Kentucky Reading and Writing RI.3.7
The Standard
Identify and explain how specific visuals, including but not limited to diagrams, graphs, photographs and side bars, contribute to the meaning and clarity of a text.
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
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What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read an informational text and look closely at its diagrams, graphs, photographs, or sidebars. They explain how a specific detail in a visual helps them understand the text.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student points to a detail in the text and a matching detail in the visual. They explain what the visual makes clearer, such as the order of steps or the size of something.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat pictures as decoration and skip them while reading. They may describe what a graph or photo shows without explaining how it helps them understand the text.
How to Assess It
- Show a short paragraph about a frog’s life cycle beside a labeled diagram. Ask, "Which part of the diagram makes the paragraph easier to understand? Explain how."
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a paragraph about plant parts and a labeled diagram; have them connect labels to sentences and explain one match.
Show a beaver dam photo beside a short paragraph; ask, "What does the photo make easier to understand?"
Put a weather graph and three claim cards on desks; students match each claim to a bar and explain their choice.
Show a trail guide with a path description and map; students point to a turn and explain how the map clarifies it.
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Related Standards
- RI.1.7
Use the visuals and details in a text to describe its key ideas.
- RI.2.7
Identify information gained from visuals and words in the text, and explain how that information contributes to understanding of the text.
- RI.K.7
With prompting and support, describe the relationship between visuals and the text.
- RL.3.7
Explain how the specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to an effect, including but not limited to creating mood, character and setting.
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