Reading Informational Text: Lessons for Common Core Mastery, Grade 3

Provide your third grade students with rigorous reading comprehension practice! Close reading, academic vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities support Common Core learning paths. The informational texts cover grade-level content-area topics and a range of nonfiction text structures, such as compare and contrast, cause and effect, and time order. Each of the 10 units presents a grade-appropriate nonfiction article and supporting activities that are easy to scaffold, including the following: • dictionary page with content and academic vocabulary • close reading activity • reading comprehension activity • vocabulary activity • text structure activity The unit culminates in a text-based writing assignment that can be used as an informal assessment. Additional teacher support includes: • Common Core State Standards correlations provided for every unit for easy reference • Downloadable home-school connection activities and projects to extend learning at home • Guided reading level to help identify appropriate texts for students