Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
Kindergarten–Grade 5
Reading: Literature
Kindergarten
Key Ideas and Details
RL.K.1
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
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.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
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).
RL.K.9
With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.
Grade 1
Key Ideas and Details
RL.1.1
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.1.2
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
RL.1.3
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RL.1.7
Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
RL.1.9
Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.
Reading: Foundational Skills
Kindergarten
Fluency
RF.K.4
Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding.
Grade 1
Fluency
RF.1.4
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
- Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
- Read on-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
- Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Speaking & Listening
Kindergarten
Comprehension and Collaboration
SL.K.1
Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about
kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
- Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion).
- Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
SL.K.2
Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
SL.K.3
Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
SL.K.4
Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
SL.K.5
Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
SL.K.6
Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
Grade 1
Comprehension and Collaboration
SL.1.1
Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about
grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
- Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
- Build on others’ talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.
- Ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics and texts under discussion.
SL.1.2
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
SL.1.3
Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
SL.1.4
Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
SL.1.5
Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
SL.1.6
Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation. (See grade 1 Language standards 1 and 3 on page 26 for specific expectations.)