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 | Page |
|---|---|
| Racing to the South Pole | 9 |
| Without a Trace | 10 |
| Mysterious Rock Monuments | 11 |
| Alaska, America's Final Frontier | 12 |
| The First Climb Up Mount Everest | 13 |
| The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire | 14 |
| Saved by the Ringtones | 15 |
| The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 | 16 |
| The Bridge that Lasted Four Months | 17 |
| Deadly Mudflows in South America | 18 |
| The Mysterious Rocks of Racetrack Playa | 19 |
| The First Moon Landing | 20 |
| The Klondike Gold Rush | 21 |
| The Lake on the Mountain | 22 |
| A Perfect Emergency Landing | 23 |
| Colorado River Adventure | 24 |
| The High Desert | 25 |
| Finding a Missing Masterpiece | 26 |
| The Everglades | 27 |
| The First Transatlantic Flight | 28 |
| The City of Water | 29 |
| The Dead Sea | 30 |
| Earth's Hot Spots | 31 |
| The Hindenburg Disaster | 32 |
| Spooky Places in North Carolina | 33 |
| The World's Tallest Building | 34 |
| The Battle of Midway Island | 35 |
| Where Is Atlantis? | 36 |
| What's Hidden on Oak Island? | 37 |
| The Great Race of Mercy | 38 |
| Your Genes | 41 |
| Bird Migration | 42 |
| Toads | 43 |
| The Very Unusual Parrotfish | 44 |
| Common Bugs in Your Backyard | 45 |
| Head Lice | 46 |
| Similarities Among Mammals | 47 |
| Heat | 48 |
| Smart Animals | 49 |
| Chelonians | 50 |
| Can You Hear That? | 51 |
| Salmon | 52 |
| Our Moon Came From Earth | 53 |
| Escaping From Predators | 54 |
| Wind Patterns | 55 |
| Earthworms Improve Soil | 56 |
| Rabbits | 57 |
| Don't Spread Germs! | 58 |
| Unusual Mother Animals | 59 |
| Ospreys, Expert Fishers | 60 |
| Meteors | 61 |
| Clever Animal Traps | 62 |
| Earthquakes | 63 |
| The Great Pacific Garbage Patch | 64 |
| Gray Whales, Amazing Travelers | 65 |
| Smart Stoplights | 66 |
| Reduce Your Carbon Footprint! | 67 |
| Disrupting Ecosystems | 68 |
| Robots | 69 |
| Deep-Sea Discoveries | 70 |
| Tasty Discoveries | 73 |
| From Trees to Ships | 74 |
| True Lighthouse Tales | 75 |
| Shipwrecked in Antarctica | 76 |
| The Discovery of Pompeii | 77 |
| World War II Submarines | 78 |
| Women Spies in the American Revolution | 79 |
| Surnames | 80 |
| Horses Helped Humans | 81 |
| Making Glass | 82 |
| A Whale of a Tale | 83 |
| The Dead Sea Scrolls | 84 |
| The Story of the Stars and Stripes | 85 |
| Mysterious Disappearances at Sea | 86 |
| Ancient Egyptian Mummies | 87 |
| Qin's Amazing Clay Army | 88 |
| Ghost Towns | 89 |
| The Story of the Statue of Liberty | 90 |
| The Legend of John Henry | 91 |
| Changing the World, One Page at a Time | 92 |
| Colossal Statues | 93 |
| Black Tuesday and the Great Depression | 94 |
| Curing Scurvy | 95 |
| The Story of the National Anthem | 96 |
| The Jungle: A Book That Shocked People | 97 |
| The Brownie Camera and the Photo Revolution | 98 |
| Lyuba, the Baby Woolly Mammoth | 99 |
| Dinosaur Discoveries | 100 |
| Animal Extinctions | 101 |
| Amazing Journeys on Foot | 102 |
| All About Antelopes | 105 |
| Was James Dean's Spyder Jinxed? | 106 |
| Fleas | 107 |
| Worms Make Silk | 108 |
| Argan Oil | 109 |
| Ghost Lights Over Water | 110 |
| Chimpanzees Can Do Math! | 111 |
| Celebrity Shoplifter | 112 |
| A Museum Gets a Skeleton | 113 |
| Soup Nuts | 114 |
| Oil Rigs | 115 |
| Surviving Sailor | 116 |
| Missing Fortunes Underwater | 117 |
| The World's Longest-Burning Fire | 118 |
| Where Do Dead Satellites Go? | 119 |
| Newsflash: Prey Need Predators! | 120 |
| Sinkholes | 121 |
| Spider Legs Are Incredible | 122 |
| Amazing Saving Coincidences | 123 |
| The Janitor's Noisy Invention | 124 |
| When Booth Saved Lincoln's Life | 125 |
| Hot Dogs | 126 |
| Poisonous Plants | 127 |
| U.S. State Capitals' Names | 128 |
| Walruses | 129 |
| Fireworks | 130 |
| Speedy Cheetahs Are in Trouble | 131 |
| Skateboarding | 132 |
| An Unusual Relationship | 133 |
| Frozen Boy Survives | 134 |
| Susan B. Anthony, Civil Rights Leader | 137 |
| Dr. Seuss, Children's Author | 138 |
| Leif Ericson, Discoverer of North America | 139 |
| Barack Obama, 44th U.S. President | 140 |
| Oral Lee Brown, Philanthropist | 141 |
| Deborah Sampson, First U.S. Female Soldier | 142 |
| Jackie Robinson, Baseball Legend | 143 |
| The Fathers of Flight | 144 |
| Charles Schulz and the Peanuts Gang | 145 |
| Christopher Reeve, a Super Man | 146 |
| Sacagawea, Explorer | 147 |
| Dr. Edward Jenner, Smallpox Pioneer | 148 |
| Grandma Moses, Artist | 149 |
| Ida Lewis, Lime Rock Lighthouse Keeper | 150 |
| Crime-Fighting Granny | 151 |
| Louis Armstrong, Jazz Legend | 152 |
| Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President | 153 |
| Walt Disney Changes Entertainment | 154 |
| Zhang Yin, Rich Recycler | 155 |
| Heroic Chiune Sugihara | 156 |
| Harry Houdini, Master Magician | 157 |
| Dat So La Lee, Basket Weaver | 158 |
| Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber | 159 |
| Supermex, the Pro Golfer | 160 |
| The Female Moses | 161 |
| Brave Irena Sendler | 162 |
| Golda Meir, Israel's Heroine | 163 |
| Franklin Chang-Diaz, Astronaut and Physicist | 164 |
| The Tale of Beatrix Potter | 165 |
| Fannie Farmer Changes Cooking | 166 |
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 | Page |
|---|---|
| Racing to the South Pole | 9 |
| Without a Trace | 10 |
| Deadly Mudflows in South America | 18 |
| A Perfect Emergency Landing | 23 |
| The High Desert | 25 |
| The City of Water | 29 |
| The Hindenburg Disaster | 32 |
| The Battle of Midway Island | 35 |
| Your Genes | 41 |
| Bird Migration | 42 |
| Heat | 48 |
| Salmon | 52 |
| Our Moon Came From Earth | 53 |
| Wind Patterns | 55 |
| Earthworms Improve Soil | 56 |
| Don't Spread Germs! | 58 |
| Earthquakes | 63 |
| The Great Pacific Garbage Patch | 64 |
| Gray Whales, Amazing Travelers | 65 |
| Reduce Your Carbon Footprint! | 67 |
| Disrupting Ecosystems | 68 |
| Deep-Sea Discoveries | 70 |
| From Trees to Ships | 74 |
| The Discovery of Pompeii | 77 |
| World War II Submarines | 78 |
| Horses Helped Humans | 81 |
| Making Glass | 82 |
| The Dead Sea Scrolls | 84 |
| The Story of the Stars and Stripes | 85 |
| Ancient Egyptian Mummies | 87 |
| Ghost Towns | 89 |
| The Legend of John Henry | 91 |
| Black Tuesday and the Great Depression | 94 |
| Curing Scurvy | 95 |
| The Jungle: A Book That Shocked People | 97 |
| The Brownie Camera and the Photo Revolution | 98 |
| Lyuba, the Baby Woolly Mammoth | 99 |
| Dinosaur Discoveries | 100 |
| Animal Extinctions | 101 |
| Argan Oil | 109 |
| Missing Fortunes Underwater | 117 |
| The World's Longest-Burning Fire | 118 |
| Newsflash: Prey Need Predators! | 120 |
| Sinkholes | 121 |
| When Booth Saved Lincoln's Life | 125 |
| Hot Dogs | 126 |
| Walruses | 129 |
| Barack Obama, 44th U.S. President | 140 |
| The Fathers of Flight | 144 |
| Dr. Edward Jenner, Smallpox Pioneer | 148 |
| Ida Lewis, Lime Rock Lighthouse Keeper | 150 |
| Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President | 153 |
| Heroic Chiune Sugihara | 156 |
| The Female Moses | 161 |
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 | Page |
|---|---|
| Racing to the South Pole | 9 |
| Without a Trace | 10 |
| Mysterious Rock Monuments | 11 |
| Alaska, America's Final Frontier | 12 |
| The First Climb Up Mount Everest | 13 |
| The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire | 14 |
| Saved by the Ringtones | 15 |
| The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 | 16 |
| The Bridge that Lasted Four Months | 17 |
| Deadly Mudflows in South America | 18 |
| The Mysterious Rocks of Racetrack Playa | 19 |
| The First Moon Landing | 20 |
| The Klondike Gold Rush | 21 |
| The Lake on the Mountain | 22 |
| A Perfect Emergency Landing | 23 |
| Colorado River Adventure | 24 |
| The High Desert | 25 |
| Finding a Missing Masterpiece | 26 |
| The Everglades | 27 |
| The First Transatlantic Flight | 28 |
| The City of Water | 29 |
| The Dead Sea | 30 |
| Earth's Hot Spots | 31 |
| The Hindenburg Disaster | 32 |
| Spooky Places in North Carolina | 33 |
| The World's Tallest Building | 34 |
| The Battle of Midway Island | 35 |
| Where Is Atlantis? | 36 |
| What's Hidden on Oak Island? | 37 |
| The Great Race of Mercy | 38 |
| Your Genes | 41 |
| Bird Migration | 42 |
| Toads | 43 |
| The Very Unusual Parrotfish | 44 |
| Common Bugs in Your Backyard | 45 |
| Head Lice | 46 |
| Similarities Among Mammals | 47 |
| Heat | 48 |
| Smart Animals | 49 |
| Chelonians | 50 |
| Can You Hear That? | 51 |
| Salmon | 52 |
| Our Moon Came From Earth | 53 |
| Escaping From Predators | 54 |
| Wind Patterns | 55 |
| Earthworms Improve Soil | 56 |
| Rabbits | 57 |
| Don't Spread Germs! | 58 |
| Unusual Mother Animals | 59 |
| Ospreys, Expert Fishers | 60 |
| Meteors | 61 |
| Clever Animal Traps | 62 |
| Earthquakes | 63 |
| The Great Pacific Garbage Patch | 64 |
| Gray Whales, Amazing Travelers | 65 |
| Smart Stoplights | 66 |
| Reduce Your Carbon Footprint! | 67 |
| Disrupting Ecosystems | 68 |
| Robots | 69 |
| Deep-Sea Discoveries | 70 |
| Tasty Discoveries | 73 |
| From Trees to Ships | 74 |
| True Lighthouse Tales | 75 |
| Shipwrecked in Antarctica | 76 |
| The Discovery of Pompeii | 77 |
| World War II Submarines | 78 |
| Women Spies in the American Revolution | 79 |
| Surnames | 80 |
| Horses Helped Humans | 81 |
| Making Glass | 82 |
| A Whale of a Tale | 83 |
| The Dead Sea Scrolls | 84 |
| The Story of the Stars and Stripes | 85 |
| Mysterious Disappearances at Sea | 86 |
| Ancient Egyptian Mummies | 87 |
| Qin's Amazing Clay Army | 88 |
| Ghost Towns | 89 |
| The Story of the Statue of Liberty | 90 |
| The Legend of John Henry | 91 |
| Changing the World, One Page at a Time | 92 |
| Colossal Statues | 93 |
| Black Tuesday and the Great Depression | 94 |
| Curing Scurvy | 95 |
| The Story of the National Anthem | 96 |
| The Jungle: A Book That Shocked People | 97 |
| The Brownie Camera and the Photo Revolution | 98 |
| Lyuba, the Baby Woolly Mammoth | 99 |
| Dinosaur Discoveries | 100 |
| Animal Extinctions | 101 |
| Amazing Journeys on Foot | 102 |
| All About Antelopes | 105 |
| Was James Dean's Spyder Jinxed? | 106 |
| Fleas | 107 |
| Worms Make Silk | 108 |
| Argan Oil | 109 |
| Ghost Lights Over Water | 110 |
| Chimpanzees Can Do Math! | 111 |
| Celebrity Shoplifter | 112 |
| A Museum Gets a Skeleton | 113 |
| Soup Nuts | 114 |
| Oil Rigs | 115 |
| Surviving Sailor | 116 |
| Missing Fortunes Underwater | 117 |
| The World's Longest-Burning Fire | 118 |
| Where Do Dead Satellites Go? | 119 |
| Newsflash: Prey Need Predators! | 120 |
| Sinkholes | 121 |
| Spider Legs Are Incredible | 122 |
| Amazing Saving Coincidences | 123 |
| The Janitor's Noisy Invention | 124 |
| When Booth Saved Lincoln's Life | 125 |
| Hot Dogs | 126 |
| Poisonous Plants | 127 |
| U.S. State Capitals' Names | 128 |
| Walruses | 129 |
| Fireworks | 130 |
| Speedy Cheetahs Are in Trouble | 131 |
| Skateboarding | 132 |
| An Unusual Relationship | 133 |
| Frozen Boy Survives | 134 |
| Susan B. Anthony, Civil Rights Leader | 137 |
| Dr. Seuss, Children's Author | 138 |
| Leif Ericson, Discoverer of North America | 139 |
| Barack Obama, 44th U.S. President | 140 |
| Oral Lee Brown, Philanthropist | 141 |
| Deborah Sampson, First U.S. Female Soldier | 142 |
| Jackie Robinson, Baseball Legend | 143 |
| The Fathers of Flight | 144 |
| Charles Schulz and the Peanuts Gang | 145 |
| Christopher Reeve, a Super Man | 146 |
| Sacagawea, Explorer | 147 |
| Dr. Edward Jenner, Smallpox Pioneer | 148 |
| Grandma Moses, Artist | 149 |
| Ida Lewis, Lime Rock Lighthouse Keeper | 150 |
| Crime-Fighting Granny | 151 |
| Louis Armstrong, Jazz Legend | 152 |
| Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President | 153 |
| Walt Disney Changes Entertainment | 154 |
| Zhang Yin, Rich Recycler | 155 |
| Heroic Chiune Sugihara | 156 |
| Harry Houdini, Master Magician | 157 |
| Dat So La Lee, Basket Weaver | 158 |
| Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber | 159 |
| Supermex, the Pro Golfer | 160 |
| The Female Moses | 161 |
| Brave Irena Sendler | 162 |
| Golda Meir, Israel's Heroine | 163 |
| Franklin Chang-Diaz, Astronaut and Physicist | 164 |
| The Tale of Beatrix Potter | 165 |
| Fannie Farmer Changes Cooking | 166 |
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 | Page |
|---|---|
| Racing to the South Pole | 9 |
| Without a Trace | 10 |
| Mysterious Rock Monuments | 11 |
| Alaska, America's Final Frontier | 12 |
| The First Climb Up Mount Everest | 13 |
| The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire | 14 |
| Saved by the Ringtones | 15 |
| The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 | 16 |
| The Bridge that Lasted Four Months | 17 |
| Deadly Mudflows in South America | 18 |
| The Mysterious Rocks of Racetrack Playa | 19 |
| The First Moon Landing | 20 |
| The Klondike Gold Rush | 21 |
| The Lake on the Mountain | 22 |
| A Perfect Emergency Landing | 23 |
| Colorado River Adventure | 24 |
| The High Desert | 25 |
| Finding a Missing Masterpiece | 26 |
| The Everglades | 27 |
| The First Transatlantic Flight | 28 |
| The City of Water | 29 |
| The Dead Sea | 30 |
| Earth's Hot Spots | 31 |
| The Hindenburg Disaster | 32 |
| Spooky Places in North Carolina | 33 |
| The World's Tallest Building | 34 |
| The Battle of Midway Island | 35 |
| Where Is Atlantis? | 36 |
| What's Hidden on Oak Island? | 37 |
| The Great Race of Mercy | 38 |
| Your Genes | 41 |
| Bird Migration | 42 |
| Toads | 43 |
| The Very Unusual Parrotfish | 44 |
| Common Bugs in Your Backyard | 45 |
| Head Lice | 46 |
| Similarities Among Mammals | 47 |
| Heat | 48 |
| Smart Animals | 49 |
| Chelonians | 50 |
| Can You Hear That? | 51 |
| Salmon | 52 |
| Our Moon Came From Earth | 53 |
| Escaping From Predators | 54 |
| Wind Patterns | 55 |
| Earthworms Improve Soil | 56 |
| Rabbits | 57 |
| Don't Spread Germs! | 58 |
| Unusual Mother Animals | 59 |
| Ospreys, Expert Fishers | 60 |
| Meteors | 61 |
| Clever Animal Traps | 62 |
| Earthquakes | 63 |
| The Great Pacific Garbage Patch | 64 |
| Gray Whales, Amazing Travelers | 65 |
| Smart Stoplights | 66 |
| Reduce Your Carbon Footprint! | 67 |
| Disrupting Ecosystems | 68 |
| Robots | 69 |
| Deep-Sea Discoveries | 70 |
| Tasty Discoveries | 73 |
| From Trees to Ships | 74 |
| True Lighthouse Tales | 75 |
| Shipwrecked in Antarctica | 76 |
| The Discovery of Pompeii | 77 |
| World War II Submarines | 78 |
| Women Spies in the American Revolution | 79 |
| Surnames | 80 |
| Horses Helped Humans | 81 |
| Making Glass | 82 |
| A Whale of a Tale | 83 |
| The Dead Sea Scrolls | 84 |
| The Story of the Stars and Stripes | 85 |
| Mysterious Disappearances at Sea | 86 |
| Ancient Egyptian Mummies | 87 |
| Qin's Amazing Clay Army | 88 |
| Ghost Towns | 89 |
| The Story of the Statue of Liberty | 90 |
| The Legend of John Henry | 91 |
| Changing the World, One Page at a Time | 92 |
| Colossal Statues | 93 |
| Black Tuesday and the Great Depression | 94 |
| Curing Scurvy | 95 |
| The Story of the National Anthem | 96 |
| The Jungle: A Book That Shocked People | 97 |
| The Brownie Camera and the Photo Revolution | 98 |
| Lyuba, the Baby Woolly Mammoth | 99 |
| Dinosaur Discoveries | 100 |
| Animal Extinctions | 101 |
| Amazing Journeys on Foot | 102 |
| All About Antelopes | 105 |
| Was James Dean's Spyder Jinxed? | 106 |
| Fleas | 107 |
| Worms Make Silk | 108 |
| Argan Oil | 109 |
| Ghost Lights Over Water | 110 |
| Chimpanzees Can Do Math! | 111 |
| Celebrity Shoplifter | 112 |
| A Museum Gets a Skeleton | 113 |
| Soup Nuts | 114 |
| Oil Rigs | 115 |
| Surviving Sailor | 116 |
| Missing Fortunes Underwater | 117 |
| The World's Longest-Burning Fire | 118 |
| Where Do Dead Satellites Go? | 119 |
| Newsflash: Prey Need Predators! | 120 |
| Sinkholes | 121 |
| Spider Legs Are Incredible | 122 |
| Amazing Saving Coincidences | 123 |
| The Janitor's Noisy Invention | 124 |
| When Booth Saved Lincoln's Life | 125 |
| Hot Dogs | 126 |
| Poisonous Plants | 127 |
| U.S. State Capitals' Names | 128 |
| Walruses | 129 |
| Fireworks | 130 |
| Speedy Cheetahs Are in Trouble | 131 |
| Skateboarding | 132 |
| An Unusual Relationship | 133 |
| Frozen Boy Survives | 134 |
| Susan B. Anthony, Civil Rights Leader | 137 |
| Dr. Seuss, Children's Author | 138 |
| Leif Ericson, Discoverer of North America | 139 |
| Barack Obama, 44th U.S. President | 140 |
| Oral Lee Brown, Philanthropist | 141 |
| Deborah Sampson, First U.S. Female Soldier | 142 |
| Jackie Robinson, Baseball Legend | 143 |
| The Fathers of Flight | 144 |
| Charles Schulz and the Peanuts Gang | 145 |
| Christopher Reeve, a Super Man | 146 |
| Sacagawea, Explorer | 147 |
| Dr. Edward Jenner, Smallpox Pioneer | 148 |
| Grandma Moses, Artist | 149 |
| Ida Lewis, Lime Rock Lighthouse Keeper | 150 |
| Crime-Fighting Granny | 151 |
| Louis Armstrong, Jazz Legend | 152 |
| Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President | 153 |
| Walt Disney Changes Entertainment | 154 |
| Zhang Yin, Rich Recycler | 155 |
| Heroic Chiune Sugihara | 156 |
| Harry Houdini, Master Magician | 157 |
| Dat So La Lee, Basket Weaver | 158 |
| Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber | 159 |
| Supermex, the Pro Golfer | 160 |
| The Female Moses | 161 |
| Brave Irena Sendler | 162 |
| Golda Meir, Israel's Heroine | 163 |
| Franklin Chang-Diaz, Astronaut and Physicist | 164 |
| The Tale of Beatrix Potter | 165 |
| Fannie Farmer Changes Cooking | 166 |
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 | Page |
|---|---|
| The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire | 14 |
| The Bridge that Lasted Four Months | 17 |
| Deadly Mudflows in South America | 18 |
| The Everglades | 27 |
| The Hindenburg Disaster | 32 |
| The Battle of Midway Island | 35 |
| The Great Race of Mercy | 38 |
| Your Genes | 41 |
| Bird Migration | 42 |
| The Very Unusual Parrotfish | 44 |
| Head Lice | 46 |
| Similarities Among Mammals | 47 |
| Heat | 48 |
| Can You Hear That? | 51 |
| Salmon | 52 |
| Our Moon Came From Earth | 53 |
| Wind Patterns | 55 |
| Earthworms Improve Soil | 56 |
| Rabbits | 57 |
| Don't Spread Germs! | 58 |
| Meteors | 61 |
| Earthquakes | 63 |
| Gray Whales, Amazing Travelers | 65 |
| Reduce Your Carbon Footprint! | 67 |
| The Discovery of Pompeii | 77 |
| Horses Helped Humans | 81 |
| Making Glass | 82 |
| The Dead Sea Scrolls | 84 |
| The Story of the Stars and Stripes | 85 |
| Ancient Egyptian Mummies | 87 |
| Ghost Towns | 89 |
| The Legend of John Henry | 91 |
| Black Tuesday and the Great Depression | 94 |
| Curing Scurvy | 95 |
| The Brownie Camera and the Photo Revolution | 98 |
| Lyuba, the Baby Woolly Mammoth | 99 |
| Was James Dean's Spyder Jinxed? | 106 |
| Argan Oil | 109 |
| Surviving Sailor | 116 |
| Missing Fortunes Underwater | 117 |
| The World's Longest-Burning Fire | 118 |
| Newsflash: Prey Need Predators! | 120 |
| Sinkholes | 121 |
| The Janitor's Noisy Invention | 124 |
| When Booth Saved Lincoln's Life | 125 |
| Hot Dogs | 126 |
| Walruses | 129 |
| An Unusual Relationship | 133 |
| Frozen Boy Survives | 134 |
| Barack Obama, 44th U.S. President | 140 |
| The Fathers of Flight | 144 |
| Christopher Reeve, a Super Man | 146 |
| Dr. Edward Jenner, Smallpox Pioneer | 148 |
| Ida Lewis, Lime Rock Lighthouse Keeper | 150 |
| Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President | 153 |
| The Female Moses | 161 |
| Fannie Farmer Changes Cooking | 166 |
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 | Page |
|---|---|
| True Lighthouse Tales | 75 |
| A Whale of a Tale | 83 |
| A Museum Gets a Skeleton | 113 |
| When Booth Saved Lincoln's Life | 125 |
| Ida Lewis, Lime Rock Lighthouse Keeper | 150 |
| Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President | 153 |
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 | Page |
|---|---|
| Racing to the South Pole | 9 |
| Without a Trace | 10 |
| Mysterious Rock Monuments | 11 |
| Alaska, America's Final Frontier | 12 |
| The First Climb Up Mount Everest | 13 |
| The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire | 14 |
| Saved by the Ringtones | 15 |
| The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 | 16 |
| The Bridge that Lasted Four Months | 17 |
| Deadly Mudflows in South America | 18 |
| The Mysterious Rocks of Racetrack Playa | 19 |
| The First Moon Landing | 20 |
| The Klondike Gold Rush | 21 |
| The Lake on the Mountain | 22 |
| A Perfect Emergency Landing | 23 |
| Colorado River Adventure | 24 |
| The High Desert | 25 |
| Finding a Missing Masterpiece | 26 |
| The Everglades | 27 |
| The First Transatlantic Flight | 28 |
| The City of Water | 29 |
| The Dead Sea | 30 |
| Earth's Hot Spots | 31 |
| The Hindenburg Disaster | 32 |
| Spooky Places in North Carolina | 33 |
| The World's Tallest Building | 34 |
| The Battle of Midway Island | 35 |
| Where Is Atlantis? | 36 |
| What's Hidden on Oak Island? | 37 |
| The Great Race of Mercy | 38 |
| Your Genes | 41 |
| Bird Migration | 42 |
| Toads | 43 |
| The Very Unusual Parrotfish | 44 |
| Common Bugs in Your Backyard | 45 |
| Head Lice | 46 |
| Similarities Among Mammals | 47 |
| Heat | 48 |
| Smart Animals | 49 |
| Chelonians | 50 |
| Can You Hear That? | 51 |
| Salmon | 52 |
| Our Moon Came From Earth | 53 |
| Escaping From Predators | 54 |
| Wind Patterns | 55 |
| Earthworms Improve Soil | 56 |
| Rabbits | 57 |
| Don't Spread Germs! | 58 |
| Unusual Mother Animals | 59 |
| Ospreys, Expert Fishers | 60 |
| Meteors | 61 |
| Clever Animal Traps | 62 |
| Earthquakes | 63 |
| The Great Pacific Garbage Patch | 64 |
| Gray Whales, Amazing Travelers | 65 |
| Smart Stoplights | 66 |
| Reduce Your Carbon Footprint! | 67 |
| Disrupting Ecosystems | 68 |
| Robots | 69 |
| Deep-Sea Discoveries | 70 |
| Tasty Discoveries | 73 |
| From Trees to Ships | 74 |
| True Lighthouse Tales | 75 |
| Shipwrecked in Antarctica | 76 |
| The Discovery of Pompeii | 77 |
| World War II Submarines | 78 |
| Women Spies in the American Revolution | 79 |
| Surnames | 80 |
| Horses Helped Humans | 81 |
| Making Glass | 82 |
| A Whale of a Tale | 83 |
| The Dead Sea Scrolls | 84 |
| The Story of the Stars and Stripes | 85 |
| Mysterious Disappearances at Sea | 86 |
| Ancient Egyptian Mummies | 87 |
| Qin's Amazing Clay Army | 88 |
| Ghost Towns | 89 |
| The Story of the Statue of Liberty | 90 |
| The Legend of John Henry | 91 |
| Changing the World, One Page at a Time | 92 |
| Colossal Statues | 93 |
| Black Tuesday and the Great Depression | 94 |
| Curing Scurvy | 95 |
| The Story of the National Anthem | 96 |
| The Jungle: A Book That Shocked People | 97 |
| The Brownie Camera and the Photo Revolution | 98 |
| Lyuba, the Baby Woolly Mammoth | 99 |
| Dinosaur Discoveries | 100 |
| Animal Extinctions | 101 |
| Amazing Journeys on Foot | 102 |
| All About Antelopes | 105 |
| Was James Dean's Spyder Jinxed? | 106 |
| Fleas | 107 |
| Worms Make Silk | 108 |
| Argan Oil | 109 |
| Ghost Lights Over Water | 110 |
| Chimpanzees Can Do Math! | 111 |
| Celebrity Shoplifter | 112 |
| A Museum Gets a Skeleton | 113 |
| Soup Nuts | 114 |
| Oil Rigs | 115 |
| Surviving Sailor | 116 |
| Missing Fortunes Underwater | 117 |
| The World's Longest-Burning Fire | 118 |
| Where Do Dead Satellites Go? | 119 |
| Newsflash: Prey Need Predators! | 120 |
| Sinkholes | 121 |
| Spider Legs Are Incredible | 122 |
| Amazing Saving Coincidences | 123 |
| The Janitor's Noisy Invention | 124 |
| When Booth Saved Lincoln's Life | 125 |
| Hot Dogs | 126 |
| Poisonous Plants | 127 |
| U.S. State Capitals' Names | 128 |
| Walruses | 129 |
| Fireworks | 130 |
| Speedy Cheetahs Are in Trouble | 131 |
| Skateboarding | 132 |
| An Unusual Relationship | 133 |
| Frozen Boy Survives | 134 |
| Susan B. Anthony, Civil Rights Leader | 137 |
| Dr. Seuss, Children's Author | 138 |
| Leif Ericson, Discoverer of North America | 139 |
| Barack Obama, 44th U.S. President | 140 |
| Oral Lee Brown, Philanthropist | 141 |
| Deborah Sampson, First U.S. Female Soldier | 142 |
| Jackie Robinson, Baseball Legend | 143 |
| The Fathers of Flight | 144 |
| Charles Schulz and the Peanuts Gang | 145 |
| Christopher Reeve, a Super Man | 146 |
| Sacagawea, Explorer | 147 |
| Dr. Edward Jenner, Smallpox Pioneer | 148 |
| Grandma Moses, Artist | 149 |
| Ida Lewis, Lime Rock Lighthouse Keeper | 150 |
| Crime-Fighting Granny | 151 |
| Louis Armstrong, Jazz Legend | 152 |
| Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President | 153 |
| Walt Disney Changes Entertainment | 154 |
| Zhang Yin, Rich Recycler | 155 |
| Heroic Chiune Sugihara | 156 |
| Harry Houdini, Master Magician | 157 |
| Dat So La Lee, Basket Weaver | 158 |
| Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber | 159 |
| Supermex, the Pro Golfer | 160 |
| The Female Moses | 161 |
| Brave Irena Sendler | 162 |
| Golda Meir, Israel's Heroine | 163 |
| Franklin Chang-Diaz, Astronaut and Physicist | 164 |
| The Tale of Beatrix Potter | 165 |
| Fannie Farmer Changes Cooking | 166 |
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