REading-Literature
Key Ideas and Details
RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. On-GoingQuestions to Focus Learning ; http://www.fcrr.org/studentactivities/c_039c.pdf - Student generated questions activity; http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/5Ws.pdf - The five w's chart ; Text-dependent Questioning Stems with examples;
RL.3.2 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. On-Going
RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. On-Going
Craft and Structure
RL.3.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from non-literal language.
List of idioms;
RL.3.5 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.
RL.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. On-Going
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RL.3.7 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). On-Going
Explanation of Text Illustrations & Mood
Media Lesson
Video Clip
Tone & Mood Lesson Ideas
RL.3.9 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).
Strategies for teaching comparing and contrasting themes;
Review of Story Parts (Plot) Resources:
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/g/storybegmidendl.cfm - Review of story parts
http://rwtverio.ncte.org/lesson_images/lesson874/bme.pdf - Story parts/Retelling graphic organizer (ReadWriteThink)
Story Parts Lesson from lessonplanspage.com (charcter, setting, problem, solution);
Range of Reading and Text Complexity
RL.3.10 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. On-Going
RL.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. On-GoingQuestions to Focus Learning ; http://www.fcrr.org/studentactivities/c_039c.pdf - Student generated questions activity; http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/5Ws.pdf - The five w's chart ; Text-dependent Questioning Stems with examples;
RL.3.2 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. On-Going
RL.3.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. On-Going
Craft and Structure
RL.3.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from non-literal language.
List of idioms;
RL.3.5 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.
RL.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. On-Going
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RL.3.7 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). On-Going
Explanation of Text Illustrations & Mood
Media Lesson
Video Clip
Tone & Mood Lesson Ideas
RL.3.9 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).
Strategies for teaching comparing and contrasting themes;
Review of Story Parts (Plot) Resources:
http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/g/storybegmidendl.cfm - Review of story parts
http://rwtverio.ncte.org/lesson_images/lesson874/bme.pdf - Story parts/Retelling graphic organizer (ReadWriteThink)
Story Parts Lesson from lessonplanspage.com (charcter, setting, problem, solution);
Range of Reading and Text Complexity
RL.3.10 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. On-Going