Kindergarten - Gateway 2

Texts are organized around a cohesive topic(s) to build students’ ability to read and comprehend complex texts independently and proficiently.

Materials require students to analyze the key ideas, details, craft, and structure within individual texts as well as across multiple texts using coherently sequenced, high-quality questions and tasks.

Materials require students to analyze the integration of knowledge within individual texts as well as across multiple texts using coherently sequenced, high-quality text-specific and/or text-dependent questions and tasks.

Culminating tasks require students to demonstrate their knowledge of a unit's topic(s) through integrated literacy skills (e.g., a combination of reading, writing, speaking, listening).

Materials include a cohesive, year-long plan for students to achieve grade-level writing proficiency by the end of the school year.

Materials include a progression of research skills that guide shared research and writing projects to develop students' knowledge using multiple texts and source materials.

Materials spend the majority of instructional time on content that falls within grade-level aligned instruction, practice, and assessments.

Materials regularly and systematically balance time and resources required for following the suggested implementation, as well as information for alternative implementations that maintain alignment and intent of the standards.