South Dakota ELA 5.W.6.b
The Standard
- 5.W.6
- Use technology to enhance writing with guidance as needed.
Interact and collaborate with others.
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students work with others to plan, draft, or revise writing. They share ideas, listen, and make choices together.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student contributes an idea and asks a partner to explain theirs. They offer a specific suggestion and help choose a revision that improves the draft.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students think working together means one person writes while everyone else watches. Others give only 'good job' as feedback or think they must accept every suggested change.
How to Assess It
- Give pairs this draft: 'Our school needs more benches. Benches are good. Kids can sit.' Listen as each student suggests one specific change, then collect their revised paragraph.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs sentence strips from a mixed-up paragraph; have them agree on an order and tape the strips to poster paper.
Ask pairs, 'Which detail would convince our principal to add shade at recess?' Have each partner suggest a detail before they choose one.
Play feedback swap: partners write specific changes on sticky notes, then agree on one change to make to a short draft.
Have pairs draft a lunch menu suggestion for the cafeteria manager, with each student contributing a reason and checking the final wording.
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