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Content Language Support

Tap any key word in the passage and a simple picture appears. It is a built-in support that helps new English learners read grade-level text with confidence.

PURPOSE
This page holds the Grade 3 Content Language Support passages, one for every cluster.
RATIONALE
Each passage is the same grade-level reading the class already uses, with key words a student can tap to see a simple picture. A student still learning English reads the real text instead of a separate, easier one.
HOW TO USE THIS PAGE
Choose the cluster you are teaching and open its passage. Let the student tap any highlighted word to see its picture.
How it works: each passage is the same rich, grade-level reading your class already uses, with the important nouns made tappable. One tap shows a clear picture of the word, so a student who is still learning English can keep up without a separate, watered-down text.
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Third Grade

Content Language Support passages
Prepare Cluster · Modules 1 to 2

The Recess Question

A recess debate becomes a lesson in how a community makes fair decisions. Key words are tappable.

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Cluster 1 · Module 1

The Pilgrims Chose Plymouth

The Pilgrims' 1620 voyage and why they settled at Plymouth. Key words are tappable.

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Cluster 2 · Module 1

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Pioneer life on the American frontier and the writer who shared it. Key words are tappable.

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Cluster 3 · Module 1

Why We Need Laws

A rhyming look at why a community writes fair rules and laws. Key words are tappable.

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Cluster 4 · Module 1

Benjamin Franklin and Electricity

Benjamin Franklin, the lightning rod, and solving real problems with science. Key words are tappable.

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Cluster 5 · Module 1

Henry Ford: Visionary of Travel

How the Model T and the moving assembly line changed the way people traveled. Key words are tappable.

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Cluster 6 · Module 1

Crash

A classroom accident becomes a lesson about honesty and responsibility. Key words are tappable.

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Cluster 7 · Module 1

MLK: A Dream Can Grow

A gentle poem about how one hopeful dream can grow from friend to friend. Key words are tappable.

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Cluster 8 · Module 1

A Place to Grow

How geography shapes where and how a community is built. Key words are tappable.

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