Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.1.A:
Students locate and use library media resources to acquire information, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.1.B:
Students read unfamiliar texts to collect data, facts, and ideas.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.1.C:
Students read and understand written directions.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.1.D:
Students locate information in a text that is needed to solve a problem.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.1.E:
Students identify main ideas and supporting details in informational texts.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.1.F:
Students recognize and use organizational features, such as table of contents, indexes, page numbers, and chapter headings/subheadings, to locate information, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.1.G:
Students use text features, such as captions, charts, tables, graphs, maps, notes, and other visuals, to understand informational texts, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.1.H:
Students relate data and facts from informational texts to prior information and experience.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.1.I:
Students compare and contrast information on one topic from two different sources.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.1.J:
Students identify a conclusion that summarizes the main idea.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.1.K:
Students identify and interpret facts taken from maps, graphs, charts, and other visuals.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.1.L:
Students use graphic organizers to record significant details from informational texts.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.2.A:
Students select literature on the basis of personal needs and interests from a variety of genres and by different authors.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.2.B:
Students engage in purposeful oral reading in small and large groups.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.2.C:
Students read print-based and electronic literary texts silently on a daily basis for enjoyment.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.2.D:
Students recognize the differences among the genres of stories, poems, and plays.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.2.E:
Students relate the setting, plot, and characters in literature to own lives, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.2.F:
Students explain the difference between fact and fiction.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.2.G:
Students use previous reading and life experiences to understand and compare literature.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.2.H:
Students make predictions, draw conclusions, and make inferences about events and characters.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.2.I:
Students identify cultural influences in texts and performances, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.2.J:
Students maintain a personal reading list to reflect reading accomplishments.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.2.K:
Students use specific evidence from stories to describe characters, their actions, and their motivations; relate sequences of events.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.2.L:
Students use knowledge of story structure, story elements, and key vocabulary to interpret stories.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.2.M:
Students use graphic organizers to record significant details about characters and events in stories.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.2.N:
Students summarize main ideas and supporting details from imaginative texts, both orally and in writing.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.3.A:
Students evaluate the content by identifying:

• the author's purpose
• important and unimportant details
• whether events, actions, characters, and/or settings are realistic
• statements of fact and opinion

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.3.B:
Students compare and contrast characters, plot, and setting in literary works, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.3.C:
Students analyze information on the basis of new or prior knowledge and/or personal experience.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.3.D:
Students recognize how language and illustrations are used to persuade in printed and filmed advertisements, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.3.E:
Students judge accuracy of content to gather facts, with assistance from teachers and parents/caregivers.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.3.F:
Students use opinions of teachers and classmates to evaluate personal interpretation of ideas and information.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.4.A:
Students share reading experiences to build relationships with peers or adults; for example, read together silently or aloud.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.4.B:
Students respect the age, gender, social position, and cultural traditions of the writer.

Performance Indicator - ELA.3.R.4.C:
Students recognize the types of language (e.g., informal vocabulary and jargon) that is appropriate to social communication.