Grade 5 English · Developing Skilled Readers and Building Reading Stamina
Virginia SOL 5.DSR
Virginia SOL 5.DSR is part of the Developing Skilled Readers and Building Reading Stamina strand in Grade 5 English (English). Under this Standards of Learning objective, students build knowledge and comprehension skills from reading a range of challenging, content-rich texts. Below is what 5.DSR covers in plain language, the specific skills it is assessed on, the key concepts to review, and how to practice 5.DSR for the Virginia SOL test.
What SOL 5.DSR means
Build knowledge and comprehension skills from reading a range of challenging, content-rich texts.
Practice Grade 5 English SOL questions
Free Grade 5 English questions from official Virginia Department of Education released SOL tests — good practice while you work on 5.DSR and the rest of the course. Pick an answer to check it instantly, or open “Show answer” to review.
1. Which factor contributed to colonial victory in the American Revolution?
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Answer: C — Lack of British popular support
2. Which document directly influenced the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States?
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Answer: G — Virginia Declaration of Rights
3. “That the foundation of... all free government is a right in the people to participate in their legislative council …” — Declaration of Rights and Grievances, 1774 This statement was issued by the Continental Congress because the British government did not allow —
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Answer: C — colonists to have representation in Parliament
4. Which issue led to the development of the first political parties in the United States?
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Answer: J — National government’s powers
Skills you’ll practice for 5.DSR
- Read a variety of grade-level complex texts 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.
- Proficiently read and comprehend a variety of literary and informational texts that exhibit complexity at the higher range of the grades 4-5 band.
- Draw several pieces of evidence from grade-level complex texts to support claims, conclusions, and inferences from texts, including quoting or paraphrasing accurately.
- Trace where relevant evidence is located in texts.
- Regularly engage in reading a series of conceptually related texts organized around topics of study to build knowledge and vocabulary.
- Use reading strategies as needed to aid and monitor comprehension when encountering challenging sections of text.
Key concepts covered by 5.DSR
- grade-level complex texts
- accuracy
- automaticity
- rate
- expression
- comprehension
- monitoring
- word recognition
- self-correction
- literary texts
- informational texts
- text complexity
- textual evidence
- claims
- conclusions
- inferences
- quoting
- paraphrasing
- evidence location
- conceptually related texts
- knowledge building
- vocabulary
- reading strategies
- text structures
- summarizing
- questioning
How to study and practice SOL 5.DSR
Start with a quick diagnostic to see whether 5.DSR is already solid, then work each skill above with guided notes, flashcards, and SOL-style practice questions. For official released items, see our Virginia SOL practice tests guide and how to study for the SOL test.
Frequently asked questions about SOL 5.DSR
What is Virginia SOL 5.DSR?
SOL 5.DSR is a Grade 5 English Standard of Learning in the Developing Skilled Readers and Building Reading Stamina strand. It expects students to build knowledge and comprehension skills from reading a range of challenging, content-rich texts.
What skills does SOL 5.DSR cover?
SOL 5.DSR is assessed on 7 skills: read a variety of grade-level complex texts 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; proficiently read and comprehend a variety of literary and informational texts that exhibit complexity at the higher range of the grades 4-5 band; draw several pieces of evidence from grade-level complex texts to support claims, conclusions, and inferences from texts, including quoting or paraphrasing accurately; trace where relevant evidence is located in texts; regularly engage in reading a series of conceptually related texts organized around topics of study to build knowledge and vocabulary; use reading strategies as needed to aid and monitor comprehension when encountering challenging sections of text.
What strand of Grade 5 English is SOL 5.DSR in?
SOL 5.DSR belongs to the Developing Skilled Readers and Building Reading Stamina reporting strand of the Grade 5 English Virginia Standards of Learning.
How do I study and practice for SOL 5.DSR?
Start with a diagnostic to see whether 5.DSR is already solid, then work the 7 skills above with guided notes, flashcards, and SOL-style practice questions. For official released items, see the Virginia SOL practice tests guide.