CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.6
The Standard
Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.
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 name the author and illustrator of an informational book. They tell how the author’s words and the illustrator’s pictures each share information.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students find both names on the cover or title page. They explain that the author wrote the facts and the illustrator made pictures that help readers understand them.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the author and illustrator are the same person in every book. They may say the author reads the book or that the illustrator colors the words.
How to Assess It
- Hand each student an informational book. Ask, “Who is the author, who is the illustrator, and what did each person add?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs an informational book, sticky notes, and two labels to mark one example of the author’s work and the illustrator’s work.
Ask, “What did you learn from the words, and what did you learn from the pictures?” Record two class lists.
Play a sorting game with cards showing written facts or illustrations, and have students place each under author or illustrator.
Examine a classroom safety poster and discuss who likely wrote the directions and who created the pictures.
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