Every good story has a plot, and every good plot contains a conflict or problem. Third graders familiarize themselves and identify how problems in a story are connected. First as a class and then in small groups or individually, learners will read a story, chart all the problems they encounter, and then use textual evidence to link the problems in the story. 

Common Core

RL.3.1 RL.3.2 RL.3.10 RI.3.7 RF.3.4.a RF.3.4.c SL.3.2 L.3.4.a L.3.5.a L.3.5.b L.3.6