3.RI.1 Parent Helper

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1 3.RI.1 Parent Helper I can ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, and refer explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Your child is learning to ask and answer questions using information fro m text. Who or what is the text about? Where in the text can you find your answer? Show me where the author says (explains) that. Which of these details is really important to the text? Where in the text did you find that key detail? How do you know that it is a key (important) detail? What is the author trying to tell me? Why did the author include that detail? Question Answer Demonstrate Understanding Information Text You can practice this standard with your child using any informational text. It is important to remember that your child should be able to look back in the text to find answers and should also be able to show you where they found them and refer to them in their answer. You can also search for different informational topics on YouTube. After your child listens to the video, have them answer the types of questions listed above. They should be able to quote or refer to specific details from the video. Encourage your child to practice writing answers to these questions and not just practice answering them aloud. For example, you could have your child watch a biographical video about Hank Aaron and then answer questions about what they learned. To further your child s understanding, you can read a book, an article, or a magazine about him. Discuss the things your learned from both the video and the text. Talk about why it is important to have more than one source when learning about a topic.

2 3.RI.2 Parent Helper I can determine the main topic of a text, recount the key details and explain how the details support the main idea. Your child is learning to determine the main idea of a text and to explain how the details support it. What is the main idea of this paragraph? What details support the main idea of this paragraph? How do the details support the main idea? What is the topic of the text? What details did the author provide to help us understand? Main idea Details Support Explain Topic Graphic Organizer Paragraph You can practice this standard with any informational text. You can use a graphic organizer such as the one below to help your child visually represent the main idea and details of a paragraph. Make sure your child can also explain how the details support the main idea. Main idea: Caterpillars go through a life cycle to become a butterfly. Detail: Detail: Detail: Caterpillars eat and grow very large and then form a chrysalis. Inside the chrysalis caterpillars undergo a change called a metamorphosis. Weeks later the caterpillar emerges as a beautiful butterfly. These details support the main idea because they explain the different steps of a butterfly s life cycle.

3 3.RI.3 Parent Helper I can describe the relationship between historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in a technical procedure in a text. Your child is learning to understand how things are related when reading. How did impact history? What would the world Connection be like if hadn t happened? If hadn t lived? Step How did effect our life today? Sequence What step comes first? Last? What would happen if Compare/Contrast this step was left out? Procedure How does related to? Events Describe the importance of. Ideas What was the result of s idea? Result Create a timeline for these events. Timeline What is the first thing you would need to do to complete this procedure? You can practice this standard with your child any time you are cooking. Have your child read the recipe to you and discuss together the importance of doing each step in order. What would happen if you left off a certain step, or did them out of order? You can also practice this standard when reading any science informational texts and historical texts. This gives you an opportunity to talk to your child about how something or someone has made an impact on the lives we lead today. For example, inventions, discoveries, Civil Rights movement, wars, women s rights etc. You can also practice this standard when reading biographies. How did make an impact on his/her community? What would our lives be like if Martin Luther King Jr. never lived? What would our country be like without George Washington? Etc Create a timeline of a person s life.

4 3.RI.4 Parent Helper I can determine the meaning of words and phrases in an informational text on a third grade level. Your child is learning to find the meaning of unknown words in a text. Why did the author make this word bold? Where might you be able to look in this text to find the meaning of the word? Let s look at the word. Did the author give you an example of what the word means? Did the author define the word in sentences nearby? Did the author give a synonym? Did the author provide an antonym? Does the word have a prefix? What does the prefix mean? Does the word have a suffix? What does the suffix mean? What is the base word? How does the prefix (or suffix) change the meaning of the word? Unknown word Bold print Glossary Context clues Synonyms Antonyms Examples Definitions Dictionary Prefix Suffix You can practice this standard with your child using any non-fiction informational text. As children are learning to read they often encounter words that they don t know the meaning of. It is important for them to learn to use clues in the context of the paragraph to help them figure out the meaning of the word. What does scale mean in this sentence: Jeanette weighed the fruit on the scale at the grocery store. What does scaled mean in this sentence: The cat scaled the wall and got to the other side.

5 3.RI.5 Parent Helper I can use various text features and search tools to locate information in a text. Your child is learning to use text features and online search tools to help them better understand an informational text. What text features do you see on this page? What text feature was most useful to you? Look at the Table of Contents. If you wanted to learn about, what page would you turn to? What text feature would be helpful on this page? Where do you find the glossary? The index? What words are in bold print on this page? Why did the author make those words bold? Look at this diagram and read the labels. What is? If you were using Google to search information about what key words would you use to search? Google/Search Heading/Subheading Bold/Italics/Underlined Table of Contents Glossary Index Captions Labels Diagrams/Charts Photographs You can practice this standard with your child using any non-fiction informational text. It is important to remember that your child should be able to look back in the text to find answers and should also be able to show you where they found them. Children often look at graphics and illustrations on pages, but avoid reading things such as captions. If you notice your child is skipping reading these very important text features, ask them a question that can only be answered if they read that text features. For example, did the caption of a photograph included an interesting bit of information? Ask your child about it and if they don t know where you found that information, have them reread the page. It is very important that your child get in the habit of reading everything on the page. Any time your child is wondering about something, give them the opportunity to search for it online themselves. Help them figure out what key words they should use when making their search. You can search search engines for kids online. There are many search engines that you can use to find appropriate and safe reading material for your child.

6 3.RI.6 Parent Helper I can distinguish my point of view from the author s point of view. Your child is learning to determine the author s point of view and to decide if they agree or disagree with that point of view. Author s point of view What is the author s point of view about? Distinguish What is your point of view about? Information Do you agree or disagree with what the author said? Provide What information do you agree with? Text What information do you disagree with? Can you explain what you were thinking when you read? You can practice this standard with your child using any non-fiction text. When reading a book with your child, discuss what the author wants us to learn in the text. Now, do you agree or disagree with what the author shared? When helping your child with this standard, look for resources in which the author takes a stance on something. For example, research about Sea World s Killer Whales and find articles for keeping the whales in captivity, and articles about releasing the whales. Allow your child to read this information and then determine the point of view of each author. Then, ask your child what their point of view is. Want to find kid appropriate and safe articles? Search search engines for kids online. There are many search engines that you can use to find appropriate reading material for your child.

7 3.RI.7 Parent Helper I can use information gained from illustrations and the words in the text to demonstrate an understanding of the text.. Your child is learning to use graphics in an informational text to better understand what they are reading. How does the chart help you understand the text? How does the diagram help you understand the text? How does the graphic help you understand the text? What information did you learn from the graphic that you didn t learn from the text? What information did you learn from the diagram? Chart? Map? Look at the illustration. How does it relate to the text? Why is it important to helping you understand the text? Graphics Illustrations Charts Maps Graphs Diagrams Clarify Example You can practice this standard with your child using any non-fiction text. When reading a book with your child, cover up the words on a few pages with post it notes. Have your child explain what they can learn based only on the text features. If the photograph has a caption with it, uncover the caption and read it together. Discuss how the caption and the photograph help you better understand the information in the text. Do this with all other graphic text features. (Maps, charts, diagrams, graphs, etc) Example: What can you learn about the dolphin from the pictures? How does this picture support the author s claim that the dolphin needed help learning how to swim again?

8 3.RI.8 Parent Helper I can describe the connections between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text. Your child is learning to describe how paragraphs in a text are connected to each other. Determine What is the author s message? Sequential Order What details does the author use to support Cause/Effect their message? Comparison How was the text written? (Compare/Contrast, Details Cause/Effect, or Sequential) You can practice this standard with your child using any non-fiction text. It is important to remember that your child should be able to look back in the text to find answers and should also be able to show you where they found them. There are many great non-fiction books for kids. Head to your local library to check some out. It is important to remember to expose your child to informational text, and not always just literature. Allow your child to read magazines, catalogs, even recipes while you are cooking Does your child understand? In a comparison article, the author talks about one topic and compares it to another. The author explains how they are alike and different. (i.e., moths vs. butterflies) In a sequential article, the author talks about the topic in a logical order. (i.e., how to bake a cake, or the life cycle of a pumpkin) In a cause and effect article the author talks about how one thing leads to another. (i.e., A lot of rain happening in a short period of time can lead to flash flooding.

9 3.RI.9 Parent Helper I can compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented by two texts on the same topic. Your child is learning to compare and contrast two texts on the same topic. What is the key point the author is trying to make? What is the topic of this text? This page? This section? What is the difference between this text and this one? How are the texts alike? What were the key details in this text? How are the ideas the same in both texts? How are the ideas different? Topic Compare/Contrast Similarities Differences Key Details Illustrations You can practice this standard with your child using multiple texts on the same topic. As children get older and begin conducting research, it is important for them to understand that one source will not give them all the information they may need on a topic. Allow your child to check out a book on a topic and also read an internet article on the same topic. You can also watch educational videos about a topic and then read more about it. It is important to expose your child to informational texts so they can discover their own interests and passions. Examples of informational text you can use: Non-fiction books (science, technical, historical, biographical) Magazine articles Newspaper articles Internet articles Educational videos/news/discovery channel shows You can use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the two texts. Similarities go in the middle, differences go in the outer circles, one for each text.

10 3.RI.10 Parent Helper I can read and comprehend informational texts. Your child is learning to read and respond to third grade level informational text. Explain how the text features helped you understand the text. Point to a text feature and tell why you think the author included it. What questions do you still have after reading? You can practice this standard with your child using any non-fiction text. It is important to remember that your child should be able to look back in the text to find answers and should also be able to show you where they found them. By the end of third grade your child should be able to read and comprehend texts that are on grade level. Check with your child s teacher to determine your child s current reading level and how you can help them move toward that goal. Non-fiction book series for third graders: National Geographic Kids Readers Let s Read and Find Out Series Magic Tree House Nonfiction Companions Gail Gibbons Books Scholastic True or False Who Was? Series Illustrations Graphics Text Features Informational Text Author Comprehend There are many great non-fiction books for kids. Head to your local library to check some out. It is important to remember to expose your child to informational text, and not always just literature. Allow your child to read magazines, catalogs, even recipes while you are cooking! Use kid safe search engines to allow your child to look up information they are curious about.