SC Family-Friendly Standards - Reading

Reading

girl with books These skills, based on educational standards, outline state requirements for your child’s learning program and what Third Grade students across the state should be able to do in this subject.

For each Reading skill, we have listed several online activities that your child can explore themselves or that you and your child can do together.

Skill:	Understand the use of headings, different print styles, and captions in books
Activities:	Non–Fiction Pages Choose the titles, words, and pictures that make the non-fiction pages. What picture would be on a toy catalog page? Parts of a Newspaper Explore these slides about headings, captions, and the parts of a newspaper. There are several games to try out too. Time for Kids Learn more about current events, people, and places in the world around you.
Skill:	Use graphic organizers as sources of information
Activities:	ReadWriteThink Find lots of tools to help you organize your writing and think about the information you read. Graphic Organizers Print out a graphic organizer to keep your ideas and notes in order! Graphic Organizers These graphic organizers can help you get organized, brainstorm, compare two topics, and more.
Skill:	Use tables of contents, glossaries, and indexes in texts
Activities:	Parts of a Book Find out what you can learn from the title, author, title page, table of contents, and chapter headings. Using an Index for Information An index can help you find information in a book. Using a Table of Contents Learn how to use a table of contents to find information quickly.
Skill:	Find cause-and-effect relationships in reading
Activities:	Cause and Effect Practice Can you figure out if the phrase is a cause or an effect? The "signal" word is the clue! Persuasive Writing Games Try all three games to be a cause and effect champion. Cause and Effect Game Match the cause to the effect and win the game. Flippy's Game Help Flippy the fish swim home to the coral cave. Cause and Effect Skills Read the paragraph and see if you can find the cause or effect.
Skill:	Read for pleasure and to gain information
Activities:	Daffodils and Primroses Print out this page about spring flowers and then use the information to write your own piece about them. Professor Garfield's Story Book Reader Read two stories about the famous orange cat: Garfield in the Park and Garfield and the Beanstalk. Magic Keys Check out lots of exciting stories you can read online!

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