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Notes 3rd Grade / Foundational / Vocabulary / Reading Informational / Reading
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/Listening
REVISED: October 2013 / RF.3.3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
d. Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
Recognize irregularly spelled words
Recognize irregularly spelled words
Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words / LV 3.5a Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
a. Distinguish the literal and non-literal meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
  • Recognize difference between literal and non-literal meanings of words and phrases
  • Distinguish the literal and non-literal meanings of words and phrases in context. (e.g. take steps)
/ RI.3.7 Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
Demonstrate an understanding of text using information from illustrations:
maps
photographs
Demonstrate an understanding of text using information from words that tell:
where
when
why
how
key events occur / RL3.2
Standard: 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.
Recount:
stories from diverse cultures
fables from diverse
cultures
folktales from
diverse cultures
myths from diverse
cultures
Determine the:
moral of a fable
lesson of a folktale
central message of a myth
Determine how the central
message, lesson or moral is
conveyed through key details in
the text
RL3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
  • Recognize own point of view
  • Identify the author’s point of view
  • Compare/contrast own point of view to the author’s point of view
RL 3.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
  • Identify literal and nonliteral words and phrases in a text
  • Determine the meaning of literal and nonliteral words and phrases as they are used in a text
/ W3.3c, dWrite narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
c. Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
d. Provide a sense of closure.
  • Identify how temporal words and phrases are used to develop a sequence of events
  • Recognize closure in others’ writing
  • Use temporal words to organize narrative into logical sequence
  • Formulate logical conclusions
  • Write a narrative that:
  • uses temporal words and phrases
  • includes a sense of closure
/ L.3.2bDemonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
b. Use commas in addresses.
Use commas in addresses