Core Content Connectors by Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts-Language Reading Standards for Informational Text Grades K-2

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College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading

1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

Reading Standards for Informational Text

Kindergarten students:	Grade 1 students:	Grade 2 students:
1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.	1. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.	1. Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
CCCs
K.RI.d1 With prompting and support, answer questions about key details in a text.	1.RI.d1 Answer questions about key details in a text read, read aloud, or viewed.	2.RI.d1 Answer who, what, where, when, why, and how, questions from informational text.

Kindergarten students:	Grade 1 students:	Grade 2 students:
2. With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.	2. Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.	2. Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
CCCs
K.HD.d3 Discuss key details and main topic of a preferred text.	1.HD.d5 Discuss key details and main topic of a preferred text.	2.RI.d2 Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph informational text.
K.RI.d2 With prompting and support identify the main topic.	1.RI.d2 Identify the main topic of an informational text.	2.RI.d3 Identify the focus of a paragraph and the details that support the focus in an informational text.
K.RI.d3 With prompting and support, retell/identify key details in a text.	1.RI.d3 Retell/identify key details in an informational text.

Kindergarten students:	Grade 1 students:	Grade 2 students:
3. With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.	3. Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.	3. Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
CCCs
K.RI.f1 With prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information.	1.RI.f1 Describe the connection between two individuals, events, or pieces of information in a text.	2.RI.f2 Identify the sequence of events in an informational text.
		2.RI.f3 Identify the steps in a process in an informational text.
		2.RI.f4 Identify the cause and effect relationships in an informational text.

Craft and Structure

4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.

Reading Standards for Informational Text

Kindergarten students:	Grade 1 students:	Grade 2 students:
4. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.	4. Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.	4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
CCCs
K.RWL.a1 Ask questions about unknown words in a text.	1.RWL.a1 Ask questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words in a text.	2.RWL.e6 Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area.
K.RWL.a2 Answer questions about unknown words in a text.	1.RWL.a2 Answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words in a text.
	1.RWL.a3 Ask questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of phrases in a text.
	1.RWL.a4 Answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of phrases in a text.

Kindergarten students:	Grade 1 students:	Grade 2 students:
5. Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.	5. Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.	5. Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
CCCs
K.RI.b2 Distinguish front of book from back of book.	1.HD.e2 Identify text features to aid comprehension.	2.RI.e1 Identify and use various text features (e.g., title, bold print, illustrations, glossaries) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
K.RI.b3 Identify the title of an informational text or the title page	1.HD.e3 Use text features to aid comprehension.
K.RL.b2 Distinguish front of book from back of book.	2.HD.e1 Identify text features to aid comprehension.
K.RL.b3 Identify the title of a story or poem or the title page.	2.HD.e2 Use text features to aid comprehension.
	1.RI.e2 Identify and use various text features (e.g., bold text, titles) to locate key facts or information in a text.

Kindergarten students:	Grade 1 students:	Grade 2 students:
6. Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.	6. Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.	6. Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
CCCs
K.RI.g1 Identify the author's purpose in an informational text.	1.RI.f3 Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.	2.RI.g1 Identify the main purpose of a text, including what question the author is answering, explaining, or describing.

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
9. Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.

Reading Standards for Informational Text

Kindergarten students:	Grade 1 students:	Grade 2 students:
7. With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).	7. Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.	7. Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.
CCCs
K.RI.c1 Identify a labeled photo or diagram or graphic from within an informational text.	1.RI.c1 Use the photos, diagrams, or graphics and details in a text to describe or identify its key ideas.	2.RI.e2 Explain or identify what specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) teach the reader to do or tell the reader.
K.RI.f2 With prompting and support, interpret the information provided in photos or diagrams or graphics and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).	2.RI.c1 Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe or identify its key ideas.

Kindergarten students:	Grade 1 students:	Grade 2 students:
8. With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.	8. Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.	8. Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.
CCCs
K.RI.g2 With prompting and support, identify the facts an author gives to support points in a text.	1. RI.g1 Identify the facts and details an author gives to support points in a text.	2. RI.g2 Identify the facts and details an author gives to support points in a text.
		2.RI.g3 Describe how facts and details support specific points the author makes in a text.

Kindergarten students:	Grade 1 students:	Grade 2 students:
9. With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).	9. Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).	9. Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
CCCs
K.RI.g3 With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., imaginary or real bear; photo versus illustration of something not real).	1.RI.g2 Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).	2.RI.f1 Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.

Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

10. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.

Reading Standards for Informational Text

Kindergarten students:	Grade 1 students:	Grade 2 students:
10. Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.	10. With prompting and support, read informational texts appropriately complex for grade 1.	10. By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding
CCCs
K.HD.b1 Choose narrative or informational text to read and reread, listen to, or view for leisure purposes.	1.HD.b2 Choose text to read and reread, listen to, or view for informational purposes (e.g., to answer questions; understand the world around them).	2.HD.b1 Choose information or narrative text to read and reread, listen to, or view for leisure purposes.
K.HD.b2 Choose text to read and reread, listen to, or view for informational purposes (e.g., to answer questions; understand the world around them).		2.HD.b2 Choose text to read and reread, listen to, or view for informational purposes (e.g., to answer questions; understand the world around them).
K.HD.c3 Engage in group reading of informational text by sharing something learned or something enjoyed.		2.HD.d4 Discuss key details and main topic of a preferred text.
1.HD.c2 Engage in group reading of informational text by sharing something learned or something enjoyed.