LAC 28:CLXIX.903. Reading Informational Text

A. Refer explicitly to details and examples from a text by asking and responding to questions. B. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea. C. 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. D. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area. E. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to efficiently locate information relevant to a given topic. F. Distinguish the student’s point of view from that of the author of a text. G. Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text, both print and cursive, to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur). H. Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence). I. Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic. J. By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.