Virginia SOL 3.C.2.A.i
The Standard
Using descriptive details and appropriate facts to support themes or central ideas.
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 plan and give a short spoken report, story, or personal account in a clear order. They select facts and descriptive details that support the main message.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student speaks in a logical order and stays focused on one main idea. The student adds accurate facts and specific details that help listeners understand the message.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may list facts without explaining how they connect to the main point. They may include unrelated details, retell every event, or jump between ideas without clear transitions.
How to Assess It
- Give students two minutes to plan a one-minute report about a familiar text. Require a clear main idea, three ordered points, and two relevant details.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Have students arrange fact cards on a table, then use the order to give a short oral report to a partner.
Ask students to write: Which two details best support the main idea, and why do they belong?
Play Detail Detective, where listeners name the main idea and identify one supporting fact after each short presentation.
Record a 60-second school news update about a class event, using ordered facts and details for students who were absent.
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Related Standards
- 8.C.2.A.ii
Incorporating pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and examples to support the main ideas.
- 4.C.2.A.i
The 4th Grade version of this standard.
- 5.C.2.A.i
Using content specific vocabulary, appropriate fact,s and relevant descriptive details to support themes or central ideas.
- 7.C.2.A.ii
Providing evidence to support the main ideas, including pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and examples.
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