CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.1c

ELA5th GradeComprehension and Collaboration

The Standard

Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others.

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students ask clear questions that stay on the topic and help the group understand an idea. They answer others and add useful details to earlier comments.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students ask questions that clarify a point or request more detail. They respond by adding a reason, example, connection, or respectful counterpoint to what someone else said.
Common Misconceptions: Students may ask broad questions that do not connect to the group’s topic. They may repeat a classmate’s idea, change the subject, or say they agree without adding a reason or example.
How to Assess It: Give partners three minutes to discuss, “Should the main character have made that choice?” Check that each student asks one focused question and extends a partner’s idea.

Lesson moves

Give groups question cards and linking phrase cards, then have students use each card during a discussion about a shared text.
Discuss, “Which character changed most, and why?” and require each speaker to name and extend one classmate’s idea.
Play Discussion Relay, where each student must ask a focused question or add a new detail before passing a token.
Hold a class meeting about improving recess, with students asking for details and building on classmates’ proposals.

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