Standard: K.RI.3 – With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
Grade level: Kindergarten
Subject: English Language Arts
Domain: Reading: Informational Text
Teacher Overview
This standard focuses on helping kindergarten students understand and describe connections between individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text. This foundational skill is crucial for developing comprehension and critical thinking abilities, as it encourages students to see relationships and patterns in what they read. Students should be familiar with basic storytelling elements and have some experience with listening to and discussing simple stories and informational texts. This background will help them understand how different parts of a text can be connected.
After mastering this standard, students will be able to compare and contrast information from different texts, understand cause-and-effect relationships, and analyze how different elements within a text contribute to the overall meaning.
Common Misconception 1
A common misconception is that connections can only be made between similar types of information, such as only between two characters or two events. This is incorrect because connections can be made between different types of information, such as a character and an event, or an idea and a piece of information.
Intervention 1
To address this misconception, provide diverse examples that show how connections can be made between different types of information. Use activities that require students to identify and describe connections between various elements within a text.
Common Misconception 2
Another misconception is that connections are always explicitly stated in the text. This is not true, as many connections need to be inferred using context clues and prior knowledge.
Intervention 2
To remediate this misconception, teach students to infer connections by using context clues and prior knowledge. Practice this skill through guided reading sessions where students are encouraged to make inferences about connections.
Prerequisite Knowledge
Students should be familiar with basic storytelling elements, such as characters, settings, and events. They should also have experience listening to and discussing simple stories and informational texts.
Subsequent Knowledge
Students will develop the ability to compare and contrast information from different texts, understand cause-and-effect relationships, and analyze how different elements within a text contribute to the overall meaning.
Instructional Activities
- Read a simple story and ask students to describe how two characters are connected.
- Create a timeline of events from a historical text and discuss the sequence.
- Have students draw pictures of two related ideas or events from a text and explain the connection.
- Use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast two pieces of information from an informational text.
- Conduct a class discussion where students share personal experiences related to a topic in a text.
