Standard - 3R1:
Develop and answer questions to locate relevant and specific details in a text to support an answer or inference. (RI & RL)

Standard - 3R2:
Determine a theme or central idea and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize portions of a text. (RI & RL)

Standard - 3R3:

• In literary texts, describe character traits, motivations, or feelings, drawing on specific details from the text. (RL)
• In informational texts, describe the relationship among a series of events, ideas, concepts, or steps in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect. (RI)

Standard - 3R4:
Determine the meaning of words, phrases, figurative language, and academic and content-specific words. (RI & RL)

Standard - 3R5:

• In literary texts, identify parts of stories, dramas, and poems using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza. (RL)
• In informational texts, identify and use text features to build comprehension. (RI)

Standard - 3R6:
Discuss how the reader’s point of view or perspective may differ from that of the author, narrator or characters in a text. (RI & RL)

Standard - 3R7:
Explain how specific illustrations or text features contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a text (e.g., create mood, emphasize character or setting, or determine where, when, why, and how key events occur). (RI & RL)

Standard - 3R8:
Explain how claims in a text are supported by relevant reasons and evidence. (RI & RL)

Standard - 3R9:
Recognize genres and make connections to other texts, ideas, cultural perspectives, eras, personal events, and situations. (RI & RL)