Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part XI - Accountability/Testing
Subpart 5 - Bulletin 127-LEAP Connect Assessment, Louisiana Connectors for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
Chapter 93 - English Language Arts
Subchapter D - Grade 3
Section XI-9319 - Reading Informational Text

A. Answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

B. Identify supporting details of an informational text read, read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

C. Determine the main idea of text, read aloud, or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.

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

E. Identify facts that an author uses to support a specific point or opinion.

F. Identify the purpose of a variety of text features.

G. Use text features (keywords, glossary) to locate information relevant to a given topic or question.

H. Use tools (e.g., sidebars, icons, glossary) to locate information relevant to a given topic.

I. Identify the author's purpose in an informational text.

J. Identify own point of view about a topic.

K. Compare own point of view to that of the author.

L. Use illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) in informational texts to answer questions.

M. Identify information learned from illustrations and information learned from the words in an informational text.

N. Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).

O. Within informational texts, locate or identify evidence in the text or graphics to support the central ideas.

P. Identify signal words that help determine what the text structure is in an informational text.

Q. Describe the connection between sentences and paragraphs in a text.

R. Compare two or more texts on the same topic or by the same author.

S. When researching a topic, compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two informational texts on the same topic.

T. Read or be read to and recount self-selected informational texts or adapted texts.