Virginia SOL K.FFR.1.D
The Standard
Identify the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Print Concepts: The student will apply knowledge of how print is organized and read
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students find the names of the writer and artist on a book cover or title page. They tell how each person contributes to the book.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students point to the correct names on a book cover or title page. They explain that the author writes the words and the illustrator creates the pictures.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the author is always the person reading the book aloud. They may also think one person cannot write and illustrate the same book.
How to Assess It
- Show a book cover and title page. Ask, “Who wrote the words, who made the pictures, and where did you find each name?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a picture book and sticky notes to mark the author’s name, illustrator’s name, words, and pictures.
Read a book’s credits, then ask, “How did the author and illustrator each help tell this story?”
Play Role Sort with cards showing tasks such as writing sentences, drawing characters, choosing words, and painting settings.
Examine a class library book and discuss how its writer and artist worked together to make a book people can read.
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Related Standards
- 5.RI.2.C
Determine the author’s purpose(s) and describe how the author’s perspective (e.g., beliefs, assumptions, biases) influences the meaning of the text.
- 4.RL.2.C
Identify the narrator of a story and the speaker of a poem.
- K.FFR.1.E
Identify the front cover, back cover and title of a text
- 3.RL.2.C
Identify the narrator of a story and the speaker of a poem.
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