Reading is a critical skill for success in school and in life.
Let’s create an easy to learn environment with high quality
children’s age appropriate books, and help our children build a
good reading habit! Reading Comprehension for Third Graders
Students read and understand grade-level-appropriate material.
They draw upon a variety of comprehension strategies as needed
(e.g., generating and responding to essential questions, making
predictions, comparing information from several sources). The
selections in Recommended Literature, Kindergarten Through Grade
Twelve illustrate the quality and complexity of the materials to
be read by students. In addition to their regular school
reading, by grade four, students read one-half million words
annually, including a good representation of grade-level-
appropriate narrative and expository text (e.g., classic and
contemporary literature, magazines, newspapers, online
information). In grade three, students make substantial progress
toward this goal. Structural Features o