Virginia SOL 1.C.2

1.C.2 is a Standards of Learning standard. These are the knowledge and skills expectations under it.

• 1.C.2.A

  Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details and using appropriate vocabulary.

• 1.C.2.B

  Speak audibly with appropriate pacing, prosody, and voice level.

• 1.C.2.C

  Participate in a variety of oral language activities, including choral speaking and recitation of short poems, rhymes, songs, and stories with repeated patterns...

• 1.C.2.D

  Retell, create, and dictate stories, rhymes, poems, and events in sequential order using drama, props, and/or pictures indicating first, next, and last events i...

01

What Students Need to Do

Students describe a person, place, object, or event with details that help a listener picture it. They speak clearly, at a steady pace, with suitable volume and expression. They also join shared recitations and tell stories in order using pictures, props, or acting.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student gives an organized oral description using specific words and relevant details. During a retell, the student keeps events in order and uses pictures, props, or actions effectively. In group speaking, the student joins at the right time with clear volume and expression.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may list unrelated details instead of choosing details that help the listener understand. They may speak too softly, rush, use a flat voice, or retell events out of order. Some students confuse a retell with adding new events.

04

How to Assess It

Give each student three picture cards showing an event. Ask, “Tell what happened at the beginning, middle, and end, using one clear detail for each picture,” then check order, volume, pace, and expression.

1. 01

   Set out three story props, then have students arrange them and act out a beginning, middle, and ending with a partner.

2. 02

   Ask partners, “Describe a place you know well so I can picture it,” then have listeners name the details that helped.

3. 03

   Play Voice Match by showing cards for whisper, conversation, and presentation voices, then having students recite the same rhyme at each level.

4. 04

   Have students record a short classroom announcement about a real event, including what happened, where it happened, and one helpful detail.

• 4.C.2

  The 4th Grade version of this standard.

• 12.C.2

  The 12th Grade version of this standard.

• 11.C.2

  The 11th Grade version of this standard.

• 9.C.2

  The 9th Grade version of this standard.