English Language Arts Standards » Reading: Literature » Grade 3

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1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
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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.
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3. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
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4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
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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.
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6. Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
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7. Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).
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8. (Not applicable to literature)
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9. Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series).
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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.
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