EMPHASIZED READING COMPETENCIES Standard 1 is part of every reading--Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. is part of accomplishing each competence. Progress in each standard is the basis for standard 10—“By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature and informational texts at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.” READING LITERATURE READING NONFICTION KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS 2. Recount stories, including fables, 2. Determine the main idea of a text; folktales, and myths from diverse recount the key details and explain how cultures; determine the central they support the main idea. message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through in the text. key details 3. Describe characters in a story (e.g., 3. Describe the relationship between a their traits, motivations, or feelings) series of historical events, scientific and explain how their actions ideas or concepts, or steps in technical contribute to the sequence of events. procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect CRAFT AND STRUCTURE CRAFT AND STRUCTURE 4. Determine the meaning of words 4. Determine the meaning of general and phrases as they are used in a academic and domain-specific words text, distinguishing literal from and phrases in a text relevant to a grade nonliteral language. 3 topic or subject area. 5. Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and 5. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to poems when writing or speaking about a locate information relevant to a given topic text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each efficiently. successive part builds on earlier sections. 6. Distinguish their own point of view from 6. Distinguish their own point of view from that that of the narrator or those of the of the author of a text. characters. INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS IDEAS 7. Explain how specific aspects of a 7. Use information gained from illustrations contribute to what illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) text’s is conveyed by the words in a story. and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text SOURCE of Common Core Standards cited in this guide:
EMPHASIZED READING COMPETENCIES Standard 1 is part of every reading--Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. is part of accomplishing each competence. Progress in each standard is the basis for standard 10—“By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature and informational texts at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.” READING LITERATURE READING NONFICTION KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS 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. 2. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea. 3. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. 3. Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect CRAFT AND STRUCTURE CRAFT AND STRUCTURE 4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. 4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area. 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. 5. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently. 6. Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. 6. Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text. INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS 7. Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story. 7. Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text SOURCE of Common Core Standards cited in this guide:
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