Grades K–2 · Language
How do describing words help us find a picture?
Describing words tell us more about a thing. They can tell us its size, its shape or its pattern. Several words can work together to describe one picture.
In the diagramWhich picture fits all the words?Find the big striped circle.ABCLook at all three pictures.Picture A fits all the words.
Picture A is a big striped circle. B is a small plain circle. C is a big plain square. Here plain means that the picture has no stripes.
The words big striped circle all fit A. B is a circle, but it is small and plain. C is big, but it is a square. The whole description matters, not just one word.
About this explanation
Starting knowledge: Recognize big and small, circle and square, and a visible striped pattern; an adult may read all text aloud.
Sources
- Common Core State Standards Initiative — English Language Arts Standards: Language, Grade 1 (L.1.1.f; L.1.5.b)