“I Can” Learning Targets

3rd Grade Reading2nd Six Weeks

Important Note: Slide 1 Cover slideSlide 2-10 (Skills to be covered throughout the year. All of these skills will not be addressed in one 6-wks. Choose the “I Can” Targets you deem the best fit each 6 wks.)

Slide 9-11 “I Can” Learning Targets for skill pages in text, 2nd Six Weeks

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“I Can”Literature, Part I

GLE 8.1 I can decide my purpose for reading by using

the illustrations and other images in a selection.

I can ask myself questions and make predictions while I am reading to help me understand.

I can use information I found while I read to draw conclusions and to discover the main idea after I have finished reading.

I can decide how different types of similar stories, legends, or events are alike and different.

I can learn the meaning of new words by listening to selections and talking about them in class.

I can read comfortably, smoothly, and without pauses when I read alone or with a group.

I can understand that literature comes from different cultures.

I can participate in different discussions about what I have read I can make predictions by using illustrations and other images in a selection.

I can decide an author’s purpose for writing a selection (to entertain, to inform, to describe, to share feelings).

I can find the problem in a story and understand how it was solved.

GLE 8.2 I can describe the meaning of “stanza”. I can recognize poems, plays, and novels. I can go to the library to select and check out

books or any other materials I might need. I can read longer stories, nonfiction selections,

and chapter books by my self.

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“I Can”Literature, Part II

GLE 8.3 I can recognize poems, plays, and

stories. I can recognize what should be

included in the plot of fairy tales, folk tales, fables, and myths.

I can read and review short stories, fairy tales, folk tales, poetry, plays, and nonfiction selections.

GLE 8.4 I can describe the meaning of

“setting”. I can describe the meaning of

“character”. I can describe the meaning of

“sequential”.

I can describe the meaning of “organization”

I can practice writing stories about my own personal experiences.

I can recognize the way language is used (rhythm, beat, imagery, simile, and metaphor) in different types of literature.

I can recognize and create rhyming words.

I can identify the setting, characters, and plot in a story.

I can identify the main and minor characters in a story.

I can correctly sequence and organize the events of a story.

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“I Can”Vocabulary

• I can put words in alphabetical order.

• I can identify sounds and sound patterns such as consonant blends and individual letter sounds within words.

• I can use word play, word walls, and word sorts to help me develop my vocabulary.

• I can define and recognize synonyms and antonyms.

• I can use clues in the sentence and the prefixes and suffixes of words to help me determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.

• I can recognize multiple meanings of words.

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“I Can”Informational Text

(ex. Expository Nonfiction, Articles, etc.)GLE 0301.6.1 I can use illustrations to tell why I am reading a selection.I can understand what I am reading by asking questions and making pictures in my head.I can understand what I have read by thinking of the events in the story and what I already know.I can tell the main idea and details of what I read.I can tell the difference in fiction and nonfiction.I can tell facts from fictional statements.I can choose questions to help me understand what I am reading (before, during, and after).

GLE 0301.6.2 I can choose the picture or graph that goes best with the text.I can find information using charts, maps, or graphs.I can recognize the parts of a book.I can put instructions in sequential (step by step) order.I can use charts, tables, maps, legends, and illustrations to find information.I can follow instructions in a selection to complete a recipe or put something together.

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“I Can”Communication

I can take turns and ask questions when talking to someone else.

I can be a good listener by not interrupting, raising my hand, and facing the speaker.

I can follow three step directions that I hear.

I can answer questions given by the teacher and ask questions about them if I do not understand.

I can listen and talk about books, tapes, and videos.

I can summarize information that I have heard from others.

I can understand the main idea from a speech that I have heard.

I can give a summary of a speech.

I can talk politely with others. I can give three-step directions out

loud. I can take part in group discussions. I can use new vocabulary when

talking to others. I can take part in discussions,

choral reading, and oral presentations about a text.

I can choose correct group behavior.

I can choose ideas that were not mentioned in a speech.

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“I Can”Media

I can visit the library and check out a book.

I can use books, encyclopedias, and Internet to get information.

I can understand the information I get when hearing and seeing it.

I can understand the main idea or message in a picture, cartoon, weather report, or newspaper.

I can use television, radio, magazines, and newspapers (media) to make my report better.

I can choose the best media to get information, write a report, or make a presentation.

I can choose the best way to present my report.

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“I Can”Logic and Reasoning in Reading

GLE 0301.5.1I can describe the meaning of…

“fact” “opinion” “cause” “fact” “inference”

I can tell the difference in fact and opinion.I can tell the difference in cause and effect.I can use inference to help me understand what I read.I can draw a conclusion about something I have read.GLE 0301.5.2I can use inference to help me understand what I read.I can draw a conclusion about something I have read.I can change my predictions as I’m readingI can tell the difference in cause and effect.

GLE 0301.5.3I can describe the meaning of “sequential”. I can describe the meaning of “cause”.I can describe the meaning of “effect”.I can tell how two characters, ideas, or stories are like or different.I can put events from a text in order.I can tell the difference in cause and effect.

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“I Can” Skills

(Text pgs. 174-176, 198-200, )

I can describe the meaning of “character”.

I can identify the main and minor characters in a story.

I can identify the setting, characters, and plot in a story.

I can tell how two characters, ideas, or stories are like or different.

I can create a picture in my mind about what I read to help me understand.

I can use clues in the sentence and the prefixes and suffixes of words to help me determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.

I can tell the main idea and details of what I read.

I can use a dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, or encyclopedia to locate information.

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“I Can” Skills

(Text pgs. 224-226,)

I can describe the meaning of… author’s purpose prediction

I can decide an author’s purpose for writing a selection (to entertain, to inform, to describe, to share feelings).

I can decide my purpose for reading by using the illustrations and other images in a selection.

I can make predictions about what I have read.

I can find information that helps me make a prediction.

I can change my predictions as I’m reading.

I can define and recognize synonyms and antonyms.

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“I Can” Skills

(Text pgs. 250-252, 280-282)

I can draw a conclusion about something I have read.

I can read to draw conclusions and to discover the main idea after I have finished reading.

I can understand meaning while reading a passage by telling my reactions, using information given, and drawing conclusions.

I can understand what I have read by thinking of the events in the story and what I already know.

I can describe the meaning of…CauseEffect

I can tell the difference in cause and effect.

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