South Dakota ELA 1.W.8
The Standard
Use background knowledge and/or gathered information from multiple print and digital sources to write about a topic in one's own words with guidance and support.
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students think about what they already know about a topic. With help, they gather facts from printed pages and digital sources, then write about the topic in their own words.
What Mastery Looks Like
- With a teacher's help, a student can use a fact from a printed page and one from a digital page to write two sentences. Both sentences stay on topic and use the student's own words.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students copy a sentence from a book or screen word for word. Others write a guess as if they found it in a source, or add a fact that does not fit the topic.
How to Assess It
- Show a printed card reading “Seeds sprout when they get water” and a projected card reading “Small plants need light to grow.” Ask, “How does a seed become a plant? Write two sentences using both cards in your own words.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Plant beans in clear cups, read a seed book, view a seedling photo online, and write two facts in your own words.
Read a frog book page and display a frog website fact; ask, “What did you know already, and what did you learn?”
Display digital animal fact cards and hand out different printed facts; partners pick one of each, restate both, and write two sentences.
Use a printed weather chart and a local forecast page; write two sentences telling classmates how to dress for recess.
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Related Standards
- 2.RL.7
Use background knowledge, illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
- 8.W.8
Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources.
- 2.W.8
Use background knowledge and/or information gathered from digital and print sources to write about a topic in one's own words.
- 7.W.8
Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources.
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