Common Core: Kindergarten English Language Arts Practice Tests

Practice Tests

Topics

• Reading: Literature

  • Ask and Answer Questions About Key Details in a Text: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1

  • Identify Characters, Settings, and Major Events in a Story: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3

  • Ask and Answer Questions About Unknown Words in a Text: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4

  • Recognize Common Types of Texts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.5

  • Name the Author and Illustrator of a Story and Define the Role of Each in Telling the Story: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6

• Reading: Informational Text

  • Ask and Answer Questions About Key Details in a Text: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.1

  • Identify the Main Topic and Retell Key Details of a Text: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.2

  • Describe the Connection Between Two Individuals, Events, Ideas, or Pieces of Information: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.3

  • Ask and Answer Questions About Unknown Words in a Text: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.4

  • Name the Author and Illustrator of a Text and Define the Role of Each in Presenting the Ideas or Information in a Text: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.6

  • Identify the Reasons an Author Gives to Support Points in a Text: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.8

  • Identify Basic Similarities in and Differences Between Two Texts on the Same Topic: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.9

• Language

  • Use Conventions of Standard English Grammar and Usage When Writing or Speaking: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1

    • Use Frequently Occurring Nouns and Verbs.: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1. B

    • Form Regular Plural Nouns Orally by Adding /s/ or /es/: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1. C

    • Understand and Use Question Words (Interrogatives): CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1. D

    • Use the Most Frequently Occurring Prepositions: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.1. E

  • Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2

    • Capitalize the First Word in a Sentence and the Pronoun I: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2.A

    • Recognize and Name End Punctuation: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.2.B

  • Determine the Meaning of Unknown and Multiple-Meaning Words and Phrases: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.4

    • Identify New Meanings for Familiar Words.:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.4.A

    • Use the Most Frequently Occurring Inflections and Affixes: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.4.B

  • Explore Word Relationships and Nuances in Word Meanings: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5

    • Sort Common Objects into Categories: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.A

    • Relate Verbs and Adjectives to Their Opposites: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.B

    • Identify Real-Life Connections Between Words and Their Use: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.C

• Reading

  • Key Ideas and Details

    • Find Connections

    • Identify Setting, Main Idea, and Characters

    • Identify Key Details

  • Craft and Structure

    • Understand Unknown Vocabulary

    • Recognize Common Types of Texts

    • Understand Author and Illustrator

  • Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

    • Compare and Contrast

    • Identify Supporting Details