West Virginia 3rd Grade ELA Standards in Reading

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R Reading

• Key Ideas and Details
  • ELA.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a literary text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
  • ELA.3.2 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 literary text.
  • ELA.3.3 Describe characters in a literary story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
  • ELA.3.4 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of an informational text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
  • ELA.3.5 Determine the main idea of an informational text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
  • ELA.3.6 Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in an informational text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
• Craft and Structure
  • ELA.3.7 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a literary text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
  • ELA.3.8 Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a literary text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
  • ELA.3.9 Distinguish one’s point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters in a literary text.
  • ELA.3.10 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in an informational text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
  • ELA.3.11 Use informational text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, and hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
  • ELA.3.12 Distinguish one’s own point of view from that of the author of an informational text.
• Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
  • ELA.3.13 Explain how specific aspects of a literary text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood or emphasize aspects of a character or setting).
  • ELA.3.14 Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of literary stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series).
  • ELA.3.15 Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps or photographs) and the words in an informational text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
  • ELA.3.16 Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in an informational text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, or first/second/third in a sequence).
  • ELA.3.17 Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two informational texts on the same topic.
• Range of Reading and Text Complexity
  • ELA.3.18 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 range independently and proficiently.
  • ELA.3.19 By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity range independently and proficiently.