CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.6
The Standard
With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Reading Standards for Literature
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students find and name the author and illustrator of a story, using the cover or title page. They tell how the words and pictures each help tell the story.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student points to the author’s and illustrator’s names on a book. The student explains that one wrote the words and the other created the pictures.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may mix up the two jobs or call both people the author. They may think the author always writes and draws, or mistake a character for the illustrator.
How to Assess It
- Show a picture book cover and one inside page. Ask, “Who wrote the words, who made the pictures, and how did each help tell the story?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs picture books and sticky notes to label the author’s name, illustrator’s name, words, and pictures.
Read one page aloud, then ask, “What did the author tell us, and what did the illustrator show us?”
Sort job cards, such as “writes dialogue” and “draws the setting,” into author and illustrator hoops.
Make a class book with dictated sentences and student drawings, then add an author and illustrator credit page.
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