The Common Core in Kentucky

RL.K Reading: Literature

• Key Ideas and Details

  • RL.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer explicit questions about key ideas and details, and make logical inferences to construct meaning from the text.

    • What is the picture about? (K-T.1)
    • Choose the picture that matches the setting or character (K-V.1)
    • Read along with fantasy (K-Y.1)
    • Read along with realistic fiction (K-Y.2)
    • Read animal fantasy (K-Z.1)
    • Read realistic fiction (K-Z.2)

  • RL.K.2 With prompting and support, orally recognize key details from a summary to demonstrate understanding of the lesson learned in the story.

    • Order images in a story (K-W.1)

  • RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings and major events in a story in order to make meaning of the story development.

    • Choose the picture that matches the setting or character (K-V.1)

• Craft and Structure

  • RL.K.4 With prompting and support, identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings or appeal to the senses.

    • Which feeling matches the picture? (K-U.1)

  • RL.K.5 Recognize common structures of poems, stories and dramas.

  • RL.K.6 With prompting and support, identify the author and illustrator of a story and explain how each tells the story.

• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

  • RL.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear.

    • Which could happen in real life? (K-S.1)
    • What is the picture about? (K-T.1)
    • Which feeling matches the picture? (K-U.1)
    • What will happen next? (K-U.2)
    • Choose the picture that matches the setting or character (K-V.1)
    • Order images in a story (K-W.1)
    • Read along with fantasy (K-Y.1)
    • Read along with realistic fiction (K-Y.2)

  • RL.K.8 (Not applicable to literature)

  • RL.K.9 With prompting and support, compare/contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.

• Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

  • RL.K.10 With prompting and support, flexibly use a variety of comprehension strategies (i.e., questioning, monitoring, visualizing, inferencing, summarizing, using prior knowledge, determining importance) to make sense of grade-level appropriate, complex literary texts.

    • Which could happen in real life? (K-S.1)
    • What is the picture about? (K-T.1)
    • Which feeling matches the picture? (K-U.1)
    • What will happen next? (K-U.2)
    • Read along with fantasy (K-Y.1)
    • Read along with realistic fiction (K-Y.2)
    • Read animal fantasy (K-Z.1)
    • Read realistic fiction (K-Z.2)

RI.K Reading: Informational Text

• Key Ideas and Details

  • RI.K.1 With prompting and support, ask and answer explicit questions about key concepts and details, and make logical inferences to construct meaning from the text.

    • Read along about science and nature (K-AA.1)
    • Read along about famous people (K-AA.2)
    • Read along about food (K-AA.3)
    • Read about animals (K-BB.1)
    • Read about places (K-BB.2)

  • RI.K.2 With prompting and support, orally recognize key details from a summary to demonstrate understanding of the central idea of a text.

    • Read along about science and nature (K-AA.1)
    • Read along about famous people (K-AA.2)
    • Read along about food (K-AA.3)
    • Read about animals (K-BB.1)
    • Read about places (K-BB.2)

  • RI.K.3 With prompting and support, identify the individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information presented over the course of a text.

• Craft and Structure

  • RI.K.4 With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

    • Read about animals (K-BB.1)
    • Read about places (K-BB.2)

  • RI.K.5 Identify the front cover, back cover and title page of a book.

    • Identify book parts and features (K-R.1)

  • RI.K.6 With prompting and support, identify the author and illustrator of a text, and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.

• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

  • RI.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between visuals and the text.

    • Read about animals (K-BB.1)
    • Read about places (K-BB.2)

  • RI.K.8 With prompting and support, identify the claim and the reasons an author gives to support claims in a text.

  • RI.K.9 With prompting and support, identify information from two or more texts on similar themes or topics.

• Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

  • RI.K.10 With prompting and support, flexibly use a variety of comprehension strategies (i.e., questioning, monitoring, visualizing, inferencing, summarizing, using prior knowledge, determining importance) to make sense of grade-level appropriate, complex informational texts.

    • Which could happen in real life? (K-S.1)
    • What is the picture about? (K-T.1)
    • Which feeling matches the picture? (K-U.1)
    • What will happen next? (K-U.2)
    • Read along about science and nature (K-AA.1)
    • Read along about famous people (K-AA.2)
    • Read along about food (K-AA.3)
    • Read about animals (K-BB.1)
    • Read about places (K-BB.2)

RF.K Reading: Foundational Skills

• Print Concepts

  • RF.K.1 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print to aid in comprehension.

    • RF.K.1a Follow words from left to right, top to bottom and page by page.

    • RF.K.1b Recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters.

      • Choose the two words that are the same (K-C.1)
      • Identify the first, second, and last sound in a word (K-G.3)
      • Put the sounds in order (K-G.4)

    • RF.K.1c Recognize that words are separated by spaces in print.

    • RF.K.1d Recognize and name all upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet.

      • Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase (K-A.1)
      • Choose the letter that you hear: uppercase (K-A.3)
      • Choose the letter that you hear: lowercase (K-A.4)
      • Frequently confused letters: find all the letters (K-A.6)
      • Choose the lowercase letter that matches: c, k, o, p, s, u, v, w, x, z (K-B.)
      • Choose the lowercase letter that matches: f, i, j, l, m, t, y (K-B.)
      • Choose the lowercase letter that matches: a, b, d, e, g, h, n, q, r (K-B.)
      • Choose the lowercase letter that matches: review (K-B.1)
      • Choose the uppercase letter that matches: C, K, O, P, S, U, V, W, X, Z (K-B.)
      • Choose the uppercase letter that matches: F, I, J, L, M, T, Y (K-B.)
      • Choose the uppercase letter that matches: A, B, D, E, G, H, N, Q, R (K-B.)
      • Choose the uppercase letter that matches: review (K-B.3)

• Phonological Awareness

  • RF.K.2 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds (phonemes).

    • RF.K.2a Recognize and orally produce rhyming words.

      • Which two words have the same ending? (K-F.2)
      • Choose the picture that rhymes with the word (K-F.3)
      • Which word does not rhyme? (K-F.4)
      • Complete the rhyme (K-F.5)

    • RF.K.2b Count, pronounce, blend and segment syllables in spoken words.

    • RF.K.2c Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.

      • Which two words have the same ending? (K-F.2)
      • Blend each sound in a word together (K-G.2)
      • Complete the short a word (K-J.3)
      • Complete the short e word (K-K.3)
      • Complete the short i words (K-L.3)
      • Complete the short o word (K-M.3)
      • Complete the short u word (K-N.3)

    • RF.K.2d Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme words.

    • RF.K.2e Add or substitute individual sounds (phonemes) in simple, one-syllable words to make new words.

      • Complete the short a word (K-J.3)
      • Complete the short e word (K-K.3)
      • Complete the short i words (K-L.3)
      • Complete the short o word (K-M.3)
      • Complete the short u word (K-N.3)
      • Identify the short vowel sound in a word (K-O.1)

• Phonics and Word Recognition

  • RF.K.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

    • RF.K.3a Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.

    • RF.K.3b Associate the long and short sounds with common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.

      • Find the short a word (K-J.1)
      • Choose the short a word that matches the picture (K-J.2)
      • Complete the short a word (K-J.3)
      • Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture (K-J.4)
      • Find the short e word (K-K.1)
      • Choose the picture that matches the short e word (K-K.2)
      • Complete the short e word (K-K.3)
      • Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture (K-K.4)
      • Find the short i word (K-L.1)
      • Choose the short i word that matches the picture (K-L.2)
      • Complete the short i words (K-L.3)
      • Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture (K-L.4)
      • Find the short o word (K-M.1)
      • Choose the short o word that matches the picture (K-M.2)
      • Complete the short o word (K-M.3)
      • Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture (K-M.4)
      • Find the short u word (K-N.1)
      • Choose the picture that matches the short u word (K-N.2)
      • Complete the short u word (K-N.3)
      • Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture (K-N.4)
      • Identify the short vowel sound in a word (K-O.1)
      • Complete the word with the right short vowel (K-O.2)
      • Spell the short vowel word (K-O.3)
      • Which two words have the same vowel sound? (K-P.2)
      • Find the long a word (K-P.3)
      • Find the long e word (K-P.4)
      • Find the long i word (K-P.5)
      • Find the long o word (K-P.6)
      • Find the long u word (K-P.7)
      • Sort short and long vowel words (K-P.8)

    • RF.K.3c Read common high-frequency words by sight.

      • Choose the two sight words that are the same (K-Q.1)
      • Read sight words: review sets 1–10 (K-Q.15)
      • Complete the sentence with the correct sight word (K-Q.16)

    • RF.K.3d Orally distinguish between similarly spelled words by identifying the sounds of the letters that differ.

• Fluency

  • RF.K.4 Read fluently (accuracy, speed, and prosody) on grade-level to support comprehension.

    • RF.K.4a Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.

      • Complete the rhyme (K-F.5)
      • Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture (K-J.4)
      • Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture (K-K.4)
      • Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture (K-L.4)
      • Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture (K-M.4)
      • Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture (K-N.4)
      • Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word (K-O.4)
      • Read questions with short vowel words (K-O.5)
      • Complete the sentence with the correct sight word (K-Q.16)
      • What am I? (K-U.3)
      • Read animal fantasy (K-Z.1)
      • Read realistic fiction (K-Z.2)
      • Read about animals (K-BB.1)
      • Read about places (K-BB.2)

L.K Language

• Conventions of Standard English

  • L.K.1 When writing or speaking, demonstrate appropriate use of:

    • L.K.1a common nouns and verbs.

      • Find the picture that matches the action verb (K-DD.2)
      • Is the noun a person, animal, place, or thing? (K-LL.1)
      • Find the action verb (K-MM.2)
      • Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture (K-MM.3)

    • L.K.1b regular plural nouns by orally adding /s/ or /es/.

      • Choose the singular or plural noun that matches the picture (K-LL.2)

    • L.K.1c interrogative sentences using who, what, where, when, why and how.

      • Who, what, when, where, or why? (K-FF.1)
      • Is it a telling sentence or an asking sentence? (K-JJ.1)
      • Identify and use end marks (K-JJ.2)

    • L.K.1d sentences using common prepositions.

      • Inside and outside, above and below, next to and beside (K-EE.1)
      • Choose the best location word to match the picture (K-EE.2)

    • L.K.1e complete sentences.

      • Find the complete sentence (K-JJ.3)

  • L.K.2 When writing:

    • L.K.2a Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.

      • Capitalize the first letter of a sentence (K-KK.1)
      • Capitalize the pronoun "I" (K-KK.2)

    • L.K.2b Recognize and name end punctuation.

      • Identify and use end marks (K-JJ.2)

    • L.K.2c Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds.

      • Identify the first, second, and last sound in a word (K-G.3)
      • Put the sounds in order (K-G.4)
      • Find the words that begin with a given sound (K-H.2)
      • Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound: review (K-H.5)
      • Which letter does the word start with? (K-H.6)
      • Which letter does the word end with? (K-H.7)
      • Which consonant blend does the word start with? (K-I.1)
      • Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend (K-I.2)
      • Which consonant blend does the word end with? (K-I.4)
      • Complete the word with the right final consonant blend (K-I.5)
      • Choose the correct digraph (K-I.8)
      • Complete the short a word (K-J.3)
      • Complete the short e word (K-K.3)
      • Complete the short i words (K-L.3)
      • Complete the short o word (K-M.3)
      • Complete the short u word (K-N.3)
      • Identify the short vowel sound in a word (K-O.1)
      • Complete the word with the right short vowel (K-O.2)

    • L.K.2d Spell simple words phonetically, drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.

      • Put the sounds in order (K-G.4)
      • Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend (K-I.2)
      • Complete the word with the right final consonant blend (K-I.5)
      • Choose the word that matches the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck (K-I.7)
      • Complete the short a word (K-J.3)
      • Complete the short e word (K-K.3)
      • Complete the short i words (K-L.3)
      • Complete the short o word (K-M.3)
      • Complete the short u word (K-N.3)
      • Spell the short vowel word (K-O.3)

• Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

  • L.K.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content.

    • L.K.4a Identify homophones.

      • Multiple-meaning words with pictures (K-II.1)

    • L.K.4b Identify common affixes and how they change the meaning of a word.

    • L.K.4c Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.

      • Choose the best location word to match the picture (K-EE.2)

  • L.K.5 With guidance and support from adults, explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

    • L.K.5a Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

      • Sort objects into categories (K-HH.1)
      • Which one is not like the others? (K-HH.2)

    • L.K.5b Demonstrate an understanding of verbs and adjectives and their antonyms.

      • Match antonyms to pictures (K-GG.1)

    • L.K.5c Demonstrate an understanding of verbs and adjectives and their synonyms.

      • Match synonyms (K-GG.2)