South Dakota ELA K.W.8
The Standard
Provide a response to a prompt using a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing by recalling information from experiences or gathering information from provided sources with guidance and support.
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Children answer a question about something they did or a source the teacher provides. They draw and dictate a sentence or write letters and words to share what they remember or found.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A child answers the question with a drawing and a dictated or written sentence. The answer includes a detail that matches the experience or source.
Common Misconceptions
- Some children draw something about the topic but do not answer the question. Others add a detail they imagined instead of one they remember or can find in the source.
How to Assess It
- Show a photo of a robin carrying twigs to a nest. Ask, “What does the robin use to build its nest?” Have children draw the answer and dictate or write a sentence.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
After planting a bean in a cup, ask children to draw what they did and dictate a sentence for you to write beneath it.
Show a picture-book page with frog eggs in a pond, then ask, “Where do frogs lay eggs?” Have children point, talk, draw, and label.
Play routine-card draw: children pick a handwashing picture card, tell a partner the next step, then draw and label that step.
Show tomorrow’s cafeteria menu and ask, “What fruit is listed?” Children draw the fruit and dictate or write its name.
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