CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.K.6
The Standard
Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Speaking and Listening Standards
What This Standard Means
Students need to speak loudly enough for the group to hear and use words that make sense to others. They should be able to share an idea, tell how they feel, answer a question, or explain something simple without hiding their voice or mumbling.
Mastery looks like a child facing the listener, using a clear voice, and saying a complete thought such as, “I felt happy when we read the bear book.” Students often get stuck with one-word answers, very quiet voices, or unclear pronouns like “it” and “that.”
Ways to Teach It
- Use a whisper, table, and presenter voice chart, then have students practice saying their name and favorite animal to a partner.
- Ask, “How did the story make you feel, and why?” and have students answer with the sentence frame, “I felt ___ because ___.”
- During morning meeting, hand each child a picture card and mark if they speak loud enough and share one clear idea.
- Connect to ordering lunch by practicing, “I would like milk, please,” in a clear voice while facing the listener.
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What This Unlocks
Mastery here sets students up for these next.
Related Standards
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7.4
Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and examples; use appropriate...
- 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.1.4
Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.3.6
Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.