Virginia SOL K.LU.1.A
The Standard
Produce and expand complete sentences in shared language activities
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Grammar
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students say a full thought that names who or what and tells what happens. With teacher and peer support, they add details such as where, when, or how.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a picture, a student can say, “The brown dog runs in the park,” rather than “Dog running.” The student can build on a classmate’s sentence while keeping the main idea clear.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may give one word or a phrase, such as “Dog running,” instead of a full thought. They may add unrelated words or think a sentence must be long to be correct.
How to Assess It
- Show a picture of a child jumping in a puddle. Say, “Tell me what is happening, then add one detail about where, when, or how.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs picture and word cards, then have them arrange a person, action, and detail before saying the sentence aloud.
Ask, “What is happening in this playground picture?” Record one response, then invite classmates to add where, when, or how.
Play Sentence Stretch: say “Birds fly,” then pass a beanbag as each child adds one useful detail.
After recess, have each child report one event in a full thought, then add where it happened or who was there.
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Related Standards
- 1.LU.1.A
Produce and expand simple sentences, including a noun, verb, and adjective.
- 2.LU.1.A
Produce and expand complete sentences, both simple and compound.
- 3.LU.1.A
Produce, expand, and rearrange simple and compound sentences when speaking and writing.
- 4.LU.1.A
Produce, expand, and rearrange simple and compound sentences, including prepositional phrases, when speaking and writing.
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