Reading Informational Text 1 (Key Ideas & Details)

Kindergarten

With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

• Music: Listen to a song and answer questions about key details in the text. Informational text can be found in songs related to historical events or a variety of songs-that-teach.
• Music, Art, Dance, and Drama: Discuss texts about musicians, artists, dancers, actors, musical works, works of art, dances, plays, movies, and/or artistic processes (e.g. how to play a musical instrument, how to create with various art media, how to perform specific dances, how to create props or sets). 

First Grade
Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

• Music: Listen to a song, follow the lyrics, and answer questions about key details in the text. Informational text can be found in songs related to historical events or a variety of songs-that-teach.
• Music, Art, Dance, and Drama: Discuss texts about musicians, artists, dancers, actors, musical works, works of art, dances, plays, movies, and/or artistic processes (e.g. how to play a musical instrument, how to create with various art media, how to perform specific dances, how to create props or sets). 

Second Grade

Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

• Music: Listen to a song, follow the lyrics, and answer questions about key details in the text. Informational text can be found in songs related to historical events or a variety of songs-that-teach.
• Music, Art, Dance, and Drama: Discuss texts about musicians, artists, dancers, actors, musical works, works of art, dances, plays, movies, and/or artistic processes (e.g. how to play a musical instrument, how to create with various art media, how to perform specific dances, how to create props or sets). 

Third Grade
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

• Music: Listen to a song, follow the lyrics, and answer questions about key details in the text. Informational text can be found in songs related to historical events or a variety of songs-that-teach.
• Music, Art, Dance, and Drama: Discuss texts about musicians, artists, dancers, actors, musical works, works of art, dances, plays, movies, and/or artistic processes (e.g. how to play a musical instrument, how to create with various art media, how to perform specific dances, how to create props or sets). 

Fourth Grade

Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

• Music: Listen to a song, follow the lyrics, and answer questions about key details in the text. Informational text can be found in songs related to historical events or a variety of songs-that-teach.
• Music, Art, Dance, and Drama: Discuss texts about musicians, artists, dancers, actors, musical works, works of art, dances, plays, movies, and/or artistic processes (e.g. how to play a musical instrument, how to create with various art media, how to perform specific dances, how to create props or sets). 

Fifth Grade
Quote accurately from a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

• Music: Listen to a song, follow the lyrics, and answer questions about key details in the text. Informational text can be found in songs related to historical events or a variety of songs-that-teach.
• Music, Art, Dance, and Drama: Discuss texts about musicians, artists, dancers, actors, musical works, works of art, dances, plays, movies, and/or artistic processes (e.g. how to play a musical instrument, how to create with various art media, how to perform specific dances, how to create props or sets). 

Sixth Grade
Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

• Music: Listen to a song, follow the lyrics, and answer questions about key details in the text. Informational text can be found in songs related to historical events or a variety of songs-that-teach.
• Music, Art, Dance, and Drama: Discuss texts about musicians, artists, dancers, actors, musical works, works of art, dances, plays, movies, and/or artistic processes (e.g. how to play a musical instrument, how to create with various art media, how to perform specific dances, how to create props or sets).