Virginia SOL 2.DSR.D
The Standard
Regularly engage in listening to a series of conceptually related texts organized around topics of study to build knowledge and vocabulary. Use this background knowledge as context for new learning (Deep Reading on Topics to Build Knowledge and Vocabulary, K-12).
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · The student will build knowledge and comprehension skills from reading and listening to a range of challenging, content-rich texts. This includes fluently reading and gathering evidence from grade-level complex texts and reading widely (through read alouds) on topics to gain purposeful knowledge and vocabulary.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students listen closely to several texts about the same topic. They connect facts, ideas, and vocabulary across the texts, then use that knowledge to understand new information.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students explain a topic using accurate details from more than one text. They use newly learned words and connect earlier information to ideas in a new text.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat each text as a separate lesson and miss connections between them. They may repeat isolated facts without explaining how earlier learning helps them understand a new text.
How to Assess It
- Read a short new paragraph related to recent read-alouds. Ask students to write one fact and one vocabulary word from earlier texts that helped them understand it.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
After three habitat read-alouds, students sort picture and fact cards by habitat, then explain connections using topic words.
Ask, “How did yesterday’s text help you understand today’s text?” Students discuss with a partner, then write one connected idea.
Play Vocabulary Match by pairing topic words with definitions, pictures, and facts drawn from the week’s texts.
Invite a school nurse to discuss healthy habits, then have students connect the talk to facts from related books.
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