Kindergarten Essential Learner Outcomes and MN State Standards

Corresponds MN State Standard for Language Arts

to ELO

CFA given

RLAE K. 14

Retell stories with key details including identifying characters,

setting and major events.

December

Identify common types of text.

RLAE K.6

Name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of
each.
Read and respond to grade level reading activities.

RLAE K.3

Identify front cover, back cover and title page of a book.

September, February,
May

RLAE K.4

Identify concepts about print.

September, February,
May

RLAE K.1

September, November,
February, May

RLAE K.9

Recognize and name all upper and lowercase letters of the

alphabet.
Recognize and produce rhyming words.

RLAE K.13

Count and segment syllables.

November, February,
May

RLAE K.10

November, February,
May

RLAE K.5

Pronounce the initial, medial vowel and final sounds in three

phoneme words.
Verbally demonstrate knowledge of letter-sound correspondence
by producing primary sounds for each letter.
Read common High Frequency Words by sight.

RLAE K.7

Read and comprehend grade level texts.

September, November,
February, May

RLAE K.16

Write an opinion piece using drawing, dictating, and writing.

March

RLAE K.15

Write an informative text using drawing, dictating and writing.

January

RLAE K.17

Write a narrative about a single event.

March

RLAE K.8

Print upper and lowercase letters.

September, November,
February, May

Identify a noun and a verb.

Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun I.

Name end punctuation of a sentence such as ? and .

RLAE K.11

Write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel

sounds (phonemes).
Spell simple words using sound-letter relationships.

November, February,
May

RLAE K.2

RLAE K.12

Updated February 2014

November, February,
May

September, November,
February, May
September, November,
February, May

November, February,
May