CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.2
The Standard
Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Speaking and Listening Standards
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students listen to a text, speaker, recording, or video and identify what matters most. They recount the main idea and key details accurately, using a clear order.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students accurately recount the main idea and relevant details after listening to a read-aloud, recording, or video. They use their own words and keep events or information in a clear order.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may retell every event instead of choosing key ideas and details. They may also add personal opinions, confuse the sequence, or recall images while missing information stated aloud.
How to Assess It
- Read a short paragraph aloud once. Ask students to state the main idea and two details they heard.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Read a short story aloud, then have students arrange picture cards to show three key events in order.
Ask partners, “What was the text mostly about, and which two details helped you know?”
Play Listen and Sketch by reading three details aloud while students draw and label what they remember.
Play a short weather report, then have students name the forecast and two details needed to plan recess clothing.
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