CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.7
The Standard
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).
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 look closely at an illustration and connect it to a specific part of a story. They explain which picture details show the character, action, or event.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a familiar story and one illustration, students identify the event, character, or action shown. They point to a picture detail that supports their answer.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat pictures as decoration instead of story clues. They may name objects in the picture without connecting them to an event. Some may describe events not supported by the words or picture.
How to Assess It
- After a read-aloud, show one illustration and ask, “What part of the story does this picture show? What do you see that helps you know?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs three copied illustrations and three event cards from a familiar book; have them match each picture to its event.
Show one page and ask, “What does the picture tell us about what is happening in the words?”
Play Story Picture Detective: reveal part of an illustration, then let students name the matching story moment and explain one clue.
Compare a classroom photo with a shared class story, and have children explain which sentence the photo matches.
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