Virginia SOL 4.DSR.D
The Standard
Regularly engage in reading a series of conceptually related texts organized around topics of study to build knowledge and vocabulary (These texts should be at a range of complexity levels so students can read the texts independently, with peers, or with modest support.). 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 a range of challenging, content-rich texts. This includes fluently reading and gathering evidence from grade-level complex texts, reading widely on topics to gain purposeful knowledge and vocabulary, and using reading strategies when comprehension breaks down.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read several connected texts on one topic at different difficulty levels. They gather facts and word meanings, then use that knowledge to understand later texts.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students connect facts and ideas across several texts. They explain topic words accurately and use earlier reading to make sense of a new, harder text.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat each text as separate and miss facts or ideas that connect them. They may guess a word from one sentence instead of using knowledge gained across the topic.
How to Assess It
- Give students a new paragraph on the class topic. Ask them to name two facts from earlier readings that help explain it and define one topic word.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
After reading three weather texts, students sort fact cards under causes, effects, examples, and key terms on a topic evidence wall.
Ask, "How did the first two texts help you understand the last text?" Students answer with two specific connections.
Play Vocabulary Links with word cards from the texts, students pair related terms and explain each connection to a partner.
Read a park sign and local wildlife webpage, then write how class readings help explain one posted rule.
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