READING: Comprehension, Expository Texts

ELA Standards Grade 3

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READING: Comprehension Expository Texts

2.1: Use title, table of contents, chapter heading, glossary, index to find information. 2.3: Demonstrate understanding by identifying answers in a text. 2.4: Recall major points and make predictions. 2.5: Identify main idea and supporting details. 2.7: Follow multiple-step written instructions.

ELD Standards Grade 3 – Beginning Level

READING: Comprehension Expository Texts

(2.1) Point out text features such as title, table of contents, and chapter headings. (2.3) Respond orally to stories read to them by answering questions, using one- or two-word responses (e.g., brown bear). (2.4 & 2.5) Identify the main idea in a story read aloud using key words and/or phrases. (2.7) Understood and follow simple one-step directions for classroom or work-related activities.

Grade 3 – Early Intermediate Level

READING: Comprehension Expository Texts

(2.1) Read and identify basic text features such as title, table of contents, and chapter headings. (2.3) Read and listen to simple stories and demonstrate understanding by using simple sentences to respond to explicit detailed questions (e.g., The bear is brown.). (2.4 & 2.5) Read and orally identify the main ideas and use them to draw inferences about written text using simple sentences. (2.7) Understand and follow simple two-step directions of classroom or work-related activities.

Grade 3 – Intermediate Level

READING: Comprehension Expository Texts

(2.1) Read and identify text features such as title, table of contents, chapter headings, diagrams, charts, glossaries, and indexes in written texts. (2.3) Use detailed sentences to orally respond to comprehension questions about written text (e.g., The brown bear lives with his family in the forest.). RECOMMENDED: Use expository passages to locate, then graphically represent similarities about a subject. (2.4 & 2.5) Read and use detailed sentences to orally identify main ideas and use them to make predictions and provide supporting details for predictions. (2.7) Understand and follow some multi-step directions for classroom-related activities.

Grade 3 – Early Advanced Level

READING: Comprehension Expository Texts

(2.1) Locate and identify the function of text features such as format, diagrams, charts, glossaries, and indexes. (2.3) RECOMMENDED: Use expository passages to locate, then graphically represent similarities and differences about a subject. (2.4 & 2.5) Describe the main ideas and supporting details of text. (2.7) RECOMMENDED: Create multi-step directions for classroom routines.

Grade 3 – Advanced Level

READING: Comprehension Expository Texts

(2.1) Use text features such as format, diagrams, charts, glossaries, indexes etc., to locate and draw information from text. (2.3) RECOMMENDED: Make an oral presentation after creating a graphic representation comparing and contrasting information about a subject. (2.4 & 2.5) Describe main ideas and supporting details, including supporting evidence. (2.7) RECOMMENDED: Create multi-step directions for academic purposes.