CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.7
The Standard
Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Informational Text
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read an informational passage alongside a chart, diagram, timeline, audio clip, or interactive feature. They identify information from that feature and explain how it clarifies or adds to the passage.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students identify a specific detail from a chart, diagram, timeline, audio clip, or other feature. They explain whether it clarifies, supports, or adds information to the written passage.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat charts, diagrams, and captions as decorations or simply copy their labels. They may describe a visual without linking it to the passage, or misread an axis, key, or timeline.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short paragraph with a bar graph. Ask, “What does the graph add to your understanding of the paragraph? Use one graph detail.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a short article and cut-apart diagram pieces; students assemble the diagram, then mark two details that clarify the article.
Show a timeline beside a passage and ask, “Which event becomes clearer because of the timeline, and why?”
Play a matching game where students pair short passages with graphs, maps, or diagrams, then defend each match using one detail.
Compare a local weather report with its forecast graph, then have students explain what the graph shows more clearly than the written report.
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