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Reading Foundational Skills—Grade 3
Reading Foundational Skills—Grade 3
Fluency
RF.3.4. Read fluently (accuracy, speed and prosody) on grade-level to support comprehension.
RF.3.4.a. Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
10 Students will read, comprehend and analyze complex literary texts independently and proficiently.
RL.3.10. By the end of the year, flexibly use a variety of comprehension strategies (i.e., questioning, monitoring, visualizing, inferencing, summarizing, using prior knowledge, determining importance) to read, comprehend and analyze grade-level appropriate, compl
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Craft and Structure
5 Students will analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs and larger portions of the text relate to each other and the whole.
RL.3.5. Describe and provide evidence for how parts of the text contribute to the overall structure of poems, stories and dramas, including but not limited to linear, non-linear and circular structures.
6 Students will analyze how point of view, perspective and purpose shape the content and style of a text.
RL.3.6. Distinguish their own perspective from that of the narrator or those of the characters, and describe how various perspectives shape the content of the text.
7 Students will integrate and evaluate content presented in print/non-print forms of text found in diverse media and formats.
RL.3.7. Explain how the specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to an effect, including but not limited to creating mood, character and setting.
9 Students will analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
RL.3.9. Compare/contrast the themes, settings and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters.
1 Students will read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence to support conclusions drawn from the text.
RL.3.1. Ask and answer questions, and make and support logical inferences to construct meaning from the text.
2 Students will determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; cite specific textual evidence, including summary, paraphrase and direct quotations, to support conclusions drawn from the text.
RL.3.2. Identify and cite relevant implicit and explicit information from a summary to determine the theme, lesson learned and/or moral, including but not limited to fables, folktales and myths from diverse cultures.
10 Students will read, comprehend and analyze complex informational texts independently and proficiently.
RI.3.10. By the end of the year, flexibly use a variety of comprehension strategies (i.e., questioning, monitoring, visualizing, inferencing, summarizing, using prior knowledge, determining importance) to read, comprehend and analyze grade-level appropriate, compl
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Craft and Structure
4 Students will interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
RI.3.4. Determine the meaning of general academic words and phrases in a grade-level text, and describe how those words and phrases shape meaning.
7 Students will integrate and evaluate content presented in print/non-print forms of text found in diverse media and formats.
RI.3.7. Identify and explain how specific visuals, including but not limited to diagrams, graphs, photographs and side bars, contribute to the meaning and clarity of a text.
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Key Ideas and Details
1 Students will read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence to support conclusions drawn from the text.
RI.3.1. Ask and answer questions, and make and support logical inferences in order to construct meaning from the text.
2 Students will determine central ideas of a text and analyze their development; cite specific textual evidence, including summary, paraphrase and direct quotations to support conclusions drawn from the text.
RI.3.2. Identify and cite relevant implicit and explicit information from a summary to determine the central idea of a text.
3 Students will analyze how and why individuals, events and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
RI.3.3. Describe the relationship between individuals, a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts or steps in technical procedures over the course of a text.
6 Students will gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source and integrate the information for the purposes of analysis, reflection and research while avoiding plagiarism.
C.3.6. Summarize information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on information from various print/digital sources, and analyze by sorting into appropriate categories.
1 Students will compose arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
C.3.1. Compose opinion pieces, using a combination of writing and digital resources, on topics or texts, with supporting reasons.
C.3.1.f. With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising and editing.
2 Students will compose informative and explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization and analysis of content.
C.3.2. Compose informative and/or explanatory texts, using writing and digital resources, to examine a topic and provide information.
C.3.2.a. With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.
3 Students will compose narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events, using effective technique, well-chosen details and well-structured event sequences.
C.3.3. Compose narratives, using writing and digital resources, to develop real or imagined experiences or multiple events or ideas using effective technique, descriptive details and clear sequences.
C.3.3.c. Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
C.3.3.d. Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
C.3.3.e. Create a sense of closure that follows the narrated experiences or events.
3 Students will apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
L.3.3. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading or listening.
4 Students will use a variety of strategies to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases, consulting reference material when appropriate. Students will acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases
L.3.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies.
L.3.4.a. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
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L.3.4.e. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships.
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