South Dakota ELA 2.SL.3
The Standard
Ask and answer appropriate questions in response to a speaker in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students listen to a speaker and ask questions about what they heard. They ask for a clearer explanation, more details, or a reason. They answer questions with details that fit the topic.
What Mastery Looks Like
- After a classmate describes a plant growing by a window, a student asks, 'What changed after you moved it?' The student can also answer a follow-up question with a detail instead of repeating the same sentence.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may ask a question that changes the subject or repeat something the speaker already explained. They may answer with just 'yes' when the question calls for a detail.
How to Assess It
- In pairs, have one student describe what happened at recess for 20 seconds. The listener asks one question to learn more, and the speaker answers with a specific detail.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a mystery object in a paper bag; one student feels and describes it, then answers a partner's questions before the guess.
Tell students, 'I found a lost dog near the library'; ask them to write one question they would ask to find its owner.
Play Question Match: after a partner tells a short story, draw a question slip and earn a point for a relevant follow-up.
Have partners explain how they get ready for school; listeners ask why a step matters, and speakers answer.
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