Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.3.3: 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.
Passage | Pages |
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The Salty Truth | 14-17 |
Now Hear This! | 26-29 |
The Life Cycle of a Pond | 46-49 |
The Bill of Rights | 62-65 |
Dr. Seuss Loved Green Eggs and Ham (Biography) | 78-81 |
Delicious Discoveries (Magazine Article) | 82-85 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
The Salty Truth | 14-17 |
The Breeds and Traits of Dogs | 18-21 |
Hop Along or Fly High | 22-25 |
Now Hear This! | 26-29 |
George Eastman Invents the Kodak Moment | 30-33 |
Mine Fires That Keep Burning | 34-37 |
Cold and Hot Deserts | 38-41 |
Mighty Meteors | 42-45 |
The Life Cycle of a Pond | 46-49 |
Eerie Earthquakes | 50-53 |
Pacific Northwest Native Americans | 54-57 |
The U.S. Constitution | 58-61 |
The Bill of Rights | 62-65 |
Oral Lee Brown Opens the Door | 66-69 |
Condoleezza Rice, Former U.S. Secretary of State | 70-73 |
Guinea Pigs (Journal Entries) | 74-77 |
Dr. Seuss Loved Green Eggs and Ham (Biography) | 78-81 |
Delicious Discoveries (Magazine Article) | 82-85 |
Beyond Belief (Web Site) | 86-89 |
The Miracle on the Hudson (Newspaper Article) | 90-93 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RI.3.2: Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
The Breeds and Traits of Dogs | 18-21 |
Mine Fires That Keep Burning | 34-37 |
Oral Lee Brown Opens the Door | 66-69 |
Dr. Seuss Loved Green Eggs and Ham (Biography) | 78-81 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.RI.3.4: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
Passage | Pages |
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The Salty Truth | 14-17 |
The Breeds and Traits of Dogs | 18-21 |
Hop Along or Fly High | 22-25 |
Now Hear This! | 26-29 |
George Eastman Invents the Kodak Moment | 30-33 |
Mine Fires That Keep Burning | 34-37 |
Cold and Hot Deserts | 38-41 |
Mighty Meteors | 42-45 |
The Life Cycle of a Pond | 46-49 |
Eerie Earthquakes | 50-53 |
Pacific Northwest Native Americans | 54-57 |
The U.S. Constitution | 58-61 |
The Bill of Rights | 62-65 |
Oral Lee Brown Opens the Door | 66-69 |
Condoleezza Rice, Former U.S. Secretary of State | 70-73 |
Guinea Pigs (Journal Entries) | 74-77 |
Dr. Seuss Loved Green Eggs and Ham (Biography) | 78-81 |
Delicious Discoveries (Magazine Article) | 82-85 |
Beyond Belief (Web Site) | 86-89 |
The Miracle on the Hudson (Newspaper Article) | 90-93 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.RI.3.5: Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
Eerie Earthquakes | 50-53 |
Dr. Seuss Loved Green Eggs and Ham (Biography) | 78-81 |
Beyond Belief (Web Site) | 86-89 |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.RI.3.8: Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text(e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).
Passage | Pages |
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Hop Along or Fly High | 22-25 |
Now Hear This! | 26-29 |
George Eastman Invents the Kodak Moment | 30-33 |
Cold and Hot Deserts | 38-41 |
Pacific Northwest Native Americans | 54-57 |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.RI.3.9: Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
The U.S. Constitution | 58-61 |
The Bill of Rights | 62-65 |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.RI.3.7: Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
The U.S. Constitution | 58-61 |
Oral Lee Brown Opens the Door | 66-69 |
Beyond Belief (Web Site) | 86-89 |
The Miracle on the Hudson (Newspaper Article) | 90-93 |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.RI.3.6: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
Guinea Pigs (Journal Entries) | 74-77 |
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
ELA.RI.3.10: 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.
Passage | Pages |
---|---|
The Salty Truth | 14-17 |
The Breeds and Traits of Dogs | 18-21 |
Hop Along or Fly High | 22-25 |
Now Hear This! | 26-29 |
George Eastman Invents the Kodak Moment | 30-33 |
Mine Fires That Keep Burning | 34-37 |
Cold and Hot Deserts | 38-41 |
Mighty Meteors | 42-45 |
The Life Cycle of a Pond | 46-49 |
Eerie Earthquakes | 50-53 |
Pacific Northwest Native Americans | 54-57 |
The U.S. Constitution | 58-61 |
The Bill of Rights | 62-65 |
Oral Lee Brown Opens the Door | 66-69 |
Condoleezza Rice, Former U.S. Secretary of State | 70-73 |
Guinea Pigs (Journal Entries) | 74-77 |
Dr. Seuss Loved Green Eggs and Ham (Biography) | 78-81 |
Delicious Discoveries (Magazine Article) | 82-85 |
Beyond Belief (Web Site) | 86-89 |
The Miracle on the Hudson (Newspaper Article) | 90-93 |
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