Georgia K.F.CP.1.a
The Standard
Recognize that texts and images represent objects and ideas, have meaning, and convey messages.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Foundations (F) · Concepts of Print
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students connect familiar words and images to the objects, actions, or ideas they stand for. They explain the simple message a sign, label, page, or picture communicates.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain what a familiar word, label, sign, or picture stands for. The student can also state the simple message it gives, using details as support.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students name objects in a picture but do not explain the message. Others treat printed words as decoration or think an image only stands for the exact object shown.
How to Assess It
- Show a card with a stop hand and the word “STOP.” Ask, “What do the picture and word tell you to do?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs toy objects, matching picture cards, and word labels; students match each set and explain what every card stands for.
Show a picture-only page and ask, “What message does the illustrator want us to understand, and which details helped you decide?”
Play Message Match: students pair classroom signs, labels, and pictures with cards naming each sign’s message.
Take a school walk to photograph signs and labels, then have students explain what each one tells people.
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Related Standards
- K.P.EICC.2.b
Make use of texts to build knowledge, develop skills, make informed decisions, and share information and ideas. (I/C)
- K.F.CP.1.b
Recognize and interpret print messages in the environment, such as labels and signs.
- K.F.CP.1
Conceptualizing Text Understand that texts communicate messages.
- 6.P.EICC.2.b
Make use of texts to build knowledge, develop skills, make informed decisions, and share information and ideas. (I/C)
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