The Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts include Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language.
The Reading Standards are broken into three sections: Literature, Informational Text, and Foundational Skills.
A. Key Ideas and Details in Literature
- Ask and answer such questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
- 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.
- Describe characters in a story (e.g. their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
- 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.
- Describe characters in a story (e.g. their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
B. Craft and Structure in Literature
- Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from non-literal language.
- 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.
- Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the character.
- 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.
- Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the character.
C. Integration of Knowledge and Ideas in Literature
- 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).
- 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).
- 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).
D. Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
- 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.
Use the following iOS Apps for Literature:
1. Third Grade Reading Comprehension- English Fiction
$2.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
2. LAZ Level Q Library
$6.99 for 12 books in the Apple iTunes Store.
3. LAZ Level R Library
$6.99 for 12 books in the Apple iTunes Store.
4. Folktales
Free in the Apple iTunes Store.
5. Aesop's Wheel of Fables
$3.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
6. Reading Comprehension: Fable Edition
$.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
E. Key Ideas and Details in Informational Text
- Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to text as the basis for the answers.
- Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
- 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.
- Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
- 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.
F. Craft and Structure in Informational Text
- Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to grade 3 topic or subject area.
- Use text features and search tools to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
- Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
- Use text features and search tools to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
- Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
G. Integration of Knowledge and Ideas in Informational Text
- Use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to demonstrate an understanding of the text.
- Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g. comparison, cause/effect, sequencing).
- Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
- Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g. comparison, cause/effect, sequencing).
- Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
H. Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity in Informational Text
- By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including historical/ social studies, science, and technical texts at the high end of grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Use the following Apps for Informational Text:
1. LAZ Level Q Library
$6.99 for 12 books in the Apple iTunes Store.
2. LAZ Level R Library
$6.99 for 12 books in the Apple iTunes Store.
3. Reading Skills 3A
$2.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
I. Phonics and Word Recognition in Foundational Skills
- Know and apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
a. Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.
b. Decode words with common Latin suffixes.
c. Decode multi-syllable words.
d. Read grade- appropriate irregularly spelled words.
a. Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.
b. Decode words with common Latin suffixes.
c. Decode multi-syllable words.
d. Read grade- appropriate irregularly spelled words.
Use the following Apps for Phonics and Word Recognition:
1. Bluster!
Free in the Apple iTunes Store.
2. ABC SPELLING MAGIC 3 Multiple Syllables
Free in the Apple iTunes Store.
3. ABC READING MAGIC 3 Multiple Syllables Deluxe
$.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.
J. Fluency in Foundational Skills
- Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
a. Read grade- level text with purpose and understanding.
b. Read grade- level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
c. Use context to confirm or self correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
a. Read grade- level text with purpose and understanding.
b. Read grade- level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
c. Use context to confirm or self correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Use the following Apps for Fluency:
1. One Minute Reader Level 3
$19.99 in the Apple iTunes Store.