Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Kindergarten ELA Activities

TX.110.2. English Language Arts and Reading, Kindergarten, Adopted 2017

K.1. Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion. The student is expected to:

K.1.B. Restate and follow oral directions that involve a short, related sequence of actions;

K.2. Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell. The student is expected to:

K.2.A. Demonstrate phonological awareness by:

K.2.A.i. Identifying and producing rhyming words.

K.2.A.iii. Identifying the individual words in a spoken sentence.

K.2.A.iv. Identifying syllables in spoken words.

K.2.A.v. Blending syllables to form multisyllabic words.

K.2.A.vi. Segmenting multisyllabic words into syllables.

K.2.A.vii. Blending spoken onsets and rimes to form simple words.

K.2.A.ix. Manipulating syllables within a multisyllabic word.

K.2.A.x. Segmenting spoken one-syllable words into individual phonemes.

K.2.B. Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by:

K.2.B.i. Identifying and matching the common sounds that letters represent.

K.2.B.ii. Using letter-sound relationships to decode, including VC, CVC, CCVC, and CVCC words.

K.2.B.iv. Identifying and reading at least 25 high-frequency words from a research-based list.

K.2.C. Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:

K.2.C.ii. Spelling words using sound-spelling patterns.

K.2.C.iii. Spelling high-frequency words from a research-based list.

K.2.D. Demonstrate print awareness by:

K.2.D.i. Identifying the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.

K.2.E. Develop handwriting by accurately forming all uppercase and lowercase letters using appropriate directionality.

K.3. Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively. The student is expected to:

K.3.C. Identify and use words that name actions; directions; positions; sequences; categories such as colors, shapes, and textures; and locations.

K.5. Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts. The student is expected to:

K.5.C. Make and confirm predictions using text features and structures with adult assistance.

K.5.E. Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society with adult assistance.

K.6. Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed. The student is expected to:

K.6.D. Retell texts in ways that maintain meaning.

K.7. Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--literary elements. The student recognizes and analyzes literary elements within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse literary texts. The student is expected to:

K.7.C. Describe the elements of plot development, including the main events, the problem, and the resolution for texts read aloud with adult assistance.

K.7.D. Describe the setting.

K.8. Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts. The student is expected to:

K.8.A. Demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes.

K.8.B. Discuss rhyme and rhythm in nursery rhymes and a variety of poems.

K.8.D. Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:

K.8.D.i. The central idea and supporting evidence with adult assistance.

K.8.D.iii. The steps in a sequence with adult assistance.

K.10. Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions. The student is expected to:

K.10.D. Edit drafts with adult assistance using standard English conventions, including:

K.10.D.i. Complete sentences.

K.10.D.iii. Singular and plural nouns.

K.10.D.vi. Pronouns, including subjective, objective, and possessive cases.

K.10.D.vii. Capitalization of the first letter in a sentence and name.

K.10.D.viii. Punctuation marks at the end of declarative sentences.

K.10.D.ix. Correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules and high-frequency words.

K.12. Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes. The student is expected to:

TX.128.2. Spanish Language Arts and Reading, Kindergarten, Adopted 2017

K.1. Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion. The student is expected to:

K.1.B. Restate and follow oral directions that involve a short, related sequence of actions.

K.2. Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell. The student is expected to:

K.2.A. Demonstrate phonological awareness by:

K.2.A.i. Identifying and producing rhyming words.

K.2.A.ii. Recognizing spoken alliteration or groups of words that begin with the same simple syllable or initial sound.

K.2.A.v. Blending syllables to form multisyllabic words.

K.2.A.vii. Identifying initial and final sounds in simple words.

K.2.B. Demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by:

K.2.B.ii. Using letter-sound relationships to decode one- and two-syllable words and multisyllabic words, including CV, VC, CCV, CVC, VCV, CVCV, CCVCV, and CVCCV.

K.2.C. Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:

K.2.C.ii. Spelling words with common syllabic patterns such as CV, VC, CCV, CVC, VCV, CVCV, CCVCV, and CVCCV.

K.2.E. Develop handwriting by accurately forming all uppercase and lowercase letters using appropriate directionality.

K.3. Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively. The student is expected to:

K.3.C. Identify and use words that name actions; directions; positions; sequences; categories such as colors, shapes, and textures; and locations.

K.6. Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed. The student is expected to:

K.6.D. Retell texts in ways that maintain meaning.

K.10. Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions. The student is expected to:

K.10.D. Edit drafts with adult assistance using standard Spanish conventions, including:

K.10.D.vii. Capitalization of the first letter in a sentence and names.