DRAFT
Common Core Standards for Literature: K-5
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Cooperative Children’s Book Center
School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
In mapping K-5 literature to the common core standard strands, we have begun by identifying what
literary qualities or responses to literature are emphasized in each standard. This is the starting point for
mapping individual trade books to the standards.
Literature and Informational Text Standards
Key Ideas and Details
Books that can be used to encourage:
1. Questioning (Ask and answer questions about text)
2. Retelling/summarizing/Identifying main idea(s) and key details
3. Describing character development, setting/Identifying major events/ideas and relationships
between / among them
Craft and Structure
Books that have strong:
4. Vocabulary/word choice/sensory words/figurative language
Books that can be used to emphasize:
5. Genre Differentiation, Sequencing, Prediction, Cause & Effect
Books that can be used to examine:
6. Point of View
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Books that can be used to emphasize:
7. Main idea and supporting details (from both illustrations and text)
Books that can be used to identify:
8. How reason and evidence are used to support main idea (Informational Texts only)
Books that invite readers to:
9. Compare and contrast (experiences of individual characters; versions of the same story/events
or subjects)
Range of Reading/Level of Text Complexity
Books that allow readers to demonstrate:
10. Inferencing/Comprehension
Foundational Skills
Refer to CCBC’s “Books for Beginning Readers” bibliographies