Student Learning Outcomes:

RL.3.2
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.

RL.3.3
 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

RL.3.5
 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.

I can statements:

 I can use key details from the text to explain the message, moral, or lesson of a story.

I can describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

I can identify how different sections of text build upon earlier parts in order to create the complete piece of literature.

Student Learning Outcomes:

RI.3.1
 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

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).

I can statements:

I can use details/evidence from the text to ask and answer questions before, during, and after reading to show understanding.

I can descibe how text features increase my understanding and ability to make informed choices.

Student Learning Outcomes:

RI.3.1
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers

RI.3.2
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

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).

RI.3.9
Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic

I can statements:

Student Learning Outcomes:

RI.3.1
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers

RI.3.6
Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.

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).

RI.3.8
Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).

I can statements:

I can compare my point of view to the author's point of view.

I can use text features  and the words to increase my understanding.

I can identify the main idea of the story.

Student Learning Outcomes:

RL.3.2
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.

RL.3.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.

RI.3.5
Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently

L.3.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies

RL.3.6
Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters

RL.3.7
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

I can statements:

I can use key details from the text to explain the message, moral, or lesson of a story.

I can identify examples of how the author showed creativity using non-literal (figurative) language.

I can identify how literal language helps me understand the author’s purpose.

I can distinguish my own point of view from that of the narrator or characters to help me to understand the author’s purpose.

I can identify how the illustrations of a story contribute to the feelings of the characters, the mood of the story, and details of the setting.