Virginia SOL K.W.1.B
The Standard
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose descriptive writing that identifies a topic and provides one or more relevant details
Virginia Standards of Learning for English
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students describe one person, place, object, or event. They use pictures, spoken words, labels, or sentences to name it and share details that match.
What Mastery Looks Like
- The picture and words make the subject easy to identify. The student adds at least one accurate detail, such as color, size, action, or location.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may draw several unrelated things without making the main subject clear. They may give details that do not match, or think labels and dictated words do not count as writing.
How to Assess It
- Give each student a familiar object, such as a crayon. Ask them to draw and label it, then dictate or write one matching detail.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Pull an object from a mystery bag, then have students draw it and add labels showing two visible details.
Ask, “What is your favorite classroom place, and what does it look or feel like?” Record or write student responses.
Play Detail Match by pairing topic picture cards with detail cards, such as a red apple with round and shiny.
Create a lost-item poster with a drawing, the item’s name, and details that would help someone identify it.
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Related Standards
- 1.W.1.B
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/expository texts that name a topic and supply some facts about the topic.
- 1.W.1.A
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to recount two or more sequenced events or experiences and include details about the events and characters.
- K.W.1.C
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to write in response to texts heard.
- 1.W.1.D
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing about text(s) read or heard in which students share their thinking with a couple of supporting details from...
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