Virginia SOL 1.W.1.A
The Standard
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to recount two or more sequenced events or experiences and include details about the events and characters.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students tell about a real or imagined experience with at least two events in a clear order. They use pictures, speech, or sentences to show who was involved and what happened.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student creates a story with at least two events in an order that makes sense. Pictures, spoken words, or sentences identify the people involved and add details about what happened.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may show only one moment or list actions with no clear order. They may leave out who was involved, add unrelated details, or assume the picture explains everything.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Draw two boxes showing something you did before school. Tell or write what happened first and next, including who was there and one detail.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Fold paper into three panels, then students draw and caption a classroom event in order, adding one person and one detail per panel.
Ask, “Tell about a time something surprising happened. What happened first, next, and last, and who was there?”
Give pairs three mixed-up story cards to sequence, then have them orally retell the events and add one missing detail.
After the morning routine, students create a class book page using pictures, labels, and two ordered sentences about what the class did.
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