Only Kindergarten english language arts is shown here. Current and transition frameworks remain separate. A provisional target is not proof that every clause is taught or assessed.
English language arts · 2017 framework
Kindergarten · 41 / 46 statements targeted
| Standard | Instruction status | Source text |
|---|---|---|
| ela-2017:RL.K.1 | Provisional target; review pending | With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. |
| ela-2017:RL.K.2 | Provisional target; review pending | With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details. |
| ela-2017:RL.K.3 | Provisional target; review pending | With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. |
| ela-2017:RL.K.4 | Provisional target; review pending | Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. |
| ela-2017:RL.K.5 | Provisional target; review pending | Recognize common types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems). |
| ela-2017:RL.K.6 | Provisional target; review pending | With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story. |
| ela-2017:RL.K.7 | Provisional target; review pending | 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). |
| ela-2017:RL.K.8 | Not applicable at this grade | (Not applicable to literature) |
| ela-2017:RL.K.9 | Provisional target; review pending | With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories. |
| ela-2017:RL.K.10 | Provisional target; review pending | Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. Activate prior knowledge and draw on previous experiences in order to make text-to-self or text-to-text connections and comparisons. |
| ela-2017:RI.K.1 | Provisional target; review pending | With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text. |
| ela-2017:RI.K.2 | Provisional target; review pending | With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. |
| ela-2017:RI.K.3 | Provisional target; review pending | With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text. |
| ela-2017:RI.K.4 | Provisional target; review pending | With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. |
| ela-2017:RI.K.5 | Provisional target; review pending | Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book. |
| ela-2017:RI.K.6 | Provisional target; review pending | Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text. |
| ela-2017:RI.K.7 | Provisional target; review pending | With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts). |
| ela-2017:RI.K.8 | Provisional target; review pending | With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text. |
| ela-2017:RI.K.9 | Provisional target; review pending | With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures). |
| ela-2017:RI.K.10 | Provisional target; review pending | Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding. |
| ela-2017:RF.K.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print. |
| ela-2017:RF.K.2 | Provisional target; review pending | Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and phonemes (sounds). |
| ela-2017:RF.K.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. |
| ela-2017:RF.K.4 | Provisional target; review pending | Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding. |
| ela-2017:W.K.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces that tell a reader the topic or the name of the book being written about and express an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is ... ). |
| ela-2017:W.K.2 | Provisional target; review pending | Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts that name what is being written about and supply some information about the topic. |
| ela-2017:W.K.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened. |
| ela-2017:W.K.4 | Not applicable at this grade | (Begins in grade 3) |
| ela-2017:W.K.5 | Provisional target; review pending | With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed. |
| ela-2017:W.K.6 | Provisional target; review pending | With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers. |
| ela-2017:W.K.7 | Provisional target; review pending | Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of books by a favorite author and express opinions about them). |
| ela-2017:W.K.8 | Provisional target; review pending | With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. |
| ela-2017:W.K.9 | Not applicable at this grade | (Begins in grade 4) |
| ela-2017:W.K.10 | Not applicable at this grade | (Begins in grade 3) |
| ela-2017:SL.K.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Participate in collaborative conversations about kindergarten topics and texts with diverse partners in small and larger groups. |
| ela-2017:SL.K.2 | Provisional target; review pending | Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented in various media and other formats (e.g., orally) by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood. |
| ela-2017:SL.K.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood. |
| ela-2017:SL.K.4 | Provisional target; review pending | Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail. |
| ela-2017:SL.K.5 | Provisional target; review pending | Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail. |
| ela-2017:SL.K.6 | Provisional target; review pending | Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly. |
| ela-2017:L.K.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. |
| ela-2017:L.K.2 | Provisional target; review pending | Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. |
| ela-2017:L.K.3 | Not applicable at this grade | (Begins in grade 2) |
| ela-2017:L.K.4 | Provisional target; review pending | Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and content. |
| ela-2017:L.K.5 | Provisional target; review pending | With guidance and support from adults, explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings. |
| ela-2017:L.K.6 | Provisional target; review pending | Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts. |
English language arts · 2026 framework
Kindergarten · 43 / 49 statements targeted
| Standard | Instruction status | Source text |
|---|---|---|
| ela-2026:RL.K.1 | Provisional target; review pending | When presented with a read-aloud, ask and answer questions about key details in a literary text (e.g., story, drama, poem). |
| ela-2026:RL.K.2 | Provisional target; review pending | When presented with a read-aloud, retell stories from literary texts, including key details. |
| ela-2026:RL.K.3 | Provisional target; review pending | When presented with a read-aloud: |
| ela-2026:RL.K.4 | Provisional target; review pending | When presented with a read-aloud, ask and answer questions to determine the meaning of unknown or essential vocabulary words in a literary text. |
| ela-2026:RL.K.5 | Provisional target; review pending | When presented with a read-aloud: |
| ela-2026:RL.K.6 | Provisional target; review pending | When presented with a read-aloud, locate the author and illustrator and describe how each contributes to telling the story in a literary text. |
| ela-2026:RL.K.7 | Provisional target; review pending | When presented with a read-aloud, describe the information that illustrations show or help explain in a literary text (e.g., what moment in a story is depicted by an illustration). |
| ela-2026:RL.K.8 | Not applicable at this grade | (Not applicable to literature) |
| ela-2026:RL.K.9 | Provisional target; review pending | When presented with a read-aloud, compare and/or contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in literary texts. |
| ela-2026:RL.K.10 | Provisional target; review pending | When presented with a read-aloud, utilize background knowledge and draw on previous experiences to understand a literary text. |
| ela-2026:RI.K.1 | Provisional target; review pending | When presented with a read-aloud, ask and answer questions about key details in an informational text (e.g., historical, scientific, or technical text). |
| ela-2026:RI.K.2 | Provisional target; review pending | When presented with a read-aloud, retell facts and ideas from an informational text, including the main topic and key details. |
| ela-2026:RI.K.3 | Provisional target; review pending | When presented with a read-aloud, identify the connection between two individuals, events, or ideas in an informational text. |
| ela-2026:RI.K.4 | Provisional target; review pending | When presented with a read-aloud, ask and answer questions to determine the meaning of unknown or essential vocabulary words in an informational text. |
| ela-2026:RI.K.5 | Provisional target; review pending | When presented with a read-aloud, show understanding of print concepts by naming the front and back covers and pointing to the title page. |
| ela-2026:RI.K.6 | Provisional target; review pending | When presented with a read-aloud, locate the author and illustrator and describe how each contributes to presenting facts and ideas in an informational text. |
| ela-2026:RI.K.7 | Provisional target; review pending | When presented with a read-aloud, describe the information that titles, headings, and illustrations provide in informational text. |
| ela-2026:RI.K.8 | Not applicable at this grade | (Begins in grade 1) |
| ela-2026:RI.K.9 | Provisional target; review pending | With adult support, identify similarities and differences in information, illustrations, or features of two informational texts on the same topic. |
| ela-2026:RI.K.10 | Provisional target; review pending | With scaffolding provided, use background knowledge and draw on previous experiences to understand an informational text read aloud. |
| ela-2026:RF.K.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print: |
| ela-2026:RF.K.2 | Provisional target; review pending | Recognize and produce the sound structures of spoken words, including syllables and phonemes (sounds), with automaticity: |
| ela-2026:RF.K.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words: |
| ela-2026:RF.K.4 | Provisional target; review pending | Read aloud decodable, controlled texts containing previously taught patterns with accuracy, automaticity, and appropriate expression to gain meaning from text. |
| ela-2026:WF.K.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Print all lowercase and most uppercase graphemes (letter/letters) independently, accurately, and with automaticity. Demonstrate this through: |
| ela-2026:WF.K.2 | Provisional target; review pending | When given a word of up to three phonemes, encode and print words independently and accurately. |
| ela-2026:WF.K.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Print a simple sentence independently and accurately using grade-appropriate orthographic patterns, rules and high-frequency words with: |
| ela-2026:W.K.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Use drawing, dictation, and/or writing to express an opinion about a given topic or book. |
| ela-2026:W.K.2 | Provisional target; review pending | Use drawing, dictation, and/or writing to compose informative or explanatory pieces about a given topic. |
| ela-2026:W.K.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Use drawing, dictation, and/or writing to narrate a single event or a sequence of events. |
| ela-2026:W.K.4 | Not applicable at this grade | (Begins in Grade 3) |
| ela-2026:W.K.5 | Provisional target; review pending | With adult support, respond to questions and suggestions, adding details to strengthen ideas in writing. |
| ela-2026:W.K.6 | Provisional target; review pending | With adult support, explore a variety of tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers. |
| ela-2026:W.K.7 | Provisional target; review pending | With adult support, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. |
| ela-2026:W.K.8 | Provisional target; review pending | With adult support, engage in collaborative research or writing projects that build language, vocabulary, and foundational writing skills around a given topic or theme. |
| ela-2026:W.K.9 | Not applicable at this grade | (Begins in Grade 4) |
| ela-2026:W.K.10 | Not applicable at this grade | (Begins in Grade 3) |
| ela-2026:SL.K.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Participate in discussions about kindergarten topics in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules: |
| ela-2026:SL.K.2 | Provisional target; review pending | Answer questions about key details of a text, conversation, or other media to demonstrate understanding. |
| ela-2026:SL.K.3 | Provisional target; review pending | Ask questions to seek help, information, or clarification of a given topic or task. |
| ela-2026:SL.K.4 | Provisional target; review pending | With adult support, expand oral descriptions of familiar people, places, things, and events by adding relevant details. |
| ela-2026:SL.K.5 | Provisional target; review pending | Use pictures, objects, or visual tools to enhance ideas, thoughts, and feelings so others can understand them. |
| ela-2026:SL.K.6 | Provisional target; review pending | Produce basic thoughts, ideas, and feelings using kernel sentences with a subject and a verb. |
| ela-2026:L.K.1 | Provisional target; review pending | Know and apply the conventions of formal American English grammar and usage when communicating. |
| ela-2026:L.K.2 | Provisional target; review pending | Recognize the conventions of formal American English capitalization and punctuation when communicating thoughts and ideas. |
| ela-2026:L.K.3 | Not applicable at this grade | (Begins in Grade 2) |
| ela-2026:L.K.4 | Provisional target; review pending | When presented with a read-aloud or engaging in discussion, determine the meaning of new and multiple-meaning words. |
| ela-2026:L.K.5 | Provisional target; review pending | Explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings. |
| ela-2026:L.K.6 | Provisional target; review pending | Apply previously taught vocabulary in a given context by demonstrating connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful). |