South Dakota ELA 3.RI.10
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By the end of the year, read and comprehend a variety of informational text. Read and comprehend grade-appropriate text with increasing challenge in text difficulty and complexity (e.g., layout, text structure, language features, and knowledge demands). Self-select text for personal enjoyment, interest, and academic tasks with guidance and support.
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
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What Students Need to Do
- Students read different kinds of nonfiction and explain what they learned using details from the text. They work through unfamiliar words, headings, and captions as texts get harder. With guidance, they choose texts that fit a question or an interest.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can read a grade-level article, state its main idea, and point to details that support it. They use headings and captions to find information. They can choose another text that fits a question they want to answer.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may mistake one interesting fact for the main idea of the whole article. They may skip unfamiliar words instead of using nearby clues. Some choose a text by its cover even when it will not answer their question.
How to Assess It
- Give students two short grade-level articles about frogs and let them choose one. Ask them to write its main idea, two supporting details, and why they chose it.
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Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a short article cut into paragraphs, headings, photos, and captions, then have them rebuild it and explain one fact they learned.
After reading two animal articles, have students write which they would read again and name a detail that caught their attention.
Play a fact hunt with three short articles: students find a fact, point to its heading, and explain it to a partner.
Give students a seed packet and ask them to find planting depth, spacing, and one reason the directions matter.
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