English Language Arts and Reading.K.8.D.i

The student is expected to

recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including:

 

the central idea and supporting evidence with adult assistance;

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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts.

Use a rubric to monitor student progress. Students should be able to identify the central idea and provide supporting evidence with the prompting of a teacher. While reading a text in a whole group or small group context, a teacher may prompt the student by asking questions.

Examples:

  • What is the most important thing that happened in the text? What are three details that tell you that?
  • What is the most important point about this topic? What details tell you that?

Sample rubric:

1) The student is unable to identify the central idea or provide supporting evidence even with adult assistance.
2) The student is able to identify the central idea but is unable to provide supporting evidence even with adult assistance.
3) The student is able to identify the central idea and inconsistently provides supporting evidence with adult assistance.
4) The student is able to identify the central idea and is able to provide supporting evidence with adult assistance.

The central idea is the main topic of an informational text. The central idea can be clearly stated in the text or it may require that students infer or read between the lines. Authors may introduce hints such as facts, details, or examples about the topic before stating the central idea.
Informational texts are texts that present information in order to explain, clarify, and/or educate. In kindergarten, this could include procedural texts, magazines, menus, nonfiction books, and pamphlets. Informational text characteristics include text and graphic features such as a table of contents, captions, bold print, diagrams, etc. Informational text structures include compare/contrast, central idea with supporting facts, description, and cause/effect.
the available body of supporting, valid, and relevant details, facts, or information that supports an inference, idea, or proposition
a text that presents information to explain, clarify, and/or educate