South Dakota ELA K.SL.5

ELAKindergartenSpeaking & Listening

The Standard

Add drawings, digital media, or other visual displays to provide additional detail.

South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Children add a drawing, photo, or other visual to something they are telling others. They point to a detail in the visual and explain it.
What Mastery Looks Like: A child describes a pet, then draws its striped tail to show what it looks like. They point to the tail and tell a listener about it.
Common Misconceptions: Some children draw an unrelated picture. Others draw only what they already named, without adding a detail. Some show the picture but do not explain what to notice.
How to Assess It: Ask each child: “Tell me about a place you like to play. Draw one detail that helps me picture it, then point to it and tell me what it shows.”

Lesson moves

Give each child a leaf to describe, then have them draw its veins and point to the drawing while they explain.
Show a drawing of a dog and ask, “What could you add to show what this dog likes to do?”
Play Add a Clue: partners describe a toy, draw one new detail, and explain that detail before their partner guesses the toy.
Photograph the class plant, circle a new leaf on the photo, and have children tell a partner what changed.

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