Curriculum 2.0
Reading / Language Arts
By the end of third grade, students:
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Create and follow rules for collaborative conversations.
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Acquire and use academic and conversational vocabulary.
Using a variety of culturally relevant
texts, third grade students read and
discuss the characteristics of:
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realistic fiction
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historical fiction
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poetry and plays
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folktales and myths
Third grade students:
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Read to analyze how ideas develop and connect throughout a text
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Examine common themes in literature
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Identify a personal point of view about a character’s actions
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Examine how events unfold
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Study how authors share real and imagined experiences
Third grade students:
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Read informational text to apply knowledge gained from text features
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Identify main ideas
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Explain how text, online features, and search tools clarify information
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Ask and answer questions about how ideas develop in informational text
Using a variety of print and digital texts,
third grade students read and discuss:
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Characteristics of literary non-fiction
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The relationship between historical fiction and real topics and
events
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How autobiographies, journals, blogs, and interviews communicate
information
How does small group instruction fit into
Curriculum 2.0?
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Instruction throughout all marking periods should include small-group
instruction. The expectation is that guided reading occurs daily as it
provides an opportunity for students to develop skills and strategies while
reading instructional level text. Sample learning tasks demonstrate one
way to teach standards and indicators. Use sample learning tasks to
develop guided reading lessons substituting appropriately leveled text.
Curriculum 2.0
Reading / Language Arts