3rd Grade SAT Objectives

3rd Grade SAT Objectives:

The student will be able to:

1. determine explicit supporting details (SAT 9)

2. determine explicit action or sequence (SAT 9)

3. determine explicit causes or effects fro events

4. determine problems and solutions in text

5. extract implicit theme or main idea

6. interpret character traits, motivation, or behavior

7. made predictions based on text

8. provide support for conclusion

9. identify characteristics of genre

10. determine author’s intended audience

11. determine unknown words from context

12. apply text structure to reading task

13. select an appropriate reading strategy in a given situation

14. set purpose for reading

15. determine explicit sequence or action

16. distinguish important from less-important ideas

17. draw conclusions from details

18. form hypotheses from ideas in the text

19. interpret figurative language

20. analyze author’s purpose, assumptions, or viewpoint

21. determine likely source of text

22. apply ideas from text to new situation

23. use graphics to support or verify information from text



The above standards apply to literary (stories), informational (textbook) and functional (newspaper, schedules, etc.) reading.