What does a student learn in StateTexas,GradeKindergarten,SubjectEnglish Language Arts?

The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.

The student demonstrates phonological awareness by hearing, blending, segmenting, and manipulating sounds in spoken words.

The student uses a variety of strategies to develop and expand vocabulary, drawing on context, word parts, and reference sources to confirm meaning.

The student develops handwriting and print awareness by tracking text from left to right and forming legible letters and words.

The student establishes purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts.

The student generates questions about the text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information.

The student makes and corrects or confirms predictions using the structures and elements of a text.

The student makes connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society.

The student makes inferences and uses evidence to support understanding.

The student summarizes and paraphrases texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order.

The student synthesizes information from multiple sources to create new understanding.

The student monitors comprehension and makes adjustments by rereading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down.

The student describes personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts.

The student writes responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing and contrasting sources.

The student uses text evidence to support an appropriate response.

The student retells, paraphrases, or summarizes texts in ways that maintain meaning.

The student interacts with sources in meaningful ways, such as note-taking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating.

The student recognizes and analyzes literary elements within a variety of texts.

The student analyzes the form and structure of texts, including how genre conventions shape meaning.

The student recognizes characteristics and structures of informational, argumentative, and literary texts.

The student analyzes the author's choices and how they influence and communicate meaning to particular audiences.

The student analyzes the use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes.

The student analyzes word choice, including connotation and denotation, and the use of imagery and figurative language.

The student analyzes how the use of literary devices shapes the reader's experience of a text.

The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.

The student plans a first draft by selecting a genre for a particular topic, purpose, and audience.

The student develops drafts into focused, structured, and coherent pieces of writing.

The student revises drafts to improve clarity, development, organization, style, and word choice.

The student edits drafts using standard English conventions, including grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

The student publishes written work for appropriate audiences.

The student composes literary texts such as personal narratives and poetry using genre characteristics and craft.

The student composes informational texts using genre characteristics and craft.

The student composes argumentative texts using genre characteristics and craft.

The student composes correspondence in a clear and concise manner that is appropriate for the audience and purpose.

The student generates and clarifies questions on a topic for formal and informal inquiry.

The student develops and follows a research plan with adult assistance and gathers relevant sources.

The student identifies and gathers relevant information from a variety of sources.

The student differentiates between primary and secondary sources and evaluates the credibility of each.

The student demonstrates understanding of information gathered through synthesis and citation.