Grade 3
3.RI.9
Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
October 1, 20183.RI.10
By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
October 1, 20183.RL.1
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
October 1, 20183.RL.2
Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
October 1, 20183.RL.3
Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
October 1, 20183.RL.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
October 1, 20183.RL.5
Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
October 1, 20183.RL.6
Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
October 1, 20183.RI.3
Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
October 1, 20183.L.5a
Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
October 1, 20183.L.5b
Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
October 1, 20183.L.5c
Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).
October 1, 2018