ELA-03.LNarrative for the Language Strand:As they move through formal schooling, students must gain control over the many conventions of standard English grammar, usage, and mechanics. They must also learn various ways to convey meaning effectively. Language standards include the rules of standard
written and spoken English as well as the use of language as craft and informed choice among alternatives. Third grade students gain control over proper use of pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, and other parts of speech, produce simple, compound, and complex sentences, and demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
How to help your child with the standards in the Language Strand:
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Grade 3
ELA-03.L.01
ELA-03.L.01 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.Sub-Standards:
Introduce:
a. Produce complex and compound-complex sentences.
b. Form and use the progressive (e.g., I was walking; I am walking; I will be walking) verb tenses. c. Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will walk) verb tenses. d. Use helping and modal auxiliaries (e.g., can, may, must) to convey various conditions. e. Form and use prepositional phrases.
Practice:
f. Ensure subject verb-agreement.
g. Produce compound sentences. h. Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons. i. Use regular plural nouns orally by adding /s/ or /es/. j. Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns. k. Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood). l. Use possessive nouns. m. Form and use regular and irregular verbs. n. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and choose between them depending on what is to be modified. o. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
Display proficiency in:
p. Correctly use common homophones (e.g., to, too, two; there, their).
q. Use singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in basic sentence (simple subject/verb agreement). r. Use collective nouns. s. Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs. t. Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future. u. Use reflexive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves). v. Use demonstratives (that, those, these, this) w. Use adverbs depending on what is to be modified. x. Use and explain interjections Student Learning Targets:Knowledge Targets
Reasoning Targets
Skills (Performance) Targets
Proficiency ScaleThe Student Will ...1 Beginning... with help, demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).Start 2 Developing... demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).Simple 3 Proficient“The Standard.”... demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations. Target 4 Advanced... demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.Complex ResourcesVocabulary
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ELA-03.L.02
ELA-03.L.02 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.Sub-Standards:
Introduce:
a. Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
b. Form and use possessives. c. Add prefixes and suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness). d. Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text. e. Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence. f. Use punctuation to separate items in a series. g. Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of a sentence. h. Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag
question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It’s true, isn’t it?) and to indicate direct
address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).
i. Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works. j. Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed and/or using spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spelling, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts).
Display proficiency in:
k. Use commas in greetings and closings of letters.
l. Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives. m. Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage → badge; boy → boil). n. Use commas in addresses. o. Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words. |
Proficiency ScaleELA-03.L.03
ELA-03.L.03 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.Sub-Standards:
a. Choose words and phrases for effect.
b. Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written standard English.
Student Learning Targets:Knowledge Targets
Reasoning Targets
Skills (Performance) Targets
Proficiency ScaleThe Student Will ...1 Beginning... with help, demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).Start 2 Developing... demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).Simple 3 Proficient“The Standard.”... demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations. Target 4 Advanced... demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.Complex ResourcesVocabulary
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ELA-03.L.04
ELA-03.L.04 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.Sub-Standards:
a. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
b. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/ disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
c. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).
d. Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases. Student Learning Targets:Knowledge Targets
Reasoning Targets
Skills (Performance) Targets
Proficiency ScaleThe Student Will ...1 Beginning... with help, demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).Start 2 Developing... demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).Simple 3 Proficient“The Standard.”... demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations. Target 4 Advanced... demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.Complex ResourcesVocabulary
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ELA-03.L.05
ELA-03.L.05 Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.Sub-Standards:
a. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
b. Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
c. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).
Student Learning Targets:Knowledge Targets
Reasoning Targets
Skills (Performance) Targets
Proficiency ScaleThe Student Will ...1 Beginning... with help, demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).Start 2 Developing... demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).Simple 3 Proficient“The Standard.”... demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations. Target 4 Advanced... demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.Complex ResourcesVocabulary
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ELA-03.L.06
ELA-03.L.06 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships (e.g., however, although, nevertheless, similarly, moreover, in addition).Student Learning Targets:Knowledge Targets
Reasoning Targets
Skills (Performance) Targets
Proficiency ScaleThe Student Will ...1 Beginning... with help, demonstrates a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes (Score 2.0 content) and some of the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).Start 2 Developing... demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes but exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and processes (Score 3.0 content).Simple 3 Proficient“The Standard.”... demonstrates no major errors or omissions regarding any of the information and processes that were end of instruction expectations. Target 4 Advanced... demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications regarding more complex material that go beyond end of instruction expectations.Complex ResourcesVocabulary
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ELA-03.RFNarrative for the Reading Foundations Strand:The foundational skill standards are directed toward fostering students’ understanding and working knowledge of concepts of print, the alphabetic principle, and other basic conventions of the English writing system. These foundational skills are not an end in and of themselves; rather, they are necessary and important components of an effective, comprehensive reading program designed to develop proficient readers with the capacity to comprehend texts across a range of types and disciplines. Phonics: In third grade students work on developing strategies that enable them to decode multi-syllable words and irregularly spelled words. Third graders also learn to identify words with affixes (prefixes and suffixes) and learn that affixes have meanings and can change the meanings of words to which they are attached. Third grade students learn to recognize common prefixes and inflectional and derivational suffixes and can explain how these common prefixes and suffixes change the meaning of a word. For example, they can explain that the prefix –un means not in the word unhappy. Fluency: Fluency is defined as being able to read orally with a reasonable rate of speed, with a high degree of accuracy, and with the proper expression (prosody). Fluency is one of several critical factors necessary for reading comprehension.
How to help my child at home with the Foundational Skill Standards:
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Calculation Method for StrandsStrands are larger groups of related standards. The Strand Grade is a calculation of all the related standards. Click on the standard name below each strand to access the learning targets and proficiency scales for each strand's related standards. |
ELA-03.RF.03
ELA-03.RF.03 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.Sub-Standards:
a. Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.
b. Decode words with common Latin suffixes.
c. Decode multi-syllable words.
d. Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words. |
ELA-03.RF.04
ELA-04.RF.04 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.Sub-Standards:
a. Read grade level text with purpose and understanding.
b. Read grade level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
c. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
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