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RL.3.3
Describe characters in a story (their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
{Character Grid.pdf}
{Common Core Text Exemplars G2-3.pdf}
{Story Map for Character Change.pdf}
{ABC Characters.pdf}{Character Grid.pdf}
{understanding character traits.pdf}
{ABC Characters.pdf}
{character traits organizer.pdf}
{sample list of character traits.pdf}
{Common Core Text Exemplars G2-3.pdf}
RL.3IA.1
Employ the full range of research-based comprehension strategies, including making connections, determining importance, questioning, visualizing, making inferences, summarizing, and monitoring for comprehension.
{My Nonfiction Text Features Notebook.docx}
{Nonfiction Exploration.docx} {Nonfiction text features & purpose.docx}
Nonfiction Feature Search
Feature, Example, Information
RI 3.6
Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
Foundational Skills
Phonics and Word Recognition
irregularly spelled words.
Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessments
a) Prefixes assessment pg. 233 and 234
b) Latin Suffixes assessment pgs. 231-232
c) Syllables in Longer Words assessment pg. 244
***This is used for decoding multisyllabic words as well as syllables
1. Students read the words aloud on the list
2. Teacher highlights the words the student decodes correctly
3. Student independently determines the syllable count and breaks for the highlighted words
(More to be determined in Benchmark training, summer 2012)
Fluency
Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. a) read on level text with purpose and understanding. b) read on 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.
Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment (self-correction, accuracy rates)

{3rd Grade Alignment Revised 3.docx}Core Assessment Alignment.docx}
{Systems of Strategic Actions.pdf}
Key Ideas and Details

RI 3.7
Use information gained from illustrations (maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (where, when, why, and how key events occur).
{author and illustrator.pdf}
RI 3.8
Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).

{important points from two texts.pdf}
{integrating information across texts.pdf}
{considering different points of view NF.pdf}
Range and Text Complexity
Informational

RL 3.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from non-literal language.
{vocabulary star.pdf}
{considering word meaning.pdf}
{Figurative vs Literal.pdf}
RL 3.5
Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
{Point of View.pdf}
{identifying point of view.pdf}
{considering our own points of view.pdf}
{considering different points of view F.pdf}
{Point of View Comparison Chart.pdf}
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Narrative
Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).
{Texts Says-Illustrations Show.pdf}
{analyzing illustrations.pdf}
{author and illustrator.pdf}
RL 3.9
Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (in books from a series).
{word in my context.pdf}
{Inferring the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words.docx}
{i learn about important words when i read.pdf}
{words worth noticing.pdf}
RI 3.5
Use text features and search tools (key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
RI 3.6
Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
{considering author point of view NF.pdf}
{considering different points of view.pdf}
Integrate Knowledge and Ideas
RI 3.7
RI 3.9
Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
{important points from two texts.pdf}
{integrating information across texts.pdf}
Range and Text Complexity
Informational