Kindergarten Reading and Writing
*Ask and answer questions about details in a book
*Retell stories in your own words
*Identify the characters, settings, and main idea of a book
*Ask about unknown words in a book
*Read poetry, nursery rhymes, signs, environmental print, names, books, and various types of print
*Name the author and illustrator and explain what they do
*Show how the pictures and the print match
*Participate in a reading group
*Describe how two different books talk about the same topic
*Follow words from left to right and page by page
*Use letters to make words
*Know the difference between a letter, word, and a sentence
*Recognize every uppercase and lowercase letter and the sound that it makes
*Listen for rhyming words
*Recognize words by sight (the, is, I, me,)
*Use drawing, dictating to an adult, and writing to tell your own story
*Ask and answer questions about details in a book
*Retell stories in your own words
*Identify the characters, settings, and main idea of a book
*Ask about unknown words in a book
*Read poetry, nursery rhymes, signs, environmental print, names, books, and various types of print
*Name the author and illustrator and explain what they do
*Show how the pictures and the print match
*Participate in a reading group
*Describe how two different books talk about the same topic
*Follow words from left to right and page by page
*Use letters to make words
*Know the difference between a letter, word, and a sentence
*Recognize every uppercase and lowercase letter and the sound that it makes
*Listen for rhyming words
*Recognize words by sight (the, is, I, me,)
*Use drawing, dictating to an adult, and writing to tell your own story