Unit 5

READING/LITERATURE: APPLY A WIDE RANGE OF STRATEGIES TO COMPREHEND, INTERPRET, EVALUATE, APPRECIATE, AND RESPOND TO A WIDE VARIETY OF TEXTS

4.1a Comprehension/critical literacy: Interact with the words and concepts in a text to construct an appropriate meaning: Literal understanding: Read and comprehend poetry, fiction, and nonfiction that is appropriately designed for the second half of third grade

Brainchild Test

Third grade level reading comprehension online test

Texas Practice Test

The online practice test from Texas

Literal Understanding

Several online reading quizzes about the solar system

Reading Quizzes

Choose one of two stories

4.2b Comprehension/critical literacy: Interact with the words and concepts in a text to construct an appropriate meaning: Inferences and interpretation: Interpret text, including lessons or morals depicted in fairytales, fables, etc., and draw conclusions from evidence presented in the text

Follow the Clues

Graphic Organizer

Inference Cards

Cut-outs of short stories and questions

Storyboard

Graphic Organizer

Cause and effect book list

List of books to teach the concept of cause-and-effect

Cause-and-Effect Connector Words

Select the words that express the correct cause-and-effect relationship between two sentences

4.3b Comprehension/critical literacy: Interact with the words and concepts in a text to construct an appropriate meaning: Summary and generalization: Make generalizations about a text (e.g., theme of a story or main idea of an informational text)

Get the Idea

Online lesson and quiz

Main Idea Tutorial

Online lesson and quiz

Main Idea Quizzes

Several online quizzes

The Main Idea

BBC Lesson and online quiz

Identify the Main Idea

Online Quiz

4.4a Comprehension/critical literacy: Interact with the words and concepts in a text to construct an appropriate meaning: Analysis and evaluation: Analyze characters including their traits, relationships, feelings, and changes in text

5.2a Literature: Read to construct meaning and respond to a wide variety of literary forms: Literary elements: Demonstrate knowledge of literary elements and techniques and how they affect the development of a literary work: Compare and contrast plots, settings, or characters presented by different authors and the same author of multiple texts

5.2b Literature: Read to construct meaning and respond to a wide variety of literary forms: Literary elements: Demonstrate knowledge of literary elements and techniques and how they affect the development of a literary work: Recognize themes that occur across literary works