Grade 3 · Reading · Lesson 23

Understand How Things Work

Explanatory texts tell us how things work. They might explain a natural process like the water cycle, or how a machine or body system functions. Reading these texts carefully helps us understand the world around us.

What this lesson teaches

1Read and understand explanatory texts that describe how a process works
2Identify the key stages in a process described in a text
3Label the parts of a diagram that shows how something works

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