Standard 1: Speaking and Listening

Students will speak and listen effectively in a variety of situations including, but not limited to, responses to reading and writing.

Student Actions 

Teacher Actions 

• Students will describe familiar people, places, and events.
• Students will describe memorable events.
• Students will report facts and details about an experience.
• Students will tell about their family, places they like to go, or parts of the school day with their classmates. At this stage, students should be adding relevant details to their stories.

• Teachers model facing the audience and clearly speaking in complete sentences while describing familiar people, places and events with relevant details.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to describe familiar people, places or events with relevant details while facing the audience and clearly speaking in complete sentences.
• Teachers monitor and provide opportunities for students to receive feedback when describing familiar people, places, or events with relevant details while facing the audience and clearly speaking in complete sentences.
• Teachers model facing the audience and clearly speaking in complete sentences as they describe a memorable event from their life with relevant details.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to describe a memorable event in their life with relevant details while facing the audience and clearly speaking in complete sentences.
• Teachers monitor and provide opportunities to receive feedback when describing memorable events with relevant details while facing the audience and clearly speaking in complete sentences.
• Teachers model facing the audience and clearly speaking in complete sentences as they report facts and details about an experience with relevant details.
• Teachers provide opportunities for students to report facts and details about an experience with relevant details while facing the audience and clearly speaking in complete sentences.
• Teachers monitor and provide opportunities for students to receive feedback when reporting facts and details with relevant details about an experience while facing the audience and clearly speaking in complete sentences.

Supporting Resources

Teacher Insights 

Oral Language Development Webpage

• Students need many opportunities to describe familiar people and interests and/or tell stories independently.

• Students enjoy sharing about their personal experiences and interests.

• At this stage, students should be adding relevant details to their stories.

Due to recursive nature of the standards, it is essential that teachers are aware of how all objectives within and between strands work together for optimal instruction.