Kentucky Reading and Writing RI.3.1

ELA3rd GradeReading Informational Text

The Standard

Ask and answer questions, and make and support logical inferences to construct meaning from the text.

Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Key Ideas and Details

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students ask questions about a nonfiction passage and find answers in it. They also figure out what the author does not say directly and point to clues that support their thinking.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can write a question that the passage answers and find the answer. They can also explain a reasonable idea that is not stated directly and name the words that led them to it.
Common Misconceptions: Students may treat a guess based on what they already know as an answer from the passage. Some copy a sentence as evidence but cannot explain how it supports their idea.
How to Assess It: Put this sentence on the board: “On a dry, sunny day, Maya filled a watering can and poured water around the wilted plants.” Ask students why Maya watered the plants, which words helped them decide, and what other question they can ask and answer from the sentence.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a short animal article and sticky notes; have them mark a fact, write a question, and underline a clue for an inference.
Read a paragraph about beaver dams, then ask partners, “Why might a beaver move a branch?” Have them point to a clue.
Use a short penguin article for a clue match game; students match question cards to answer sentences, then explain one inference.
Read tomorrow’s weather forecast; have students choose indoor or outdoor recess and cite the forecast detail behind their choice.

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