2nd Quarter​ ELA ​Standards 
Standards:  Students will be able to:
Literature Standards (Fiction)
RL 3.3:
Describe characters in a story and explain
how their actions contribute to the
sequence of events
RL 3.4:
Determine the meaning of words and
phrases as they are used in a text,
identifying words that impact the meaning
in a text.
Informational Standards (NonFiction)
RI 3.2:
Determine the main idea of a text; recount
the key details and explain how they
support the main idea.
 
 
● Determine the intrinsic and extrinsic
traits of characters.
● Describe the characters using these
traits and evidence from the story.
● Explain how a character’s actions
advance the plot of the story.
● Recognize when the meaning of a
word is unknown and apply a context
clue strategy to the word.
● Distinguish literal from nonliteral
language.
● Break a word into parts and determine
the meaning of the different parts.
● Determine the meaning of an
unknown word or phrase using
multiple strategies.
● Clarify the meaning of figurative
language.
  
● Identify the areas of a text where
clues are given about the main idea.
● Generate possible main ideas with
supporting details.
● *Recount the details that support the
main idea.
● Describe the actual main idea.
● Explain how the details support the
main idea.
● Create a summary that includes the
main idea of the text.
RI 3.9:
Compare and contrast the most important
points and key details presented in two
texts on the same topic
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
Language Standards
L3.5:
Demonstrate understanding nuances in
word meanings.
a) Distinguish literal and nonliteral
meanings of words and phrases in
context.
b) Distinguish shades of meaning among
related words that describes states of
mind and degrees of certainty.
● Identify the important points an author
makes in two texts.
● Summarize the important points using
key details from the text.
● Compare the points of both texts and
the details that support each.
● Evaluate both authors’ effectiveness
in providing meaningful details to
support a point.
● Recognize when the meaning of a
word is unknown and apply a context
clue strategy to the word.
● Break a word into parts and determine
the meaning of the different parts.
● Determine the meaning of an
unknown word or phrase using
multiple strategies.
 
● Identify when an author is using
figurative language.
● Determine the meaning of figurative
language in a text.
● Explain the relationships of words
used in a text.
● Evaluate the choice of the author in
using certain figurative language and
word nuances.