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TITLE 19EDUCATION
PART 2TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
CHAPTER 128TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR SPANISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING AND ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
SUBCHAPTER AELEMENTARY
RULE §128.2Spanish Language Arts and Reading, Kindergarten, Adopted 2017

    (A) describe personal connections to a variety of sources;

    (B) provide an oral, pictorial, or written response to a text;

    (C) use text evidence to support an appropriate response;

    (D) retell texts in ways that maintain meaning;

    (E) interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing; and

    (F) respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate.

  (7) Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--literary elements. The student recognizes and analyzes literary elements within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse literary texts. The student is expected to:

    (A) discuss topics and determine the basic theme using text evidence with adult assistance;

    (B) identify and describe the main character(s);

    (C) describe the elements of plot development, including the main events, the problem, and the resolution, for texts read aloud with adult assistance; and

    (D) describe the setting.

  (8) Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts. The student is expected to:

    (A) demonstrate knowledge of distinguishing characteristics of well-known children's literature such as folktales, fables, fairy tales, and nursery rhymes;

    (B) discuss rhyme and rhythm in nursery rhymes and a variety of poems;

    (C) discuss main characters in drama;

    (D) recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:

      (i) the central idea and supporting evidence with adult assistance;

      (ii) titles and simple graphics to gain information; and

      (iii) the steps in a sequence with adult assistance;

    (E) recognize characteristics of persuasive text with adult assistance and state what the author is trying to persuade the reader to think or do; and

    (F) recognize characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.

  (9) Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student analyzes and applies author's craft purposefully in order to develop his or her own products and performances. The student is expected to:

    (A) discuss with adult assistance the author's purpose for writing texts;

    (B) discuss with adult assistance how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;

    (C) discuss with adult assistance the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;

    (D) discuss with adult assistance how the author uses words that help the reader visualize; and

    (E) listen to and experience first- and third-person texts.

  (10) Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions. The student is expected to:

    (A) plan by generating ideas for writing through class discussions and drawings;

    (B) develop drafts in oral, pictorial, or written form by organizing ideas;

    (C) revise drafts by adding details in pictures or words;

    (D) edit drafts with adult assistance using standard Spanish conventions, including:

      (i) complete sentences;

      (ii) verbs, including the difference between ser and estar;

      (iii) singular and plural nouns, including gender-specific articles;

      (iv) adjectives, including articles;

      (v) prepositions;

      (vi) pronouns, including personal, and the difference in the use of formal pronoun usted and informal pronoun tú;

      (vii) capitalization of the first letter in a sentence and names;

      (viii) punctuation marks at the end of declarative sentences; and

      (ix) correct spelling of words with grade-appropriate orthographic patterns and rules; and

    (E) share writing.

  (11) Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful. The student is expected to:

    (A) dictate or compose literary texts, including personal narratives; and

    (B) dictate or compose informational texts.

  (12) Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes. The student is expected to:

    (A) generate questions for formal and informal inquiry with adult assistance;

    (B) develop and follow a research plan with adult assistance;

    (C) gather information from a variety of sources with adult assistance;

    (D) demonstrate understanding of information gathered with adult assistance; and

    (E) use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results.


Source Note: The provisions of this §128.2 adopted to be effective September 25, 2017, 42 TexReg 5096; amended to be effective August 1, 2019, 44 TexReg 3858

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