South Dakota ELA 5.SL.2

ELA5th GradeSpeaking & Listening

The Standard

Summarize content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students identify the main point in something they hear or see, such as an announcement, picture, or graph. They retell it briefly using details that support the main point.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can explain what a graph shows, using the numbers correctly. They can also summarize a spoken message without adding an opinion or leaving out a key detail.
Common Misconceptions: Students may list every detail instead of giving the main point. They may mistake the tallest bar for the whole message, misread a number, or add a guess that was not presented.
How to Assess It: Display a bar chart showing 5, 8, and 3 books read on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Say, 'Tuesday was library day,' then ask students for a two-sentence summary that uses the spoken detail and two numbers from the chart.

Lesson moves

Have pairs build a bar graph with cubes for Monday 1 inch, Tuesday 3 inches, and Wednesday 2 inches of rain, then summarize the pattern.
Say, 'Friday lunch moves to 11:30, and pizza replaces tacos'; ask partners, 'What changed, and what should classmates remember?'
Give teams three cards for a rainfall graph: 'Tuesday was wettest,' 'Tuesday had 3 inches,' and 'Rain is fun'; ask which states the main point.
Show a store flyer with apples at $2, oranges at $3, and bananas at $1 per pound; students summarize the prices for a shopper.

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