NY Next Generation ELA 4R7
The Standard
Identify information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, illustrations, and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text.
New York State Next Generation English Language Arts Learning Standards
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify information shown visually, orally, or quantitatively and explain how it contributes to understanding. They integrate charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, animations, or illustrations with written text.
What Mastery Looks Like
- The student extracts accurate information from a nonprose element and links it to the text’s ideas. The explanation states what becomes clearer or more precise.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may describe a visual without interpreting its information. They may ignore labels, units, scale, sequence, or its connection to the written text.
How to Assess It
- Give a paragraph with a related chart or diagram. Ask students to state one fact from the visual and explain how it deepens understanding.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Add sticky notes linking facts in a chart, diagram, or timeline to sentences in the text.
Ask students what information is easier to understand visually than in words.
Play Visual Evidence Hunt with mixed text and graphic sources.
Use a transit map, weather graph, or school timeline to answer a real question.
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