Indiana Academic Standards (adopted in 2023): Kindergarten
Skills available for Indiana kindergarten language arts standards
Domain
Print skill plan
RF
Reading Foundations
Print Concepts
K.RF.1 Demonstrate understanding that print moves from left to right across the page and from top to bottom.
K.RF.1 Demonstrate understanding that print moves from left to right across the page and from top to bottom.
K.RF.2 Recognize that written words are made up of sequences of letters.
K.RF.2 Recognize that written words are made up of sequences of letters.
K.RF.3 Identify and name all uppercase (capital) and lowercase letters of the alphabet. (E)
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
K.RF.3 Identify and name all uppercase (capital) and lowercase letters of the alphabet. (E)
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
K.RF.4 Identify and produce rhyming words.
K.RF.4 Identify and produce rhyming words.
K.RF.5 Orally pronounce, blend, and segment words into syllables. (E)
K.RF.5 Orally pronounce, blend, and segment words into syllables. (E)
K.RF.6 Identify and produce the beginning, middle (medial), and final sounds in three and four phoneme words. (E)
Initial sounds
Medial sounds
Final sounds
Blend and segment
K.RF.6 Identify and produce the beginning, middle (medial), and final sounds in three and four phoneme words. (E)
Initial sounds
Medial sounds
Final sounds
Blend and segment
Decoding
K.RF.7 Use letter-sound knowledge to decode the sound of each consonant. (E)
Letter sounds
Sounds in words
K.RF.7 Use letter-sound knowledge to decode the sound of each consonant. (E)
Letter sounds
Sounds in words
K.RF.8 Use letter-sound knowledge to decode words, including open and closed syllables, consonant digraphs, and blends. (E)
Short a
Short e
Short i
Short o
Short u
Short vowels and long vowels
Consonant digraphs
Consonant blends
K.RF.8 Use letter-sound knowledge to decode words, including open and closed syllables, consonant digraphs, and blends. (E)
Short a
Short e
Short i
Short o
Short u
Short vowels and long vowels
Consonant digraphs
Consonant blends
K.RF.9 Orally read decodable texts with appropriate accuracy and automaticity.
K.RF.9 Orally read decodable texts with appropriate accuracy and automaticity.
RC
Reading Comprehension
K.RC.1 With support, ask and answer questions about main topics and key details in a text heard or read. (E)
Main idea
Setting and character
Read-along literary texts
Read-alone literary texts
Read-along informational texts
Read-alone informational texts
K.RC.1 With support, ask and answer questions about main topics and key details in a text heard or read. (E)
Main idea
Setting and character
Read-along literary texts
Read-alone literary texts
Read-along informational texts
Read-alone informational texts
K.RC.2 With support, retell familiar stories, poems, and nursery rhymes, including key details. (E)
K.RC.2 With support, retell familiar stories, poems, and nursery rhymes, including key details. (E)
K.RC.3 Identify important elements within a text (e.g., characters, settings, or events). (E)
K.RC.3 Identify important elements within a text (e.g., characters, settings, or events). (E)
K.RC.4 With support, make predictions about what will happen in a text.
K.RC.4 With support, make predictions about what will happen in a text.
K.RC.5 With support, retell the main idea and key details of a text.
K.RC.5 With support, retell the main idea and key details of a text.
K.RC.6 Identify text features of a nonfiction text (e.g., title, author, illustrations), and describe the relationship between those features and the text in which they appear. (E)
Text features
Illustrations
K.RC.6 Identify text features of a nonfiction text (e.g., title, author, illustrations), and describe the relationship between those features and the text in which they appear. (E)
Text features
Illustrations
K.RC.7 Identify and sort pictures of objects into categories (e.g., colors, shapes, opposites) through oral discussions. (E)
K.RC.7 Identify and sort pictures of objects into categories (e.g., colors, shapes, opposites) through oral discussions. (E)
W
Writing
K.W.1 Write most uppercase (capital) and lowercase letters of the alphabet, correctly shaping and spacing the letters of the words.
K.W.1 Write most uppercase (capital) and lowercase letters of the alphabet, correctly shaping and spacing the letters of the words.
K.W.2 Write by moving from left to right across the page and top to bottom.
K.W.2 Write by moving from left to right across the page and top to bottom.
K.W.3 Use words and pictures to develop a main idea and provide information about a topic. (E)
K.W.3 Use words and pictures to develop a main idea and provide information about a topic. (E)
K.W.4 Use words, pictures, and dictation to narrate a single event or simple story, arranging ideas in order. (E)
K.W.4 Use words, pictures, and dictation to narrate a single event or simple story, arranging ideas in order. (E)
K.W.5 With support, apply the writing process to:
K.W.5 With support, apply the writing process to:
K.W.5a: Plan by generating ideas for writing through oral discussions and drawings.
K.W.5a: Plan by generating ideas for writing through oral discussions and drawings.
K.W.5b: Develop drafts in pictorial or written form by organizing ideas.
K.W.5b: Develop drafts in pictorial or written form by organizing ideas.
K.W.5c: Revise writing by adding details in pictures or words.
Adjectives
Prepositions
Verbs
Synonyms and antonyms
K.W.5c: Revise writing by adding details in pictures or words.
Adjectives
Prepositions
Verbs
Synonyms and antonyms
K.W.5d: Use available technology to produce and publish writing.
K.W.5d: Use available technology to produce and publish writing.
K.W.6 With support, build understanding of a topic using various sources.
K.W.6 With support, build understanding of a topic using various sources.
K.W.6a: Identify relevant pictures, charts, grade-appropriate texts, personal experiences, or people as sources of information on a topic.
K.W.6a: Identify relevant pictures, charts, grade-appropriate texts, personal experiences, or people as sources of information on a topic.
K.W.7 Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage when writing or speaking, focusing on:
K.W.7 Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage when writing or speaking, focusing on:
K.W.7a: Nouns/Pronouns — Using sentences that include singular and/or plural nouns (e.g., dog/dogs, cat/cats).
K.W.7a: Nouns/Pronouns — Using sentences that include singular and/or plural nouns (e.g., dog/dogs, cat/cats).
K.W.7b: Verbs — Using sentences that include verbs.
K.W.7b: Verbs — Using sentences that include verbs.
K.W.7c: Usage — Recognizing that there are different kinds of sentences (e.g., sentences that tell something, sentences that ask something).
K.W.7c: Usage — Recognizing that there are different kinds of sentences (e.g., sentences that tell something, sentences that ask something).
K.W.8 Demonstrate command of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, focusing on:
K.W.8 Demonstrate command of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, focusing on:
K.W.8a: Capitalization — Capitalizing the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.
K.W.8a: Capitalization — Capitalizing the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.
K.W.8b: Punctuation — Recognizing and naming end punctuation.
K.W.8b: Punctuation — Recognizing and naming end punctuation.
K.W.8c: Encoding — Spelling simple words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness.
Consonant blends
Short vowel words
K.W.8c: Encoding — Spelling simple words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness.
Consonant blends
Short vowel words