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Scope and Sequence ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Kindergarten ELA Scope and Sequence (CCSS with Sample Activities) Domain Reading: Literature (RL)
Standards
Time Frame
Sample Activities Use puppets to retell familiar fairy tales; “who/what/where” story mats; group readaloud discussions. “Word detectives” (highlight new words in big books); picture walk before reading; draw a favorite illustration. Venn diagram of two characters; echo reading in small groups. Read a nonfiction book about animals and chart “what we learned”; connect cause/effect in life cycles.
K.RL.1– K.RL.3
Ask/answer questions, retell stories, identify characters/settings/events.
Q1–Q4
K.RL.4– K.RL.7
Vocabulary, author/illustrator, illustrations in texts.
Q1–Q4
K.RL.9– K.RL.10
Compare characters and join group reading.
Q3–Q4
Ask/answer questions, identify main topic, connect events/ideas.
Q1–Q4
Vocabulary, text features, illustrations for ideas.
Q1–Q4 Label, “find the title page” scavenger hunt.
Reading: K.RI.1– Informational Text K.RI.3 (RI) K.RI.4– K.RI.7 K.RI.8– K.RI.9 Reading: Foundational Skills K.RF.1 (RF) UGARIT Publishing
Instructional Focus
Read two books on the same animal and Author’s reasons, compare two texts on Q3–Q4 compare facts; circle author’s opinion a topic. statements. Print concepts (direction, spacing, letters Point while reading big books; sentence strips Q1–Q2 vs. words). with spaces marked.