Virginia SOL 9.DSR.A
The Standard
Read a variety of grade-level complex text with accuracy, automaticity, appropriate rate, and meaningful expression in successive readings to support comprehension. Monitor while reading to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, as necessary (Reading Fluency, 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 challenging prose, poetry, and informational passages smoothly enough that phrasing supports meaning. They notice miscues or confusion, reread, and use context or word parts to correct themselves.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student reads an unfamiliar grade-level passage accurately, at a steady conversational pace, with pauses and emphasis that fit the meaning. Across repeated readings, the student fixes errors independently and explains the passage clearly.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may treat fluency as speed, rushing past punctuation and meaning. They may guess from the first letter, ignore misread words, or reread without choosing a repair strategy.
How to Assess It
- Give each student a 150-word passage to read aloud twice, then ask for a one-sentence summary. Note accuracy, phrasing, pace, and independent corrections.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed passage to slash into phrases, circle emphasis words, then record two readings and compare clarity.
Ask, “Where did your understanding break down, and which exact move helped you repair it?” Students answer with evidence from the passage.
Run a miscue detective game: partners follow a read-aloud copy, tap when meaning changes, and name a correction strategy.
Use a short news script, weather report, or school announcement; students rehearse and deliver it for an audience that needs clear information.
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