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Ohio’s Learning Standards – Extended with Learning Progressions English Language Arts

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Reading Standards for Literature

Key Ideas and Details
1. 1
  Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.RL.3.1
  a
  Answer literal questions including details from the text.RL.3.1.a
  b
  Answer literal questions to show understanding of the text.RL.3.1.b
  c
  Identify one or more key details within a given text.RL.3.1.c
  d
  Identify a story element (character or setting) RL.3.1.d
  e
  Participate in a discussion about a storyRL.3.1.e
  f
  Listen to a story read aloudRL.3.1.f
  g
  Actively engage with a literary text.RL.3.1.g
2. 2
  Analyze literary text development. a. Determine a theme and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. b. Retell stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures.RL.3.2
  a
  Explain the theme of a story and retell by citing details that contribute to this theme.RL.3.2.a
  b
  Retell a story, including a beginning, middle, and end.RL.3.2.b
  c
  Match pictures to sequence the events in the text.RL.3.2.c
  d
  Discuss beginning, middle, and endRL.3.2.d
  e
  Identify pictures or objects from the story.RL.3.2.e
  f
  listen to a story read aloud.RL.3.2.f
  g
  Actively engage with a literary text.RL.3.2.g
3. 3
  Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.RL.3.3
  a
  Describe a character’s traits or actions and state how they contribute to the story sequence.RL.3.3.a
  b
  Identify a character’s feelings and motivations. RL.3.3.b
  c
  Match a picture to a character or setting in a story. Identify a character in the story.RL.3.3.c
  d
  Identify pictures or objects from the story.RL.3.3.d
  e
  Listen to a story read aloud. RL.3.3.e
  f
  Actively engage with a literary text.RL.3.3.f
Craft and Structure
1. 4
  Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. RL.3.4
  a
  Identify the meaning of a word based on how it is used in a text.RL.3.4.a
  b
  Identify the meaning of a word based on how it is used in a text.RL.3.4.b
  c
  Match pictures or objects to words based on how they are used in a text.RL.3.4.c
  d
  Identify pictures or objects from the story.RL.3.4.d
  e
  Listen to a story read aloud.RL.3.4.e
  f
  Actively engage with a literary textRL.3.4.f
2. 5
  Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as “chapter,” “scene,” and “stanza”; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.RL.3.5
  a
  Identify the chapters, scenes, and stanzas within a text.RL.3.5.a
  b
  Identify chapters with books, scenes with dramas, and stanzas with poems using visual, auditory, or text examples.RL.3.5.b
  c
  Identify a text as a story, drama, or poem.RL.3.5.c
  d
  Identify a poem.RL.3.5.d
  e
  Identify a drama. RL.3.5.e
  f
  Identify a storyRL.3.5.f
  g
  Listen to stories, dramas, and poems read aloud. RL.3.5.g
  h
  Actively engage with a literary textRL.3.5.h

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What grade levels do these standards cover?: Grade 3
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