Developing Skilled Readers and Building Reading Stamina

Virginia SOL 3.DSR

Build knowledge and comprehension skills from reading and listening to challenging, content-rich texts.

What students need to be able to do

  • Read grade-level complex texts with accuracy, automaticity, appropriate rate, and meaningful expression.
  • Monitor reading to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding.
  • Proficiently read and comprehend literary and informational texts at grade-level complexity.
  • Draw evidence from texts to support claims, conclusions, and inferences.
  • Quote or paraphrase from texts accurately and trace evidence location.
  • Engage in listening to conceptually related texts to build knowledge and vocabulary.
  • Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension when encountering challenging text sections.