South Dakota ELA 1.SL.5

ELA1st GradeSpeaking & Listening

The Standard

Create visual representations to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students make a drawing or labeled picture that helps someone understand an idea or feeling. They point to parts of the picture as they explain what they mean.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student draws a broken toy beside a sad face and explains why the person feels upset. If a partner is confused, the student adds a detail to make the picture clearer.
Common Misconceptions: Some students draw a sad face but leave out what caused the feeling. Others add decorations that do not help a listener understand their point.
How to Assess It: Ask students to draw one thing they liked or disliked about today's story. Have them tell a partner what two details in their drawing mean.

Lesson moves

Give students paper and crayons to draw a time they felt proud, then have them circle the detail that shows why.
Show two drawings of rainy recess, one smiling and one frowning, and ask which picture details show how each child feels.
Play picture fix-up: partners trade drawings of a classroom rule, guess the message, then add one detail to make it clearer.
Have students draw a sign showing how to return books to the class library, then explain which detail tells readers where books go.

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