CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.8
The Standard
With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Writing Standards
What This Standard Means
Students need to answer a question by using what they remember from their own experiences or by finding facts in a source you give them. They are not doing open research yet. They need support with listening, noticing details, choosing useful information, and saying or writing an answer that matches the question.
Mastery looks like a first grader using one or two facts to answer a simple question, such as “What do frogs need to live?” Students often get stuck by copying random words, giving opinions instead of facts, or forgetting the question while looking at a book, video, photo, or chart.
Ways to Teach It
- Hands-on: Give pairs three classroom objects, ask “Which would sink?” then test in water and write one fact from the experience.
- Prompt: After reading a short nonfiction page, ask, “What did you learn that answers our question?” and have students draw and label it.
- Quick assessment: Show a picture card and ask, “What is one fact that answers the question?” then record each student’s oral response.
- Real-world connection: Use the school lunch menu to answer, “What fruit is served this week?” and have students circle evidence.
Before This Standard
If students are struggling here, check these first.
Plan a Lesson for CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.1.8
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What This Unlocks
Mastery here sets students up for these next.
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