Virginia SOL 2.C.2.C
The Standard
Retell information in an organized manner, focused on a key topic or experience.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Speaking and Presentation of Ideas
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students choose the main topic and the details that belong with it. They share those details in a clear order without drifting to unrelated ideas.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students name the main topic, choose relevant details, and present them in a clear order. A listener can easily follow what happened or what was learned.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may list details in random order or leave out the main topic. They may add unrelated personal stories, repeat one detail, or try to include every small fact.
How to Assess It
- Read aloud a short account of a class trip. Ask each student to give a 30-second retelling that names the topic and shares three details in order.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs four picture cards from a familiar event to arrange, then have them retell the event using the ordered cards.
Ask, “What happened during our last class activity?” and have students write three details before sharing with a partner.
Play Detail Sort by reading statements aloud while students place each under Main Topic, Supporting Detail, or Unrelated.
Have students listen to a morning announcement, then explain its main message and key details to an absent classmate.
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