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RI Informational Text
- Key Ideas and Evidence
- RI.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
- RI.3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
- 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.
- 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.
- RI.3.5 Use text features and search tools to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
- RI.3.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
- Integration of Ideas and Analysis
- RI.3.7 Use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text.
- RI.3.8 Describe how the author connects ideas between sentences and paragraphs to support specific points in a text.
- RI.3.9 Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
- Range of Reading and Level of Complexity
- RI.3.10 By the end of grade 3, read and understand informational texts at the high end of the 2-3 text complexity band proficiently and independently for sustained periods of time. Connect prior knowledge and experiences to text.