The Common Core in Maine

RI.3 Reading: Informational Text

• Key Ideas and Details

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

    • Compare and contrast in informational texts (3-I.2)
    • Match causes and effects in informational texts (3-I.4)
    • Match problems with their solutions (3-I.5)
    • Compare information from two informational texts (3-L.2)
    • Read about animals (3-T.1)
    • Read about food (3-T.2)
    • Read about art, music, and traditions (3-T.3)
    • Read about sports and hobbies (3-T.4)
    • Read about famous people (3-U.1)
    • Read about famous places (3-U.2)
    • Read about business and technology (3-U.3)
    • Read about science and nature (3-U.4)

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

    • Use key details to determine the main idea (3-F.1)
    • Determine the main idea of a passage (3-F.2)
    • Read about famous people (3-U.1)
    • Read about famous places (3-U.2)
    • Read about business and technology (3-U.3)
    • Read about science and nature (3-U.4)

  • RI.3.3 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.

    • Determine the order of events in informational texts (3-I.1)
    • Compare and contrast in informational texts (3-I.2)
    • Match causes and effects in informational texts (3-I.4)
    • Match problems with their solutions (3-I.5)
    • Identify text structures (3-I.6)
    • Identify time-order words (3-Y.1)

• Craft and Structure

  • RI.3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.

    • Read about animals (3-T.1)
    • Read about food (3-T.2)
    • Read about art, music, and traditions (3-T.3)
    • Read about sports and hobbies (3-T.4)
    • Read about famous people (3-U.1)
    • Read about famous places (3-U.2)
    • Read about business and technology (3-U.3)
    • Read about science and nature (3-U.4)
    • Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context (3-MM.1)
    • Use context to identify the meaning of a word (3-MM.2)
    • Use academic vocabulary in context (3-MM.3)

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

    • Use text features (3-P.1)
    • Use guide words (3-NN.5)

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

    • Identify an author's statement of opinion (3-Z.2)

• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas

  • 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).

    • Determine the order of events in informational texts (3-I.1)

  • 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).

    • Determine the order of events in informational texts (3-I.1)
    • Compare and contrast in informational texts (3-I.2)
    • Match causes with effects (3-I.3)
    • Match causes and effects in informational texts (3-I.4)
    • Match problems with their solutions (3-I.5)
    • Identify text structures (3-I.6)
    • Put the sentences in order (3-V.1)

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

    • Compare and contrast in informational texts (3-I.2)
    • Compare information from two informational texts (3-L.2)

• Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity

  • RI.3.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

    • Determine the main idea of a passage (3-F.2)
    • Read about animals (3-T.1)
    • Read about art, music, and traditions (3-T.3)
    • Read about sports and hobbies (3-T.4)
    • Read about famous people (3-U.1)
    • Read about famous places (3-U.2)
    • Read about business and technology (3-U.3)
    • Read about science and nature (3-U.4)

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