Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts
Kindergarten–Grade 5
Reading: Literature
Kindergarten
Key Ideas and Details
RL.K.1
With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.K.2
With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
RL.K.3
With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RL.K.7
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
RL.K.9
With prompting and support, compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in familiar stories.
Grade 1
Key Ideas and Details
RL.1.1
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.1.2
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
RL.1.3
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RL.1.7
Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
RL.1.9
Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.
Grade 2
Key Ideas and Details
RL.2.1
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
RL.2.2
Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.2.3
Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RL.2.7
Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
RL.2.9
Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g., Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures.
Ohio English Language Arts Standards (2001)
Research Standard
Benchmarks (K–2)
A.
Generate questions for investigation and gather information from a variety of sources.
B.
Retell important details and findings.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade Prekindergarten)
2.
Use a variety of resources to gather information with assistance.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade Kindergarten)
2.
Use books or observations to gather information, with teacher assistance, to explain a topic or unit of study.
3.
Recall information about a topic, with teacher assistance.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 1)
2.
Utilize appropriate searching techniques to gather information, with teacher assistance, from a variety of locations (e.g., classroom, school library, public library or community resources).
3.
Use books or observations to gather information to explain a topic or unit of study with teacher assistance.
4.
Recall important information about a topic with teacher assistance.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 2)
3.
Acquire information, with teacher assistance, from multiple sources (e.g., books, magazines, videotapes, CD-ROMs, Web sites) and collect data (e.g., interviews, experiments, observations or surveys) about the topic.
4.
Identify important information and write brief notes about the information.
5.
Sort relevant information about the topic into categories with teacher assistance.