C1. Knowledge About Texts
In this strand, students will apply their foundational knowledge and skills to understand what they read.
In Grade 1, students typically engage with short and simple texts. By Grade 2, with continued support, they begin to read with more independence, and the complexity of the texts increases. In Grade 3, students will further develop their ability to analyze texts by focusing on various features, elements, and patterns. As they do this, they will strengthen their overall reading comprehension by understanding how these features contribute to the meaning of the text.
The curriculum expectations between Grade 2 and Grade 3 in this strand do not differ significantly, and specifics that pop up for the first time in Grade 3 are noted.
During Grade 2, the focus was on:
Continuing to consolidate learning from Grade 1, plus:
- Reading increasingly complex texts
- Describing characteristics of fiction and non-fiction texts
- Chronological order and journal entry
- Text features:
-Table of contents, charts, icons
-How these text features help readers, listeners, and viewers understand the text - How images, graphics, and design contribute to the meaning of the text
- Explain how word choice, word patterns, and sentence structure help communicate meaning
- Identify whether the narrator’s POV is first or third person, and suggest an alternative POV to tell the story
New for Grade 3:
Continuing to consolidate learning from Grade 2, plus:
- Vary the types of texts that students read
- Text Patterns:
- Order of importance
- Cause and effect
- Text Features:
- Headings and index
- How these text features help readers, listeners, and viewers understand the text
- Explain how images, graphics, and design are used in a text and how they connect to the content.
- Identify the narrator’s point of view (first or third person) in different texts and suggest alternative viewpoints.
These expectations do not change from Grade 2 to Grade 3:
- C1.2: Identify and describe some characteristics of literacy and informational text forms and their associated genres.
- C1.7: Read, listen to, and view various forms of text by diverse First Nations, Metis, and Inuit creators to help build understanding and knowledge of the various aspects of First Nation, Metis, and Inuit histories, cultures, relationships, communities, groups, nations, and lived experiences
Note: This is not an exhaustive list of all expectations in this strand. For a more detailed view, please see the official Ontario curriculum.
Further Reading
- See resources on the C. Reading Comprehension page
Suggested Resources
- See resources on the C. Reading Comprehension page
