Virginia SOL K.RI.1.A
The Standard
With prompting and support, ask and answer literal (who, what, when, where) or inferential (why, how) questions about what is read
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Key Ideas and Confirming Details
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students ask and answer questions about an informational read-aloud. They find stated facts, then use words and pictures to explain why something happens or how it works.
What Mastery Looks Like
- After hearing a short nonfiction text, students answer factual and reasoning questions accurately. They ask a relevant question and point to a word, fact, or picture that supports an answer.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may answer from personal experience instead of using information from the text or pictures. They may confuse question words or give unsupported guesses for why and how questions.
How to Assess It
- Read aloud: "A polar bear has thick fur and a layer of fat. It lives where the weather is freezing." Ask where it lives and why thick fur helps it.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Place question-word cards beside a nonfiction picture book; students choose a card and answer using words or pictures from the page.
After a read-aloud, ask, "Why does this animal need that body part?" Partners answer and name the fact supporting their idea.
Play Question Toss: students catch a soft ball, draw a question-word card, and ask or answer about the shared text.
Read a plant-care label; students answer what the plant needs, when to water it, and why sunlight helps.
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