CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.7
The Standard
Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of "how-to" books on a given topic and use them to write a sequence of instructions).
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Writing Standards
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students work with classmates to ask a simple question, find answers in teacher-selected sources, and record useful details. They help combine those details into one clear group text.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student contributes a relevant fact or step, identifies its source, and helps order the group's ideas. They reread the group text and suggest missing information or clearer words.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may copy whole sentences, include unrelated facts, or rely only on what they already know. They may let one child do all the writing or place steps in a confusing order.
How to Assess It
- Give pairs two short picture-book pages about planting a seed. Ask them to write three ordered instructions and underline one detail taken from each page.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups seed packets, soil, cups, and two picture guides; have them plant a seed and create a shared four-step poster.
After reading two texts about class pets, ask, “Which pet fits our classroom, and what evidence supports your choice?”
Play a source sort: teams match fact cards to two labeled books, then choose three facts for a group paragraph.
Invite the custodian to explain recycling, let students take picture notes, then write a class guide for sorting lunch waste.
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