ELA 3rd Grade Literature

Description

• Explain how characters' motives and actions contribute to the sequence of events

• Use textual details and prior knowledge to draw simple conclusions about characters, settings, or events in a text (e.g., conclude the character is angry because he stomped his feet)

• Determine the central message or moral of a story and explain how key details help communicate it

• Determine the meaning of nonliteral language used in a literary text (e.g., broken heart)

• Describe how each chapter, scene, or stanza of a literary text builds on earlier sections

• Explain how a text's illustrations reflect and contribute to the story (e.g., describe actions, create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)

• Read regularly and independently in third-grade-appropriate texts for sustained periods of time, increasing speed, stamina, and comprehension