Common Core

Question Stems:
3rd Grade
Reading: Literature
Reading: Informational Text
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language

LACC.3.RL.1.1

LACC.3.RL.1.2

What questions do you have after

reading this text?
What questions would you ask the
author if you could?
Where can you find ______?
Create a Who, What, Where, How and
When Question to ask your partner.
Create a T Chart in your notebook.
Label one side Q and the other A.
Keep track of questions and the
answers as you read.
Can you show me where you would
find the answer to that question?
Show me evidence from the story
that supports your answer.

Can you retell that story in your

own words?
What was the moral of that fable?
How do you know?
What was the message in that
myth? How do you know?
How do the characters actions help
you understand the lesson?
How does the author help you
understand the lesson or message?
What is a fable?
What is a myth?
What are folktales?

LACC.3.RL.1.3

LACC.3.RL.2.4

Describe the main characters.

How did __________ feel in the
beginning? In the middle? In the end?
How did the characters feel during
_______?
Why do you think the character
acted that way?
Using character trait words, how
would you describe the characters?
What trait does the character have?
What happened after the character
_______?
What made the character say that?
What happened after he or she said
that?

What does the word ______ mean

in this sentence?
Are there any clues around the
word that can help you figure out
the meaning?
Are there any words or phrases
that you dont understand? What
can help you understand them?
What strategies can you use to
help you find the meaning of the
word?
Look at this group of words. What
is the meaning of the phrase?
Do you think the author really
meant that? Is there a hidden
meaning?

LACC.3.RL.2.5
What type of text is this?
What is similar and different
about plays, poems, and stories?
Why are scenes important in a
play or drama?
What is the purpose of stage
directions in a play?
Why are stanzas important to a
poem? What is their purpose?
What happened earlier in the
story that is connected to this
event?
What did you learn or read about
earlier that helps you understand
this part?

LACC.3.RL.3.7
What does the illustration show
you or tell you about the story?
How does this picture make you
feel?
What words from the story
match the illustration?
What does this illustration tell
you about the character? The
setting? The plot?
Draw an illustration to match the
character's mood on this page.

LACC.3.RL.2.6
Who is telling these events?
Who is the narrator?
Is the narrator a character in
the story?
What point of view is this text?
How do you know? What are the
clues?
Does the narrator know the
thoughts and feelings of the
characters?
How would you tell the story?
How would the story be different
if a character was telling it?

LACC.3.RL.3.9
How are ____ and ____ alike?
How are ____ and ____ different?
How is the character in this book
similar or different than the
character in that book?
Is the setting from this story
the same or different?
What parts of both stories are
similar?
What actions are similar in both
books?
What themes are similar in both
books?

LACC.3.RL.4.10

LACC.3.RI.1.1

What have you been reading?

What genre or type of book is
this?
What genres have you read?
What genre did you enjoy the
most?
Have you read multiple books by
the same author?
Who is your favorite author? Have
you read any of his or her books
lately?
Was this book easy,, just right, or
difficult for you? Why do you think
that?

Can you explain what this text is

about?
Can you show me in the book
where you found that answer?
What is the main idea of your
text?
What details in the book support
the main idea?
Can you ask a question about
your reading, and then answer it?
Who or what is this text about?

LACC.3.RI.1.2

LACC.3.RI.1.3

What is this text about?

What is the main idea in the
text?
How do you know this is a main
idea and not a detail?
Which details support the main
idea?
Can you summarize the important
details in 1 2 sentences?
How did you decide that these
details are important?

Can you explain this event?

Why is this event important to
history?
What was the result of this
historical event?
Can you explain this idea in your
own words?
What was the result of this idea?
Can you describe this procedure
in your won words?
What details from the text
support this scientific idea?

LACC.3.RI.2.4

LACC.3.RI.2.5

Are there any clues around the

word to help you figure out the
meaning?
What does this word mean in this
sentence?
What does this phrase mean in
this selection?
What can you use to help you find
the meaning of this word?
Are there any parts of the word
you know? Can you use that to
help you figure out the meaning of
the word?
Where else in the book might you
look to help you figure out what
the word means?

How can this text feature help you

read the text?
Which text feature would you use
to __________?
Show me a key word on this page.
How does this key word help you?
Which text feature would you use
to find the answer to this
question?
Which text feature do you use the
most when you are reading?

LACC.3.RI.2.6

LACC.3.RI.3.7

What point of view is this text

written in?
Who is giving you the information?
How is this different from if you
were giving the information?
How does the person giving you
the information feel about the
topic? How do you know?

What information does this

illustration tell you?
What does this map help you
understand?
Why is this map included?
Why is this photograph included?
What detail does this photograph
support?
What other illustration would
match the details on this page?
What did you learn from this text?
When did this event happen?

LACC.3.RI.3.8

LACC.3.RI.3.9

How are sentences different from

a paragraph?
What is the connection between
sentences and paragraphs?
How are sentences turned into
paragraphs?
How are the sentences connected
in this paragraph?
How are the ideas organized in
this paragraph?

What details are the same in

both texts?
What details are different in both
texts?
How does this text compare to
the other text?
Why do you think the details are
different when the topic is the
same?

LACC.3.RI.4.10

LACC.3.RF.3.3

Have you tried reading a book

about__________?
Another book about this topic is
_________.
How did you choose this book?
Is this book easy, just right, or
too hard for you? How do you
know?
Were you able to read the
information fluently and did you
understand it?

Can you make all the sounds in

that word in order?
Are there any familiar parts in
that word that you can use to
help you?
Can you chunk the word into word
parts to help you read it?
Do you know any other words like
that?

LACC.3.RF.3.4
Why did you choose to read this
story?
Do you understand what you are
reading?
What can you do when what you
are reading doesnt make sense?
What strategies can you use to
help you understand what you are
reading?
Can you make that sound like you
were talking?

LACC.3.W.1.1
What is your writing about?
What reasons will you include to
match your opinion?
How did you choose which reason to
put first, second, last?
Is your writing clear to the reader?
What words did you use to connect
your reasons?
How did you end your writing?

LACC.3.W.1.2

LACC.3.W.1.3

How will you begin your writing?

How will you group your ideas
together?
What facts, details, or definitions
will you include?
Are there illustrations that you
add to help your reader understand
your topic?
What other details and facts can
be added to your writing?
What words will you use to connect
your ideas?
How will you end your writing?

Who, when and where will your story

be about?
Describe how ________ felt when
_____.
What happened after ________?
How will you use dialogue to develop
the plot and the characters?
What problems will the characters
face in the story?
How will the characters respond to
the problems in the story?
What actions will the characters
take in response to the events in
the story?
How does the character change
throughout the story?

LACC.3.W.2.4

LACC.3.W.2.5

Who will be reading your writing?

Are you writing to tell a story or
to help someone learn more about a
topic?
Why are you writing this?
Who are you writing this for?
What words can you use to make
sure your reader understands your
ideas?
What words will you use to make
your reader excited to read your
writing?

What are your ideas for your story?

Have you made a plan for your
story?
What would be a good way to begin
your story?
How can you make this more clear?
Which sentence can best be added?
Are there any sentences or words
that should be removed?
Have you checked your spelling?
Find three words that you can
revise and make more vivid.
How will you end your story?

LACC.3.W.2.6

LACC.3.W.3.7 and 3.8

How does typing your story make it

better?
How would you save your document?
How do you spell check a
document?
How did you and your partner or
group work together to publish
your story?
What can you do on the computer
to make your story better?

What will you use to learn more

information about ______?
What different ideas or details
will you include about _______?
What facts did you learn from this
source?
How will you put this information
into your own words?
Make sure you take notes as you
are learning information.
How will you sort your details?

LACC.3.SL.1.1
Are you prepared?
Have you read what you were
supposed to read?
What ideas will you discuss?
How will you explain your ideas to
others?
What else could you add to that
comment?
What questions could you ask of
your partner?
What details could you add to
answer that question?

LACC.3.SL.1.2
What was the main idea from the
information read aloud?
What were some important details
from the text that was read aloud?
What are the main ideas presented
in the presentation?
What is the main idea of this
visual, illustration, or picture?
What is the main idea of the data?
What are some of the details of
the data?

LACC.3.SL.1.3

LACC.3.SL.2.4

What questions could you ask

someone who is speaking about
______?
Write two questions that you have
after the speaker is finished.
How would you answer that question?
What details could you add to that
answer?
What was the speakers main topic
or idea?

What idea will you be presenting?

How will you organize your ideas?
What details will you include in your
report?
What story will you be telling?
What words have you included to
make sure you describe your ideas
clearly?
Have you rehearsed your story with
a partner?

LACC.3.SL.2.5

LACC.3.SL.2.6

What will you do make sure your

recording is engaging?
How will you create an audio
recording?
How can you make sure your
recording is understandable?
What kind of visuals or pictures will
you include to match your ideas,
story?
What fact or idea does this visual
match?

What is a complete sentence?

How can you make sure you are in
speaking complete sentences?
Have you written your report in
complete sentences?
How can you rephrase a question
to make your answer a complete
sentence?
Did you give enough detail when you
answered that question?

LACC.3.L.1.1

LACC.3.L.1.1 (Cont.)

What are nouns? How are they used

in a sentence?
What are pronouns. What is their
purpose?
What are verbs? What is their
function in a sentence?
What are the functions of
adjectives?
What are adverbs? How are they
used in sentences?
What are some ways to form plural
nouns?
What are abstract nouns?

How do you use verbs correctly?

How can you make sure your
subject and verb match?
Which adjective would you use in
this sentence?
Which adverb would be correct?
What are conjunctions? How are
they used in a sentence?
What are some different sentences
that you could write?
What makes up a simple sentence?
Compound sentence? Complex
sentence?

LACC.3.L.1.2

LACC.3.L.1.3

Look at this sentence. Is it

capitalized correctly? How do you
know?
How are titles capitalized? Which
words are not capitalized?
How do you use commas when you
are speaking or addressing a
person?
How do you write dialogue
correctly?
What are possessive nouns? How
can you make a noun possessive?
What strategies help you spell
words?
What can you use if you dont know
how to spell a word?

Who is your audience?

Have you used words and phrases
that are just right for your
audience?
What words are you using to hook
your audience?
Do you have any exciting parts to
your story? Show me the words you
have used to make it exciting.
What word will you use to make
this idea more clear?

LACC.3.L.2.4

LACC.3.L.2.5

What strategies have you used to

figure out that word?
What were some of the clues in the
sentence?
Did you read past the word and
then come back?
Look at this prefix. What does it
mean? How does that help you?
Are there any parts of the word
that you know? Can the word parts
help you figure out the meaning?
Are there roots, suffixes or prefixes
that you can use?
Can you use a dictionary to find
definitions and keys to
pronunciation?

When the author wrote _______,

what does he or she really mean?
Can you think of something that
reminds you of that word?
Look at this word. Do you know
anyone who is like this?
Look at these two words. How are
they similar? How are they
different?
Look at these two words. How are
they connected?
What does this really phrase mean?

LACC.3.L.3.6
What have you been reading lately?
What type of words are in your
books?
Keep a list of words you dont know,
but that might be important.
Keep a list of words that you might
like to use in your writing.
Keep a list of words that you see
repeated in your reading or in your
textbooks.
Look for words that show when or
where something is happening.