Reading Informational Text

Virginia SOL 5.RI.3

Integrate concepts in informational texts by analyzing multiple accounts and relationships.

What students need to be able to do

  • Use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning.
  • Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the point of view they represent.
  • Explain the relationship or interactions between two or more individuals, events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text.