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 |
|---|---|
| Birds that Swim Instead of Fly | 10 to 12 |
| The Venus Flytrap | 13 to 15 |
| The Peculiar Platypus | 16 to 18 |
| Kelp: The Underwater Forest | 19 to 21 |
| Cheetahs Are Fast Cats | 22 to 24 |
| Poisonous Plants: Good or Bad? | 25 to 27 |
| Around the World in 72 Days | 28 to 30 |
| The Search for the Northwest Passage | 31 to 33 |
| The Great Race of Mercy | 34 to 36 |
| Daring Rescue During the Buffalo Blizzard of 1977 | 37 to 39 |
| Stranded Near a Mountaintop | 40 to 42 |
| A Monster Wave Flips Two Boats | 43 to 45 |
| Trapped Underground! | 46 to 48 |
| Krakatau, a Deadly Volcano | 49 to 51 |
| Destructive Wind and Water: The Galveston Hurricane | 52 to 54 |
| The Dust Bowl | 55 to 57 |
| Avalanche! | 58 to 60 |
| Flash Flood in Big Thompson Canyon | 61 to 63 |
| Deadly Cloud from Lake Nyos | 64 to 66 |
| Gunpowder Inventions | 67 to 69 |
| The Miracle of Movable Type | 70 to 72 |
| Galileo's Discoveries About the Universe | 73 to 75 |
| Dinosaurs | 76 to 78 |
| Joseph Lister’s Fight Against Germs | 79 to 81 |
| The Janitor’s Invention | 82 to 84 |
| Recycling | 85 to 87 |
| Earth’s Hot Spots | 88 to 90 |
| Big Blast in Siberia | 91 to 93 |
| The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge | 94 to 96 |
| Libraries Make the World a Smarter Place | 97 to 99 |
| Lightships | 100 to 102 |
| Mount Rushmore | 103 to 105 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Birds that Swim Instead of Fly | 10 to 12 |
| The Venus Flytrap | 13 to 15 |
| The Peculiar Platypus | 16 to 18 |
| Kelp: The Underwater Forest | 19 to 21 |
| Cheetahs Are Fast Cats | 22 to 24 |
| Poisonous Plants: Good or Bad? | 25 to 27 |
| Around the World in 72 Days | 28 to 30 |
| The Search for the Northwest Passage | 31 to 33 |
| The Great Race of Mercy | 34 to 36 |
| Daring Rescue During the Buffalo Blizzard of 1977 | 37 to 39 |
| Stranded Near a Mountaintop | 40 to 42 |
| A Monster Wave Flips Two Boats | 43 to 45 |
| Trapped Underground! | 46 to 48 |
| Krakatau, a Deadly Volcano | 49 to 51 |
| Destructive Wind and Water: The Galveston Hurricane | 52 to 54 |
| The Dust Bowl | 55 to 57 |
| Avalanche! | 58 to 60 |
| Flash Flood in Big Thompson Canyon | 61 to 63 |
| Deadly Cloud from Lake Nyos | 64 to 66 |
| Gunpowder Inventions | 67 to 69 |
| The Miracle of Movable Type | 70 to 72 |
| Galileo's Discoveries About the Universe | 73 to 75 |
| Dinosaurs | 76 to 78 |
| Joseph Lister’s Fight Against Germs | 79 to 81 |
| The Janitor’s Invention | 82 to 84 |
| Recycling | 85 to 87 |
| Earth’s Hot Spots | 88 to 90 |
| Big Blast in Siberia | 91 to 93 |
| The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge | 94 to 96 |
| Libraries Make the World a Smarter Place | 97 to 99 |
| Lightships | 100 to 102 |
| Mount Rushmore | 103 to 105 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Birds that Swim Instead of Fly | 10 to 12 |
| The Venus Flytrap | 13 to 15 |
| The Peculiar Platypus | 16 to 18 |
| Kelp: The Underwater Forest | 19 to 21 |
| Cheetahs Are Fast Cats | 22 to 24 |
| Poisonous Plants: Good or Bad? | 25 to 27 |
| Around the World in 72 Days | 28 to 30 |
| The Search for the Northwest Passage | 31 to 33 |
| The Great Race of Mercy | 34 to 36 |
| Daring Rescue During the Buffalo Blizzard of 1977 | 37 to 39 |
| Stranded Near a Mountaintop | 40 to 42 |
| A Monster Wave Flips Two Boats | 43 to 45 |
| Trapped Underground! | 46 to 48 |
| Krakatau, a Deadly Volcano | 49 to 51 |
| Destructive Wind and Water: The Galveston Hurricane | 52 to 54 |
| The Dust Bowl | 55 to 57 |
| Avalanche! | 58 to 60 |
| Flash Flood in Big Thompson Canyon | 61 to 63 |
| Deadly Cloud from Lake Nyos | 64 to 66 |
| Gunpowder Inventions | 67 to 69 |
| The Miracle of Movable Type | 70 to 72 |
| Galileo's Discoveries About the Universe | 73 to 75 |
| Dinosaurs | 76 to 78 |
| Joseph Lister’s Fight Against Germs | 79 to 81 |
| The Janitor’s Invention | 82 to 84 |
| Recycling | 85 to 87 |
| Earth’s Hot Spots | 88 to 90 |
| Big Blast in Siberia | 91 to 93 |
| The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge | 94 to 96 |
| Libraries Make the World a Smarter Place | 97 to 99 |
| Lightships | 100 to 102 |
| Mount Rushmore | 103 to 105 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Birds that Swim Instead of Fly | 10 to 12 |
| The Venus Flytrap | 13 to 15 |
| The Peculiar Platypus | 16 to 18 |
| Kelp: The Underwater Forest | 19 to 21 |
| Cheetahs Are Fast Cats | 22 to 24 |
| Poisonous Plants: Good or Bad? | 25 to 27 |
| Around the World in 72 Days | 28 to 30 |
| The Search for the Northwest Passage | 31 to 33 |
| The Great Race of Mercy | 34 to 36 |
| Daring Rescue During the Buffalo Blizzard of 1977 | 37 to 39 |
| Stranded Near a Mountaintop | 40 to 42 |
| A Monster Wave Flips Two Boats | 43 to 45 |
| Trapped Underground! | 46 to 48 |
| Krakatau, a Deadly Volcano | 49 to 51 |
| Destructive Wind and Water: The Galveston Hurricane | 52 to 54 |
| The Dust Bowl | 55 to 57 |
| Avalanche! | 58 to 60 |
| Flash Flood in Big Thompson Canyon | 61 to 63 |
| Deadly Cloud from Lake Nyos | 64 to 66 |
| Gunpowder Inventions | 67 to 69 |
| The Miracle of Movable Type | 70 to 72 |
| Galileo's Discoveries About the Universe | 73 to 75 |
| Dinosaurs | 76 to 78 |
| Joseph Lister’s Fight Against Germs | 79 to 81 |
| The Janitor’s Invention | 82 to 84 |
| Recycling | 85 to 87 |
| Earth’s Hot Spots | 88 to 90 |
| Big Blast in Siberia | 91 to 93 |
| The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge | 94 to 96 |
| Libraries Make the World a Smarter Place | 97 to 99 |
| Lightships | 100 to 102 |
| Mount Rushmore | 103 to 105 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Birds that Swim Instead of Fly | 10 to 12 |
| The Venus Flytrap | 13 to 15 |
| The Peculiar Platypus | 16 to 18 |
| Kelp: The Underwater Forest | 19 to 21 |
| Cheetahs Are Fast Cats | 22 to 24 |
| Poisonous Plants: Good or Bad? | 25 to 27 |
| Around the World in 72 Days | 28 to 30 |
| The Search for the Northwest Passage | 31 to 33 |
| The Great Race of Mercy | 34 to 36 |
| Daring Rescue During the Buffalo Blizzard of 1977 | 37 to 39 |
| Stranded Near a Mountaintop | 40 to 42 |
| A Monster Wave Flips Two Boats | 43 to 45 |
| Trapped Underground! | 46 to 48 |
| Krakatau, a Deadly Volcano | 49 to 51 |
| Destructive Wind and Water: The Galveston Hurricane | 52 to 54 |
| The Dust Bowl | 55 to 57 |
| Avalanche! | 58 to 60 |
| Flash Flood in Big Thompson Canyon | 61 to 63 |
| Deadly Cloud from Lake Nyos | 64 to 66 |
| Gunpowder Inventions | 67 to 69 |
| The Miracle of Movable Type | 70 to 72 |
| Galileo's Discoveries About the Universe | 73 to 75 |
| Dinosaurs | 76 to 78 |
| Joseph Lister’s Fight Against Germs | 79 to 81 |
| The Janitor’s Invention | 82 to 84 |
| Recycling | 85 to 87 |
| Earth’s Hot Spots | 88 to 90 |
| Big Blast in Siberia | 91 to 93 |
| The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge | 94 to 96 |
| Libraries Make the World a Smarter Place | 97 to 99 |
| Lightships | 100 to 102 |
| Mount Rushmore | 103 to 105 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Birds that Swim Instead of Fly | 10 to 12 |
| The Venus Flytrap | 13 to 15 |
| The Peculiar Platypus | 16 to 18 |
| Kelp: The Underwater Forest | 19 to 21 |
| Cheetahs Are Fast Cats | 22 to 24 |
| Poisonous Plants: Good or Bad? | 25 to 27 |
| Around the World in 72 Days | 28 to 30 |
| The Search for the Northwest Passage | 31 to 33 |
| The Great Race of Mercy | 34 to 36 |
| Daring Rescue During the Buffalo Blizzard of 1977 | 37 to 39 |
| Stranded Near a Mountaintop | 40 to 42 |
| A Monster Wave Flips Two Boats | 43 to 45 |
| Trapped Underground! | 46 to 48 |
| Krakatau, a Deadly Volcano | 49 to 51 |
| Destructive Wind and Water: The Galveston Hurricane | 52 to 54 |
| The Dust Bowl | 55 to 57 |
| Avalanche! | 58 to 60 |
| Flash Flood in Big Thompson Canyon | 61 to 63 |
| Deadly Cloud from Lake Nyos | 64 to 66 |
| Gunpowder Inventions | 67 to 69 |
| The Miracle of Movable Type | 70 to 72 |
| Galileo's Discoveries About the Universe | 73 to 75 |
| Dinosaurs | 76 to 78 |
| Joseph Lister’s Fight Against Germs | 79 to 81 |
| The Janitor’s Invention | 82 to 84 |
| Recycling | 85 to 87 |
| Earth’s Hot Spots | 88 to 90 |
| Big Blast in Siberia | 91 to 93 |
| The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge | 94 to 96 |
| Libraries Make the World a Smarter Place | 97 to 99 |
| Lightships | 100 to 102 |
| Mount Rushmore | 103 to 105 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Birds that Swim Instead of Fly | 10 to 12 |
| The Venus Flytrap | 13 to 15 |
| The Peculiar Platypus | 16 to 18 |
| Kelp: The Underwater Forest | 19 to 21 |
| Cheetahs Are Fast Cats | 22 to 24 |
| Poisonous Plants: Good or Bad? | 25 to 27 |
| Around the World in 72 Days | 28 to 30 |
| The Search for the Northwest Passage | 31 to 33 |
| The Great Race of Mercy | 34 to 36 |
| Daring Rescue During the Buffalo Blizzard of 1977 | 37 to 39 |
| Stranded Near a Mountaintop | 40 to 42 |
| A Monster Wave Flips Two Boats | 43 to 45 |
| Trapped Underground! | 46 to 48 |
| Krakatau, a Deadly Volcano | 49 to 51 |
| Destructive Wind and Water: The Galveston Hurricane | 52 to 54 |
| The Dust Bowl | 55 to 57 |
| Avalanche! | 58 to 60 |
| Flash Flood in Big Thompson Canyon | 61 to 63 |
| Deadly Cloud from Lake Nyos | 64 to 66 |
| Gunpowder Inventions | 67 to 69 |
| The Miracle of Movable Type | 70 to 72 |
| Galileo's Discoveries About the Universe | 73 to 75 |
| Dinosaurs | 76 to 78 |
| Joseph Lister’s Fight Against Germs | 79 to 81 |
| The Janitor’s Invention | 82 to 84 |
| Recycling | 85 to 87 |
| Earth’s Hot Spots | 88 to 90 |
| Big Blast in Siberia | 91 to 93 |
| The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge | 94 to 96 |
| Libraries Make the World a Smarter Place | 97 to 99 |
| Lightships | 100 to 102 |
| Mount Rushmore | 103 to 105 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Birds that Swim Instead of Fly | 10 to 12 |
| The Venus Flytrap | 13 to 15 |
| The Peculiar Platypus | 16 to 18 |
| Kelp: The Underwater Forest | 19 to 21 |
| Cheetahs Are Fast Cats | 22 to 24 |
| Poisonous Plants: Good or Bad? | 25 to 27 |
| Around the World in 72 Days | 28 to 30 |
| The Search for the Northwest Passage | 31 to 33 |
| The Great Race of Mercy | 34 to 36 |
| Daring Rescue During the Buffalo Blizzard of 1977 | 37 to 39 |
| Stranded Near a Mountaintop | 40 to 42 |
| A Monster Wave Flips Two Boats | 43 to 45 |
| Trapped Underground! | 46 to 48 |
| Krakatau, a Deadly Volcano | 49 to 51 |
| Destructive Wind and Water: The Galveston Hurricane | 52 to 54 |
| The Dust Bowl | 55 to 57 |
| Avalanche! | 58 to 60 |
| Flash Flood in Big Thompson Canyon | 61 to 63 |
| Deadly Cloud from Lake Nyos | 64 to 66 |
| Gunpowder Inventions | 67 to 69 |
| The Miracle of Movable Type | 70 to 72 |
| Galileo's Discoveries About the Universe | 73 to 75 |
| Dinosaurs | 76 to 78 |
| Joseph Lister’s Fight Against Germs | 79 to 81 |
| The Janitor’s Invention | 82 to 84 |
| Recycling | 85 to 87 |
| Earth’s Hot Spots | 88 to 90 |
| Big Blast in Siberia | 91 to 93 |
| The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge | 94 to 96 |
| Libraries Make the World a Smarter Place | 97 to 99 |
| Lightships | 100 to 102 |
| Mount Rushmore | 103 to 105 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Poisonous Plants: Good or Bad? | 25 to 27 |
| Krakatau, a Deadly Volcano | 49 to 51 |
| Destructive Wind and Water: The Galveston Hurricane | 52 to 54 |
| Avalanche! | 58 to 60 |
| Deadly Cloud from Lake Nyos | 64 to 66 |
| Gunpowder Inventions | 67 to 69 |
| Dinosaurs | 76 to 78 |
| Joseph Lister’s Fight Against Germs | 79 to 81 |
| The Janitor’s Invention | 82 to 84 |
| Recycling | 85 to 87 |
| Big Blast in Siberia | 91 to 93 |
| The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge | 94 to 96 |
| Lightships | 100 to 102 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Birds that Swim Instead of Fly | 10 to 12 |
| The Venus Flytrap | 13 to 15 |
| The Peculiar Platypus | 16 to 18 |
| Kelp: The Underwater Forest | 19 to 21 |
| Cheetahs Are Fast Cats | 22 to 24 |
| Poisonous Plants: Good or Bad? | 25 to 27 |
| Around the World in 72 Days | 28 to 30 |
| The Search for the Northwest Passage | 31 to 33 |
| The Great Race of Mercy | 34 to 36 |
| Daring Rescue During the Buffalo Blizzard of 1977 | 37 to 39 |
| Stranded Near a Mountaintop | 40 to 42 |
| A Monster Wave Flips Two Boats | 43 to 45 |
| Trapped Underground! | 46 to 48 |
| Krakatau, a Deadly Volcano | 49 to 51 |
| Destructive Wind and Water: The Galveston Hurricane | 52 to 54 |
| The Dust Bowl | 55 to 57 |
| Avalanche! | 58 to 60 |
| Flash Flood in Big Thompson Canyon | 61 to 63 |
| Deadly Cloud from Lake Nyos | 64 to 66 |
| Gunpowder Inventions | 67 to 69 |
| The Miracle of Movable Type | 70 to 72 |
| Galileo's Discoveries About the Universe | 73 to 75 |
| Dinosaurs | 76 to 78 |
| Joseph Lister’s Fight Against Germs | 79 to 81 |
| The Janitor’s Invention | 82 to 84 |
| Recycling | 85 to 87 |
| Earth’s Hot Spots | 88 to 90 |
| Big Blast in Siberia | 91 to 93 |
| The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge | 94 to 96 |
| Libraries Make the World a Smarter Place | 97 to 99 |
| Lightships | 100 to 102 |
| Mount Rushmore | 103 to 105 |
Common Core State Standards and Expectations© Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.