South Dakota ELA 1.RL.6

ELA1st GradeReading Literature

The Standard

Use words, illustrations, and details to identify the purpose of and/or point of view in a text.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use words and pictures to tell who is telling a story or whose view it shows. They use story details to explain why the writer might have written it.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can name the storyteller and point to a word or picture detail that supports their answer. They can explain whether a story is meant to make readers laugh, feel something, or learn a lesson.
Common Misconceptions: Students may assume the main character is always telling the story. They may guess why a story was written from its cover instead of using details from the story.
How to Assess It: Write: 'I dropped my cookie. A squirrel grabbed it and ran up a tree!' Draw the squirrel holding the cookie. Ask, 'Who tells this story, and why might the writer have written it? Give a word or picture clue for each answer.'

Lesson moves

Give pairs paper puppets, a spilled-ice-cream picture, and speech bubbles to match to the character who would say each line.
After reading The Three Little Pigs, ask, 'Does the storyteller sound like a pig or someone watching? Which word helped you decide?'
Read two-sentence story cards aloud; students hold up an 'in the story' or 'outside the story' card and point to 'I' or 'she'.
Put two library books on a table; ask which a friend should borrow for laughs and which picture shows why.

Free download

A ready-to-print activity worksheet aligned to 1.RL.6, with an answer key for the teacher on its own page. No account needed.

PDF, US Letter, prints cleanly in black and white.

Keep exploring

Grade, subject, topic, and the complete standard are prefilled. Create one free, no account needed.