Informational Writing CCCs

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Grade K

Progress Indicator: E.WI.a generating ideas using a range of responses (e.g., discussion, dictation, drawing, letters/invented spelling, writing), when responding to a topic, text, or stimulus (e.g., event, photo, etc.)

Core Content Connectors: K

CCSS Anchor Standards

Common Core State Standard

K.WI.a1 Describe familiar people, places, things, and/or events orally or in writing.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas SL4. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

SL.K.4 Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

K.WI.a2 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences to answer a question.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge W8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.

W.K.8 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

Progress Indicator: E.WI.b describing information about a topic or text using drawings with details, written words (e.g., labels, names), and fact statements (e.g., "Spiders make webs") and 'reading back' what they have written

Core Content Connectors: K

CCSS Anchor Standards

Common Core State Standard

K.WI.b1 With prompting and support, provide additional details to the description or drawings of familiar people, places, things, and/or events.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas SL4. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

SL.K.4 Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

K.WI.b2 With prompting and support, create a permanent product (e.g., select/generate responses to form paragraph/essay) that contains a main topic and details about an informational topic.

Text Types and Purposes W2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

W.K.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.

Progress Indicator: E.WI.c representing facts and descriptions through a combination of illustrations, captions, and simple sentences that often connect two clauses; applying basic capitalization and end punctuation

Core Content Connectors: K

CCSS Anchor Standards

Common Core State Standard

K.WI.c1 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and/or writing in response to a topic, text, or stimulus (e.g., event, photo, etc.).

Text Types and Purposes W2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

W.K.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.

Progress Indicator: E.WI.d with support, using various information retrieval sources (e.g., word wall, book talks, visuals/images, Internet) to obtain facts and compose information on a topic

Core Content Connectors: K

CCSS Anchor Standards

Common Core State Standard

K.WI.d1 Identify various sources (e.g., library books, magazines, Internet) that can be used to gather information or to answer questions (e.g., how do we find out).

Research to Build and Present Knowledge W8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.

W.K.8 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

K.WI.d2 Use provided illustrations or visual displays to gain information on a topic.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge W8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.

W.K.8 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

K.WI.d3 With guidance and support from adults, gather information from provided sources (e.g., highlight, quote or paraphrase from source) to answer a question.

Research to Build and Present Knowledge W8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.

W.K.8 With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.

K.WI.d4 Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of books by a favorite author and express opinions about them).

Research to Build and Present Knowledge W7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

W.K.7 Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of books by a favorite author and express opinions about them).

Progress Indicator: E.WI.e with support, using simple note-taking strategies to record and group facts (e.g., numbering, T-chart, graphic organizer) to plan writing

Core Content Connectors: K

CCSS Anchor Standards

Common Core State Standard

No CCCs were written at this grade level for this PI.

Progress Indicator: E.WI.f selecting and ordering fact statements, using domain-specific vocabulary to describe a sequence of events or to explain a procedure (e.g., list necessary materials and tell steps in logical order)

Core Content Connectors: K

CCSS Anchor Standards

Common Core State Standard

No CCCs were written at this grade level for this PI.

Progress Indicator: E.WI.g presenting factual information describing subtopics of larger topics using sentences in somewhat random order (e.g., listing fact statements rather than connecting or relating ideas)

Core Content Connectors: K

CCSS Anchor Standards

Common Core State Standard

K.WI.g1 Present orally or in writing, factual information of familiar people, places, things, and/or events.

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas SL4. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

SL.K.4 Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Progress Indicator: E.WI.h organizing factual information about subtopics of larger topics using relevant details in several related sentences

Core Content Connectors: K

CCSS Anchor Standards

Common Core State Standard

K.WI.h1 Organize information on a topic that includes more than one piece of relevant content.

Text Types and Purposes W2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

W.K.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.

Progress Indicator: E.WI.i with support, revising by adding concrete details, descriptions, and concluding statement/closure; editing using grade appropriate grammar, usage, spelling (e.g., high frequency words), and mechanics

Core Content Connectors: K

CCSS Anchor Standards

Common Core State Standard

K.WI.i1 With guidance and support, use feedback on a topic (e.g., additional text, drawings, visual displays, labels) to strengthen informational writing.

Production and Distribution of Writing W5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.

W.K.5 With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.