CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.K.7
The Standard
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).
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 study the words and picture on a nonfiction page. They tell what information from the words is shown in the picture.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a nonfiction page, students can point to the person, place, object, or idea shown in the picture. They can explain the connection in a simple sentence.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name objects in the picture without connecting them to the words. They may assume every picture detail appears in the text or ignore the picture completely.
How to Assess It
- Read aloud one page from an informational book. Ask, “What does the picture show from the words, and how do you know?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs picture cards and matching sentence strips from a nonfiction book, then have them match each picture to its sentence.
Read a page aloud and ask, “Which words tell about something you can see in the picture?”
Play Picture Detective by showing an illustration and reading three statements, then have students choose the statement it supports.
Examine a classroom safety poster and identify how each picture helps explain the written rule.
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