Kindergarten reading and writing skills

• Reading: Literature
• Reading: Informational Text
• Reading: Foundational Skills
• Writing
• Speaking and Listening
• Language

Reading: Literature RL · 9 standards · 7 covered, 1 partly covered

• RL.K.1
  Covered

  With help, ask and answer questions about key details in a story

  • Reading · Unit 2 · Story Time: Asking and Answering Questions
  • Reading · Unit 21 · Story Detectives: Why Did It Happen?
• RL.K.2
  Covered

  With help, retell familiar stories with key details

  • Reading · Unit 2 · Story Time: Beginning, Middle and End, Retelling a Story
• RL.K.3
  Covered

  With help, name the characters, setting and major events in a story

  • Reading · Unit 2 · Story Time: Who Is in the Story?, Where Does the Story Happen?, What Happens in the Story?
• RL.K.4
  Covered

  Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a story

  • Reading · Unit 21 · Story Detectives: New Words in Stories
• RL.K.5
  Covered

  Recognize common kinds of texts, such as storybooks and poems

  • Reading · Unit 23 · Poems, Stories and Books: Is It a Poem?, Is It a Storybook?, Fact Book or Storybook?
• RL.K.6
  Covered

  Name the author and illustrator and say what each one does

  • Reading · Unit 1 · Concepts of Print: Title, Author and Illustrator
• RL.K.7
  Not covered

  Describe how the pictures relate to the story

  No lesson focuses on how illustrations connect to the story.

• RL.K.9
  Covered

  Compare the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories

  • Reading · Unit 21 · Story Detectives: Same and Different Characters
  • Reading · Unit 23 · Poems, Stories and Books: Two Stories, Same Idea
• RL.K.10
  Partly covered

  Take part in group reading of stories with purpose and understanding

  Short stories with questions in every lesson ("Read it to me" reads them aloud); there is no group reading.

  • Reading · Unit 2 · Story Time (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Reading · Unit 21 · Story Detectives (whole unit, 7 lessons)

Reading: Informational Text RI · 10 standards · 6 covered, 2 partly covered

• RI.K.1
  Covered

  With help, ask and answer questions about key details in a fact text

  • Reading · Unit 20 · Learning From Facts: Key Details, Asking Questions About Facts
• RI.K.2
  Covered

  With help, name the main topic and retell key details

  • Reading · Unit 20 · Learning From Facts: What Is It About?, Key Details
• RI.K.3
  Partly covered

  With help, describe the connection between two people, events or ideas

  Touched on in "Making Connections"; not a focus.

  • Reading · Unit 23 · Poems, Stories and Books: Making Connections
• RI.K.4
  Covered

  Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a fact text

  • Reading · Unit 20 · Learning From Facts: Words That Name Things
• RI.K.5
  Covered

  Identify the front cover, back cover and title page of a book

  • Reading · Unit 1 · Concepts of Print: Parts of a Book
• RI.K.6
  Covered

  Name the author and illustrator and say what each one does

  • Reading · Unit 1 · Concepts of Print: Title, Author and Illustrator
• RI.K.7
  Not covered

  Describe how pictures and text relate in a fact text

  Not taught as its own skill.

• RI.K.8
  Not covered

  With help, identify the reasons an author gives to support a point

  Starts in grade 1 in KidUniversity ("Reasons in a Text").

• RI.K.9
  Covered

  Find what is the same and different in two texts on the same topic

  • Reading · Unit 20 · Learning From Facts: Two Facts About One Topic
  • Reading · Unit 23 · Poems, Stories and Books: Two Fact Books, Same Topic
• RI.K.10
  Partly covered

  Take part in group reading of fact texts with purpose and understanding

  Short fact passages in lessons; there is no group reading.

  • Reading · Unit 20 · Learning From Facts (whole unit, 6 lessons)

Reading: Foundational Skills RF · 4 standards · 4 covered

• RF.K.1
  Covered

  Know how print works: left to right, spaces between words, all upper- and lowercase letters

  • Reading · Unit 1 · Concepts of Print (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Reading · Unit 4 · Letters A to E (whole unit, 5 lessons)
  • Reading · Unit 5 · Letters F to J (whole unit, 5 lessons)
  • Reading · Unit 6 · Letters K to O (whole unit, 5 lessons)
  • Reading · Unit 7 · Letters P to T (whole unit, 5 lessons)
  • Reading · Unit 8 · Letters U to Z (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Writing · Unit 2 · Spaces Between Words (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Writing · Unit 3 · Big and Small Letters (whole unit, 7 lessons)
• RF.K.2
  Covered

  Hear and play with the sounds in words: rhymes, syllables, first, middle and last sounds

  • Reading · Unit 3 · Rhymes and Syllables (whole unit, 9 lessons)
  • Reading · Unit 9 · Beginning Sounds (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Reading · Unit 11 · Ending Sounds (whole unit, 5 lessons)
  • Reading · Unit 12 · Middle Sounds (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Reading · Unit 13 · Blend It (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Reading · Unit 14 · Break It Apart (whole unit, 6 lessons)
• RF.K.3
  Covered

  Use phonics: letter sounds, short and long vowels, simple words and common sight words

  • Reading · Unit 10 · First Sight Words (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Reading · Unit 15 · More Sight Words (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Reading · Unit 16 · CVC Words With Short a and i (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Reading · Unit 17 · CVC Words With Short o, u and e (whole unit, 7 lessons)
  • Reading · Unit 18 · Word Families and Simple Sentences (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Reading · Unit 19 · Even More Sight Words (whole unit, 7 lessons)
  • Reading · Unit 22 · Long and Short Vowels (whole unit, 6 lessons)
• RF.K.4
  Covered

  Read beginning-reader texts with purpose and understanding

  • Reading · Unit 16 · CVC Words With Short a and i: Reading a and i Sentences
  • Reading · Unit 18 · Word Families and Simple Sentences: Reading Little Sentences

Writing W · 7 standards · 0 covered, 6 partly covered

• W.K.1
  Partly covered

  Draw, dictate or write an opinion with a reason

  Each step is taught (an opinion, a reason) and practiced with short answers; children don't write and hand in whole pieces in the app.

  • Writing · Unit 20 · I Like It Because (whole unit, 7 lessons)
• W.K.2
  Partly covered

  Draw, dictate or write to tell facts about a topic

  Taught step by step and practiced with short answers; no full pieces are written in the app.

  • Writing · Unit 21 · Telling Facts (whole unit, 7 lessons)
• W.K.3
  Partly covered

  Draw, dictate or write to tell about events in order

  Taught step by step and practiced with short answers; no full pieces are written in the app.

  • Writing · Unit 18 · First, Next, Last (whole unit, 7 lessons)
  • Writing · Unit 19 · Telling About Me (whole unit, 7 lessons)
• W.K.5
  Partly covered

  With help, add details to strengthen writing

  Practiced by fixing sample sentences, not the child's own writing.

  • Writing · Unit 19 · Telling About Me: Making My Story Better
  • Writing · Unit 23 · Fixing My Writing (whole unit, 7 lessons)
• W.K.6
  Not covered

  With help, use digital tools to produce and publish writing

• W.K.7
  Partly covered

  Take part in shared research and writing projects

  Lessons explain how; no shared projects happen in the app.

  • Writing · Unit 22 · Finding Out and Sharing (whole unit, 6 lessons)
• W.K.8
  Partly covered

  Recall information or gather it from sources to answer a question

  • Writing · Unit 22 · Finding Out and Sharing: Asking Questions to Learn, Where to Find Answers, Looking Closely

Speaking and Listening SL · 6 standards · 0 covered, 1 partly covered

• SL.K.1
  Not covered

  Take part in conversations with classmates and adults, following agreed rules

  Speaking and listening with others happen away from the app.

• SL.K.2
  Partly covered

  Show understanding of a text read aloud by asking and answering questions

  "Read it to me" reads lessons aloud and children answer questions; they don't ask their own.

  • Reading · Unit 2 · Story Time: Asking and Answering Questions
• SL.K.3
  Not covered

  Ask and answer questions to get help or understand

• SL.K.4
  Not covered

  Describe familiar people, places, things and events

• SL.K.5
  Not covered

  Add drawings or other visuals to descriptions

• SL.K.6
  Not covered

  Speak audibly and express ideas clearly

Language L · 5 standards · 3 covered, 2 partly covered

• L.K.1
  Covered

  Use basic grammar: nouns, verbs, plurals, question words, position words, complete sentences

  Printing letters by hand is not practiced in the app.

  • Writing · Unit 1 · What Is a Sentence? (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Writing · Unit 12 · Naming Words (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Writing · Unit 13 · Action Words (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Writing · Unit 14 · One and More Than One (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Writing · Unit 15 · Question Words (whole unit, 7 lessons)
  • Writing · Unit 17 · Where Is It? (whole unit, 6 lessons)
• L.K.2
  Covered

  Capitalize the first word and "I", use end marks and spell simple words by their sounds

  • Writing · Unit 5 · Capital Letters Start Sentences (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Writing · Unit 6 · The Word I and Names (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Writing · Unit 7 · Periods (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Writing · Unit 8 · Question Marks (whole unit, 6 lessons)
  • Writing · Unit 9 · Spelling Short a and i Words (whole unit, 7 lessons)
  • Writing · Unit 10 · Spelling Short o, u and e Words (whole unit, 7 lessons)
• L.K.4
  Partly covered

  Figure out new meanings of familiar words and use simple word endings as clues

  • Reading · Unit 21 · Story Detectives: New Words in Stories
  • Writing · Unit 14 · One and More Than One: Add -s for More
• L.K.5
  Covered

  Sort words into categories, know opposites and connect words to real life

  • Writing · Unit 12 · Naming Words: Sorting Naming Words
  • Writing · Unit 13 · Action Words: The Best Action Word
  • Writing · Unit 16 · Describing Words: Opposites
• L.K.6
  Partly covered

  Use words learned through conversations, reading and being read to

  New words are taught; using them in speech isn't something the app can check.

  • Writing · Unit 11 · Sight Words in Sentences (whole unit, 7 lessons)
  • Writing · Unit 16 · Describing Words (whole unit, 7 lessons)

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