6.1.B
The Standard
follow and give oral instructions that include multiple action steps
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students listen to spoken directions with several steps and carry them out in the right order. They also give clear, complete directions that another person can follow.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students complete a spoken sequence in the correct order without missing actions. They give clear directions with specific details and sequence words, then clarify when a listener asks a question.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may begin before hearing the full sequence, then skip or reorder steps. They may give vague directions, leave out needed details, or confuse sequence words such as before and after.
How to Assess It
- Give each student a card with four steps for arranging classroom objects. Partners take turns speaking and following the steps while you check order, accuracy, and clarity.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Place students in pairs with blocks, and have one describe how to copy a hidden model using four ordered steps.
Ask students to write and read aloud directions for preparing a backpack, using first, next, then, and finally.
Play Direction Relay by reading five action cards aloud while teams perform the actions in the correct order.
Have students give a partner spoken directions from the classroom to the library, including landmarks and turns.
Keep exploring
Related Standards
- 4.1.B
follow, restate, and give oral instructions that involve a series of related sequences of action;
- 5.1.B
follow, restate, and give oral instructions that include multiple action steps;
- 3.1.B
follow, restate, and give oral instructions that involve a series of related sequences of action;
- 2.1.B
follow, restate, and give oral instructions that involve a short, related sequence of actions;
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