Reading
Standards for
Literature
ELACC3RL1 Key Ideas and Details: Ask and answer questions to
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text
Reading
Standards for
Literature
ELACC3RL2 Key Ideas and Details: Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the
central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key
Reading
Standards for
Literature
ELACC3RL3 Key Ideas and Details: Describe characters in a story (e.g., Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings)
and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of
Reading
Standards for
Literature
ELACC3RL4 Craft and Structure: Determine the meaning of words Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a
text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
Reading
Standards for
Literature
ELACC3RL5 Craft and Structure: Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems 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.
Reading
Standards for
Literature
ELACC3RL6 Craft and Structure: Distinguish their own point of Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or
Reading
Standards for
Literature
ELACC3RL7 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Explain how specific aspects and Ideas: 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
Reading
Standards for
Literature
ELACC3RL9 Integration of Knowledge
and Ideas: Compare and contrast the
and Ideas: Compare and contrast the
themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books
Reading
Standards for
Literature
ELACC3RL10 Range of Reading and
Complexity of Text: 10. By the end of the Complexity of Text: 10. By the end of the
year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at
the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and
Reading
Standards for
Informational Text
ELACC3RI1 Key Ideas and Details: Ask and answer questions to
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text
Reading
Standards for
Informational Text
ELACC3RI2 Key Ideas and Details: Determine the main idea of a
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and
explain how they support the main idea.
Reading
Standards for
Informational Text
ELACC3RI3 Key Ideas and Details: Describe the relationship between a series of
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
Reading
Standards for
Informational Text
ELACC3RI4 Craft and Structure: Determine the meaning of general Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words
and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
Reading
Standards for
Informational Text
ELACC3RI5 Craft and Structure: Use text features and search tools (e.g., text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given
Reading
Standards for
Informational Text
ELACC3RI6 Craft and Structure: Distinguish their own point of Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a
Reading
Standards for
Informational Text
ELACC3RI7 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Use information gained from and Ideas: Use information gained from
illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate
Reading
Standards for
Informational Text
ELACC3RI8 Integration of Knowledge
and Ideas: Describe the logical
and Ideas: Describe the logical
connection between particular
sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect,
Reading
Standards for
Informational Text
ELACC3RI9 Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: Compare and contrast the
and Ideas: Compare and contrast the most important points and key details
presented in two texts on the same topic.
Reading
Standards for
Informational Text
ELACC3RI10 Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity: By the end of the year, read 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
Reading
Standards:
Foundational Skills
ELACC3RF3 Phonics and Word Recognition: Know and apply
Recognition: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Reading
Standards:
Foundational Skills
ELACC3RF4 Fluency: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to sufficient accuracy and fluency to
Writing
Standards
ELACC3W1 Text Types and Purposes: Write opinion pieces on familiar topics or Write opinion pieces on familiar topics or
texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
Writing
Standards
ELACC3W2 Text Types and Purposes: Write informative/explanatory texts Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas
Writing
Standards
ELACC3W3 Text Types and Purposes: Write narratives to develop real or Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details,
Writing
Standards
ELACC3W4 Production and Distribution of Writing: With guidance and support of Writing: With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the
development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.
Writing
Standards
ELACC3W5 Production and Distribution of Writing: With Distribution of Writing: With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen
writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
Writing
Standards
ELACC3W6 Production and Distribution
of Writing: With guidance and support
of Writing: With guidance and support
from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding
skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
Writing
Standards
ELACC3W7 Research to Build and Present Knowledge: Conduct
Present Knowledge: Conduct short research projects that build
Writing
Standards
ELACC3W8 Research to Build and
Present Knowledge: Recall information
Present Knowledge: Recall information
from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief
notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
Writing
Standards
ELACC3W10 Range of Writing: Write routinely over extended time frames routinely over extended time frames
(time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and
Speaking and
Listening
Standards
ELACC3SL1 Comprehension and
Collaboration: Engage effectively in a range Collaboration: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in
groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing
Speaking and
Listening
Standards
ELACC3SL2 Comprehension and
Collaboration: Determine the main ideas Collaboration: Determine the main ideas
and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including
Speaking and
Listening
Standards
ELACC3SL3 Comprehension and Collaboration: Ask and answer
Collaboration: Ask and answer
questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate
Speaking and
Listening
Standards
ELACC3SL4 Presentation of Knowledge
and Ideas: Report on a topic or text, tell
and Ideas: Report on a topic or text, tell
a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant,
descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
Speaking and
Listening
Standards
ELACC3SL5 Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas: Create engaging audio recordings of Ideas: Create engaging audio recordings of
stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add
visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or
Speaking and
Listening
Standards
ELACC3SL6 Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas: Speak in Knowledge and Ideas: Speak in
complete sentences when
appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or
Language
Standards
ELACC2L1 Conventions of
Standard English: Demonstrate
Standard English: Demonstrate command of the conventions of
standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Language
Standards
ELACC3L1 Conventions of
Standard English: Demonstrate
Standard English: Demonstrate command of the conventions of
standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Language
Standards
ELACC3L2 Conventions of Standard English: Demonstrate command of the
English: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English
capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Language
Standards
ELACC3L3 Knowledge of Language: Use knowledge of language and its Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking,
Language
Standards
ELACC3L4 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Determine or clarify the meaning of
Use: 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
Language
Standards
ELACC3L5 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Demonstrate understanding of word
Use: Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word
Language
Standards
ELACC3L6 Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate 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).
