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.
Activity | Pages |
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Robinson Crusoe | 18-22 |
The Big Snow | 23-26 |
The Owl and the Pussycat | 44-46 |
Three Swinging Pigs and a Wolf | 51-56 |
Ten Questions for Punxsutawney Phil | 72-74 |
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.
Activity | Pages |
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Robinson Crusoe | 18-22 |
The Big Snow | 23-26 |
The Owl and the Pussycat | 44-46 |
Three Swinging Pigs and a Wolf | 51-56 |
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.
Activity | Pages |
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Robinson Crusoe | 18-22 |
The Big Snow | 23-26 |
The Owl and the Pussycat | 44-46 |
Three Swinging Pigs and a Wolf | 51-56 |
Ten Questions for Punxsutawney Phil | 72-74 |
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.
Activity | Pages |
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The Owl and the Pussycat | 44-46 |
Ten Questions for Punxsutawney Phil | 72-74 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.RL.3.5: 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.
Activity | Pages |
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The Owl and the Pussycat | 44-46 |
Craft and Structure
ELA.RL.3.6: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
Activity | Pages |
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Three Swinging Pigs and a Wolf | 51-56 |
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.
Activity | Pages |
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Robinson Crusoe | 18-22 |
The Big Snow | 23-26 |
How to Make a Snowman | 27-29 |
Amazing Ants | 30-33 |
Jimmy's Big Barbecue Shack | 34-37 |
Teeth | 38-43 |
The Owl and the Pussycat | 44-46 |
America's National Monuments | 47-50 |
Three Swinging Pigs and a Wolf | 51-56 |
All About Pasta | 57-60 |
The First Aid Kit | 61-64 |
Produce | 65-68 |
U.S. Presidents | 69-71 |
Ten Questions for Punxsutawney Phil | 72-74 |
The Party Planner | 75-77 |
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.
Activity | Pages |
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How to Make a Snowman | 27-29 |
Amazing Ants | 30-33 |
Jimmy's Big Barbecue Shack | 34-37 |
Teeth | 38-43 |
America's National Monuments | 47-50 |
All About Pasta | 57-60 |
The First Aid Kit | 61-64 |
Produce | 65-68 |
U.S. Presidents | 69-71 |
The Party Planner | 75-77 |
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.
Activity | Pages |
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How to Make a Snowman | 27-29 |
Amazing Ants | 30-33 |
Teeth | 38-43 |
The Party Planner | 75-77 |
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.
Activity | Pages |
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How to Make a Snowman | 27-29 |
Jimmy's Big Barbecue Shack | 34-37 |
Teeth | 38-43 |
America's National Monuments | 47-50 |
All About Pasta | 57-60 |
The First Aid Kit | 61-64 |
Produce | 65-68 |
U.S. Presidents | 69-71 |
The Party Planner | 75-77 |
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.
Activity | Pages |
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Robinson Crusoe | 18-22 |
How to Make a Snowman | 27-29 |
Amazing Ants | 30-33 |
Teeth | 38-43 |
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.
Activity | Pages |
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Amazing Ants | 30-33 |
Jimmy's Big Barbecue Shack | 34-37 |
Teeth | 38-43 |
America's National Monuments | 47-50 |
All About Pasta | 57-60 |
The First Aid Kit | 61-64 |
Produce | 65-68 |
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).
Activity | Pages |
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Amazing Ants | 30-33 |
All About Pasta | 57-60 |
The First Aid Kit | 61-64 |
U.S. Presidents | 69-71 |
The Party Planner | 75-77 |
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).
Activity | Pages |
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Amazing Ants | 30-33 |
Teeth | 38-43 |
All About Pasta | 57-60 |
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA.RI.3.6: Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
Activity | Pages |
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Amazing Ants | 30-33 |
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.
Activity | Pages |
---|---|
Robinson Crusoe | 18-22 |
The Big Snow | 23-26 |
How to Make a Snowman | 27-29 |
Amazing Ants | 30-33 |
Jimmy's Big Barbecue Shack | 34-37 |
Teeth | 38-43 |
The Owl and the Pussycat | 44-46 |
America's National Monuments | 47-50 |
Three Swinging Pigs and a Wolf | 51-56 |
All About Pasta | 57-60 |
The First Aid Kit | 61-64 |
Produce | 65-68 |
U.S. Presidents | 69-71 |
Ten Questions for Punxsutawney Phil | 72-74 |
The Party Planner | 75-77 |
Phonics and Word Recognition
ELA.RF.3.3: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Activity | Pages |
---|---|
Robinson Crusoe | 18-22 |
The Big Snow | 23-26 |
How to Make a Snowman | 27-29 |
Amazing Ants | 30-33 |
Jimmy's Big Barbecue Shack | 34-37 |
Teeth | 38-43 |
The Owl and the Pussycat | 44-46 |
America's National Monuments | 47-50 |
Three Swinging Pigs and a Wolf | 51-56 |
All About Pasta | 57-60 |
The First Aid Kit | 61-64 |
Produce | 65-68 |
U.S. Presidents | 69-71 |
Ten Questions for Punxsutawney Phil | 72-74 |
The Party Planner | 75-77 |
Fluency
ELA.RF.3.4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Activity | Pages |
---|---|
Robinson Crusoe | 18-22 |
The Big Snow | 23-26 |
How to Make a Snowman | 27-29 |
Amazing Ants | 30-33 |
Jimmy's Big Barbecue Shack | 34-37 |
Teeth | 38-43 |
The Owl and the Pussycat | 44-46 |
America's National Monuments | 47-50 |
Three Swinging Pigs and a Wolf | 51-56 |
All About Pasta | 57-60 |
The First Aid Kit | 61-64 |
Produce | 65-68 |
U.S. Presidents | 69-71 |
Ten Questions for Punxsutawney Phil | 72-74 |
The Party Planner | 75-77 |
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
ELA.L.3.6: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).
Activity | Pages |
---|---|
Robinson Crusoe | 18-22 |
The Big Snow | 23-26 |
Ten Questions for Punxsutawney Phil | 72-74 |
The Party Planner | 75-77 |
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
ELA.L.3.5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
Activity | Pages |
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Robinson Crusoe | 18-22 |
Teeth | 38-43 |
The Owl and the Pussycat | 44-46 |
America's National Monuments | 47-50 |
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
ELA.L.3.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Activity | Pages |
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Amazing Ants | 30-33 |
Jimmy's Big Barbecue Shack | 34-37 |
Teeth | 38-43 |
All About Pasta | 57-60 |
The First Aid Kit | 61-64 |
Produce | 65-68 |
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