1.7.E

ELA1st GradeThe student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

The Standard

interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading

Teacher's field guide

What This Standard Means

What Students Need to Do

Students show what they understood from a story, poem, video, or read-aloud by drawing or writing about it. Their response connects to a specific detail or idea.

What Mastery Looks Like

After reading, listening, or viewing, a student can draw or write a response that matches the source. The response includes an accurate character, event, fact, or idea.

Common Misconceptions

Students may draw something loosely related to the topic instead of showing a detail from the source. They may copy a picture, title, or sentence without showing what they understood.

How to Assess It

After a read-aloud, prompt: “Draw one important part. Write or dictate one sentence that explains your drawing using a detail from the text.”

Lesson moves

Ways to Teach It

  1. Read a short picture book, then have pairs arrange three event cards and create a drawing with a one-sentence caption.

  2. Ask, “Which part helped you understand the character best?” Students talk with a partner, then draw the part and add a label.

  3. Play Response Match by having students pair short passage cards with drawings or sentences that accurately show each passage.

  4. Show a short weather report, then have students draw and write what clothing they would choose based on the forecast.

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