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Grade 3

• Communication & Collaboration

  • 3.CC
  • 3.CC.1
  • 3.CC.2
  • 3.CC.3
  • 3.CC.4
  • 3.CC.5
  • 3.CC.6
  • 3.CC.7
  • 3.CC.8

• Reading: Comprehension

  • 3.RC
  • 3.RC.1
  • 3.RC.2
  • 3.RC.3
  • 3.RC.4
  • 3.RC.5
  • 3.RC.6
  • 3.RC.7
  • 3.RC.8
  • 3.RC.9
  • 3.RC.10
  • 3.RC.11
  • 3.RC.12
  • 3.RC.13

• Reading: Foundations

  • 3.RF.1
  • 3.RF.2
  • 3.RF.3
  • 3.RF.4

• Writing

  • 3.W
  • 3.W.2
  • 3.W.2.a
  • 3.W.2.b
  • 3.W.2.c
  • 3.W.3
  • 3.W.3.a
  • 3.W.3.b
  • 3.W.3.c
  • 3.W.3.d
  • 3.W.4
  • 3.W.4.a
  • 3.W.4.b
  • 3.W.4.c
  • 3.W.4.d
  • 3.W.4.e
  • 3.W.5
  • 3.W.5.a
  • 3.W.5.b
  • 3.W.6
  • 3.W.6.a
  • 3.W.6.c
  • 3.W.6.d
  • 3.W.6.e
  • 3.W.7
  • 3.W.7.a
  • 3.W.7.b
  • 3.W.7.c
  • 3.W.7.d
  • 3.W.8
  • 3.W.8.b
  • 3.W.8.b.I
  • 3.W.8.b.II
  • 3.W.8.c
  • 3.W.8.c.I
  • 3.W.8.c.II

Indiana ELA Standard: 3.RC.2

Recount folktales, fables, and tall tales from diverse cultures; identify the themes in these works. (E)

Summarize In Haiku

Can your students fit a whole story into seventeen syllables? In a haiku, every word has to fight for its spot.

Shrinking A Summary

Can your students shrink a whole story down to one sentence? Every cut reveals what is truly essential.

Identifying A Story’s Theme

Teach your young students to identify the moral or the theme of a story.

Stories with the Same Problems and Solutions

Have you ever noticed that some stories have awfully similar problems? What if we looked for the most unusual way of solving a repeating problem?

Better Stories Part 3: Literary Themes

A typical student narrative includes plot and characters but lacks a larger idea to hold it all together. This is where a lesson on themes comes in…