Virginia SOL 1.LU.1.D
The Standard
Use frequently occurring adjectives to describe specific objects (quantity, size, age, shape, color, or location).
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Grammar
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students add common describing words to nouns so a listener can identify the exact object. They choose words that tell number, size, age, shape, color, or place.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can describe an object with accurate words, such as “three small buttons” or “the nearby blue chair.” The description helps another person identify the intended object.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name an object without enough detail or use describing words that do not match it. They may confuse size with shape or forget number words before plural nouns.
How to Assess It
- Place a red pencil, a short pencil, and two blue pencils on a table. Ask students to write one sentence that identifies one pencil using two describing words.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Place mixed buttons in a bag, then have students choose one and describe its number, size, shape, color, or age.
Show two similar toys and ask, “What describing words would help a partner know which toy you mean?”
Play Guess My Object with classroom items, requiring each clue to include a different kind of describing word.
Have students label items on a classroom map with phrases such as “large table,” “two windows,” and “nearby shelf.”
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Related Standards
- K.LU.1.D
Use adjectives to describe specific objects (quantity, size, age, shape, color, or location)
- 7.LU.1.C
Use specific adjectives and adverbs to enhance speech and writing.
- 1.C.2.A
Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details and using appropriate vocabulary.
- 4.LU.1.C
Use adjectives to compare and describe noun or noun phrases with specificity when speaking and writing.
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