Virginia SOL K.RI.2

K.RI.2 is a Standards of Learning standard. These are the knowledge and skills expectations under it.

• K.RI.2.A

  With prompting and support, identify the purpose of common text features: table of contents, headings, bolded words, and pictures

01

What Students Need to Do

Students locate common features in nonfiction books. They explain how each feature helps a reader find information or understand the topic.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Given an unfamiliar nonfiction book, students can name each feature and explain its job. They use a feature to find a topic, notice a key word, or learn from an image.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may confuse a heading with the book title or think bold words should be read louder. They may view pictures as decoration and expect a table of contents to list every fact.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a short animal book with all four features. Ask them to point to each feature and tell how it helps the reader.

1. 01

   Give pairs nonfiction books, sticky notes, and purpose cards to label each feature and match it to its job.

2. 02

   Show one page and ask, "Which feature helps you most on this page, and what does it teach you?"

3. 03

   Play Feature Hunt by naming a reading need while students race to hold up the matching feature card.

4. 04

   Examine a classroom cookbook and use its contents, headings, bold words, and pictures to locate and understand a recipe.

• 12.RL.2

  The 12th Grade version of this standard.

• 11.RL.2

  The 11th Grade version of this standard.

• 10.RL.2

  The 10th Grade version of this standard.

• 7.RL.2

  The 7th Grade version of this standard.