Reading Standards for Literature (K-5)

• Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson. (RL 1.2)
• Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. (RL 2.2)

Speaking and Listening Standards (K-5)

• Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media. (SL 1.2)
• Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media. (SL 2.2)

Discussion Questions

• What differences do you see in the standards from one grade to the next?
• How would you modify this Grade 1 lesson if you wanted to use it with Grade 2 students?