Reading

In third grade, your child will

• Read multi-syllable and grade appropriate, irregularly spelled words
• Read grade-level text with appropriate pace, accuracy, expression and understanding.
• Self-correct mistakes and re-reads when necessary.
• Talk about and answer questions about a text using specific example from the text and connects different parts of a text.
• Read a variety of texts including, fiction, non-fiction, fables, and poetry and understands and talks about their main ideas and lessons.
• Use the text and context to determine the meaning of words.
• Be able to express her own point of view about characters or a text.
• Make comparisons between books written by the same author and books such as series that are about the same characters.