Reading

Using the Scott Foresman Reading Program as the core curriculum, third graders will continue to develop and deepen their reading comprehension skills. Students will enhance their reading comprehension by continuing to learn the skills and strategies that are essential to understand, analyze, and critically think about both fiction and non-fiction texts. 

In a typical procedure for a reading activity:
•We ask children to relate their prior knowledge to the material to be 
read.
•They make predictions about the text before and during reading in 
their reading log.
•They pose basic questions in setting the purpose for reading.
•They are asked to justify their interpretation with specific evidence 
from the text.
•The basic story structure of fiction is analyzed; including the characters, 
setting, problem, solution and conclusion. The basic text structure of
non-fiction is analyzed; including headings, photographs, captions, and 
glossary. These elements are reinforced in many settings: as a class, in 
groups, and through individual work.

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