Virginia SOL 1.RL.1.A
The Standard
Retell familiar stories sequentially and demonstrate an understanding of the story structure, the central message or lesson, and the details.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Key Ideas and Plot Details
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students tell the main events of a familiar story in the correct order. They identify the beginning, problem, major actions, solution, and lesson, using story details.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students recount the main events in order and identify the characters, problem, and solution. They state a reasonable lesson and point to an event that supports it.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may list favorite parts instead of telling events in order. They may confuse the story's lesson with the topic or give a lesson that does not match the events.
How to Assess It
- Give students four picture cards from The Three Little Pigs to order. Ask, “What happened first, next, and last, and what lesson does the story teach?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs mixed picture cards from a familiar tale to sequence, then have them retell the story using first, next, then, and last.
Read a short fable, then ask students to draw and write one sentence explaining what the main character learned.
Play Retell Relay, where students take turns adding the next event without repeating or skipping an important part.
Discuss a playground conflict, then compare its problem, solution, and lesson with those in a familiar story.
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Related Standards
- 2.RI.1.B
Retell key details of texts that demonstrate an understanding of the main topics of texts.
- K.RL.1.B
With prompting and support, demonstrate knowledge of story structure by orally identifying characters, setting,important events, and details
- 2.RL.1.A
Retell stories sequentially, including their overall structure, essential story events, and the central message, lesson, or moral.
- K.RL.1.C
With prompting and support, orally re-tell a familiar story in sequential order (beginning, middle, end)
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