Virginia SOL K.RI.3.A
The Standard
With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic
Virginia Standards of Learning for English · Integration of Concepts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students listen to or explore two nonfiction texts about the same subject. With teacher prompts, they name one way the texts match and one way they differ.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student names one shared fact or picture detail and one difference between the texts. The student points to a page or picture as evidence.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name facts from each book without comparing them. They may also confuse a different picture or page color with a different fact.
How to Assess It
- Show two short texts about frogs and ask, “Tell one thing both texts show about frogs and one thing only one text shows.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Place fact cards from two animal books into three hoops labeled Both, Book One, and Book Two.
Ask partners, “What did both books teach us, and what did only one book teach us?”
Play Same or Different by reading paired facts aloud while students hold up matching response cards.
Compare two classroom signs about handwashing, then name one message they share and one detail that differs.
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Related Standards
- 1.RI.3.A
Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic.
- 3.RI.3.B
Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
- K.RL.3.B
With prompting and support, compare and contrast characters, plot events, or settings between two familiar stories
- 2.RI.3.B
Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
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