Kentucky Reading and Writing C.1.6

ELA1st GradeComposition

The Standard

With guidance and support, collect information from real-world experiences or provided sources to answer or generate questions.

Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Research to Build and Present Knowledge

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students ask a question about something they can observe or learn from a source. With teacher help, they gather details from an observation, picture, or short text to answer it or ask a new question.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student records two details about a plant after looking at it or hearing a short text. They use one detail to answer a question and ask something else they want to find out.
Common Misconceptions: Students may guess from what they already know instead of checking the source. They may record a detail that does not answer their question or write a statement instead of a question.
How to Assess It: Show a photo of a wilting plant and read, 'The soil is dry.' Ask, 'What might the plant need?' Have students draw or write one clue, give an answer, and ask one new question.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a potted plant and magnifiers; have them sketch two details, then answer, 'What parts can you see?'
Read a short page about snails aloud; ask, 'What do snails eat?' Have children name the answering detail and write another question.
Give pairs animal picture cards and question cards; have them match each question to a picture and circle a detail that answers it.
Read this week's school lunch menu; have children name one lunch food and point to the day it appears.

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