Common Core Standards
Writing, Kindergarten
Writing W.K.2
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
No, your little ones don't need to dig through the archives at the local library. This standard's simply asking kindergartners to provide some basic deets about anything like, "Sand is just tiny rocks," or something equally insightful. The goal here is to give them a taste of stringing words or pictures together to convey information.