Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions: Skills-Boosting Bundle IV ♥ GRADE 3
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- Boost achievement rates in your class with this ELA power bundle, consisting of 147 skills-focused reading worksheets that cover third grade Common Core State Standards (both literature and informational text). All resources are digitally enabled and formatted (Easel Activities) for online distancePrice $57.15Original Price $77.77Save $20.62
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Boost achievement rates in your class with this ELA savings bundle, consisting of 20 skills-focused reading comprehension worksheets that cover illustrations, logical connections between sentences/paragraphs, and comparing & contrasting.
The passages are split between fiction and nonfiction (informational text), and the worksheets cover Common Core's Integration of Knowledge & Ideas reading standards for Grade 3. Use these drills to teach and reinforce the fundamentals, or prep for test day. All 5 mini-packs are digitally enabled and formatted (Easel Activities) for online distance learning.
♥ Save over 12% with the complete READING! Grade 3 Bundle ♥
THIS ELA BUNDLE INCLUDES:
- 20 skills-boosting reading comprehension worksheets with 98 questions for 3rd Grade
- Mini-lessons at the top of each page to serve as an anchor
- Tips to assist and guide students (drills can be printed without tips)
- Short bursts of informational text and fictional passages
- Mix of multiple choice, two-part, short and open response activities
- Digitally enabled (Easel Activities) versions to assign online via Google Classroom or any LMS
READING SKILLS & STRATEGIES COVERED:
1. Illustrations in Stories (RL.3.7)
- identify how illustrations add to a story (i.e. create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)
- connect illustrations with the text to draw conclusions
- locate the sections of a fictional passage that an illustration reflects
2. Illustrations in Informational Text (RI.3.7)
- determine how illustrations help readers understand informational text
- identify what new information pictures add to a passage
- pinpoint the ideas that an illustration supports
- describe how illustrations support ideas in a text
3. Logical Connections in Informational Text (RI.3.8)
- identify/describe logical connections between sentences and paragraphs
- determine why authors have certain sentences and paragraphs in a text
- identify/describe how paragraphs are similar
- classify the connection between text (i.e. comparison, cause & effect, sequence, and problem/solution)
- find specific details that help logically connect sentences and paragraphs
4. Compare & Contrast: Themes, Settings & Plots of Stories Written by the Same Author (RL.3.9)
- compare & contrast the main message (lesson) of stories
- compare & contrast the words and actions of main characters
- compare & contrast story elements such as problem and solution
5. Compare and Contrast: Important Points & Key Details in Two Informational Texts (RI.3.9)
- identify and describe how the ideas and details between two passages are alike and/or different
- find similar points and details in a second text, based on a point or detail given from a first text
- determine which passages specific details are found in (passage 1, passage 2, or both)
READING DRILLS ARE COMMON CORE DESIGNED, SIMULATED AFTER:
- Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
- State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) / TEKS
- New York State Testing Program (NYSTP)
- Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR)
- Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS)
- Ohio’s State Tests
- Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP)
- New Jersey Student Learning Assessment (NJSLA)
- Arizona’s Academic Standards Assessment (AASA, formerly AzM2)
USEFUL IN MANY WAYS
All drills take about 15 minutes to complete, and can be used for:
- Literacy lessons
- Guided or independent practice
- ELA test prep / reading test prep* (with test-taking strategies)
- Small group work / literacy circles / partner work
- Reading intervention groups (RTI) / small group remediation & instruction
- Independent work / early finishers work
- Literacy center activities
- Morning work / do now / bell ringers / ELA warm-ups
- Progress monitoring/checks
- Exit slips or tickets
- Homework
- Integration of knowledge and ideas ELA standards review
- Tutoring (targeted reading skill work)
- After-school programs / extended school days
- Learning packets for anticipated school closings / snow days
- Winter/spring/summer vacation reading packets
- Summer school programs / summer bridge activities
- Substitute teacher lesson plans & activities
- Homeschool lessons
- Absent student make up work
- *including (but not limited to) reading summative assessments such as: SBAC for California, Washington, Oregon, Connecticut, Nevada & other member states, Tennessee TNReady, Massachusetts MCAS, Maryland MCAP, Colorado CMAS, Missouri MAP, Wisconsin Forward, PARCC and more
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ALIGNED WITH COMMON CORE ELA READING STANDARDS FOR 3RD GRADE
LITERATURE
RL.3.7: Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)
RL.3.9: Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series)
INFORMATIONAL TEXT
RI.3.7: Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
RI.3.8: Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).
RI.3.9: Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
GRADE 3 COMMON CORE READING RESOURCES
Each reading comprehension unit can be purchased individually, or within a bundle.
✏ denotes the level of savings
READING! GRADE 3 BUNDLE ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏
Reading Comprehension I: Core ELA Value Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏ ✏
♥ Main Idea & Supporting Details - Literature & Informational Text
♥ Analyzing Characters - Literature
♥ Context Clues - Literature & Informational Text
♥ Main Idea & Details Task Card Center - Informational Text
Reading Comprehension II: Key Ideas & Details Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏
♥ Making Inferences Bundle ✏ ✏
- Making Inferences - Literature
- Making Inferences - Informational Text
♥ Sequence of Events Bundle ✏ ✏
- Sequencing Events - Literature
- Sequencing Events - Informational Text
♥ Cause & Effect Bundle ✏ ✏
- Cause & Effect - Literature
- Cause & Effect - Informational Text
Reading Comprehension III: Craft & Structure Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏
♥ Text Structure & Features Bundle ✏ ✏
- Story & Poem Structure (refer to parts) - Literature
- Using Text Features - Informational Text
♥ Point of View Bundle ✏ ✏
- Point of View & Perspective of Narrators/Characters - Literature
- Author’s Point of View - Informational Text
Reading Comprehension IV: Integration of Knowledge & Ideas Bundle ✏ ✏ ✏
♥ Illustrations in Reading Bundle ✏ ✏
- Illustrations in Stories - Literature
- Illustrations in Informational Text - Informational Text
♥ Logical Connections Between Sentences & Paragraphs - Literature
♥ Compare & Contrast Bundle ✏ ✏
- Compare & Contrast Stories - Literature
- Compare & Contrast Nonfiction - Informational Text