Tennessee Grade 3 English

Use a Heading to Find the Needed Fact

Use text features to locate relevant information. Start with the short original text below, discuss the reasoning, and apply the same reading skill to a fuller classroom text.

Curriculum reference: Tennessee English Language Arts Standards, current state-linked 2019 edition, from the Tennessee English language arts standards page.

Tennessee Grade 3 references for this activity

The Tennessee State Board identifies the English language arts standards approved in February 2019 as the current edition through the transition to 2029–30. The department lists 2029–30 for implementation and assessment of a future revision. This page uses the currently linked 2019 document rather than treating a review or proposed revision as current. The activity addresses one selected reading reference; the complete curriculum also includes foundational skills, writing, language, speaking, and listening.

These selected reference labels identify an activity focus, with the correct grade and PDF page linked separately. Read the complete standards selected by the school and its learning sequence, including reading, writing, language, speaking, and listening. This short original example does not fulfill the entire curriculum or establish a student’s grade-level proficiency.

Puppet workshop notes

This original classroom example is separate from official assessment questions.

Materials

Bring a paper bag, scrap paper, and a glue stick. Keep the scraps in the tray.

Handles

Put a folded paper handle inside the bag. Leave a space large enough for your hand.

Rehearsal

Partners take turns speaking one line. Practice behind the small screen before showing the scene.

Try the activity

You want to know where the paper handle goes. Which heading helps you find that fact efficiently? Give the fact and explain why the other headings are less useful for this question.

Follow the reasoning

Look under “Handles.” That section says to put the folded paper handle inside the bag. The heading directs the reader to the part about handles before the reader examines its details. “Materials” helps with supplies, and “Rehearsal” helps with practicing the scene; neither is the most direct place to find the handle’s position. The answer uses the feature to locate a relevant fact, rather than guessing from the workshop title or treating every section as equally useful. Once the likely section is found, read its words carefully: a heading locates information but does not replace the information itself.

Notice what needs more practice

These invented notes are a reading activity, not a complete set of craft or safety directions. The title alone does not establish how to build the puppet. The desired fact is supplied by a sentence under a relevant heading.

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Use the next session to build independence

1. State the information you are looking for.
2. Choose a feature that points to the likely section.
3. Read the section and verify that the fact answers the question.

Use a longer informational classroom text with headings, a contents page, captions, or an index. Explain which feature you would use for a particular question, locate the answer, and check whether additional sections are needed.

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Tennessee Grade 3 English: useful planning questions

Does finding the heading finish the reading task?

No. A heading directs the search. Read the relevant section and verify that the located information answers the actual question.

Which standards does the school use?

The Tennessee State Board identifies the English language arts standards approved in February 2019 as the current edition through the transition to 2029–30. The department lists 2029–30 for implementation and assessment of a future revision. This page uses the currently linked 2019 document rather than treating a review or proposed revision as current. The activity addresses one selected reading reference; the complete curriculum also includes foundational skills, writing, language, speaking, and listening. The school’s sequence also includes reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language work beyond this example.