Maryland ELA RI.K.9
The Standard
With modeling prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).
Maryland College and Career Ready Standards for English Language Arts (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- With a read-aloud and prompts, children compare two short nonfiction texts on one topic. They point to or name one detail the texts share and one detail that differs.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student finds a matching detail in both texts and a detail that appears in only one. When asked, they point to the words or pictures that helped them decide.
Common Misconceptions
- Children may name two facts about the topic without checking which text shows each one. They may say the texts are the same just because both are about the same animal. They may focus on page color instead of what the pictures or words tell them.
How to Assess It
- Show two illustrated pages: 'A seed grows in soil' and 'A seed grows on a wet paper towel.' Ask, 'What grows in both pages? What is different about where it grows?'
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs two illustrated seed-growing pages, one with soil and one with a wet towel; have children place counters on matching details.
Read two short pages about rain and ask, 'What do both pages tell us? What does only one page show?'
Play Same or Different with two illustrated cat pages, one showing a cat eating and one showing it sleeping; partners name a match and a difference.
Show Monday and Tuesday lunch menus with milk on both; children circle milk and point to a food listed on only one day.
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Related Standards
- RL.K.7
With modeling, prompting and support, describe the relationship between the illustrations and the text in which they appear (e.g. what person, place, thing, or ...
- RI.K.3
With modeling, prompting and support, describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
- RL.K.1
With modeling, prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
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