CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.4
The Standard
Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak 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 plan and deliver a short talk with a clear beginning, middle, and end. They include details that fit the main point and speak loudly, clearly, and steadily.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students introduce the subject, group ideas in a logical order, and use transitions to guide listeners. They choose accurate facts and vivid details, speak clearly, and maintain a steady pace.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may list facts in a random order or add interesting details that do not support the main point. They may speak too quickly, too quietly, or read every word from notes.
How to Assess It
- Give a 60-second report about a class text. Include the main idea, two supporting details, and a clear sequence while using an audible voice and steady pace.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs six mixed-up sentence strips about an animal; students arrange them into a clear order, then present the report aloud.
Write three details about a memorable day, circle the detail that best supports the main point, then explain your choice to a partner.
Play Pace Coach: partners give 45-second talks while listeners signal slow down, speak up, or pause, then switch roles.
Create a one-minute school news report about an upcoming event, including the key facts students and families need.
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Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.4
Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.2
Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
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