Common Core Top Pick for Language and Reading Literature and Informational Text Language Conventions of Standard English Vocabulary Acquisition and Use Reading Literature and Informational Text Key Ideas and Details Integration of Knowledge and Ideas View all Common Core Top Picks for Language and Reading Literature and Informational Text Skill Sharpeners Reading, Grade 3 provides 17 motivating fiction and nonfiction stories. For example: Fiction Stories: "Shea and the Leprechaun" "A Mouse Adventure" "The Story of Little Sparrow" Nonfiction Stories: "Inuit, People of the Far North" "Bats" "Harriet Tubman" Activity pages include the following: comprehension questions a vocabulary exercise a sequencing activity for every story Other skills addressed include: main idea parts of speech synonyms & antonyms alphabetical order contractions