2024: NY Grade 3 - ELA

Change can sometimes take people by surprise.

Brothers often enjoy doing the same things.

Family activities can be fun for everyone.

Every family has its own way of doing things.

Trent is not worried about his brother’s feelings until Troy is upset.

Trent would rather be measured later when he has had more time to grow.

Trent would rather spend time on his birthday having fun by himself.

Trent is not interested in his height until he learns that he is taller than Troy.

. . . Trent trotted to the doorway and stood up against the jamb.” (paragraph 5)

"The red mark was indeed a little higher than the blue.” (paragraph 13)

“Trent and I turned and stepped backwards towards each other.” (paragraph 20)

". . . hands rested on each of our heads, keeping us in place.” (paragraph 22)

It compares the feelings of two main characters.

It explains the cause and the effect of a problem.

It tells why the setting is important to the events.

It explains how the conflict in the story is settled.

She thinks that grandmothers wear saris but that young women should not.

She thinks that saris are pretty but would not want to wear one every day.

She thinks that saris are only worn on special days and are not good for every day.

She thinks that people wear saris because they are helpful but not comfortable.

She shows that many of her saris are very beautiful.

She gives examples of things a sari can be used for.

She explains that her own grandmother wore saris.

She is able to dress her granddaughters in her own saris.

She wants to teach her granddaughters how to wrap a sari to wear it correctly.

She wants to show her granddaughters how to choose a sari that will look good.

She wants to share special memories from her life with her granddaughters.

She wants to give her granddaughters a chance to play dress up with pretty clothes.

Dadima shows the girls the saris that she wore on important days in her life.

Dadima helps the girls put on saris so they can look more like her.

Dadima explains how saris are helpful and can be used to stay comfortable.

Dadima tells the girls that her own grandmother’s grandmother also wore saris.

The baby-sitter has a good idea.

The baby-sitter enjoys sports.

The baby-sitter knows Billy very well.

The baby-sitter has many hobbies.

The paragraphs show the cause and effect of the storm.

The paragraphs reveal how the narrator changes over time.

The paragraphs compare the characters’ feelings.

The paragraphs show a problem and the solution.

Billy likes the ideas so much that he wants him to come back again.

Billy thinks that the ideas are not as much fun as other games.

Billy believes that the ideas are so silly that he jokes about them later.

Billy is confused about the ideas and asks his parents to explain them.