Reading Unit 2: Reading to Learn
PART I: Expository Nonfiction
I can use the front cover, back cover and table of contents to preview a text.
I can identify the main idea and details of a section of a nonfiction book.
I can revise my idea about the main idea of a section or chapter as I read.
I can use text features to learn more about a topic, combining this information with what I already know.
I can use search tools to learn more about a topic, combining this information with what I already know.
I can refer to the text to share my thinking with a partner. I can use prompts to extend the conversation.
I can read a section of a nonfiction text carefully, considering if the author is using certain words to share his/her opinion about the topic.
I can participate in a group conversation on nonfiction texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing my own ideas clearly.
PART II: Narrative Nonfiction
When reading biographies, I can ask myself why someone is famous and use that information to help me understand the book.
I can use what I’ve learned about decoding to read unfamiliar words (domain specific words) in nonfiction texts.
I can use context clues or text features to figure out the meaning of unknown words (domain specific) words in a NF text.
I can read narrative nonfiction, such as biographies, to learn information about a time period or historical events.
I can read narrative nonfiction, such as biographies, as a story.
I can determine the main idea of a biography.
I can determine if a nonfiction book includes both expository and narrative text.
I can determine if a nonfiction book includes both expository and narrative text and how these sections connect to each other.
What we will work on achieving throughout the entire year:
I. Fluency:
L.RF.3.4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
L.RF.3.4.A. Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
L.RF.3.4.C. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
II. Reading Comprehension:
RL.CR.3.1. Ask and answer questions and make relevant connections to demonstrate understanding of a literary text, referring explicitly to textual evidence as the basis for the answers.
RL.CI.3.2. Recount in oral and written form key details from a text and explain how they support the theme (in literary texts, e.g., fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures).
RL.TS.3.4. Utilize and reference features of a text when writing or speaking about a text, referring to parts of stories, dramas, and poems, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.