Virginia SOL 1.W.1.D
The Standard
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing about text(s) read or heard in which students share their thinking with a couple of supporting details from the text.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students respond to a story by showing what they think about a character, event, or idea. They use pictures, spoken words, or sentences and include two details from the story.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student states a clear idea about a character, event, or topic. The student gives two accurate story details and shows how each detail supports that idea.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may retell the whole story instead of stating their own idea. They may give an opinion without evidence, invent details, or choose details that do not support their thinking.
How to Assess It
- After reading a short picture book aloud, ask, “What do you think about the character’s choice? Draw or write your answer and add two story details.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs story scene cards to sequence, then have students draw their thinking and label two supporting details.
Ask, “Was the character’s choice fair?” and have students explain their answer using two moments from the story.
Play Detail Detective by reading response cards and having students identify which two story details best support each response.
After reading a story about sharing, students make an advice poster using two story events to support their advice.
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Related Standards
- K.W.1.B
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose descriptive writing that identifies a topic and provides one or more relevant details
- 3.W.1.E
Write in response to text(s) read or heard to share thinking using supporting details from the text.
- 1.W.1.B
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/expository texts that name a topic and supply some facts about the topic.
- K.W.1.C
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to write in response to texts heard.
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