RI.3.1:
Reading Informational
Key Ideas and Details
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
RI.3.2:
Reading Informational
Key Ideas and Details
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
RI.3.4:
Reading Informational
Craft and Structure
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
RI.3.10:
Reading Informational
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
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.
L.3.4a:
Language
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
L.3.5b:
Language
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
L.3.6:
Language
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).
RI.4.1:
Reading Informational
Key Ideas and Details
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
RI.4.2:
Reading Informational
Key Ideas and Details
Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
RI.4.4:
Reading Informational
Craft and Structure
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area.
RI.4.10:
Reading Informational
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 4-5 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
L.4.4a:
Language
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Use context (e.g., definitions, examples, or restatements in text) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
L.4.5b:
Language
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.
L.4.6:
Language
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation).
