South Dakota ELA 4.SL.5

ELA4th GradeSpeaking & Listening

The Standard

Add multimedia components and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students choose a photo, chart, or short clip that helps explain a main idea in a presentation. They show it at the right moment and tell the audience what to notice.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student uses a clear visual that adds information to the talk. They point to a detail in it and explain how that detail supports their main idea.
Common Misconceptions: Students may pick a picture because it looks nice, even if it adds nothing to the talk. They may also show a chart without explaining what its numbers mean.
How to Assess It: Ask students to give a 30-second talk about a familiar topic with one visual. Have them point to one detail and explain how it supports their main idea.

Lesson moves

Give students two streambank photos, paper, and markers to make a poster showing how moving water carries soil away.
Ask: Which better explains a changing riverbank, a photo of exposed roots or a photo of a camper, and why?
Hand out claim cards and image cards; students choose a useful image, then give a 20-second explanation of their choice.
Use tomorrow's hourly forecast to draw a temperature chart, then give a one-minute recess clothing recommendation using the chart.

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