Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RL.3.3: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| The Three Little Ants | 57 to 58 |
| Jessie and the Cornstalk | 59 to 60 |
| Penny Loafer and the Three Monkeys | 61 to 62 |
| The Lizard Prince | 63 to 64 |
| The Sloth and the Tiger | 65 to 66 |
| The Prince and the Pebble | 67 to 68 |
| Paul Revere’s Stories | 71 to 72 |
| Martha Washington’s Party | 73 to 74 |
| Rosa Parks’s Tale | 75 to 76 |
| Dolley Madison | 77 to 78 |
| Write On | 79 to 80 |
| Beach Days | 83 to 84 |
| Bad Hair Day | 85 to 86 |
| Moving Day | 87 to 88 |
| The Missing Key | 89 to 90 |
| The Chocolate Snapshot | 91 to 92 |
| The Missing Dog | 93 to 94 |
| A Haunted House? | 95 to 96 |
| Letters in the Mail | 97 to 98 |
| Cyclone in the House | 99 to 100 |
| My Day as a Pancake | 101 to 102 |
| Trading Places | 103 to 104 |
| The Talking Horse | 105 to 106 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RL.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 Three Little Ants | 57 to 58 |
| Jessie and the Cornstalk | 59 to 60 |
| Penny Loafer and the Three Monkeys | 61 to 62 |
| The Lizard Prince | 63 to 64 |
| The Sloth and the Tiger | 65 to 66 |
| The Prince and the Pebble | 67 to 68 |
| The Time Machine | 69 to 70 |
| Paul Revere’s Stories | 71 to 72 |
| Martha Washington’s Party | 73 to 74 |
| Rosa Parks’s Tale | 75 to 76 |
| Dolley Madison | 77 to 78 |
| Write On | 79 to 80 |
| The Harvest Festival | 81 to 82 |
| Beach Days | 83 to 84 |
| Bad Hair Day | 85 to 86 |
| Moving Day | 87 to 88 |
| The Missing Key | 89 to 90 |
| The Chocolate Snapshot | 91 to 92 |
| The Missing Dog | 93 to 94 |
| A Haunted House? | 95 to 96 |
| Letters in the Mail | 97 to 98 |
| Cyclone in the House | 99 to 100 |
| My Day as a Pancake | 101 to 102 |
| Trading Places | 103 to 104 |
| The Talking Horse | 105 to 106 |
Key Ideas and Details
ELA.RL.3.2: 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.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| The Three Little Ants | 57 to 58 |
| Jessie and the Cornstalk | 59 to 60 |
| Penny Loafer and the Three Monkeys | 61 to 62 |
| The Lizard Prince | 63 to 64 |
| The Sloth and the Tiger | 65 to 66 |
| The Prince and the Pebble | 67 to 68 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.RL.3.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from non-literal language.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| The Three Little Ants | 57 to 58 |
| Jessie and the Cornstalk | 59 to 60 |
| Penny Loafer and the Three Monkeys | 61 to 62 |
| The Lizard Prince | 63 to 64 |
| The Sloth and the Tiger | 65 to 66 |
| The Prince and the Pebble | 67 to 68 |
| The Time Machine | 69 to 70 |
| Paul Revere’s Stories | 71 to 72 |
| Martha Washington’s Party | 73 to 74 |
| Rosa Parks’s Tale | 75 to 76 |
| Dolley Madison | 77 to 78 |
| Write On | 79 to 80 |
| The Harvest Festival | 81 to 82 |
| Beach Days | 83 to 84 |
| Bad Hair Day | 85 to 86 |
| Moving Day | 87 to 88 |
| The Missing Key | 89 to 90 |
| The Chocolate Snapshot | 91 to 92 |
| The Missing Dog | 93 to 94 |
| A Haunted House? | 95 to 96 |
| Letters in the Mail | 97 to 98 |
| Cyclone in the House | 99 to 100 |
| My Day as a Pancake | 101 to 102 |
| Trading Places | 103 to 104 |
| The Talking Horse | 105 to 106 |
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
ELA.RL.3.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
| Passage | Pages |
|---|---|
| The Three Little Ants | 57 to 58 |
| Jessie and the Cornstalk | 59 to 60 |
| Penny Loafer and the Three Monkeys | 61 to 62 |
| The Lizard Prince | 63 to 64 |
| The Sloth and the Tiger | 65 to 66 |
| The Prince and the Pebble | 67 to 68 |
| The Time Machine | 69 to 70 |
| Paul Revere’s Stories | 71 to 72 |
| Martha Washington’s Party | 73 to 74 |
| Rosa Parks’s Tale | 75 to 76 |
| Dolley Madison | 77 to 78 |
| Write On | 79 to 80 |
| The Harvest Festival | 81 to 82 |
| Beach Days | 83 to 84 |
| Bad Hair Day | 85 to 86 |
| Moving Day | 87 to 88 |
| The Missing Key | 89 to 90 |
| The Chocolate Snapshot | 91 to 92 |
| The Missing Dog | 93 to 94 |
| A Haunted House? | 95 to 96 |
| Letters in the Mail | 97 to 98 |
| Cyclone in the House | 99 to 100 |
| My Day as a Pancake | 101 to 102 |
| Trading Places | 103 to 104 |
| The Talking Horse | 105 to 106 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Mysterious Rock Monuments | 1 to 2 |
| The First Climb Up Mount Everest | 3 to 4 |
| The Klondike Gold Rush | 5 to 6 |
| A Perfect Emergency Landing | 7 to 8 |
| Earth’s Hot Spots | 9 to 10 |
| Your Genes | 11 to 12 |
| Heat | 13 to 14 |
| Can You Hear That? | 15 to 16 |
| Don’t Spread Germs! | 17 to 18 |
| Reduce Your Carbon Footprint! | 19 to 20 |
| Disrupting Ecosystems | 21 to 22 |
| Shipwrecked in Antarctica | 23 to 24 |
| Women Spies in the American Revolution | 25 to 26 |
| Making Glass | 27 to 28 |
| Changing the World, One Page at a Time | 29 to 30 |
| Dinosaur Discoveries | 31 to 32 |
| Chimpanzees Can Do Math! | 33 to 34 |
| Soap Nuts | 35 to 36 |
| Missing Fortunes Underwater | 37 to 38 |
| Sinkholes | 39 to 40 |
| Poisonous Plants | 41 to 42 |
| U.S. State Capital Names | 43 to 44 |
| Dr. Seuss, Children's Author | 45 to 46 |
| Jackie Robinson, Baseball Legend | 47 to 48 |
| Louis Armstrong, Jazz Legend | 49 to 50 |
| Zhang Yin, Rich Recycler | 51 to 52 |
| Harry Houdini, Master Magician | 53 to 54 |
| Fannie Farmer Changes Cooking | 55 to 56 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Mysterious Rock Monuments | 1 to 2 |
| The First Climb Up Mount Everest | 3 to 4 |
| The Klondike Gold Rush | 5 to 6 |
| A Perfect Emergency Landing | 7 to 8 |
| Earth’s Hot Spots | 9 to 10 |
| Your Genes | 11 to 12 |
| Heat | 13 to 14 |
| Can You Hear That? | 15 to 16 |
| Don’t Spread Germs! | 17 to 18 |
| Reduce Your Carbon Footprint! | 19 to 20 |
| Disrupting Ecosystems | 21 to 22 |
| Shipwrecked in Antarctica | 23 to 24 |
| Women Spies in the American Revolution | 25 to 26 |
| Making Glass | 27 to 28 |
| Changing the World, One Page at a Time | 29 to 30 |
| Dinosaur Discoveries | 31 to 32 |
| Chimpanzees Can Do Math! | 33 to 34 |
| Soap Nuts | 35 to 36 |
| Missing Fortunes Underwater | 37 to 38 |
| Sinkholes | 39 to 40 |
| Poisonous Plants | 41 to 42 |
| U.S. State Capital Names | 43 to 44 |
| Dr. Seuss, Children's Author | 45 to 46 |
| Jackie Robinson, Baseball Legend | 47 to 48 |
| Louis Armstrong, Jazz Legend | 49 to 50 |
| Zhang Yin, Rich Recycler | 51 to 52 |
| Harry Houdini, Master Magician | 53 to 54 |
| Fannie Farmer Changes Cooking | 55 to 56 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Mysterious Rock Monuments | 1 to 2 |
| The First Climb Up Mount Everest | 3 to 4 |
| The Klondike Gold Rush | 5 to 6 |
| A Perfect Emergency Landing | 7 to 8 |
| Earth’s Hot Spots | 9 to 10 |
| Your Genes | 11 to 12 |
| Heat | 13 to 14 |
| Don’t Spread Germs! | 17 to 18 |
| Reduce Your Carbon Footprint! | 19 to 20 |
| Disrupting Ecosystems | 21 to 22 |
| Shipwrecked in Antarctica | 23 to 24 |
| Women Spies in the American Revolution | 25 to 26 |
| Making Glass | 27 to 28 |
| Changing the World, One Page at a Time | 29 to 30 |
| Dinosaur Discoveries | 31 to 32 |
| Soap Nuts | 35 to 36 |
| Missing Fortunes Underwater | 37 to 38 |
| Sinkholes | 39 to 40 |
| Jackie Robinson, Baseball Legend | 47 to 48 |
| Zhang Yin, Rich Recycler | 51 to 52 |
| Fannie Farmer Changes Cooking | 55 to 56 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Mysterious Rock Monuments | 1 to 2 |
| The First Climb Up Mount Everest | 3 to 4 |
| The Klondike Gold Rush | 5 to 6 |
| A Perfect Emergency Landing | 7 to 8 |
| Earth’s Hot Spots | 9 to 10 |
| Your Genes | 11 to 12 |
| Heat | 13 to 14 |
| Can You Hear That? | 15 to 16 |
| Don’t Spread Germs! | 17 to 18 |
| Reduce Your Carbon Footprint! | 19 to 20 |
| Disrupting Ecosystems | 21 to 22 |
| Shipwrecked in Antarctica | 23 to 24 |
| Women Spies in the American Revolution | 25 to 26 |
| Making Glass | 27 to 28 |
| Changing the World, One Page at a Time | 29 to 30 |
| Dinosaur Discoveries | 31 to 32 |
| Chimpanzees Can Do Math! | 33 to 34 |
| Soap Nuts | 35 to 36 |
| Missing Fortunes Underwater | 37 to 38 |
| Sinkholes | 39 to 40 |
| Poisonous Plants | 41 to 42 |
| U.S. State Capital Names | 43 to 44 |
| Dr. Seuss, Children's Author | 45 to 46 |
| Jackie Robinson, Baseball Legend | 47 to 48 |
| Louis Armstrong, Jazz Legend | 49 to 50 |
| Zhang Yin, Rich Recycler | 51 to 52 |
| Harry Houdini, Master Magician | 53 to 54 |
| Fannie Farmer Changes Cooking | 55 to 56 |
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 |
|---|---|
| A Perfect Emergency Landing | 7 to 8 |
| Your Genes | 11 to 12 |
| Sinkholes | 39 to 40 |
| Zhang Yin, Rich Recycler | 51 to 52 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Mysterious Rock Monuments | 1 to 2 |
| Earth’s Hot Spots | 9 to 10 |
| Can You Hear That? | 15 to 16 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Mysterious Rock Monuments | 1 to 2 |
| The First Climb Up Mount Everest | 3 to 4 |
| The Klondike Gold Rush | 5 to 6 |
| A Perfect Emergency Landing | 7 to 8 |
| Earth’s Hot Spots | 9 to 10 |
| Your Genes | 11 to 12 |
| Heat | 13 to 14 |
| Can You Hear That? | 15 to 16 |
| Don’t Spread Germs! | 17 to 18 |
| Reduce Your Carbon Footprint! | 19 to 20 |
| Disrupting Ecosystems | 21 to 22 |
| Shipwrecked in Antarctica | 23 to 24 |
| Women Spies in the American Revolution | 25 to 26 |
| Making Glass | 27 to 28 |
| Changing the World, One Page at a Time | 29 to 30 |
| Dinosaur Discoveries | 31 to 32 |
| Chimpanzees Can Do Math! | 33 to 34 |
| Missing Fortunes Underwater | 37 to 38 |
| Sinkholes | 39 to 40 |
| Louis Armstrong, Jazz Legend | 49 to 50 |
| Zhang Yin, Rich Recycler | 51 to 52 |
| Fannie Farmer Changes Cooking | 55 to 56 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Mysterious Rock Monuments | 1 to 2 |
| The First Climb Up Mount Everest | 3 to 4 |
| The Klondike Gold Rush | 5 to 6 |
| A Perfect Emergency Landing | 7 to 8 |
| Earth’s Hot Spots | 9 to 10 |
| Your Genes | 11 to 12 |
| Heat | 13 to 14 |
| Can You Hear That? | 15 to 16 |
| Don’t Spread Germs! | 17 to 18 |
| Reduce Your Carbon Footprint! | 19 to 20 |
| Disrupting Ecosystems | 21 to 22 |
| Shipwrecked in Antarctica | 23 to 24 |
| Women Spies in the American Revolution | 25 to 26 |
| Making Glass | 27 to 28 |
| Changing the World, One Page at a Time | 29 to 30 |
| Dinosaur Discoveries | 31 to 32 |
| Chimpanzees Can Do Math! | 33 to 34 |
| Soap Nuts | 35 to 36 |
| Missing Fortunes Underwater | 37 to 38 |
| Sinkholes | 39 to 40 |
| Poisonous Plants | 41 to 42 |
| U.S. State Capital Names | 43 to 44 |
| Dr. Seuss, Children's Author | 45 to 46 |
| Jackie Robinson, Baseball Legend | 47 to 48 |
| Louis Armstrong, Jazz Legend | 49 to 50 |
| Zhang Yin, Rich Recycler | 51 to 52 |
| Harry Houdini, Master Magician | 53 to 54 |
| Fannie Farmer Changes Cooking | 55 to 56 |
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