Georgia 3.P.EICC.3
Georgia Standard (Expectation Cluster)
Comprehension Strategies Engage with a range of complex texts for a variety of tasks and purposes, accessing and using strategies for comprehension* before, during, and after reading as part of the meaning-making process.
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P)
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Expectations in This Standard
3.P.EICC.3 is a Georgia English Language Arts standard. These are the expectations under it.
- 3.P.EICC.3.a
Establish a purpose and set goals for reading, monitor comprehension, and adjust as needed. (I)
- 3.P.EICC.3.b
Scan and skim the text, making note of structures and sections that might be most useful. (I)
- 3.P.EICC.3.c
Draw from, compare, build, and integrate prior knowledge with the material in the text, addressing inconsistencies or gaps and adding to knowledge repertoires a...
- 3.P.EICC.3.d
Summarize and visualize sections of the text to maintain understanding. (I)
- 3.P.EICC.3.e
Make and track predictions about the events and information likely to come next. (I)
- 3.P.EICC.3.f
Make, track, and support inferences about different levels of meaning within the text. (I)
- 3.P.EICC.3.g
Determine the meanings of unfamiliar words and concepts by applying knowledge of context and of academic vocabulary and word parts. (I)
Teacher's field guide
What This Cluster Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use strategies before, during, and after reading to build and check understanding. They preview, predict, question, clarify confusing parts, and summarize ideas for different texts and purposes.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students choose a useful strategy based on the text and reading purpose. They notice confusion, reread or use context to repair meaning, then explain the main idea with supporting details.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat predictions as guesses that do not need text clues. They may keep reading when meaning breaks down, or retell every detail instead of summarizing key ideas.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short passage and an exit ticket with three boxes: predict before reading, note one fix-up strategy used, and write a two-sentence summary.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give students sticky notes labeled predict, question, clarify, and summarize, then have them mark where each strategy helped in a short article.
Ask students to write which strategy helped most with a difficult paragraph and support their choice with one detail from the text.
Play Strategy Match by giving pairs short reading problems and cards naming reread, use context, ask a question, visualize, and summarize.
Have students read school event instructions, identify key steps, and explain which strategy helped them avoid missing an important detail.
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