South Dakota ELA 1.RI.1

ELA1st GradeReading Informational Text

The Standard

Ask and answer questions about key ideas and details in a text.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students read or listen to a short nonfiction page and notice what it teaches. They ask a question about the page and use its words or pictures to find an answer.
What Mastery Looks Like: After reading about frogs, a student asks where frogs lay eggs and finds the line that says they lay them in water. They answer a partner's question by pointing to a matching word or picture.
Common Misconceptions: Some students ask questions the page cannot answer, such as what a frog's name is. Others answer from memory without checking the page, or claim a picture shows something it does not.
How to Assess It: Give students a one-page passage about frogs and an exit slip: 'Write one question about the page, answer it, and circle the words or picture that helped you.'

Lesson moves

Give pairs a short page about frogs and sticky notes; they mark one detail, write a question, and point to its answer.
After reading about frog eggs, ask, 'Which part tells us where the eggs are, and how do you know?'
Play Question Match with question and answer cards from a short animal article; students pair cards, then check the page.
Read the school lunch menu; students ask what fruit is served on Tuesday, then point to the menu entry that answers it.

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