South Dakota ELA 6.RI.7

ELA6th GradeReading Informational Text

The Standard

Integrate information presented in different media or visual formats and in words, developing a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students read a text and study a chart, map, photo, or video on the same topic. They use details from both to explain the topic, rather than reporting on each source separately.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can find a useful detail in a water-saving article and another in a water-use chart. They explain how the details connect and write a clear conclusion based on both.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat a chart as a picture and skip its labels or scale. They may list facts from both sources without connecting them, or claim a chart proves something it does not measure.
How to Assess It: Give students a short paragraph about ways to save water and a bar chart of household water use by activity. Ask: “Which change might save the most water? Support your answer with one detail from each source.”

Lesson moves

Have pairs place sticky notes on a water-saving paragraph and water-use bar chart, then draw arrows between details that help explain one another.
Have students discuss which water-saving tip the chart supports best and cite a detail from each source.
Play evidence match with cards bearing water-saving tips and chart facts; pairs match cards, then explain what each pair shows.
Show a sample water bill with a usage graph; students explain how the graph and printed charges together describe the home's water use.

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