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English Language Development — Grade 3

Goal 3. Reading — Intermediate High

Goal 3. Reading

The learner will comprehend written English in personal, social, and academic contexts from print and non-print materials.

Level: Intermediate High

Students will begin to use expanded vocabulary to participate effectively in social and academic conversations and presentations with occasional difficulty. They may continue to use forms of non-verbal communication to demonstrate comprehension, but will rely more upon verbal skills. Learning objectives focus on responding to questions spoken at normal speed, using expanded vocabulary for discourse, retelling text with less difficulty, using phonetic knowledge and structural analysis to decode words, asking interrogatives to interpret text, distinguishing between fact and opinion, reading self-selected texts independently, and following one-step and two-step directions.

Objective IH 3.01
Use phonetic knowledge and structural analysis to decode regular multi-syllable words when reading grade-level text with frequent instructional support (e.g., knowledge of syllables, suffixes, prefixes).
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Objective IH 3.02
Ask how, why and what if questions to understand and/or interpret grade-level text with frequent instructional support.
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Objective IH 3.03
Self-monitor own difficulties in comprehending grade level text using several strategies with frequent instructional support.
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Objective IH 3.04
Use features of text to demonstrate comprehension of expository grade level text prompting (e.g., headings, italics, bold face).
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Objective IH 3.05
Identify some significant structural organizational patterns in grade-level text with frequent instructional support. (e.g., sequence, cause/effect)
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Objective IH 3.06
Distinguish between explicit examples of fact, opinions, inference, and cause/effect in grade-level text with frequent instructional support.
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Objective IH 3.07
Demonstrate familiarity with a variety of grade-level texts and identify their purposes with frequent instructional support.
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Objective IH 3.08
Use a variety of strategies and skills to read independently self-selected texts in English and consistent with the students independent reading level.
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