Illustrations and Key Ideas is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on using pictures and details together to explain the ideas, aligned to Common Core standard RI.1.7. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
24 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Illustrations and Key Ideas
RI.1.7
NameDate
Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Owls
Owls hunt at night. Their eyes are very large, so they can see when there is almost no light.
An owl's feathers have soft edges. This makes their wings quiet. A mouse cannot hear an owl coming.
Owls cannot move their eyes from side to side. Instead, they turn their whole head. An owl can turn its head much further than you can.
1. What would a diagram of an owl need to label?
2. What is the main idea of this text?
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
How Milk Gets to the Shop
A dairy cow is milked twice a day, in the morning and the evening.
The milk goes straight into a cold tank. Cold milk keeps fresh much longer than warm milk.
A tanker takes the milk to a dairy. There it is heated for a few seconds to kill germs, then cooled again fast. This is called pasteurising.
Last, the milk is poured into bottles and driven to the shop.
1. What would a diagram for this text need to show?
2. What is the main idea of this text?
LessonPrint · RI.1.7 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Illustrations and Key Ideas
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Its large eyes and its soft-edged feathers. 2. Owls have special body parts that help them hunt at night.
2.1. The cow, the cold tank, the tanker, the dairy and the bottles. 2. The steps milk goes through between the cow and the shop.
Questions about Illustrations and Key Ideas
What does the Illustrations and Key Ideas worksheet cover?
It practises using pictures and details together to explain the ideas — 2 questions for Grade 1, all on Common Core RI.1.7: Use the pictures and details together to explain the main ideas. The instruction to pupils is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Illustrations and Key Ideas practise?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.7 — RI.1.7, in the Reading: Informational Text domain for Grade 1. The published standard reads: “Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Illustrations and Key Ideas is written for Grade 1, typically ages 6-7. It is one of the sheets on RI.1.7, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Illustrations and Key Ideas come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Illustrations and Key Ideas can I print?
25 versions, of which 24 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two pupils still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is Illustrations and Key Ideas free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Illustrations and Key Ideas, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach RI.1.7?
Yes — “Illustrations and the Key Ideas” is a 40-minute Grade 1 plan for RI.1.7, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Illustrations and Key Ideas is the practice that follows it.
More practice for RI.1.7
Use the pictures and details together to explain the main ideas.