Colorado 3rd Grade ELA Standards in Reading for All Purposes

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RW.3.2 Reading for All Purposes

• RW.3.2.1 Apply strategies to fluently read and comprehend various literary texts.
  • RW.3.2.1.a Use Key Ideas and Details to:
    • RW.3.2.1.a.i Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
    • RW.3.2.1.a.ii Use a variety of comprehension strategies to interpret text (attending, searching, predicting, checking, and self-correcting).
    • RW.3.2.1.a.iii 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.
    • RW.3.2.1.a.iv Summarize central ideas and important details from a text.
    • RW.3.2.1.a.v Describe and draw inferences about the elements of plot, character, and setting in literary pieces, poems, and plays.
    • RW.3.2.1.a.vi Describe characters in a story (for example: their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
  • RW.3.2.1.b Use Craft and Structure to:
    • RW.3.2.1.b.i Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
    • RW.3.2.1.b.ii Use signal words (such as before, after, next) and text structure (narrative, chronology) to determine the sequence of major events.
    • RW.3.2.1.b.iii 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.
    • RW.3.2.1.b.iv Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
  • RW.3.2.1.c Use Integration of Knowledge and Ideas to:
    • RW.3.2.1.c.i Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (for example: create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).
    • RW.3.2.1.c.ii Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (for example: in books from a series).
  • RW.3.2.1.d Use Range of Reading and Complexity of Text to:
    • RW.3.2.1.d.i 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 proficiently.
  • RW.3.2.1.e Read grade level text accurately and fluently, attending to phrasing, intonation, and punctuation.
• RW.3.2.2 Apply strategies to fluently read and comprehend various informational texts.
  • RW.3.2.2.a Use Key Ideas and Details to:
    • RW.3.2.2.a.i Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
    • RW.3.2.2.a.ii Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
    • RW.3.2.2.a.iii Identify a main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
    • RW.3.2.2.a.iv 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.
  • RW.3.2.2.b Use Craft and Structure to:
    • RW.3.2.2.b.i Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
    • RW.3.2.2.b.ii Use text features and search tools (for example: key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
    • RW.3.2.2.b.iii Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
    • RW.3.2.2.b.iv Use semantic cues and signal words (for example: because and although) to identify cause/effect and compare/contrast relationships.
  • RW.3.2.2.c Use Integration of Knowledge and Ideas to:
    • RW.3.2.2.c.i Use information gained from illustrations (for example: maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (for example: where, when, why, and how key events occur).
    • RW.3.2.2.c.ii Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (for example: comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).
    • RW.3.2.2.c.iii Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
  • RW.3.2.2.d Use Range of Reading and Complexity of Text to:
    • RW.3.2.2.d.i 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.
• RW.3.2.3 Apply knowledge of spelling patterns (orthography), word meanings (morphology), and word relationships to decode words and increase vocabulary.
  • RW.3.2.3.a Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
    • RW.3.2.3.a.i Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.
    • RW.3.2.3.a.ii Decode words with common Latin suffixes.
    • RW.3.2.3.a.iii Decode multisyllable words.
    • RW.3.2.3.a.iv Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
  • RW.3.2.3.b Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
    • RW.3.2.3.b.i Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.
    • RW.3.2.3.b.ii Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression.
    • RW.3.2.3.b.iii Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
  • RW.3.2.3.c 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.
    • RW.3.2.3.c.i Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
    • RW.3.2.3.c.ii Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (for example: agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
    • RW.3.2.3.c.iii Use knowledge of word relationships to identify antonyms or synonyms to clarify meaning.
    • RW.3.2.3.c.iv Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (for example: company, companion).
    • RW.3.2.3.c.v Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
    • RW.3.2.3.c.vi Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
  • RW.3.2.3.d Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
    • RW.3.2.3.d.i Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (for example: take steps).
    • RW.3.2.3.d.ii Identify real-life connections between words and their use (for example: describe people who are friendly or helpful).
    • RW.3.2.3.d.iii Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (for example: knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).
  • RW.3.2.3.e Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (for example: After dinner that night we went looking for them).