Maryland ELA RI.K.7
The Standard
With modeling, prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g., what person, place, thing, or idea in the text an illustration depicts).
Maryland College and Career Ready Standards for English Language Arts (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students listen to a short information page while looking at its picture. With help, they point to what the words name and tell how the picture shows it.
What Mastery Looks Like
- After a read-aloud and a prompt, a student points to the animal or object named in the text. They tell which words match the picture, rather than just naming things they see.
Common Misconceptions
- Some children describe everything in the picture without connecting it to the words. Others say the text tells a detail that appears only in the picture.
How to Assess It
- Read aloud, 'A robin builds a nest in a tree,' and show a drawing of the scene. Ask, 'Which words does this drawing show?'
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Read 'A seed is under soil' and 'A sprout has leaves'; children match each sentence strip to a drawing and point to the named parts.
Read 'A frog sits by the pond' with a matching picture; ask, 'Which words tell us what the picture shows?'
Play picture match: read 'Bees visit flowers' and 'Bees live in hives'; children hold up the drawing that matches each sentence.
Make a cafeteria sign reading 'Wash hands before eating' with a child at a sink; ask which words the picture helps explain.
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