Literacy Framework

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Guiding Principles of Literacy Instruction:

Literacy propels independent thinking, reading, writing, speaking, listening, and new literacies.
Standards-based and disciplinary literacy instruction accelerate student gains.
Literacy is a fundamental part of instruction in all disciplines.
Teachers as adaptive experts have the most impact on student learning.
Evidence-based instructional approaches transform an emergent reader into a skilled reader and a lifelong learner.
Administrators are change agents and have the power to create and to support a culture of literacy.

Standard	Grade	Area	Description
K.SL.2.1	Kindergarten	Speaking and Listening	Participate in collaborative conversations about grade-appropriate topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
K.RV.3.2	Kindergarten	Reading Vocabulary	With support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a nonfiction text.
K.RV.3.1	Kindergarten	Reading Vocabulary	With support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in stories, poems, or songs.
K.RV.2.4	Kindergarten	Reading Vocabulary	Recognize frequently occurring inflections (e.g., look, looks).
K.RV.2.2	Kindergarten	Reading Vocabulary	Identify and sort pictures of objects into categories (e.g., colors, shapes, opposites).
K.RN.4.2	Kindergarten	Reading Nonfiction	With support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic.
K.RN.4.1	Kindergarten	Reading Nonfiction	With support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text
K.RN.3.2	Kindergarten	Reading Nonfiction	Recognize that a nonfiction text can be structured to describe a topic.
K.RN.3.1	Kindergarten	Reading Nonfiction	Identify text features of a nonfiction text (e.g., title, author, illustrations) and describe the relationship between those features and the text in which they appear.
K.RN.2.3	Kindergarten	Reading Nonfiction	With support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.

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