Alabama 3rd Grade Reading Standards for Informational Texts
LiteracyTA provides reading skills that Alabama educators use to teach Alabama 3rd Grade Reading Standards for Informational Texts.
The Alabama literacy standards are the what. The skills below and the related eCoach discussions are the how. In the table below, you will find next to each Alabama reading standard practical skills, classroom resources, rich conversations and teaching ideas that move all students toward achieving Alabama standards!
Key Ideas and Details
RI1
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate
understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the
text as the basis for the answers.
5 Steps to Confident Reading
Build reading skills and confidence with a step-by-step process for reading fiction and non-fiction texts.
Asking Questions: 5Ws and 1H
Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions while reading.
Identifying Main Ideas
Identify the main ideas in a paragraph(s) and retell the main textual details.
Making Inferences
Draw conclusions about ideas in a text that are not directly stated.
Marking a Text
Identify and isolate essential ideas in a text.
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Pausing and Predicting
Pause frequently to make predictions about what will be said or done.
Problem and Solution Organizer
Summarize problems and solutions in a text.
Read 1, Speak 2, Write 3
Read a paragraph or two, discuss the text, and write down main ideas.
Visual Summary
Draw illustrations that represent the main ideas in a text.
RI2
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the
key details and explain how they support the
main idea.
5 Steps to Confident Reading
Build reading skills and confidence with a step-by-step process for reading fiction and non-fiction texts.
Asking Questions: 5Ws and 1H
Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions while reading.
Identifying Main Ideas
Identify the main ideas in a paragraph(s) and retell the main textual details.
Marking a Text
Identify and isolate essential ideas in a text.
Predicting the Main Idea
Scan the text and make predictions about subject, content, and structure.
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Read 1, Speak 2, Write 3
Read a paragraph or two, discuss the text, and write down main ideas.
Visual Summary
Draw illustrations that represent the main ideas in a text.
RI3
Describe the relationship between a series of
historical events, scientific ideas or concepts,
or steps in technical procedures in a text, using
language that pertains to time, sequence, and
cause/effect
5 Steps to Confident Reading
Build reading skills and confidence with a step-by-step process for reading fiction and non-fiction texts.
Analyzing Text Features
Analyze how text features communicate important information.
Cause and Effect Organizer
Retell cause and effect relationships in a text.
Sequence/Process Organizer
Track how events, individuals, or ideas develop over time.
Craft and Structure
RI4
Determine the meaning of general academic
and domain-specific words and phrases in a text
relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
5 Steps to Confident Reading
Build reading skills and confidence with a step-by-step process for reading fiction and non-fiction texts.
Asking Questions: 5Ws and 1H
Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions while reading.
Important Vocabulary
Define words that are important to the main ideas in a text.
RI5
Use text features and search tools (e.g., key
words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information
relevant to a given topic efficiently.
5 Steps to Confident Reading
Build reading skills and confidence with a step-by-step process for reading fiction and non-fiction texts.
Analyzing Text Features
Analyze how text features communicate important information.
Sequence/Process Organizer
Track how events, individuals, or ideas develop over time.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RI7
Use information gained from illustrations (e.g.,
maps, photographs) and the words in a text to
demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g.,
where, when, why, and how key events occur).
RI8
Describe the logical connection between
particular sentences and paragraphs in a text
(e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third
in a sequence).
