Virginia SOL K.W.1.A
The Standard
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose narrative stories in sequential order (beginning, middle, end)
Virginia Standards of Learning for English
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students create a simple story with connected events in a clear order. They use pictures, spoken words recorded by an adult, labels, or sentences to communicate each part.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student creates three connected parts with events in a clear order. The student can explain what happens first, next, and last using pictures, dictation, labels, or sentences.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may create three unrelated pictures instead of one connected story. They may place events out of order, skip the problem or action, or stop without showing how the story ends.
How to Assess It
- Give students a three-box page and say, “Show a character doing something from start to finish.” Ask them to draw, write, or dictate each part.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give students three blank cards to draw a connected story, arrange the events, and glue them onto paper in order.
Ask, “What happened first, what happened next, and how did it end?” Record student responses as a shared class story.
Play Story Scramble by having pairs arrange three illustrated event cards, then retell the story using first, next, and last.
Make a three-page book about arriving at school, completing a morning activity, and getting ready for the next part of the day.
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