Virginia SOL 3.C

3.C is a Standards of Learning standard. These are the knowledge and skills expectations under it.

• 3.C.1

  Communication, Listening, and Collaboration

• 3.C.1.A.i

  Listening actively and speaking using agreed-upon discussion rules.

• 3.C.1.A.ii

  Respectfully building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

• 3.C.1.A.iii

  Asking and responding to questions that acquire or confirm information on a topic and link their comments to the remarks of others.

• 3.C.1.A.iv

  Actively engaging throughout the collaboration.

• 3.C.2

  Speaking and Presentation of Ideas

• 3.C.2.A.i

  Using descriptive details and appropriate facts to support themes or central ideas.

• 3.C.2.A.ii

  Speaking audibly with appropriate pacing, prosody, and voice level.

• 3.C.2.A.iii

  Using language (formal or informal) and style as appropriate to audience, topic, and purpose.

• 3.C.3

  Integrating Multimodal Literacies

• 3.C.3.A

  Create a simple presentation using multimodal tools that enhance the topic and/or presentation.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students listen closely, follow discussion rules, ask useful questions, and connect their comments to what others say. They organize and deliver clear reports, stories, or recounts using supporting details, suitable language, steady pacing, and a simple visual or audio aid.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student stays engaged in partner, group, and class talk, responds respectfully, and connects comments to another speaker’s idea. The student gives an organized presentation with clear details, audible speech, suitable pacing and expression, and media that adds meaning.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may treat discussion as taking turns to share unrelated answers rather than listening and linking ideas. They may speak too softly or quickly, or list details without a clear order. They may add images or sounds for decoration instead of helping the audience understand.

04

How to Assess It

Give pairs a short paragraph and one image to discuss for two minutes. Each student gives a 30-second summary, refers to the partner’s comment, and uses the image to clarify one detail.

1. 01

   Give groups picture cards to sequence, then have each student explain one card while teammates add a relevant detail.

2. 02

   After reading a short text, ask, “Which idea matters most, and what detail supports it?” Students respond and build on a classmate’s answer.

3. 03

   Play Discussion Link: students draw question stems, respond to a partner, and earn a point for connecting to the previous comment.

4. 04

   Students present a one-minute weather report with a map, clear facts, suitable volume, and language aimed at classmates.

• 8.C

  The 8th Grade version of this standard.

• 6.C

  The 6th Grade version of this standard.

• 4.C

  The 4th Grade version of this standard.

• 10.C

  The student will develop effective oral communication and collaboration skills to build community of learners that process, understand, and interpret content to...