Virginia SOL 3.RI.3.C
The Standard
Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Integration of Concepts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students trace how key events, ideas, or steps relate within an informational text. They explain the link using details and words such as because, next, and as a result.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students correctly order key events, ideas, or steps. They explain links such as time order, cause and effect, or why one step depends on another, using text details.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may list details without explaining how they relate. They may assume an earlier event caused a later one just because it came first. They may reorder procedure steps without noticing that the outcome changes.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short passage about a seed growing. Ask, “How does the first change lead to the next change? Use two details from the text.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs sentence strips from a short text about erosion; students order them and add arrows labeled before, after, cause, or result.
Ask students to write: How did the first event lead to the next, and which sentence proves your answer?
Play Connection Match with event, idea, and step cards; students pair related cards and explain the link to earn a point.
Have students read classroom fire-drill directions and explain why each step must happen in that order.
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