CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.1.7
The Standard
Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Informational Text
What This Standard Means
Students need to read an informational text and use both the words and pictures to explain the big ideas. They should notice what an illustration shows, match it to details in the text, and say how both help them understand the topic.
Mastery looks like a student pointing to a picture, naming a detail from the text, and using both to explain a key idea. Students often get stuck by describing the picture only, copying one sentence, or naming a fun fact that is not one of the main ideas.
Ways to Teach It
- Give pairs a nonfiction page, sticky notes, and have them label one picture detail and one matching text detail.
- Ask, “What does the picture teach us that the words also help explain?” and have students answer with a partner.
- Show one page and ask students to point to the picture evidence and read the sentence that matches it.
- Use a weather, animal, or plant book and connect the photos to what students have seen outside or at home.
Before This Standard
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What This Unlocks
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.7
Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7
Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, an...
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.7
Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.3
Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).