Grade 3 Text Structure Assessmenttexts by Emily Kissner

Get the assessment and assign it to students here: https://www.frolyc.com/acdetails/502/ About this assessment

This iPad-ready assessment is designed to assess student knowledge of text structure. Students will read two texts, complete a drag-and-drop graphic organizer, and compare aspects of the texts.

Teachers can easily view student performance through the teacher interface. Use the information from the assessment to plan further instruction—ideas are included at the end of this document!

Common Core Standards addressed:Reading for Information, 3.2: Determine the main idea

of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

Reading for Information, 3.3: Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.

Assessment walk-throughTwo texts, leveled at 600 Lexile, are included with this

assessment. The first text, “Clever Crows”, is structured as a

problem and solution text. The second, “Hummingbird Nests”, is a chronological order text.

After each text, students answer four multiple-choice questions related to text structure. Students complete a drag-and-drop graphic organizer to show the sequence of the events in the hummingbird text. Finally, students complete a graphic organizer to show the similarities and differences between the two texts.

Text includes illustrations and text-speech capability.

Questions are presented individually. Answer choices are randomized. Students receive instant feedback on their work.

Drag and drop sequence organizer requires students to sequence the events from the second text.

Concept map organizer encourages students to classify similarities and differences.

Viewing student performanceYou can easily view student performance through the

“Manage Activities” tab on Frolyc.com.

Each activity page is scored and reported separately. You can see how students did on each set of questions and each graphic organizer.

Next StepsYou can use the information from this assessment to

help you plan instructional groups and further activities.

Students who score from 75-100%Based on the results from this assessment, these

students seem to be able to use the text structure of short texts to make inferences and answer questions. These students are ready for more complex texts and deeper discussions.

Colonial Cooking: Problems and Solutionshttps://www.frolyc.com/acdetails/37/

This text is organized as a problem and solution text. It includes texts and videos to explain how colonial cooks solved problems.

Measuring Intelligencehttps://www.frolyc.com/acdetails/60/This text explains how scientists learn about octopus intelligence.

Peregrine Falcon: Sequencehttps://www.frolyc.com/acdetails/15/In this text, readers learn how baby peregrine falcons grow.

Students who score from 50-75%These students are interesting. They are obviously able

to answer some of the questions correctly, but have trouble with others. Students with these scores can vary widely in their comprehension. Some answer questions based on what they think they know instead of looking carefully at the text. Others may struggle with individual words, leading to a fragmented comprehension. Still others may not fully engage with the reading process and content themselves with a shallow understanding of the text.

Often, it’s helpful to listen in on kids as they work with partners to answer questions. Encourage students to talk through their choices and their thinking. This kind of data often proves far more valuable than any computer-generated score!

Here are some activities that may help students at this score range to extend their thinking and grow as readers.

Black Bears and Peoplehttps://www.frolyc.com/acdetails/73/This problem/solution text explains how people can help black bears. A drawing activity helps to promote engagement.

Cheetah Cubs in Zooshttps://www.frolyc.com/acdetails/18/Another problem/solution text, this activity includes an engaging video selection to build student motivation.

The James River Ferryhttps://www.frolyc.com/acdetails/8/This text engages readers in thinking through the problems and solutions of a ferry.

Students who score from 0-50%These readers need significant support with grade level

text. When working with text structure, it may be helpful to work with lower level texts so that these students can become more confident with the thinking behind the text structures.

These students may also have decoding issues. Encouraging students to read along with the voiceover or read the same text on multiple occasions can help them to become more fluent readers.

Leopard Sealshttps://www.frolyc.com/acdetails/27/This friendly text encourages readers to wonder about whether leopard seals are ferocious or not.

Ghost Crabshttps://www.frolyc.com/acdetails/5/This text introduces readers to tiny ghost crabs.

Saving Cheetahshttps://www.frolyc.com/acdetails/13/This problem and solution text explains how people are trying to save cheetahs in Africa.

Questions? Comments? Please email me at emily@frolyc.com