Virginia SOL 3.C.1.A.iii
The Standard
Asking and responding to questions that acquire or confirm information on a topic and link their comments to the remarks of others.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Communication, Listening, and Collaboration
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students ask clear questions to learn new details or check their understanding. They listen closely, answer relevantly, and connect their comments to another speaker’s idea.
What Mastery Looks Like
- During a discussion, the student asks relevant questions and answers with accurate details. The student refers to a classmate’s idea before adding, agreeing, or disagreeing.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may ask unrelated questions or repeat their own ideas without connecting to what others said. They may give one-word answers that do not provide or confirm useful information.
How to Assess It
- Give pairs a short paragraph about animal habitats. Each student asks one question for new information, one confirming question, and makes one connected comment.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a mystery object in a bag, then have them ask questions, confirm clues, and build on each other’s guesses.
After reading a story, ask, “Which choice changed the plot most?” Require each response to connect to a previous speaker’s idea.
Play Question Chain, where each student answers the last question, links to that answer, and asks a new relevant question.
Have groups plan a class celebration by asking about preferences, confirming details, and connecting suggestions to earlier comments.
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Related Standards
- 8.C.1.A.iii
Asking clarifying questions and responding appropriately to others’ questions to encourage discussion, foster understanding, and maintain focus on the topic.
- 4.C.1.A.iii
Asking and answering specific questions to clarify concepts, share, or follow up on information, make connections, and confirm new understanding(s).
- 2.C.1.A.iii
Asking and responding to questions that acquire or confirm information on a topic.
- 5.C.1.A.iii
Asking and answering relevant questions to build on others’ ideas, clarify ideas, and acquire or confirm information.
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