Common Core Standards
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening
Speaking and Listening RI.1.2
Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
Does the student know that the paragraph was about George Washington, and can they understand that George Washington was the commander of the Continental Army that won against Britain? If so, then they will have hit this standard (as well as learn about an important part of U.S. history!).