Virginia SOL 1.RI.1
SOL Standard (Knowledge and Skills Cluster)
Key Ideas and Confirming Details
Virginia Standards of Learning for English
Cluster contents
Knowledge and Skills in This Standard
1.RI.1 is a Standards of Learning standard. These are the knowledge and skills expectations under it.
- 1.RI.1.A
Ask and answer literal (who, what, when, where) and inferential (why, how) questions about what is read, including demonstrating an understanding of the main to...
- 1.RI.1.B
Identify the main idea and supporting details of a text.
- 1.RI.1.C
Explain the difference between facts and opinions in a text.
Teacher's field guide
What This Cluster Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students find people, actions, times, and places stated directly in an informational text. They use text clues to explain why or how something happened. They identify the main idea, supporting details, facts, and opinions.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student answers questions with accurate information from the text and explains an inference using a clue. The student states the main idea and names a detail that supports it. The student sorts statements as facts or opinions and explains that facts can be checked.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name the topic, such as “bees,” instead of stating the main idea about bees. They may choose an interesting detail as the main idea or guess answers without using text clues. They may treat unfamiliar facts as opinions or believe every sentence with describing words is an opinion.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short animal paragraph. Ask them to answer one literal and one inferential question, state the main idea, circle one supporting detail, and label one fact and opinion.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs sentence strips from a short article to sort under main idea, supporting detail, fact, and opinion headings.
After reading, ask, “Why did this happen, and which words helped you decide?” Students discuss, then write one answer.
Play Question Toss by passing a ball while music plays, then answering a who, what, where, when, why, or how question.
Examine a cereal box and have students identify two checkable facts, one opinion, and the main message of the package.
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