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Common Core · Grade 3 ELA

Alignment Overview

Last reviewed Mar 14

92%

Aligned overall

42 aligned standards
3 partial coverage
0 gaps surfaced
Reading — Literature 9 / 9
RL.3.1 Ask & answer questions Aligned 3 sources
RL.3.2 Recount stories Aligned 4 sources
RL.3.3 Describe characters Aligned 2 sources
Writing 8 / 9
W.3.1 Opinion pieces Partial 1 source
W.3.2 Informative texts Aligned 3 sources

The problem

Standards alignment is heavy, manual work. Your team spends weeks searching through curriculum materials to identify where each standard is addressed and how it's being taught.

The biggest cost is time. Time your team should be spending on the work that matters: teaching, building, reviewing, leading.

Customization

Built around how your team thinks about alignment.

Not every team defines alignment the same way.

Some teams want strict, evidence-backed alignment that survives audit. Others want broader coverage maps that surface every place a standard is touched. Some need DOK levels marked. Some need rigor tagged separately from content match.

Align is built to be tailored. Tell us how your team thinks about alignment, and that becomes the rulebook the system runs on.

What you can customize

These are the levers that adjust to your team's definition.

  • Match criteria Strict, moderate, or broad. Your definition of "aligned."
  • Evidence depth Page-level, paragraph-level, or quoted-passage level.
  • Coverage tags DOK, rigor, scaffolded vs. assessed, primary vs. supporting.
  • Output format Tables, heatmaps, narrative reports, or your existing template.

Sample outputs

What an alignment looks like.

Three sample outputs Align produces. All are fully customizable. These are starting points, not the only shapes Align outputs take.

01

Standards coverage map

A direct view of what's aligned. Each standard with every resource that supports it.

Sample Grade 4 ELA · Common Core

A direct view of what's aligned. Each standard on the left, every resource that aligns to it on the right. Useful when teams need a fast read on coverage breadth.

StandardAligned resources
CCSS.RL.4.1Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly. Unit 2: Lesson 5: "Close Reading: Stone Fox" · Student Edition, p. 42
Unit 2: Lesson 8: Text Evidence Practice · Workbook, pp. 28–31
Unit 4: Lesson 3: Inferring from Detail · Teacher Guide, pp. 96–98
Assessment 2.A: Reading Response · Items 4, 7, 11
CCSS.RL.4.2Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text. Unit 1: Lesson 6: Identifying Theme · Student Edition, pp. 18–22
Unit 3: Lesson 9: Theme Across Genres · Workbook, pp. 54–57
Unit 5: Poetry Anchor Text · Teacher Guide, p. 142
CCSS.RL.4.3Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama. Unit 2: Lesson 2: Character Study · Student Edition, pp. 36–40
Unit 4: Lesson 7: Setting as a Character · Workbook, pp. 72–74
02

Evidence-level alignment

A deeper look. Each standard paired with the specific evidence from your content and the degree of match.

Sample Standard · Resource · Match · Evidence

A deeper look. Each standard groups every resource that aligns to it, paired with the specific evidence from your content and the degree of match. Designed for audit defense and gap-aware decisions.

StandardAligned resourceMatchEvidence from content
CCSS.RL.4.1Refer to details when explaining what the text says explicitly.Met across 2 resources Unit 2: Lesson 5Student Edition, p. 42 Full Lesson includes a direct prompt requiring students to cite textual evidence: "Find three details from the passage that show how the character feels." Followed by guided practice with scoring rubric tied to evidence quality.
Unit 2: Lesson 8Workbook, pp. 28–31 Full Text Evidence Practice activity provides four passages with scaffolded questions requiring students to quote directly from the text. Includes a self-check rubric.
CCSS.RL.4.2Determine a theme from details in the text.Met across 2 resources Unit 1: Lesson 6Student Edition, pp. 18–22 Partial Theme identification taught through one fiction text. Standard expects coverage across story, drama, or poem. Drama and poetry not addressed here.
Unit 5: Poetry AnchorTeacher Guide, p. 142 Full Poem-specific theme identification taught with three short poems. Each pairs with a worked example showing how to extract theme from imagery and figurative language.
CCSS.RL.4.7Make connections between text and a visual or oral presentation.Gap · no resources Gap identifiedNo coverage in Units 1–6 Gap No lesson currently addresses the visual/oral presentation comparison required by this standard. Flagged for content development.

Standard rollup

  • Met — at least one full match exists
  • Partial — only partial matches across resources
  • Gap — no aligned resources

Per resource

  • Full — standard explicitly taught and assessed
  • Partial — coverage exists with noted limits
  • Gap — no aligned content in this resource
03

Resource-led alignment

Each resource at the top, with every standard it covers, the degree of match, and the evidence directly from the lesson.

Sample Resource · Standards · Match · Evidence

Each resource sits at the top of its own block. Underneath, every standard it aligns to, with the degree of match and the evidence directly from the lesson. The view a curriculum team wants when defending a resource's value or planning revisions.

Unit 2: Lesson 5, "Close Reading: Stone Fox"
Student Edition, p. 42 · Grade 4 ELA
4 standards aligned · 3 full · 1 partial
StandardMatchEvidence from this resource
CCSS.RL.4.1Refer to details when explaining what the text says. Full Lesson opens with a direct prompt: "Find three details from the passage that show how the character feels." Guided practice follows with a scoring rubric tied to evidence quality.
CCSS.RL.4.3Describe in depth a character, setting, or event. Full Character analysis activity walks students through identifying traits, motivations, and changes across the passage. Includes a graphic organizer for tracking character development.
CCSS.RL.4.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as used in a text. Full Vocabulary work targets four words from the passage with context-based meaning questions. Practice items require students to use surrounding text to infer meaning.
CCSS.RL.4.6Compare and contrast point of view from which different stories are narrated. Partial Lesson identifies the narrator's point of view in this single text, but does not include a second text for comparison. Pair with Unit 3: Lesson 9 to fully meet.
Unit 5: Poetry Anchor Text
Teacher Guide, p. 142 · Grade 4 ELA
2 standards aligned · 1 full · 1 partial
StandardMatchEvidence from this resource
CCSS.RL.4.2Determine a theme from details in the text. Full Poem-specific theme identification taught with three short poems. Each pairs with a worked example showing how to extract theme from imagery and figurative language.
CCSS.RL.4.5Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose. Partial Poetry structural elements covered well. Drama is mentioned in passing but not taught alongside poetry and prose for explicit comparison. Recommended: pair with a drama excerpt in this unit.

Coverage

Mapped to any framework your team uses.

US K–12, international, and beyond. Same Method, same precision.

US K–12

CCSS

Common Core

US K–12 English Language Arts and Mathematics standards.

NGSS

Next Generation Science

National science framework for US K–12.

TEKS

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

K–12 standards for Texas public schools.

50 STATES

State Standards

Individual state-specific K–12 frameworks across the US.

International

IB

International Baccalaureate

Primary Years, Middle Years, and Diploma programs.

CAMBRIDGE

Cambridge International

UK-based international curriculum, primary through pre-university.

AERO

American Education Reaches Out

US-curriculum standards used by American international schools globally.

Don't see your framework? Align handles any structured standards framework with a defined hierarchy of strands, standards, and sub-standards. Higher-ed accreditation, competency frameworks, proprietary internal standards, regional and national curricula. If your team can describe what counts as aligned, Align can map to it.

Who it's for

Built for teams who do the work.

Districts & school systems

Reducing the manual alignment work that pulls instructional teams away from teaching, planning, and peer collaboration.

Curriculum & instructional coaches

Helping teachers and PLC teams locate standards-aligned lessons and materials, and supporting consistent instructional review.

Curriculum publishers

Aligning content to state, national, or proprietary frameworks across product lines.

Higher-ed & international developers

Mapping courseware to accreditation requirements, program outcomes, and competency frameworks. Aligning to international curricula including Cambridge, IB, NGSS, and beyond.

Curious how Align handles your curriculum?

We'll run a sample alignment on a representative section so you can see the output on your own content.

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