District Level Assessment Blueprint

2016-2017
Grade: 3

Content Area: English Language Arts Reading

Assessment Window: January 25-27, 2017

Estimated Time: 2-4 hours

# of Items
and
Item Type

Standards
ELA.3.4A Identify the meaning of common prefixes
(e.g., in-, dis-) and suffixes (e.g., -full, -less), and know
how they change the meaning of roots.

1
MC

Instructional Connections
Unit Planning Guides:
Unit 1.A
Unit 2.A
Unit 3.A
Unit 4.A
Assessed on:
Snapshot Assessments 1, 2, 3, 4

ELA.3.4B Use context to determine the relevant

meaning of unfamiliar words or distinguish among multiple
meaning words and homographs.
3
MC

Unit Planning Guides:

Unit 1.A
Unit 1.B
Unit 1.C
Unit 2.B
Unit 2.C
Unit 3.A
Unit 3.C
Unit 4.B
Assessed on:
Snapshot Assessments 1, 4, 6

ELA.3.4C Identify and use antonyms, synonyms,

homographs, and homophones.
1
MC

Unit Planning Guides:

Unit 1.B
Unit 2.B
Unit 2.C
Unit 3.B
Unit 4.C
Assessed on:
Snapshot Assessments 5, 6

ELA.3.2B Ask relevant questions, seek clarification,

and locate facts and details about stories and other texts
and support answers with evidence from text.
3
MC

Unit Planning Guides:

Unit 1.A
Unit 1.B
Unit 2.A
Unit 2.B
Unit 2.C
Unit 4.A
Assessed on:
Snapshot Assessment 5

ELA.3.5A Paraphrase the themes and supporting

details of fables, legends, myths, or stories.
1
MC

Unit Planning Guides:

Unit 1.B
Unit 3.B
Unit 4.B
Assessed on:
Snapshot Assessment 5

- State Readiness Standard

GLOBAL GRADUATE

Question Type:
MC Multiple Choice
R Rubric (Open Response)
GR - Griddable

- State Supporting Standard

- Aligned to Upcoming State Readiness Standard
- Process Standard

Houston ISD Curriculum

2016-2017
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# of Items
and
Item Type

Standards
ELA.3.5 Fig19D Make inferences about text and
use textual evidence to support understanding.

2
MC

Instructional Connections
Unit Planning Guides:
Unit 1.B
Unit 3.B
Unit 4.B
Assessed on:
Snapshot Assessment 5

ELA.3.8A Sequence and/or summarize the plots main

events and explain their influence on future events.
2
MC

Unit Planning Guides:

Unit 1.A
Unit 2.C
Unit 4.B
Assessed on:
Snapshot Assessments 1, 6

ELA.3.8B Describe the interaction of characters

including their relationships and the changes they
undergo.

1
MC

Unit Planning Guides:

Unit 1.A
Unit 2.C
Unit 4.B
Assessed on:
Snapshot Assessments 1, 6

ELA.3.8 Fig19D Make inferences about text and

use textual evidence to support understanding.
1
MC

Unit Planning Guides:

Unit 1.A
Unit 2.C
Unit 4.B
Assessed on:
Snapshot Assessments 1, 6

ELA.3.9 Fig19D Make inferences about text and

use textual evidence to support understanding

2
MC

Unit Planning Guides:

Unit 1.B
Unit 3.B
Assessed on:
Snapshot Assessment 5

ELA.3.10A Identify language that creates a graphic

visual experience and appeals to the senses.
2
MC

Unit Planning Guides:

Unit 1.A
Unit 2.A
Unit 2.C
Unit 3.C
Unit 4.C
Assessed on:
Snapshot Assessments 1, 3, 5

ELA.3.16 Fig19D Make inferences about text and

use textual evidence to support understanding.
ELA.3.12 Fig19D Make inferences about text and
use textual evidence to support understanding.

1
MC

2
MC

Ongoing TEKS
Unit Planning Guides:
Unit 1.C
Unit 2.B
Assessed on:
Snapshot Assessments 1, 4, 6

- State Readiness Standard

GLOBAL GRADUATE

Question Type:
MC Multiple Choice
R Rubric (Open Response)
GR - Griddable

- State Supporting Standard

- Aligned to Upcoming State Readiness Standard
- Process Standard

Houston ISD Curriculum

2016-2017
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# of Items
and
Item Type

Standards
ELA.3.13A Identify the details or facts that support the
main idea.

2
MC

Instructional Connections
Unit Planning Guides:
Unit 1.C
Unit 2.B
Unit 3.A
Assessed on:
Snapshot Assessments 2, 4, 6

ELA.3.13B Draw conclusions from the facts presented

in text and support those assertions with textual evidence.
3
MC

Unit Planning Guides:

Unit 1.C
Unit 3.A
Unit 4.A
Assessed on:
Snapshot Assessments 2, 4

ELA.3.13C Identify explicit cause and effect

relationships among ideas in texts.

3
MC

Unit Planning Guides:

Unit 1.C
Unit 3.A
Assessed on:
Snapshot Assessments 2, 4, 6

ELA.3.13D Use text features (e.g., bold print, captions,

key words, italics) to locate information and make and
verify predictions about contents of text.
ELA.3.13 Fig19E Summarize information in text,
maintaining meaning and logical order

2
MC

1
MC

Unit Planning Guides:

Unit 2.B
Unit 4.A
Unit Planning Guides:
Unit 2.B
Unit 4.A
Assessed on:
Snapshot Assessments 2, 6

ELA.3.16 Fig19D Make inferences about text and

use textual evidence to support understanding.
Total Number of Items

1
MC

Ongoing TEKS

34

- State Readiness Standard

GLOBAL GRADUATE

Question Type:
MC Multiple Choice
R Rubric (Open Response)
GR - Griddable

- State Supporting Standard

- Aligned to Upcoming State Readiness Standard
- Process Standard

Houston ISD Curriculum

2016-2017
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