Comprehension

Grade 3 Strand: Comprehension
Lesson LO ID Concept Description
1 smre_di_00057 Genre, Fiction, Nonfiction Students learn to distinguish fiction from nonfiction.
smre_ip_00228 Genre, Fiction, Nonfiction Students listen to or read the informational text, "Pioneer Toys." Students also draw conclusions, distinguish fiction from nonfiction, compare and contrast ideas, and identify the main idea of the passage.
smre_ip_00216 Genre, Fiction, Nonfiction Students distinguish between fiction and nonfiction.
smre_ip_00241 Genre, Fiction, Nonfiction Students identify sentences with errors and then correct the sentences with grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00076 Genre, Fiction, Nonfiction Students read the magazine article A Pioneer Farmer's Guide to Planting in the West. Students answer questions and practice distinguishing fiction from nonfiction.
1 smre_di_00072 Genre, Poetry, Drama Students learn to identify different types of poems and to use structural elements when refering to parts of poems.
smre_ip_00280 Genre, Poetry, Drama Students listen to or read the poem, "Ocean Blue." Then they answer literal questions, describe how character's feelings change, identify character traits, and draw conclusions. They also identify the poem type and use terms related to the poem (i.e., lines, stanzas) to answer questions.
smre_ip_00268 Genre, Poetry, Drama Students identify types of poems and answer questions using parts of poems.
smre_ip_00293 Genre, Poetry, Drama Students will learn to
smre_pp_00098 Genre, Poetry, Drama Students read a poem and answer questions using terms specific to poetry.
1 smre_di_00077 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students learn to use information from simple tables, maps, and charts to learn about a topic.
smre_ip_00285 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students listen to or read the informational text, "Jane's Chimpanzees." Students use information from simple tables, maps, and charts to learn about a topic and draw valid conclusions.
smre_ip_00273 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students identify objects on a map.
smre_ip_00298 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students identify grade-level content words using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00104 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students read the passage "Native American Tribes." Students answer questions and practice using tables, maps, and charts.
2 smre_di_00086 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students learn to use text features to aid in understanding and chunking information.
smre_ip_00326 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students listen to or read the informational text, "Soccer." Students also compare and contrast ideas, answer "why" questions, understand grade-level content words, and use text features to understand information in the text.
smre_ip_00314 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students build words with long vowel patterns.
smre_ip_00339 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students complete sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00117 Graphic Sources, Text Features Students read a Web page and answer questions, using the structure of informational text.
1 smre_di_00099 Literary Devices Students learn to determine point of view.
smre_ip_00370 Literary Devices Students listen to or read the literary text, "Mighty Fishy Haircut." Students also determine point of view and answer "why" questions.
smre_ip_00359 Literary Devices Students determine point of view by sorting.
smre_ip_00382 Literary Devices Students complete sentences using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00135 Literary Devices Students determine point of view by sorting.
2 smre_di_00071 Literary Devices Students learn to distinguish between figurative and literal language.
smre_ip_00279 Literary Devices Students listen to or read the literary texts: "Hold on Tight" and "Flying Tiger." Students also distinguish between figurative and literal language (similes).
smre_ip_00267 Literary Devices Students understand metaphorical words in context.
smre_ip_00292 Literary Devices Students complete sentences using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00096 Literary Devices Students read the poem A Fish Story. Students answer questions and practice distinguishing between figurative and literal language.
3 smre_di_00101 Literary Devices Students learn to recognize figurative language (idiom).
smre_ip_00372 Literary Devices Students listen to or read the literary text, "A Giant Fairy Tale." Students also answer questions about the characters and plot, draw conclusions, answer "how" questions, and determine the meaning of idioms.
smre_ip_00361 Literary Devices Students recognize figurative language (idiom).
smre_ip_00384 Literary Devices Students complete sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00138 Literary Devices Students read the passage Cinderella. Students find the idioms from the passage and write their meanings.
4 smre_di_00104 Literary Devices Students learn to recognize figurative language (simile and metaphor).
smre_ip_00375 Literary Devices Students listen to or read the literary text, "Lamb's Lesson." Students also recognize figurative language (simile and metaphor).
smre_ip_00364 Literary Devices Students understand metaphoric and symbolic words in context.
smre_ip_00387 Literary Devices Students identify sentences with errors, and then they correct the sentences with grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00142 Literary Devices Students read the passage The Dolphin and the Otter. They answer questions about recognizing similes and metaphors.
5 smre_di_00089 Literary Devices Students learn about personification and hyperbole.
smre_ip_00329 Literary Devices Students listen to or read the literary text, "The Market." Then they answer literal questions, identify traits of characters, make inferences, and identify the use of personification and hyperbole.
smre_ip_00317 Literary Devices Students identify hyperbole and personification in sentences.
smre_ip_00342 Literary Devices Students identify grade-level content words by using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00121 Literary Devices Students identify examples of personifcation and hyperbole and explain their meaning.
1 smre_di_00064 Literary Elements Students learn to answer questions about main characters, setting, theme, and plot.
smre_ip_00235 Literary Elements Students listen to or read the literary text, "The Visitors." Students also answer questions about main characters, setting, theme, and plot.
smre_ip_00223 Literary Elements Students use affixes and base (root) words to identify the meaning of words.
smre_ip_00248 Literary Elements Students identify sentences with errors and then correct the sentences with grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00085 Literary Elements Students read the passage The Crow and the Pitcher. Students answer questions about story elements.
2 smre_di_00098 Literary Elements Students learn to identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings.
smre_ip_00369 Literary Elements Students listen to or read the traditional story "Drought Buster." Students identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings, draw conclusions, summarize text, and identify elements of plot (climax).
smre_ip_00358 Literary Elements Students summarize text.
smre_ip_00381 Literary Elements Students identify sentences with errors, and then they correct the sentences with grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00134 Literary Elements Students read the passage Florida Fay. They identify elements of character by completing the graphic organizer.
3 smre_di_00102 Literary Elements Students learn to recognize elements of literature (dialogue and narration).
smre_ip_00373 Literary Elements Students listen to or read the literary text, "Raking Leaves." Students also recognize dialogue and narration, answer literal questions, and draw conclusions.
smre_ip_00362 Literary Elements Students read words with irregular vowel variants.
smre_ip_00385 Literary Elements Students identify grade-level content words using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00139 Literary Elements Students read the passage Chicken Little. They practice identifying dialogue and narration.
4 smre_di_00063 Literary Elements Students learn to recognize elements of plot (beginning, middle, and end).
smre_ip_00234 Literary Elements Students listen to or read the fiction mystery "Where is Mrs. Garcia?" Students also recognize elements of plot, (beginning, middle, and end) and answer questions about characters.
smre_ip_00247 Literary Elements Students identify grade-level content words using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00084 Literary Elements Students read the passage "Where Is Mrs. Johnson?" Students complete a graphic organizer with details about the beginning, middle, and end of the story.
5 smre_di_00092 Literary Elements Students learn to recognize elements of plot.
smre_ip_00332 Literary Elements Students listen to or read the literary text, "Carrie's Book Club." Students also answer questions about plot elements (rising action, conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution) and identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings.
smre_ip_00320 Literary Elements Students build words with r-controlled vowels.
smre_ip_00345 Literary Elements Students identify grade-level content words using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00125 Literary Elements Students read the passage The Awful Smell. They practice recognizing elements of plot by completing a graphic organizer.
6 smre_di_00103 Literary Elements Students learn to recognize elements of plot (rising action, conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution).
smre_ip_00374 Literary Elements Students listen to or read the literary text, "The Locked Door." Students also recognize plot elements (rising action, conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution) and draw conclusions.
smre_ip_00363 Literary Elements Students build words with irregular vowel variants.
smre_ip_00386 Literary Elements Students identify sentences with errors, and then they correct the sentences with grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00140 Literary Elements Students read the passage The Lion and the Mouse. They match plot elements to the correct parts of the story.
1 smre_di_00087 Organizational Patterns of Text Students learn to recognize organizational patterns of text (compare and contrast).
smre_itr_02322 Organizational Patterns of Text Students listen to or read the informational text, "The Stories Flags Tell." Students also answer literal and inferential questions, paraphrase information, determine the author's purpose, draw conclusions, and recognize organizational patterns (compare and contrast).
smre_ip_00315 Organizational Patterns of Text Students complete sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_ip_00340 Organizational Patterns of Text Students identify sentences with errors, and then they correct the sentences with grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00118 Organizational Patterns of Text Students read a Web page and answer compare-and-contrast questions.
2 smre_di_00097 Organizational Patterns of Text Students learn to recognize organizational patterns of text (compare and contrast).
smre_ip_00368 Organizational Patterns of Text Students listen to or read the informational text, "Great Adventure in the Great Northwest." Students also recognize organizational patterns (compare and contrast), answer literal questions, and categorize words by specificity and hierarchy.
smre_ip_00357 Organizational Patterns of Text Students recognize organizational patterns of text (compare and contrast).
smre_ip_00380 Organizational Patterns of Text Students complete sentences using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00132 Organizational Patterns of Text Students read the passage Deserts and Mountains. They answer questions about compare and contrast.
1 smre_di_00058 Skills Students learn to compare and contrast ideas in expository text.
smre_ip_00229 Skills Students listen to or read the informational texts: "Bottlenose Dolphins" and "Botos." Students then compare and contrast ideas, draw conclusions, and identify supporting details using evidence from the text.
smre_ip_00242 Skills Students complete sentences using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00077 Skills Students read the magazine article Toys of Yesterday and Today. Students complete a three-column chart and practice comparing and contrasting ideas.
2 smre_di_00065 Skills Students learn to distinguish between fact and opinion in selected texts.
smre_ip_00236 Skills Students listen to or read the letter, "Skate Park." Students also distinguish between facts and opinions and identify the author's viewpoint and bias.
smre_ip_00224 Skills Students distinguish between fact and opinion.
smre_ip_00249 Skills Students identify sentences with errors and then correct the sentences with grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00087 Skills Students read the passage Letter to Mrs. Wong. Students answer questions about fact and opinion.
3 smre_di_00073 Skills Students learn to distinguish the main idea from supporting details.
smre_ip_00281 Skills Students listen to or read the informational text, "George Washington Carver." Students also distinguish the main idea from supporting details, answer literal questions, and draw valid conclusions.
smre_ip_00294 Skills Students complete sentences using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00099 Skills Students read the passage The Farmer's Friend. Students complete the graphic organizer to distinguish the main idea from supporting details.
4 smre_di_00076 Skills Students learn to draw valid conclusions.
smre_itr_02319 Skills Students listen to or read the informational text, "A Super Journey." Students also use question-and-answer relationships (Right There), identify the main idea, determine the author's purpose, summarize the text, and draw conclusions.
smre_ip_00272 Skills Students draw valid conclusions.
smre_ip_00297 Skills Students identify sentences with errors and then correct the sentences with grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00103 Skills Students read the passage 1856. Students practice using clues to draw conclusions.
5 smre_di_00096 Skills Students learn to follow multistep instructions.
smre_ip_00367 Skills Students listen to or read the literary text, "Counting Shells." Students also follow multistep instructions, answer literal questions, draw conclusions, and categorize words.
smre_ip_00356 Skills Students build words with vowel diphthongs.
smre_ip_00379 Skills Students identify grade-level content words by using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00131 Skills Students read the passage Pet Problems. Students answer questions about following directions.
6 smre_di_00083 Skills Students learn to identify an author's purpose and an author's claim. They will also learn to identify evidence that supports the claim.
smre_ip_00323 Skills Students listen to or read the informational text, "Play Ball." Then they answer literal questions, compare and contrast ideas, make inferences, identify the author's purpose, and identify the author's claim using supporting evidence.
smre_ip_00336 Skills Students identify claims and evidence that supports the claims.
smre_ip_00311 Skills Students complete sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00113 Skills Students read an informational text and use a graphic organizer to identify the author's claim and supporting evidence. Then they write a sentence explaining why the author's purpose was or was not achieved.
7 smre_di_00067 Skills Students learn to identify an author's viewpoint and bias.
smre_itr_02318 Skills Students listen to or read the informational text, "Ways to Save." Students also use question-and-answer relationships (Right There), make predictions, summarize text, determine the author's purpose, and identify the author's viewpoint and bias.
smre_ip_00226 Skills Students determine the meaning of synonyms and antonyms.
smre_ip_00251 Skills Students identify grade-level content words using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00089 Skills Students read the passage Dear Terrific Toy Company. Students answer questions and practice recognizing the author's viewpoint and bias.
8 smre_di_00091 Skills Students learn to identify the correct sequence of events.
smre_ip_00331 Skills Students listen to or read the literary text, "Anansi and the Beetle." Students also sequence events, answer questions about the setting, and characters' traits and feelings.
smre_ip_00319 Skills Students identify the correct sequence of events.
smre_ip_00344 Skills Students complete sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00124 Skills Students read the passage Two Foolish Frogs. They answer questions and identify the correct sequence of events.
9 smre_di_00088 Skills Students learn to identify the main idea and supporting details of a passage.
smre_ip_00328 Skills Students listen to or read the informational text, "The Ancient Ones." Students also identify main ideas and recognize cause and effect relationships.
smre_ip_00316 Skills Students identify the main idea of a passage.
smre_ip_00341 Skills Students identify sentences with errors, and then they correct the sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00120 Skills Students read the myth A Man and His Wife. They identify the main idea and supporting details by completing a graphic organizer.
1 smre_di_00080 Strategies Students learn to answer inferential and evaluative questions.
smre_ip_00288 Strategies Students listen to or read the informational text, "Protecting the Park." Students also answer inferential and evaluative questions and distinguish fact from opinion.
smre_ip_00289 Strategies Students listen to or read the informational text, "Water Sports." Students also draw valid conclusions.
smre_ip_00301 Strategies Students identify grade-level content words using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00108 Strategies Students read the passage Yorktown Battlefield National Park. Students underline the facts and practice answering inferential and evaluative questions.
2 smre_di_00079 Strategies Students learn to answer what-if, why, and how questions.
smre_ip_00287 Strategies Students listen to or read the informational text, "Old Faithful." Students also answer literal, "what-if," "why," and "how"questions, identify main ideas, summarize the text, and use context to understand the meaning of words.
smre_ip_00275 Strategies Students label a picture with the correct word. Correct answers focus on multiple-meaning words (homophones).
smre_ip_00300 Strategies Students complete sentences using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00107 Strategies Students read the passage "San Francisco Maritime National Park." Students practice answering what-if, why, and how questions.
3 smre_di_00075 Strategies Students learn to confirm predictions based on information from text.
smre_ip_00283 Strategies Students listen to or read the informational text, "Planning a Trip to Land Between the Lakes." Students also make and confirm predictions based on information from text, as well as, identify synonyms and antonyms, identify the main idea, read multisyllabic words, and summarize text.
smre_ip_00271 Strategies Students label a picture with the correct word. Correct answers focus on multisyllabic words.
smre_ip_00296 Strategies Students complete sentences using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00102 Strategies Students read paragraphs from "The Life Cycle of a Butterfly." Students practice making, modifying, and confirming predictions.
4 smre_di_00105 Strategies Students learn to identify explicit and implicit main ideas.
smre_ip_00376 Strategies Students listen to or read the informational text, "Machu Picchu: City of Mystery." Students also identify explicit and implicit main ideas and answer literal and "why" questions.
smre_ip_01267 Strategies Students identify grade-level content words using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_ip_00365 Strategies Students complete sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00143 Strategies Students read the passage Chris Van Allsburg. Students answer questions about stated and implied main ideas.
5 smre_di_00090 Strategies Students learn to retell a story to include characters, setting, and important events.
smre_ip_00330 Strategies Students listen to or read the literary text, "Coyote Saves the Day." Students also retell the story to include characters, setting and important events, and draw conclusions.
smre_ip_00318 Strategies Students build words with phonograms, and then they use those words to complete sentences.
smre_ip_00343 Strategies Students complete sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00122 Strategies Students read the passages "The White Buffalo Calf Woman" and "Echo." Students practice retelling a story with characters, setting, and important events.
6 smre_di_00074 Strategies Students learn to summarize text.
smre_ip_00282 Strategies Students listen to or read the informational text, "Jazz Masters." Students also summarize text, answer literal questions, draw valid conclusions, and identify words with long vowel patterns and vowel diphthongs.
smre_ip_00270 Strategies Students build multisyllabic words.
smre_ip_00295 Strategies Students identify grade-level content words using text, image, and audio clues.
smre_pp_00100 Strategies Students read the passage A Very Rich Man and write a summary about each paragraph.
7 smre_di_00093 Strategies Students learn to summarize text.
smre_ip_00333 Strategies Students listen to or read the literary text, "A Bag of Hope." Students also identify characters' actions, emotions, and motives; answer "how" questions, and summarize the text.
smre_ip_00321 Strategies Students summarize text.
smre_ip_00346 Strategies Students identify sentences with errors, and then they correct the sentences, using grade-level content words.
smre_pp_00126 Strategies Students read the passage Human Machines. They practice comparing and contrasting by completing a Venn diagram.

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