What is an TEKS expectation for kindergarten students regarding visual and electronic media?

• A. Distinguishing between visual and auditory media sources
• B. Analyzing the credibility of online sources
• C. Creating a multimedia presentation with audio and video
• D. Evaluating the author’s purpose in a text

Answer: (A)

The main idea being tested is how early readers recognize different ways information is conveyed through media. For kindergarten, the TEKS expectation focuses on distinguishing between visual media, like pictures and slides that convey meaning through imagery, and auditory media, like spoken words, music, or narration that you hear. This foundational skill helps young students understand that messages can come from what they see or what they hear, and it lays the groundwork for more complex media literacy later on.

This is why recognizing the difference between visual and auditory sources is the best fit. The other options require skills that typically develop in later grades: judging the credibility of online sources involves evaluating trust and reliability, creating a multimedia presentation with audio and video is a production task beyond kindergarten, and evaluating an author’s purpose is a reading-comprehension skill tied to analyzing text, not basic media recognition.