Reading Comprehension: Paired Text, Grade 3

Reading comprehension practice boosts third-grade students’ competencies across the curriculum. Includes 8 paired text units with science, social studies, and civics topics. Each unit has an essential question and vocabulary, reading, and writing activities that help students examine texts and engage in discussions. Also includes unit assessments. Reading Comprehension: Paired Text grade 3 is an easy-to-use resource that includes 8 paired text units with everything you need to practice reading comprehension skills with your third-grade students.These grade 3 paired text units provide students with opportunities to compare multiple viewpoints and to integrate information. Each unit contains two thematically related selections that are focused around an essential question.Each selection includes:• vocabulary development in context• an oral close reading discussion• comprehension questions• a writing promptThe unit assessment includes discussion of the topic, texts, and essential question, as well as a pre-writing graphic organizer and culminating writing prompt.Additional features:• student objectives• topic introductions• lesson plans• an answer keyGrade 3 paired text social studies units include:The Value of Volunteering:”Volunteer Your Time” Level L”Victory Dance” Level MA Place to Call Home:”Why Live Near a River?” Level N”New Land, New Life” Level NMeeting the Father of a Country:”The Generals and Their Dogs” Level O”The Legend of the Cherry Tree” Level OPicturing the World:”Putting the Pieces Together” Level P”The Edge of the World” Level OGrade 3 paired text science units include:Changing with Our Surroundings:”Meat-Eating Plants” Level N”The Tiger and the Jackals” Level LWater, Weather, and Winter:”Water All Around Us” Level M”Panika’s Favorite Season” Level OObserving Our World and Beyond:”New Invention, New Universe” Level O”SpaceBook Friends” Level NGrowing Up, Growing Strong:”Growing with Gravity” Level P”Lean Green Beans” Level MRevised edition! This resource replaces Reading Paired Text and includes updates to the content.