Grade K Common Core

I Can Statements…I Can Statements…

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KindergartenCommon Core…

The Next Generation Strand: Reading:

Literature

RL.K.1 – K.10

2

I can ask at least one question about the story.

RL.K.1

3

I can answer at least one question about the story.

RL.K.1

4

I can retell a story I know.

RL.K.2

5

I can name the characters in a story.

RL.K.3

6

I can name the setting in a story.

RL.K.3

7

I can name the important parts in a story.

RL.K.3

8

I can name the characters, settings, and

important parts in a story.

RL.K.3

9

I can ask questions about words I don’t

know in a story.

RL.K.4

10

I can answer questions about words I don’t

know in a story.

RL.K.4

11

I can tell when words are a poem.

RL.K.5

12

I can tell when words are a story.

RL.K.5

13

I can tell when words are a fairy tale.

RL.K.5

14

I can tell when words are a

nursery rhyme.

RL.K.5

15

I can tell who the author is and what he/she does.

RL.K.6

16

I can tell who the illustrator is and what

he/she does.

RL.K.6

17

I can use the pictures to help me

understand the story.

RL.K.7

18

I can identify the characters in the story.

RL.K.9

19

I can tell how the characters are the same.

RL.K.9

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I can tell how the characters are different.

RL.K.9

21

I can learn by listening to a story.

RL.K.10

22

I can talk about what I learned in a story.

RL.K.10

23

KindergartenCommon Core…

The Next Generation Strand: Reading: Informational Text

RI.K.1 – K.10

24

I can ask questions about details in a text.

RI.K.1

25

I can answer questions about details in a text.

RI.K.1

26

I can tell important details.

RI.K.1

27

I can tell what the text is mostly about.

RI.K.2

28

I can retell key details from a text.

RI.K.2

29

I can tell how two people are alike/connected.

RI.K.3

30

I can tell how two events are alike/connected.

RI.K.3

31

I can tell how two ideas are alike/connected.

RI.K.3

32

I can tell how two facts are alike/connected.

RI.K.3

33

I can identify words I don’t know.

RI.K.4

34

I can ask questions about words I don’t know.

RI.K.4

35

I can answer questions about words I don’t know.

RI.K.4

36

I can use picture clues to help with words

I don’t know.

RI.K.4

37

I can point to the front cover of a book.

RI.K.5

38

I can point to the back cover of a book.

RI.K.5

39

I can point to the title page of a book.

RI.K.5

40

I can name the author and what he/she does

in the text.

RI.K.6

41

I can name the illustrator and what he/she does

in the text.

RI.K.6

42

I can point to the illustrations in the text.

RI.K.7

43

I can describe how the illustrations help

me understand the text.

RI.K.7

44

I can tell some important things the author wanted

me to learn.

RI.K.8

45

I can tell how the words the author used

helped me understand.

RI.K.8

46

I can tell how two texts are the same or different.

RI.K.9

47

I can listen to a text and tell what happened.

RI.K.10

48

I can listen to a text for a particular reason.

RI.K.10

49

Kindergarten Common Core…The Next Generation

Strand: Reading Foundations

RF.K.1-K.4

50

I can follow words left to right in a book.

RF.K.1

51

I can show spaces between words in a book.

RF.K.1

52

I can show and name all letters of the

alphabet in a book.

RF.K.1

53

I can follow words top to bottom and know when to turn the page in a book.

RF.K.1

54

I can show words I say in a book.

RF.K.1

55

I can hear and say rhyming words.

RF.K.2

56

I can take words apart and blend them together in many different ways.

RF.K.2

57

I can add or change sounds to make new

words.

RF.K.2

58

I can count sounds in a word.

RF.K.2

59

I can say the sounds in words.

RF.K.3

60

I can say the long and short sounds for the five vowels.

RF.K.3

61

I can read kindergarten high frequency words.

RF.K.3

62

I can look at words and see how they are the

same or different.

RF.K.3

63

I can think about what I read.

RF.K.4

64

I can tell why I read different kinds of books.

RF.K.4

65

I can understand what I read.

RF.K.4

66

KindergartenCommon Core…

The Next Generation Strand: Writing

W.K.1- K.8

67

I can write what I think and why I think that.

W.K.1

68

I can write about the information I

heard or read.

W.K.2

69

I can write about events that happened first, next,

and last.

W.K.3

70

I can use suggestions to add details to make

my writing better.

W.K.5

71

I can use digital tools to help write a story.

W.K.6

72

I can write with my class about

something we learned.

W.K.7

73

I can write an answer to a question with help from an adult.

W.K.7

74

KindergartenCommon Core…

The Next Generation Strand: Speaking and

Listening

SL. K.1-K.6

75

I can take turns speaking.

SL.K.1

76

I can take turns listening.

SL.K.1

77

I can add something to what others say.

SL.K.1

78

I can ask questions about what I see.

SL.K.2

79

I can ask questions about what I hear.

SL.K.2

80

I can answer questions about what I read.

SL.K.2

81

I can answer questions about what I hear.

SL.K.2

82

I can ask questions.

SL.K.3

83

I can answer questions.

SL.K.3

84

I can tell about something I know.

SL.K.4

85

I can add details about something I know.

SL.K.4

86

I can make my pictures match what I say.

SL.K.5

87

I can speak so others hear me.

SL.K.6

88

I can tell my thoughts clearly.

SL.K.6

89

I can tell my feelings clearly.

SL.K.6

90

I can tell my ideas clearly.

SL.K.6

91

KindergartenCommon Core…

The Next Generation Strand: Language

L-K.1 – L-K.6

92

I can write all my upper-case and

lower-case letters.

L-K.1

93

I can tell about people in my writing or speaking.

L-K.1

94

I can tell about places in my writing or speaking.

L-K.1

95

I can tell about things in my writing or speaking.

L-K.1

96

I can use action words in my writing or speaking.

L-K.1

97

I can add /s/ or /es/ to show more than one when writing.

L-K.1

98

I can add /s/ to show more than

one when speaking.

L-K.1

99

I can ask questions in my writing or speaking.

L-K.1

100

I can add words to a sentence to make it clearer.

L-K.1

101

I can add words to a sentence to

make it clearer.

L-K.1

102

I can start my sentence with a capital letter.

L-K.2

103

I can write the word “I” correctly in my writing.

L-K.2

104

I can write the sounds I hear in words.

L-K.2

105

I can spell words.

L-K.2

106

I can tell more than one meaning for a word.

L-K.4

107

I can use words that have more than one

meaning correctly.

L-K.4

108

I can use the beginning and ending of words to figure out what a word means.

L-K.4

109

I can use words to explain how I made groups.

L-K.5

110

I can say an action word and the opposite.

L-K.5

111

I can say a describing word and the opposite.

L-K.5

112

I can identify differences between words that mean

almost the same thing.

L-K.5

113

I can learn new words by talking to others.

L-K.6

114

I can learn new words by reading books.

L-K.6

115

I can learn new words from others

reading to me.

L-K.6

116

I can use my new words when I talk and write.

L-K.6

117

Grade K Common Core State Standards

North Dakota

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