RI 1.1 Time assessed: Bi-Weekly
Ask and answer questions about key details in an informational text.
Activities to do at home not using technology:
Read a non-fiction book that you have at home (or check one out from the library). Play “Non-Fiction Five Finger Rule.” What is the main idea? Tell 3 facts. What do you wonder about the topic? Discuss what makes the book non-fiction. Are there real photos? Look for graphs, diagrams, etc. in the book.
Links to online activities/videos that practice this activity:
Read a book online (non-fiction)
Link to a practice assessment or a very detailed explanation of how this is assessed:
RI1 is assessed every other week. The students are given a non-fiction reading passage on a 1st grade level. First, the teacher calls each student up individually to get his/her oral reading fluency. Next, the students read the passage again independently. Then, students answer comprehension questions based on the passage. The students have the story to refer to if needed.
RI 1.2 Time Assessed: 2nd 9 Weeks
Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
Activities to do at home not using technology:
Read informational books-this allows your child to develop comprehension skills, build critical content knowledge and vocabulary skills. Your child will also develop higher-order thinking skills.
Write about it! - Have your child find three facts in the text and write the facts. We call this citing evidence.
Links to online activities/videos that practice this activity:
Link to a practice assessment or a very detailed explanation of how this is assessed:
RI 1.3 Time assessed: 3rd Nine Weeks
Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text
Activities to do at home not using technology:
Read nonfiction/informational books together. Talk about the connections between the topics. What did they both have in common, what was the same? What was different?
Print or draw a Venn Diagram to help compare and contrast the topics or events or people.
Links to online activities/videos that practice this activity:
Making connections video
Link to a practice assessment or a very detailed explanation of how this is assessed:
Students will listen to two short non-fiction passages.
Students will answer questions about how the texts or topics are the same and different.
Students will complete a Venn Diagram using information from the passages and a word bank.
RI 1.4 Time Assessed: 2nd 9 Weeks
Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.
Activities to do at home not using technology:
Read informational books-this allows your child to develop comprehension skills, build critical content knowledge and vocabulary skills. Your child will also develop higher-order thinking skills.
As students come across words that they don't know, ask them to find other words in the text that help give clues to learn the new word.
Write about it! - Have your child find three facts in the text and write the facts. We call this citing evidence.
Links to online activities/videos that practice this activity:
RI 1.5 Time Assessed: 4th 9 Weeks
Know and use various text features (e.g., headings, tables of contents, glossaries, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text.
Activities to do at home not using technology:
Text Features: Table of Contents, Glossary, Index, Headings, Captions, Photographs, Bold Print/Key words
Read informational books-this allows your child to develop comprehension skills, build critical content knowledge and vocabulary skills. Your child will also develop higher-order thinking skills.
Have your student locate each of the text features listed above in the informational book and tell you what it is used for.
Links to online activities/videos that practice this activity:
RI 1.6 Time Assessed: 3rd 9 Weeks
Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.
Activities to do at home not using technology:
Read books-this allows your child to develop comprehension skills, build critical content knowledge and vocabulary skills. Your child will also develop higher-order thinking skills
Talk about it! - After reading a book, ask your child questions about the book. Then say “did you learn that information from what you read (the text) or did you learn that by the illustration (the pictures)?”
Links to online activities/videos that practice this activity:
Learning about text and illustration correlation
Practice Assessment:
Read this passage and look at the illustration below.
Frogs are amphibians that are known for their jumping abilities, croaking sounds, bulging eyes and slimy skin. They live all over the world and are among the most diverse animals in the world, with more than 6,000 species. Frogs and toads have specific traits that define them, however, according to the Maryland Zoo. For example, frogs are mostly aquatic; most toads live on land (but near water). Frogs have teeth; toads do not. Frogs are also typically longer than toads.
(source: https://www.livescience.com/50692-frog-facts.html)
Frogs live all over the world. Did you learn this from the text or illustration ?
The frog is hanging onto a leaf. Did you learn this from the text or illustration ?
The frog has slimy skin. Did you learn this from the text or illustration ?
RI 1.7 Time Assessed: 2nd 9 Weeks
Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.
Activities to do at home not using technology:
Read books-this allows your child to develop comprehension skills, build critical content knowledge and vocabulary skills. Your child will also develop higher-order thinking skills.
Talk about it! - After reading a book, ask your child comprehension questions about the book.
Links to online activities/videos that practice this activity:
Learning about text and illustration correlation
Practice Assessment:
Read this passage and look at the illustration below.
Frogs are amphibians that are known for their jumping abilities, croaking sounds, bulging eyes and slimy skin. They live all over the world and are among the most diverse animals in the world, with more than 6,000 species. Frogs and toads have specific traits that define them, however, according to the Maryland Zoo. For example, frogs are mostly aquatic; most toads live on land (but near water). Frogs have teeth; toads do not. Frogs are also typically longer than toads.
Where do frogs live?
all over the world
at my school
only in water
How many kinds of frogs are there in the world?
3,000
5,000
6,000
3. Do toads live on land or water?
4. Which one has teeth?
5. How does the picture help you learn about frogs? Look at the difference!
RI 1.8 Time Assessed: 4th 9 Weeks
Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
Activities to do at home not using technology:
Read books-this allows your child to develop comprehension skills, build critical content knowledge and vocabulary skills. Your child will also develop higher-order thinking skills.
Talk about it! - After reading a book, ask your child why they think the author wrote the book.
Links to online activities/videos that practice this activity:
Author’s purpose song (best ever!)
Practice Assessment:
RI 1.9 Time Assessed: 3rd 9 Weeks
Identify basic similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).
Activities to do at home not using technology:
Read nonfiction/informational books on the same topic. Tell some facts you learned that were included in both books. Tell some facts that were different and which book you learned that fact from. You can print an organizer, draw one out, or just talk about it together.
Links to online activities/videos that practice this activity:
Compare and Contrast game
Molly DeNali games on PBSKids.org
Link to a practice assessment or a very detailed explanation of how this is assessed:
Students will listen to informational texts on the same topic.
Students will answer questions about each topic, including what the topic is, what you can learn about that topic from the passages, and for specific information learned from the text.
Students will write how the passages were alike (the same) and how they are different.
Students will write facts learned from the texts.
RI 1.10 Assessed: Bi-Weekly
With prompting and support, read appropriately complex texts for grade 1
Activities to do at home not using technology:
Read a non-fiction book that you have at home (or check one out from the library). Play “Non-Fiction Five Finger Rule.” What is the main idea? Tell 3 facts. What do you wonder about the topic? Discuss what makes the book non-fiction. Are there real photos? Look for graphs, diagrams, etc. in the book.
Links to online activities/videos that practice this activity:
Read a book online (non-fiction)
Link to a practice assessment or a very detailed explanation of how this is assessed:
RI10 is assessed every other week with RI1. The students are given a non-fiction reading passage on a 1st grade level. First, the teacher calls each student up individually to get his/her oral reading fluency. Next, the students read the passage again independently. Then, students answer comprehension questions based on the passage. The students have the story to refer to if needed.