South Dakota ELA 1.L.6
The Standard
Demonstrate grade-appropriate vocabulary use across reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students learn useful words by hearing them and reading them in short texts. They use those words correctly in their own talk and writing.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain a word such as sturdy in everyday language. They recognize it in a sentence and use it correctly when speaking and writing about something new.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students think sturdy means heavy, so they call a heavy paper bag sturdy even if it tears. Others repeat a word from a story but use it in a sentence that does not fit.
How to Assess It
- Write “The sturdy chair held Dad” on the board. Ask students to explain sturdy to a partner, then write one sentence about something else that is sturdy.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a cardboard box and a thin paper bag to test with blocks, then ask which one is sturdy and why.
Read “The wind bent the trees,” then ask students to explain why fierce fits the wind better than gentle.
Play word charades with whisper, stomp, and tiptoe; classmates name each action and use the word in a sentence.
On a walk around school, students find a rough surface and a smooth surface and describe each to a partner.
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Related Standards
- 8.L.6
Acquire and use grade-appropriate academic and domain-specific vocabulary; gather and apply knowledge of words and phrases to reading, writing, speaking, and li...
- 2.L.6
Acquire and use domain specific vocabulary across reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
- K.L.6
Acquire and use grade-appropriate vocabulary in conversations, reading, and learning experiences.
- 6.L.6
Acquire and use grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases.
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