Grade 3 » Reading Standards for Literature


Key Ideas and Details

3.RL.1

Description: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
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✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

3.RL.2

Description: Recount and paraphrase 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 text.
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✓ standard met
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✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

3.RL.3

Description: Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
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✓ standard met
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✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

Craft and Structure

3.RL.4

Description: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
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✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

3.RL.5

Description: 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.
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✓ standard met
Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

3.RL.6

Description: Distinguish one's own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
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✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

3.RL.7

Description: 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).
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Aligned modules:
✓ SeeReader
✓ Writing Prompts