Virginia SOL 2.RL.3.A
The Standard
Set a purpose for reading by providing guiding questions, activating prior (experience) and background (content) knowledge.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Integration of Concepts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Before reading, students use the title, cover, pictures, and topic to recall helpful knowledge or experiences. They choose a guiding question that gives them a reason to read.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students state a clear reason for reading and keep a guiding question in mind. They connect the title, cover, or topic to a useful fact or experience.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may make a connection that does not help them understand the story. They may treat the guiding question as something to answer before reading instead of something to think about while reading.
How to Assess It
- Show a book cover and ask, “What question will you read to answer?” Have students write one helpful fact or experience they already know.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Place a book cover, three picture clues, and sticky notes at each table, then have students record helpful knowledge and one reading question.
Ask, “What do you already know that could help you understand this story?” Students share and explain why each connection is useful.
Play Question Match by having pairs match book covers with guiding question cards, then explain which question gives them a reason to read.
Before reading a playground story, students connect the characters’ problem to playground rules or an experience solving a disagreement.
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