Florida B.E.S.T. ELA.1.R.3.1
The Standard
Identify and explain descriptive words and phrases in text(s).
Florida B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students find words or short phrases that add details about people, places, objects, or events. They explain what each detail helps the reader picture, hear, feel, smell, or taste.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can point to a specific word or phrase that adds detail about a person, place, object, or event. The student can explain the picture or feeling the language creates.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may choose any adjective without checking what it describes. They may also select action words or copy a whole sentence instead of naming the descriptive phrase.
How to Assess It
- Give students a three-sentence passage and ask, “Circle two words or phrases that help you picture something. Tell what each one describes.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Place mystery objects in bags, then have students touch each object and list words that describe its texture, shape, and size.
Read a short picture book page and ask, “Which words help you see the setting in your mind, and how?”
Play Description Detective by giving teams sentence cards and awarding a point for finding and explaining each descriptive word or phrase.
Examine a weather report and have students identify words that describe the sky, temperature, wind, or rain.
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Related Standards
- ELA.1.R.2.1
Use text features including titles, headings, captions, graphs, maps, glossaries, and/or illustrations to demonstrate understanding of texts.
- ELA.3.R.3.1
Identify and explain metaphors, personification, and hyperbole in text(s).
- ELA.K.R.3.1
Identify and explain descriptive words in text(s).
- ELA.2.R.3.1
Identify and explain similes, idioms, and alliteration in text(s)
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