STAAR Vocabulary in Context

Every fiction story will have a conflict, or problem.

• the people in the story.

• The end of the story.

• The problem in the story

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CCSS.RL.3.1

When reading a paragraph or writing, you want to concentrate on finding what it is about, or the main idea.

• A short description with the main points

• What the writing or paragraph is mostly about.

• The message or lesson the author wants you to learn.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.SL.3.2

The caption near the picture helps you understand what is going on in the picture.

• Small text found near a picture that provides important information about that picture.

• The reason an author writes; persuade, inform, entertain, explain, describe.

• Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.7

The phrase Peter Piper packed a peck of pickled peppers repeats the "p" sound at the beginning of each word and is an example of alliteration.

• A comparison of two things using like or as.

• The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• When and where the story takes place.

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CCSS.L.3.3A

The stove was as hot as fire, is an example of a simile.

• A comparison of two things using "like" or "as".

• Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words.

• The message or lesson the author wants you to learn.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The author's purpose of the book Harry Potter was to entertain his readers.

• The reason an author writes; persuade, inform, entertain, explain, describe.

• The message or lesson the author wants you to earn.

• A short description with the main points.

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

The audience loved the theater company's version of the drama Romeo and Juliet.

• The people in the story or play.

• The ending of a story or how the problem is solved.

• A type of writing meant to be performed in front of an audience.

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

I made an inference using my scheme and the information from the text.

• When a reader uses clues from the text and what they already know to make a guess.

• Clues in the text that help the reader determine the meaning of unknown words.

• Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

I have to write a short summary of the book I read.

• The perspective a story is written from; first person, third person limited, or third person omniscient.

• A short description with the main points.

• The ending of a story or how the problem is solved.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.W.3.2A

CCSS.W.3.2B

The theme of a good book can teach you a lesson.

• A comparison of two things NOT using like or as.

• When and where the story takes place.

• The message or lesson the author wants you to learn.

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CCSS.RL.3.2