<p> GKIDS ELA Testing Guide 1st Nine Weeks 2nd Nine Weeks 3rd Nine Weeks 4th Nine Weeks Reading Literary/ Reading Literary/ Reading Literary/ Reading Literary/ Informational Informational Informational Informational RI5 – Text Features RL1,2,3– Answer questions about a RL5 – Recognize common types of RL10/RI10 - Engage in group text, retell familiar stories. texts. readings. Reading Foundational RL6/RI6 – Name Author & RL9/RI9 - Compare/contrast RI8 – Identify reasons to support RF1a – Tracking Print Illustrator and define roles. adventures & experiences of text. RF1b,c – Spoken words represented RL7/RI7 – Describe relationships characters. by sequences of letters and spaces. between illustrations and text. RI1,2,3 – Answer questions about Reading Foundational d – Recognize and name all upper and and describe informational texts. RF4 – Read emergent-reader texts lowercase letters. Reading Foundational Reading Foundational RF2a – Recognize/produce rhyming RF2b – Count, pronounce, blend, RF2e – Add/substitute individual Writing words. segment syllables in spoken words. sounds in 1 syllable words. W5 – Respond to questions and c – Blend/segment onsets & rimes RF3c – Sight words. suggestions and add detail in writing. d – Isolate and pronounce the initial, Speaking & Listening d – Distinguish between similarly W6 - Digital tools to produce and medial vowel, and final sounds in CVC SL1,6 – Participates in collaborative spelled words by identifying the publish writing. words. conversations. sounds of the letters that differ. W7,8 – Participate in shared RF3a,b – Consonant & vowel letter research & writing projects. sounds. Language Writing W1 – Write an opinion piece Language L1a – Print many upper and lowercase Speaking & Listening W2 – Compose informational writing L4b – use inflections and affixes as a letters. SL2 – Confirm understanding of text. piece. clue to the meaning of an unknown L5a – Sort common objects SL3 – Ask & answer questions W3 – Compose a narrative writing word. SL4 – Describe familiar people, piece. places, things and events. Language Language L1f – Produce & expand complete L1b – Use nouns & verbs sentences. c – Adds s or es to words when L2a – Capitalize 1st word in a speaking. sentence & I d – Understand and use question b – Recognize & name punctuation words. c – Write a letter or letters for e – Use prepositions consonants & short-vowel sounds. L5b - Opposites d – Spell words phonetically c – Identify real life connections to L4a – Identify new meanings of words, words. </p>