RI.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
RI.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
RL.K
Reading: Literature
RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Main idea
Inference and analysis
Setting and characters
Read-along texts
Decodable texts
Read-alone texts
RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
Main idea
Inference and analysis
Setting and characters
Read-along texts
Decodable texts
Read-alone texts
RL.K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
RL.K.2 With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
RL.K.4 Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
RL.K.4 Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
RL.K.6 With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
RL.K.6 With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
RL.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
Inference and analysis
Sequence
Setting and characters
Read-along texts
RL.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
Inference and analysis
Sequence
Setting and characters
Read-along texts
RL.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
RL.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
RF.K
Reading: Foundational Skills
Print Concepts
RF.K.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
RF.K.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
RF.K.1.a: Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
RF.K.1.a: Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page.
RF.K.1.b: Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
RF.K.1.b: Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.
RF.K.1.c: Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
RF.K.1.c: Understand that words are separated by spaces in print.
RF.K.1.d: Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
Learn letter names: A–H
Learn letter names: I–P
Learn letter names: Q–Z
Learn uppercase and lowercase letters
Identify uppercase letters
Identify lowercase letters
Frequently confused letters
RF.K.1.d: Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
Learn letter names: A–H
Learn letter names: I–P
Learn letter names: Q–Z
Learn uppercase and lowercase letters
Identify uppercase letters
Identify lowercase letters
Frequently confused letters
Phonological Awareness
RF.K.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
RF.K.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
RF.K.2.a: Recognize and produce rhyming words.
RF.K.2.a: Recognize and produce rhyming words.
RF.K.2.b: Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.
Blend syllables
Segment syllables
Manipulate syllables
RF.K.2.b: Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.
Blend syllables
Segment syllables
Manipulate syllables
RF.K.2.c: Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.
RF.K.2.c: Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.
RF.K.2.d: Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)
Initial sounds
Medial vowel sounds
Final sounds
Blend and segment
RF.K.2.d: Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/.)
Initial sounds
Medial vowel sounds
Final sounds
Blend and segment
RF.K.2.e: Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.
RF.K.2.e: Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.
Phonics and Word Recognition
RF.K.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.K.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.K.3.a: Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.
Identify letter sounds
RF.K.3.a: Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.
Identify letter sounds
RF.K.3.b: Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
Short a
Short e
Short i
Short o
Short u
Short vowels: review
Long vowels
Short and long vowels
RF.K.3.b: Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
Short a
Short e
Short i
Short o
Short u
Short vowels: review
Long vowels
Short and long vowels
RF.K.3.c: Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.3.c: Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).
RF.K.3.d: Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
Consonant blends
Short vowels
RF.K.3.d: Distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.
Consonant blends
Short vowels
Fluency
RF.K.4 Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
Rhymes
Short vowel sentences
Decodable texts
Read-alone literary texts
Read-alone informational texts
RF.K.4 Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
Rhymes
Short vowel sentences
Decodable texts
Read-alone literary texts
Read-alone informational texts
L.K
Language
Conventions of Standard English
L.K.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.K.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.K.1.a: Print many upper- and lowercase letters.
L.K.1.a: Print many upper- and lowercase letters.
L.K.1.b: Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs.
Nouns
Verbs
L.K.1.b: Use frequently occurring nouns and verbs.
Nouns
Verbs
L.K.1.c: Form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/ (e.g., dog, dogs; wish, wishes).
L.K.1.c: Form regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/ (e.g., dog, dogs; wish, wishes).
L.K.1.d: Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
L.K.1.d: Understand and use question words (interrogatives) (e.g., who, what, where, when, why, how).
L.K.1.e: Use the most frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with).
L.K.1.e: Use the most frequently occurring prepositions (e.g., to, from, in, out, on, off, for, of, by, with).
L.K.1.f: Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.
L.K.1.f: Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities.
L.K.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L.K.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L.K.2.a: Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.
L.K.2.a: Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.
L.K.2.b: Recognize and name end punctuation.
L.K.2.b: Recognize and name end punctuation.
L.K.2.c: Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
Consonants
Consonant blends and digraphs
Digraphs
Short vowels
L.K.2.c: Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds (phonemes).
Consonants
Consonant blends and digraphs
Digraphs
Short vowels
L.K.2.d: Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
Consonant blends
Short vowel words
L.K.2.d: Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
Consonant blends
Short vowel words