Using this Using Clues to Describe Activity, students describe familiar people, places, things, and events.

Using Asking Questions about a Story Activity, students Discuss a topic or read a book aloud using Question Cards to help guide questions andanswers about the topic.

Using the Describing Verbally Worksheet, students orally describe your picture using words that tell about the people, places, and things that you drew.

Using the Asking Questions Activity, students actively engage in group reading activities to discuss purpose and understanding after shared reading.

Using this SL.K.2 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson, students confirm understanding of a text read aloudby asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.

Using this SL.K.4 Kindergarten Common Core Lesson, students describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting andsupport, provide additional detail.

Using this SL.2.2 Second Grade Common Core Lesson, students recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or informationpresented orally or through other media.

Using this SL.3.4 Third Grade Common Core Lesson, students report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandablepace.

Using this SL.1.4 Common Core Activity , studentsdescribe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.

Using the Ask Me About It Speaking and Listening Activity, students tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.

Using the Help is On the Way Asking Questions Activity, students produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.

Using the Tell Us About It Speaking Activity, students tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.

Using the Can You Tell Us More? Speaking and Listening Activity, students ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to deepen understanding of a topic.

Using this SL.2.5 Second Grade Common Core Lesson, students create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

Using this SL.3.1 Third Grade Common Core Lesson, students engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussionswith diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Using this SL.4.5 Fourth Grade Common Core Lesson, students add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.

Using this SL.2.4 Common Core Activity , studentstell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.