Kindergarten Reading Expectations

3. The student reads different materials for a variety of purposes.

3.1 Read to learn new information.

3.1.1 Observe and use signs, labels, and instruction.

Understand purpose for signs, labels, and instructions.

• Explain the meaning of labels and environmental print.

3.1.2 Locate and use a variety of resource materials for specific task.

Understand that a variety of texts contain information.

• Listen to and talk about information from a variety of types of informational text.

3.1.3 Select resources to answer a question or solve a problem.

Understand that resources answer questions and solve problems.

• Listen to examples of different types of text including procedural, explanation, recount, and report.

3.2 Read to perform a task.

3.2.1 Read and understand information (schedules, recipes, instructions, etc.) to perform tasks for a variety of real life purposes.

Understand how to read for information to perform a task.

• Use page numbers, title, author, illustrator, labels, caption, maps, and charts to perform a task.

3.3 Read for career application.

3.3.2 Read and interpret non-technical documents from career settings, such as memos, directories, and schedules.

Understand career through dramatic play.

• Use documents (e.g., menus, telephone directory, prescription pad) in dramatic play to develop understanding of careers.

3.4 Read for literary experience in a variety of genres.

3.4.1 Read and respond to a variety of traditional and contemporary literature (novels, folk tales, stories, myths, rhymes, poems, plays, etc.).

Understand a variety of traditional and contemporary literature.

• Listen and provide a personal response to a variety of genre (see Text Forms and Features) by drawing, performing, etc.

3.4.2 Read a variety of literature representing different cultures, perspectives, and issues.

Understand a variety of literature representing different cultures, perspectives, and issues.

• Listen to a variety of literature representing different cultures, perspectives, and issues and generate a personal response that shows understanding of those differences.

3.4.3 Understand different views of family, friendship, culture, and tradition found in literature.

Understand different views of family, friendship, culture, and tradition found in literature.

• Listen to a variety of literature representing different view of family, friendship, culture, and tradition, and generate a personal response.