Elementary School - Grade 3

Literacy

Reading

Decoding:

• Decode words with initial and final consonant blends
• Decode words with initial and final consonant digraphs
• Decode words with vowel digraphs
• Use syllabication skills to read and write

Comprehension:

• Retell and summarize stories
• Identify main characters and describe setting
• Make predictions about text
• Relate story to personal experience and other texts
• Identify the main idea of a story
• Dramatize stories
• Obtain and use information from graphs and charts
• Distinguish between fact and opinion
• Compare and contrast stories from different cultures

Writing:

• Use phonics skills to write words
• Create sort maps for reading and writing
• Write simple story with beginning, middle and end
• Use a dictionary or other reference tool for spelling
• Write a paragraph with a topic sentence and at least three related detailed
• Edit for mechanics, spelling, word usage and sentence structure with teacher guidance and peer support
• Publish, share and display written work
• Write a letter

Grammar

• Identify and use plural, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, comparative and superlative adjectives
• Identify and begin to use prefixes, suffixes and root words
• Identify and use abbreviation
• Apply rules for capitalization
• Identify and use exclamation marks, periods and question marks
• Identify and use pronouns
• Begin to identify and use verbs, adverbs, nouns and adjectives correctly
• Identify and use apostrophe in contractions and possessives
• Judge when a sentence is grammatically correct
• Alphabetize words using initial letter

Communication:

• Follow directions
• Take turns during discussions
• Give opinions and descriptions
• Demonstrate an awareness of audience and purpose using appropriate eye contact, proper pace, volume and clear enunciation