Comprehending the Text

Identify Details of a Location for Class 3 English

Identifying details of a location is a major part of comprehension for class 3. It implies where an incident or event takes place. This concept guides a student on how to find the time and location in which a story takes place while reading passage.

In this learning concept, the students will know about:

Inference of a location.
Identifying clues for location in a text.
Ways to answer questions related to location details.

The students are taught this concept of identify location details from reading comprehension for class 3 by using examples, illustrations, and mind maps. A student can measure their learning by resolving the two downloadable worksheets given at the end of the page. Check the solutions for each worksheets that are provided in PDF format.

Definition

An inference is a conclusion someone reaches based on reasons and facts.

In any reading passage, an author mentions some clues that tell us about the location of an incident without giving the name of the location. In this instance, you have to guess the location based on the information given in the text. This concept is called identifying details of the location.
Location inference is figuring out something that was not explained completely.

How to find details of a location?

Put these pieces together to find out the location of the story. Read the passage given.

Passage:

I sat down on the dry sand. The sand was warm as it was just a few hours past noon. My sister asked me to make something out of the sand, so I started making a sand castle . I made a starfish, and I saw a crab crawl out of a hole and race toward me. I was scared and ran away from it. This made my sister laugh out loudly. Later in the evening, My sister and I had a few snacks and coconut water.