CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.8
The Standard
Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts · Writing Standards
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use relevant details from their own experiences, pictures, or short texts to answer a specific question. They choose information that fits the question and record it clearly.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student selects details that directly answer the question and leaves out unrelated facts. The student can identify whether each detail came from personal memory, a picture, or a short text.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may write everything they know about the topic instead of answering the exact question. They may copy a full sentence without choosing the useful detail. Some rely on guesses when the source gives a clear answer.
How to Assess It
- Give students a four-sentence passage about frogs and ask, “How do frogs protect themselves?” Students underline one useful fact and write a complete answer.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Place three short animal books at each table; students use sticky notes to mark two facts that explain how penguins stay warm.
Ask students to write about a storm they experienced, then circle details that tell what happened before, during, and after.
Play Fact Finder Bingo with question cards and short source pages; students cover a square only after pointing to supporting information.
Use a school lunch menu to identify which day offers fruit and a vegetable, then have students record the evidence.
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