Reading | Kindergarten

Grade K Overview
Major Standards
Answer literal questions about a book
Answer inferential questions about a book
Read with appropriate fluency

Reading Habits

Read independently for 25 minutes during class

Discuss books with a partner by stating what happened in the story
State favorite books and articulate preferences
Recognize and reread parts of a book that are confusing
State new facts learned by reading non-fiction texts
Notice new words and use pictures and the text to learn these words

Literary Analysis

Distinguish fantasy from realistic fiction

Identify differences between fiction and non-fiction
Identify main characters and main setting in any story
Identify text features in non-fiction texts (title, headings, captions, table of contents, etc.)

Concepts About Print

Recognize and name all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet
Recognize and automatically read the kindergarten high-frequency sight words