CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.6

ELA1st GradeCraft and Structure

The Standard

Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Informational Text

What This Standard Means

Students need to tell what they learned from the words and what they learned from the pictures, diagrams, labels, or other visuals. They should not just say, “The picture matches the words.” They need to point to each source and name the information it gives.

Mastery looks like a first grader saying, “The words tell me penguins eat fish, and the picture shows they have black and white feathers.” Students often get stuck by repeating the same fact for both, ignoring labels, or using the picture to guess instead of checking the words.

Ways to Teach It

Give pairs a nonfiction page and sticky notes labeled words and picture, then have them mark one fact from each source.
Ask, “What did the author tell you in words, and what did the illustrator show you that the words did not?”
Show one page on the document camera, then have students complete: The words tell __, and the picture shows __.
Use a simple zoo map or cereal box nutrition panel and ask what information comes from words, numbers, pictures, and labels.