Virginia SOL 3.RI.2.B
The Standard
Use text features and search tools (e.g., sidebars, hyperlink) to locate and gain information efficiently.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Craft and Style
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use headings, captions, sidebars, menus, keywords, and links to find specific facts quickly. They choose a useful feature instead of reading an entire source from start to finish.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students quickly select the feature or tool that best matches a question. They find the needed detail and explain how the feature helped them locate it.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may read every word instead of scanning headings, captions, sidebars, or links. They may click the first search result without checking whether it answers their question.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short webpage and ask, “Where would you look to find the date of the event fastest?” Have them name the feature and explain why.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed article, sticky notes, and a question card, then have them mark the feature that leads to the answer.
Ask students to write which feature they would use first to find a definition, location, date, or related fact.
Play a text feature scavenger hunt where teams earn points for finding requested facts in books, articles, and sample webpages.
Use the school website to find the lunch menu, an event date, and a staff email, then name each tool used.
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Related Standards
- 1.RI.2.A
Identify and use common text features to gain information: table of contents, headings, bolded words, and pictures, captions, and diagrams.
- 4.RI.2.B
Apply knowledge of text features and search tools in multiple print and digital sources to locate and categorize information efficiently and gain meaning.
- 5.RI.2.B
Examine text features and search tools in multiple print and digital sources to evaluate and gain meaning from the information found.
- 2.R.1.B
Locate information in reference texts, electronic resources, interviews, or provided sources.
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