Georgia 5.P.EICC.3.b
The Standard
Scan and skim the text, making note of structures and sections that might be most useful. (I)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Engagement & Intention for Comprehension & Composition
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students preview a text before reading it closely. They use headings, sections, captions, and other features to decide where useful information is likely to appear.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students quickly locate sections likely to answer a specific question. They name the heading, text feature, or structure that guided their choice and explain why it is useful.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think previewing means reading every word quickly or skipping around without a purpose. They may choose the first or longest section instead of using headings and text features to guide them.
How to Assess It
- Give students a one-page article and ask: Which section would you read first to find the main cause, and which text feature guided you?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed article, sticky notes, and 90 seconds to mark the heading, section, and text feature most useful for a question.
Ask students to write: Which section would you read first to answer our purpose, and what clue guided your choice?
Run a text scavenger hunt where teams locate a date, definition, cause, and example without reading the whole passage.
Have students scan a school newsletter to find one event they can attend, then cite the heading and details that helped.
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