
Opinion, Informative, and Narrative Writing
Kindergarten writing: an opinion about a favorite animal, one fact about apples, and a three-box story about a fun day. W.K.1, W.K.2, and W.K.3.
W.K early composition: using a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces.

Kindergarten writing: an opinion about a favorite animal, one fact about apples, and a three-box story about a fun day. W.K.1, W.K.2, and W.K.3.

Kindergarten add details to writing: turn "I see a house" into a fuller story with three planning questions, a 12-word box, and a drawing.

Kindergarten informative writing: a point, evidence, explain, and link model about bears, a frog practice with starters, and a favorite animal piece.

Kindergarten opinion writing: four draw-and-write sentence starters about a toy, a food, an animal, and an outdoor game, building to a because reason.

Kindergarten draw and tell a story: plan a true personal event, then draw six storyboard panels from First to How I felt, with captions.

Kindergarten handwriting practice: look, cover, write, and check ten sight words like the, you, and said, then copy three short sentences.
W.K.1
“Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is...).”
W.K.2
“Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.”
W.K.3
“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.”
W.K.5
“With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.”
W.K.8
“With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.”
L.K.1.a
“Print many upper- and lowercase letters.”
RF.K.3.c
“Read common high-frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).”
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RF.K phonemic awareness practice, including recognizing and producing rhyming words and attending to the sounds in spoken words.

RF.K phonics: associating the long and short sounds with common spellings for the five major vowels.

RL.K reading literature skills, centered on retelling familiar stories with key details and characters.

L.K vocabulary standards, including determining or clarifying the meaning of unknown words met in reading and conversation.