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Common Core ELAKindergartenReading: Literature

RL.K.10: Take Part in Group Reading

Also written as CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.10 · Cluster: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity.

All 41 Kindergarten ELA Standards

The Official Wording

Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.

Common Core State Standards, Kindergarten, Reading: Literature · Read it at the source · Checked October 14, 2026

What RL.K.10 Means in Plain English

Kindergartners take part when the class reads together: they chime in on the repeating line, follow the teacher’s pointer, predict the next page and answer afterward. For a knock-knock story, the purpose might be finding out who is at the door.

Joining in is not the same as understanding, so every shared reading starts with a reason to listen and ends with a check on it. In 1st grade children read stories and poems at their level themselves, with help where needed (RL.1.10).

RL.K.10 I Can Statements

  • I can read along with my class.
  • I can listen for the reason we are reading.
  • I can say the repeating part with everyone.

RL.K.10 Worked Example

A repeating story built for reading aloud together, and two answers from children who joined in.

Read the Story
Who is at the door? Knock, knock, knock!Is it the fox? No, not the fox.Is it the goose? No, not the goose.It’s Grandma, with soup for everyone!
A short passage written for this page.
Question: We read to find out who was at the door. Who was it, and which part did you say with the class?
Not Yet“I said knock, knock, knock!”The child joined in, which matters, but read along without the purpose. Who was at the door is missing.
Meets the Standard“It was Grandma, and she brought soup. I said ‘No, not the fox’ and ‘No, not the goose’ with everybody.”It answers the question the class read for and shows the child followed the repeating lines.
Question Stems to Use
Today we are reading to find out…Say it with me:What do you think comes next?Were you right?So who was at the door?

Common Mistakes with RL.K.10

Chanting along without listening

Every child shouts “Knock, knock, knock!” and nobody can say who was at the door

Try this: State the reason for reading before page one, and come back to it the moment the book closes.

The same few voices every time

Three children answer every question while the rest of the rug watches

Try this: Use turn-and-talk with a partner for each question so every child says an answer before anyone shares with the group.

Print the children can’t see

A regular-size book held up for 22 children, so following the words is impossible

Try this: Use a big book, a chart or the screen, and sweep a pointer under each word as the class reads.

Where RL.K.10 Fits

Comes BeforeSL.K.1Follow the rules for talking in a group, like listening and taking turns.
AlongsideRI.K.10Join in when the class reads an informational book together.RF.K.1Follow the words left to right, top to bottom and page by page.
Comes NextRL.1.10Read stories and poems at a 1st-grade level, with help where needed.

Practice RL.K.10

Quick Check

  1. Who was at the door?
  2. Which two animals were not at the door?
  3. What sound does everyone make at the door in the first line?

RL.K.10: Other Names

RL.K.10CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.10

Common Core State Standards © Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved. Official wording from the Common Core State Standards PDFs at corestandards.org, last checked October 14, 2026. The explanation, I can statements, example, mistakes and practice on this page are EMStudio’s own, written beside the official wording. They are not part of the standard.