Kindergarten

RI.K.1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

RI.K.2. With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

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

            Assessment for RI.K.1, 2 & 8

            Benchmark Balanced Literacy Leveled Assessment and assess student’s answers for the informational reading.  Use the information book from the Benchmark kit and scoring.

RL.K.3. With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

Assessment for RLK1,2&3:  The teacher will read a story to the students and each student will produce a flow map depicting the beginning, middle and end of the story.  They will be able to use the map to retell the story.

Scoring:

1=complete map and full retelling

2= partial map or partial retelling (recalls 2/3 events)

3= incomplete map or retelling

4=incomplete map and is unable to retell the story

• RL.K.4. & RI.K.4 Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

Assessment: Use information from benchmark test