CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.4

ELA3rd GradePresentation of Knowledge and Ideas

The Standard

Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.

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 organize a short talk about something they read, learned, or experienced. They choose useful facts and descriptive details, then speak clearly at a steady pace.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student gives a focused account with accurate facts and details that help listeners understand. The student speaks clearly, stays on topic, and uses a pace others can follow.
Common Misconceptions: Students may add interesting details that do not fit the main point or leave out facts listeners need. Some speak too softly, rush, or read every word from notes.
How to Assess It: Ask each student to give a 60-second account of a recent class activity using three relevant details. Check for clear speech, logical order, and a steady pace.

Lesson moves

Ways to Teach It

Students arrange four picture cards into a sequence, then use the cards to tell the event with clear details.
Write three facts about a class text, then explain which detail best helps a listener understand the main idea.
Play Pace Coach: partners give 30-second reports, then signal too fast, too slow, or clear with labeled cards.
Create a 45-second morning announcement about a school event, including the date, place, purpose, and one useful detail.

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