Reading Informational Text

Virginia SOL 4.RI.3

Integrate concepts to build knowledge from informational texts and compare multiple accounts.

What students need to be able to do

  • Use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning.
  • Compare and contrast multiple accounts of the same event or topic and describe differences in focus and information.
  • Describe relationships between a series of historical events, scientific concepts, or steps in technical procedures using comparison, sequence, or cause/effect words.