Virginia SOL 1.W.1.B
The Standard
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/expository texts that name a topic and supply some facts about the topic.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students create a page that teaches readers about one subject. They use pictures, spoken words, written words, or a mix to identify the subject and share true details.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student clearly identifies what the page is about and shares two or more accurate, related facts. The drawing, spoken words, and written words work together to teach the reader.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may tell a made-up story instead of giving true details. They may name the subject but add unrelated facts, or rely on a picture without explaining it.
How to Assess It
- Give an exit ticket that says, “Teach me about frogs.” Ask students to draw, dictate, or write the subject and two true facts.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give students an animal photo and fact cards, then have them choose matching facts and create a labeled information page.
Ask, “What could we teach a new student about our classroom?” Record ideas, then have each child write or dictate two facts.
Play Fact Match by having students pair topic cards with related fact cards, then explain each match to a partner.
Examine a school lunch menu, then have students make a page naming one food and sharing two facts about it.
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