South Dakota ELA 1.RI.10.b

ELA1st GradeReading Informational Text

The Standard

1.RI.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend a variety of informational text.

Self-select texts for personal enjoyment, interest, and academic tasks with guidance and support.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students browse books and pick one they want to read for fun or to follow an interest. With help, they choose a text that fits a class question or task.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student looks at the cover, pictures, and a few pages before choosing. They can say why the text interests them or helps with the task, and ask for help when needed.
Common Misconceptions: Some students choose only by the cover and skip the pages inside. Others pick a favorite story for a facts question or think they cannot ask for help with a hard book.
How to Assess It: Set out a dinosaur story, a plant facts book, and a soccer facts book. Ask, "Pick one to read for fun and one to learn how plants grow. Why did you pick each?"

Lesson moves

Set out storybooks and illustrated books about rain and bugs; have students browse, then pick a fun read and a book about rain.
Show a frog story and a frog facts book; ask partners, "Which would you pick to find out what frogs eat? Why?"
Play Purpose Match: give pairs book cards and question cards, then have them match each question to a book after looking inside.
Bring a seed packet and a garden story; ask which students would use to plant seeds and which they would read for fun.

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