Using Tracking Reading at Grade Level Nonfiction Worksheet, students keep track of the stories they read this year by writing the title and the date the book was completed.

Using Asking Questions to Understand Worksheet, students ask questions and locate the answers by reading other resources, watching an informative video, or by talking with an expert in that topic to understand more about a topic.

This RI.3.1 Third Grade Common Core Lesson includes RI.3.1 Worksheets, RI.3.1 Activities, RI.3.1 Assessment, and RI.3.1 Poster.

Use this small group discussions checklist worksheet to help 3rd grade students rate how they take part in a reading discussion and write a goal that makes their next group talk better.

Using this Guess Who Point of View Activity, students identify their partner's "secret narrator" as the partner reads a text card.

Using In Your Own Words Paraphrase Activity, students paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in any formats in your own words.

Using Informational Books Reading Log Activity, studentsread informational texts to build reading comprehension skills and their understanding of informational texts.

Using Fables and Folktales Activity,students recount fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.

Using Retelling Using Key Details Activity,students read Floppy Ears to retell the story by putting key events in order.

Using Key Details for Comprehension Activity, students read The Lucky Blue Shoes to describe the characters, setting, and major events in the story.

Using the After Reading Discussion Cards, students actively engage in group reading activities to discuss purpose and understanding after shared reading.

Using Retell the Story Activity, students read Floppy Ears aloud to students and then use the question chart to assess students ability to retell the story.

Using this Determining Theme Graphic Organizers Activity, students determine the theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text using Graphic Organizers.

Using Comparing Points of View Activity, students distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.

Using Reading Informational Texts Worksheet, students keep track of the stories they read this year by writing the title and the rating each book.

Using Gold Medal Reading Strategies Activity, students read grade-level text with purpose and understanding using graphic organizers for support.

Using How Words Work Poetry Activity, students describe how words &phrases supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

Using Retell the Story Activity,students read “Floppy Ears” aloud to students and then use the question chart to assess students ability to retell the story.

Using Retelling Stories Activity,students put the Event Cards in the correct order to retell the story to build summarizing skills.

Using RI.3.8 Third Grade Common Core Lesson, students describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.