CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.4
The Standard
Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Speaking and Listening Standards
What This Standard Means
Students need to tell about a real or imagined event so listeners can follow it. They should include who, where, what happened first, next, and last. They also need to add facts and details that fit, not random extras. Their voice should be loud enough, and their sentences should make sense.
Mastery sounds like a clear short story with a beginning, middle, and end. Students name key people or places, add one or two describing details, and stay on topic. They often get stuck by whispering, skipping the middle, using “and then” too much, or adding details that do not help the listener.
Ways to Teach It
- Give students three picture cards and have them practice telling the story aloud with a partner before sharing with the class.
- Ask, “Tell about a time you helped someone,” and have students include who was there, where it happened, and two details.
- Use a simple checklist while students speak: loud voice, clear order, complete sentences, and details that fit.
- Have students recount how to play a playground game, then ask classmates if the steps and details were clear enough to follow.
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