Mrs. Johnston
Fourth Grade
Diplomat Elementary
ELA Resources
"Love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort and keep on learning." -Carol Dweck
Grammar
Writing
3rd Grade Standards
LAFS.3.RL.1.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the
answers.
LAFS.3.RL.1.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
LAFS.3.RL.1.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
LAFS.3.RL.2.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
LAFS.3.RI.1.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main
idea.
LAFS.3.RI.1.3 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.
LAFS.3.RI.2.4 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
LAFS.3.RL.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.
LAFS.3.RL.2.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
LAFS.3.RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words
in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).
LAFS.3.RI.3.7 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).
LAFS.3.RL.3.9-Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series).
LAFS.3.RI.3.8: Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).
LAFS.3.RI.3.9: Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
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Hamburger - Main idea and key details game