Grade 3 — Reading Comprehension

ELA Common Core Aligned

Grade 3 — Reading Comprehension

Grade 3 Reading Comprehension deepens students' ability to analyse character motivations, identify theme, understand cause and effect, and navigate informational text structures — aligned to the ELA Common Core State Standards.

Units & Topics Covered

4 units  ·  23 topics

Literary Text Comprehension

  • Describe characters' traits, motivations, and feelings
  • Explain how characters respond to challenges and how this shapes the plot
  • Determine the theme or central message; explain how it is conveyed
  • Identify point of view: first person vs third person
  • Compare and contrast two stories with the same theme or topic
  • Identify the meaning of words and phrases, including figurative language

Informational Text Comprehension

  • Determine the main idea; explain how key details support it
  • Describe the relationship between historical events using cause and effect
  • Describe text structures: sequence, compare/contrast, cause/effect
  • Use text features (headings, glossary, electronic menus) for comprehension
  • Distinguish personal opinion from fact in a text
  • Write a summary of an informational text

Vocabulary & Language

  • Use context clues (definitions, examples, restatements) to determine meaning
  • Use glossaries and dictionaries to clarify meaning
  • Introduction to figurative language: similes and metaphors
  • Distinguish between literal and non-literal language
  • Academic vocabulary: describe, compare, explain, analyse
  • Understand shades of meaning (e.g., large, gigantic, enormous)

Reading Fluency & Comprehension Strategies

  • Improve reading fluency through repeated and partner reading
  • Ask inferential questions during reading
  • Make text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections
  • Visualise and create mental images while reading
  • Summarise both literary and informational texts accurately
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