Provide your third grade students with rigorous reading comprehension practice. Close reading, academic vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities support Common Core learning paths. The informational texts cover grade-level content-area topics and a range of nonfiction text structures, such as compare and contrast, cause and effect, and time order.Each of the 10 units presents a grade-appropriate nonfiction article and supporting activities that are easy to scaffold, including the following:• dictionary page with content and academic vocabulary• close reading activity• reading comprehension activity• vocabulary activity• text structure activityThe unit culminates in a text-based writing assignment that can be used as an informal assessment.Additional teacher support includes:• Common Core State Standards correlations provided for every unit for easy reference• Downloadable home-school connection activities and projects to extend learning at home• Guided reading level to help identify appropriate texts for students