Common Core: Reading: Literature
3.RL.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).
October 1, 20183.RL.10
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 band independently and proficiently.
October 1, 20183.RL.1
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
October 1, 20183.RL.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 text.
October 1, 20183.RL.3
Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
October 1, 20183.RL.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
October 1, 20183.RL.5
Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
October 1, 20183.RL.6
Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
October 1, 20182.RL.2
Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
October 1, 20182.RL.4
Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
October 1, 20182.RL.5
Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
October 1, 2018