Arachne the Weaver

Ages 6–10 · 10 minutes · English, Stories

Arachne is a good weaver, and she knows it! Athena is jealous. May the best weaver win!

Arachne and Athena go head to head—and thread to thread—in a weaving competition. Students learn about the downsides of bragging and jealousy in this interactive story.

Part of

Stories from Greek Mythology

Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
ELD-SI.K-3.Narrate — Multilingual learners will… • Share ideas about one's own and others' lived experiences and previous learning • Connect stories with images and representations to add meaning • Ask questions about what others have shared • Recount and restate ideas • Discuss how stories might end or next steps
RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RL.4.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

Alabama

ELA21.2.23e — Identify the theme in myths, fables, and folktales.
ELA21.3.22c — Identify the central message, theme, or moral in a story, including myths, fables, and folktales, and explain the meaning conveyed in the passage.
ELA21.2.30c — Draw conclusions based on the text.
ELA21.2.35 — Demonstrate listening skills and build background knowledge by asking and answering questions about texts read aloud.

Alaska

RL.2.2 — Retell stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine the author's purpose (e.g., teach a lesson, make you laugh, tell a scary story, describe an imaginary place), lesson or moral.
RL.3.2 — Determine the author's purpose, message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text; summarize stories in correct sequence, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures.
RL.3.3 — Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events (e.g., creating or solving a problem).
RL.2.7 — Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot (e.g., problem-solution; chronology).
L.3.5.b — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).

Arizona

3.RL.2 * — Recount and paraphrase stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in text.
1.RL.3 — Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
2.RL.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
3.RL.4 * — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.

Arkansas

3.RC.2.RF — Answer questions about key details in a text.
3.RC.4.RF — Build general and academic vocabulary and background knowledge of age and grade-appropriate topics through discussion, reading, and writing.
3.RC.5.RF — Use background knowledge and details, including illustrations, charts, and graphs, to make inferences about what happens in a text.
4.RC.9.RL — Determine the theme of a story.

California

RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RL.1.10.b — Confirm predictions about what will happen next in a text.
RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Colorado

RWC20-GR.3-S.2-GLE.1-EO.a.iii — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RWC20-GR.1-S.2-GLE.1-EO.a.iii — Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
RWC20-GR.2-S.2-GLE.1-EO.a.iii — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RWC20-GR.3-S.2-GLE.3-EO.d.ii — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (for example: describe people who are friendly or helpful).
RWC20-GR.1-S.2-GLE.1-EO.a.i — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Connecticut

RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RL.1.3 — Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.3.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.

Delaware

RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.1.3 — Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.4.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

Florida

ELA.1.R.1.2 — Identify and explain the moral of a story.
ELA.2.R.1.1 — Identify plot structure and describe main story elements in a literary text.
ELA.K.R.3.3 — Compare and contrast characters’ experiences in stories.

Georgia

ELAGSE3RL2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
ELAGSE2RL2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
ELAGSE4RL4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

Hawaii

3.RL.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
1.RL.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
2.RL.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
3.RL.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
3.L.5b — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).

Idaho

2.RC.L.5a — Identify the central message, lesson, or moral of stories (including fables and folktales) from diverse cultures heard or read.
2.RC.L.5b — Describe how characters in stories heard or read respond to major events and challenges.
2.RC.TE.3 — Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in grade-level texts heard or read.
3.RC.L.5a — Describe key details from stories (including folktales, fables, and tall tales) from diverse cultures and explain how they support the central lesson, moral, or theme.
2.RC.L.5d — Identify different perspectives of characters in stories heard or read.

Illinois

RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.4.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Indiana

2.RC.2 — Recount the beginning, middle, and ending of stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
3.RC.3 — Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings), and explain how their actions contribute to the plot.
3.RC.1 — Ask and answer questions to demonstrate comprehension of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. (E)
3.RC.2 — Recount folktales, fables, and tall tales from diverse cultures; identify the themes in these works. (E)
1.RC.4 — Make and confirm predictions about what will happen next in a story.

Iowa

RL.3.2 — Recount and determine the central message, lesson, or moral of fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RL.2.2 — Recount and determine the central message, lesson or moral of stories, including but not limited to fables and folktales from diverse cultures.
RL.2.7 — Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a story to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
RL.3.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.

Kansas

RL.2.3 — Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RL.2.1 — Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
RL.2.7 — Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
RL.4.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

Kentucky

RL.3.2 — Identify and cite relevant implicit and explicit information from a summary to determine the theme, lesson learned and/or moral, including but not limited to fables, folktales and myths from diverse cultures.
RL.2.2 — Identify implicit and explicit information from a summary to determine the author’s message, lesson learned and/or moral, including but not limited to fables and folktales from diverse cultures.
RL.2.7 — Use a story’s illustrations and words in print/non-print texts to demonstrate understanding of characters, setting and plot.
RL.3.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language, including but not limited to idioms and hyperboles, and describe how those words and phrases shape meaning.

Louisiana

RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
L.3.5.b — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.1.3 — Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

Maine

R.6.2.a — Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
L.5.3.b — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
R.5.2.a — Retell texts, including details about who, what, when, where, how, and why; demonstrate understanding of the theme.
R.7.1.b — Ask and answer questions to help determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text.
R.7.3.a — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from figurative language.

Maryland

RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.4.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

Massachusetts

RL.3.2 — Retell stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RL.2.2 — Retell stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.4.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean); explain how figurative language (e.g., simile, metaphor) enriches a text. (See grade 4 Language Standards 4–6 on applying knowledge of vocabulary to reading.)

Michigan

RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.4.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

Minnesota

2.1.4.2 — Identify the central idea, message, or moral of a text and one or two supporting details.
2.1.4.1 — Ask and answer questions including who, what, where, when, why and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text; recount the
1.1.5.3 — Identify the impact that illustrations have on content, meaning and style of a text.
2.3.1.1.f — Exchange ideas in storytelling, discussion and collaboration, intentionally including and considering voices and perspectives of Dakota and Anishinaabe people and other perspectives: follow sequence of a story or discussion or steps in a process.

Mississippi

RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
L.3.5.b — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.3.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.

Missouri

2.R.2.A.a — describe the setting, problems, solutions, sequence of events (plot), and big idea or moral lesson
3.R.1.A.c — summarizing a story’s beginning, middle, and end determining its central message, lesson, or moral
5.R.2.A.f — introduce origin myths and culturally significant characters/events in mythology
K.R.1.C.a — text to self (text ideas and own experiences)

Montana

RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures, including those by and about American Indians; determine the central message, lesson, or moral; and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, including American Indian stories, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.4.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).
L.3.5.b — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).

Nebraska

LA.2.RP.1 — Recount narratives and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
LA.2.RP.2 — Describe characters and how they interact with one another.
LA.2.RP.6 — Ask and answer literal (e.g., recall/details) and simple inferential (e.g., why or how) questions about key details in a literary text.
LA.3.RP.1 — Identify the central message or lesson in a literary text and explain how key details support that idea.
LA.3.V.2.b — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).

Nevada

RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.3.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
SS.1.10 — Share stories that illustrate honesty, courage, friendship, respect, and responsibility; have students explain how the stories show these qualities.

New Hampshire

RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.4.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

New Jersey

RL.2.3 — Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges using key details.
RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message/theme, lesson, or moral and explain how it is revealed through key details in the text.
L.3.5.b — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message/theme, lesson, or moral.

New Mexico

RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RL.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
RL.1.NM.2 — Identify characters and simple story lines from selected myths and stories from around the world.
RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.2.NM.1 — Identify the main topic, retell key details of a text, and make predictions;

New York

1R3 — Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, or pieces of information in a text. (RI&RL)
1R2 — Identify a main topic or central idea in a text and retell important details. (RI&RL)
2R7 — Demonstrate understanding of story elements and/or topics by applying information gained from illustrations or text features. (RI&RL)
2R9 — Make connections between self and text (texts and other people/ world). (RI&RL)
3.4a — People in world communities use legends, folktales, oral histories, biographies, and historical narratives to transmit cultural histories from one generation to the next.

North Carolina

RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.2.3 — Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RL.2.7 — Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
RL.3.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, identifying words that impact the meaning in a text.

North Dakota

2.R.8a — Describe characters' feelings or traits during or after listening to a story.
1.R.8a — Identify characters' feelings or traits in a story, poem,or nursery rhyme during or after a shared reading or other text-listening experience.
3.R.8a — Describe characters' feelings, traits, motivations, and actions after reading a story.

Ohio

RL.2.2.a — Determine the lesson or moral.
L.3.5.b — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
RL.1.3 — Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
RL.2.10 — By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. Activate prior knowledge and draw on previous experiences in order to make text-to-self or text-to-text connections and comparisons.
RL.4.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

Oklahoma

2.3.R.3 — Students will find examples of literary elements: • setting (i.e., time and place) • plot (i.e., beginning, middle, end) • characters and their traits
3.3.R.3 — Students will find examples of literary elements: • setting • plot • characters • characterization
5.4.R.5 — Students will acquire new grade-level vocabulary, relate new words to prior knowledge, and apply vocabulary in various contexts.

Oregon

2.RL.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
2.RL.3 — Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges, including identifying the characters' feelings, the plot or problem, and how it is resolved.
1.RL.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
1.RL.3 — Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
3.RL.2 — Recount and summarize stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral, and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.

Pennsylvania

CC.1.3.2.A — Recount stories and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
CC.1.3.3.A — Determine the central message, lesson, or moral in literary text; explain how it is conveyed in text.
CC.1.2.3.F — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in grade- level text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral meaning as well as shades of meaning among related words.
CC.1.3.1.B — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Rhode Island

RL.3.2 — Retell stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures, determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in a text.
L.3.5.b — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
RL.2.2 — Retell stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.1.3 — Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

South Carolina

ELA.3.AOR.2.1 — Identify and explain an explicit theme in a literary text and how it is developed by key details.
ELA.2.AOR.2.1 — Identify and explain an explicit theme in a literary text.
ELA.3.AOR.1.1 — Explain how one or more characters develop throughout the plot.
ELA.3.AOR.7.1 — Determine or clarify the meaning of known and unknown words and phrases, choosing from an array of strategies: a. use sentence-level context clues (e.g., definitions, examples) to determine the meaning of a word or phrase; b. consult print and digital reference materials to build and integrate background knowledge; and c. consult print and digital reference materials to find the pronunciation, part of speech, and to determine or clarify the precise meaning of words and phrases.
ELA.3.AOR.10.1 — Identify and explain how information gained from visuals (e.g., illustrations, photographs, graphs, maps) contributes to the meaning of a print or non-print text.

South Dakota

2.RL.2 — Retell stories, those from diverse cultures, and determine their central message/theme, lesson, or moral
2.RL.3 — Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
2.RL.7 — Use illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
3.L.5.b — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
3.RL.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.

Tennessee

2.RL.KID.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
3.RL.KID.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
2.RL.CS.4 — Describe how words and phrases supply meaning in a story, poem, or song.
1.RL.KID.2 — Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

Texas

3.7A — describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts;
3.8A — infer the theme of a work, distinguishing theme from topic;
1.8B — describe the main character(s) and the reason(s) for their actions;
2.8A — discuss topics and determine theme using text evidence with adult assistance;

Utah

1.R.5 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text. (RL & RI)
1.R.7 — Describe characters, settings, and important events in a story (RL) or pieces of information in a text. (RI)
2.R.12 — Demonstrate understanding of story elements and/or topics by applying information gained from illustrations or text features. (RL & RI)
K.R.8 — Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text. (RL & RI)

Vermont

RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RL.4.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

Virginia

3.RL.1.A — Identify thematic topics of stories (e.g. friendship, survival, determination) and the lessons learned.
2.RL.1.C — Describe character’s attributes (e.g., traits, motivations, or feelings) and how they respond to major events and challenges.
2.RL.1.D — Generate predictions about story characters and events using the text.
3.RL.1.C — Describe a character’s attributes, including their traits, motivations, or feelings and how they develop throughout the text.

Washington

RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
L.3.5.b — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.4.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).

West Virginia

ELA.2.1 — Ask and answer key ideas such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in literary text
ELA.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the literary text.
ELA.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures and determine their central message, lesson, or moral in literary text.
ELA.3.7 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a literary text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
ELA.4.7 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a literary text, including words that allude to significant characters such as those found in mythology (e.g., herculean).

Wisconsin

ELA.1.R.3 — Describe characters, settings, and important events in a story or pieces of information in a text. (RI&RL)
ELA.2.R.7 — Demonstrate understanding of story elements and/or topics by applying information gained from illustrations or text features. (RI&RL)
ELA.3.R.4 — Determine the meaning of words, phrases, figurative language, and academic and content-specific words within a text. (RI&RL)
R1 — Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly or implicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
R2 — Summarize key ideas and details in order to identify central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development.

Wyoming

RL.3.2 — Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
RL.2.2 — Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
RL.3.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
RL.4.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including those that allude to significant characters found in mythology (e.g., Herculean).
L.3.5.b — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).