Core Content Connectors by Common Core State Standards: English Language Arts-Speaking and Listening Standards Grades K-2

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College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening

Comprehension and Collaboration

1. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
2. Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
3. Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.

Speaking and Listening Standards for K-2

Kindergarten students:	Grade 1 students:	Grade 2 students:
1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. 1a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion). 1b. Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.	1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. 1a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion). 1b. Build on others' talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges. 1c. Ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics and texts under discussion.	1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. 1a. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion). 1b. Build on others' talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others. 1c. Ask for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion.
CCCs
K.HD.c1 Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion).	1.HD.c4 Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).	2.HD.c1 Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and text under discussion).
	1.HD.c5 Build on others' talk in conversations by responding to the comments of others through multiple exchanges.	2.HD.c2 Build on others' talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others.
	1.HD.a2 Ask questions to clear up any confusion about the topics or texts under discussion.

Kindergarten students:	Grade 1 students:	Grade 2 students:
2. Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.	2. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.	2. Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
CCCs
K.HD.a2 With prompting and support, confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by requesting clarification if something is not understood.	1.HD.d3 Engage in small or large group discussion of favorite texts or topic presented orally or through other media.	2.HD.d2 Engage in small or large group discussion of favorite texts presented orally or through other media.
K.HD.a3 Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by answering questions about key details.	1.RL.d1 Answer questions about key details in a story (e.g., who, what, when, where, why).	2.RL.e2 Recount or describe key ideas or details from literary text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
	1.RL.d2 Ask questions about key details in a familiar story.

Kindergarten students:	Grade 1 students:	Grade 2 students:
3. Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.	3. Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.	3. Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.
CCCs
K.HD.e1 Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.	1.HD.a1 Ask questions about information presented (orally or in writing) in order to clarify something that is not understood.	2.HD.a2 Ask questions about information presented (orally or in writing) in order to clarify something that is not understood

Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas

4. Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
5. Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
6. Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.

Speaking and Listening Standards for K-2

Kindergarten students:	Grade 1 students:	Grade 2 students:
4. Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.	4. Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.	4. Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.
CCCs
K.WI.a1 Describe familiar people, places, things, and events orally or in writing.	1.HD.d4 Retell a favorite text, including key details.	2.HD.d3 Engage in small or large group discussions by sharing one's own writing.
K.WI.b1 With prompting and support, provide additional details to the description or drawings of familiar people, places, things, and events.	1.WI.a1 Describe factual information about familiar people, places, things, and events with relevant details orally or in writing.	2.WI.a1 Describe, orally or in writing, factual information about familiar people, places, things, and events with details orally or in writing.
K.WI.g1 Present, orally or in writing, factual information of familiar people, places, things, and events.	1.WI.g1 Present, orally or in writing, factual information of familiar people, places, things, and events describing subtopics of larger topics.	2.WI.g1 Provide at least two facts for each subtopic identified for a larger topic.
K.WL.a3 Describe familiar people, places, things, and events orally or in writing.	1.WL.a3 Describe ideas about familiar people, places, things, and events with details orally or in writing.	2.WL.a3 Describe ideas about familiar people, places, things, and events.
K.WL.b1 With prompting and support, provide additional details to the description or drawings of familiar people, places, things, and events.	1.WL.b1. Describe people, places, things, and events with relevant details.	2.WL.b1 Share a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details.
K.WL.c1 Describe a single event or a series of events using drawings or simple sentences.	1.WL.c1 Describe a single event or a series of events that includes details about what happened orally or in writing.	2.WL.c1 Describe a single event or a series of events that describes actions, thoughts, or feelings.
K.WP.a3 Describe familiar people, places, things, and events orally or in writing.	1.WP.a3 Describe familiar people, places, things, and events with details orally or in writing.
	2.WI.a1 Describe, orally or in writing, factual information about familiar people, places, things, and events with details orally or in writing.
	2.WP.a2 Describe familiar people, places, things, and events with details orally or in writing.

Kindergarten students:	Grade 1 students:	Grade 2 students:
5. Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.	5. Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.	5. 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.
CCCs
K.WA.2 Use drawings or visual displays to add detail to written products or oral discussions.	1.WA.2 Use drawings or visual displays to add detail to written products or oral discussions.	2.WA.4 Use drawings or other visual displays to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

Kindergarten students:	Grade 1 students:	Grade 2 students:
6. Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.	6. Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation. (See grade 1 Language standards 1 and 3 on page 26 for specific expectations.)	6. Produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification. (See grade 2 Language standards 1and 3 on page 26 for specific expectations.)
CCCs
K.HD.d4 Share information from a selected permanent product or a favorite text.	1.HD.d1 Engage in small or large group discussions by sharing one's own writing.	2.WA.5 Produce (through dictation, writing, word array, picture) complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation.
1.HD.d1 Engage in small or large group discussions by sharing one's own writing.	1.WA.3 Produce (through dictation, writing, word array, picture) complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation.