Standards
Students notice when and why language is used differently according to the setting.
Generate resourceCompare formal and informal uses of language and the contexts in which they occur.
Generate resourceDistinguish literal, figurative and colloquial meanings of words and phrases.
Generate resourceStudents read and recite grade-level poetry and prose orally with purpose, understanding, and accuracy, improving speed and expression on successive readings.
Generate resourceExplain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
Generate resourceStudents produce and expand sentences in group and individual activities in the context of conversations and writing about experiences, events, and third grade content.
Generate resourceProduce, expand, and combine simple, compound, and complex sentences using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions with appropriate punctuation.
Generate resourceGive more detail or enhance descriptions by using comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.
Generate resourceForm and use simple verb tenses with subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
Generate resourceStudents determine the meaning of and use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, and being read to.
Generate resourceDetermine or clarify the meaning of new and multiple-meaning words and phrases.
Generate resourceIdentify and use abstract and concrete nouns and the words that describe them.
Generate resourceStudents explore word relationships and distinguish shades of meaning in the context of third grade conversations and reading.
Generate resourceUse root words, prefixes, and suffixes as clues to the meaning of an unknown word.
Generate resourceUse sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Generate resourceDistinguish shades of meaning among words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty.
Generate resourceStudents demonstrate command of the English language to speak and write clearly, and to comprehend more fully when reading, listening, or viewing.
Generate resourceStudents identify the effects, purposes, and parts of media messages, people who provide information, and options for engaging with media messages.
Generate resourceStudents interact with and explore texts in a language-rich environment.
Generate resourceSelect texts that interest them and/or that are recommended by peers and adults.
Generate resourceSpend time exploring, viewing, reading and/or listening to texts.
Generate resourceMake connections, tell stories and/or explain information based on imagination, images, and/or words they recognize in texts.
Generate resourceStudents know and apply the basic features of print and how it is organized.
Generate resourceRecognize the distinguishing features of a paragraph (e.g., indentation, capitalization, spacing, punctuation).
Generate resourceRecognize the distinguishing visual features of fiction and poetry.
Generate resourceStudents apply concepts of how sounds, syllables, words, and silence function in speech (phonological awareness) with automaticity.
Generate resourceStudents decode words with accuracy and fluency using grade-level word analysis skills.
Generate resourceUse combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, syllable patterns, and morphology to read multisyllabic words accurately in context and out of context.
Generate resourceDecode, identify, and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and suffixes.
Generate resourceDecode and recognize homonyms and other frequently confused words correctly.
Generate resourceRead paragraphs within a text with increasing accuracy and fluency.
Generate resourceStudents comprehend and interpret texts using a variety of strategies.
Generate resourcePreview the text by noting author, illustrator, topic, genre, images, and text structures.
Generate resourceUse personal connections and content knowledge to visualize and make sense of the text.
Generate resourceMake predictions and check them against what’s in the text.
Generate resourceUse a variety of strategies that encourage and maintain motivation to engage with a text.
Generate resourceRe-connect when the flow of reading is interrupted using a variety of strategies.
Generate resourceExplain how the visual elements in a text represent and/or add to its meaning.
Generate resourceAsk and answer questions about a text, referring to key details in the text.
Generate resourceDescribe a story’s structure, setting, major events, narrators, and characters, including their point of view and how their actions contribute to the events.
Generate resourceRetell a story in their own words and/or say what they learned from a text.
Generate resourceStudents describe how the author, illustrator, and/or creator shape meaning and affect a reader’s experience of the text.
Generate resourceDescribe what the text makes them feel, think, and/or want to do and why.
Generate resourceExplain the impact of images and specific words on the reader’s understanding.
Generate resourceDescribe text features used in a genre and explain what they help the reader do or know.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast the ideas, characters, settings, and plots of stories written by the same or different authors.
Generate resourceExplain what they may or may not like about a topic, character, or event and why.
Generate resourceExplain how the author, narrator, and/or character’s point of view is the same as or different from their own.
Generate resourceStudents use texts they have read for purposes relevant to them.
Generate resourceTo better understand themselves and others, explore characters’ thoughts and feelings.
Generate resourceTo develop imagination and understanding of others, say what they would think, feel, or do in situations similar to those in texts.
Generate resourceUse information or examples from texts for discussions and projects. [See W3rd.3 and SLDF3rd.3.]
Generate resourceUse choices made by authors, illustrators, and creators as ideas for their own multimodal compositions. [See W3rd.4b.]
Generate resourceStudents ask questions about things that make them curious and refine their questions as they learn new things about a topic.
Generate resourceGenerate ideas for where they might find information based on what they and/or others know about the topic.
Generate resourceSelect and access a variety of relevant print and digital information sources, including by navigating libraries.
Generate resourceUse different technologies and different search terms to generate different results when using teacher-moderated digital search tools.
Generate resourceTalk with adults or peers with relevant experience or knowledge.
Generate resourceStudents gather relevant information using a variety of strategies.
Generate resourceIdentify how media messages make them feel and what these emotions may make them want to say or do.
Generate resourceIdentify reasons people are more or less likely to change their minds about something when they encounter a media message.
Generate resourceStudents identify the purposes of media messages and how those purposes are achieved.
Generate resourceDetermine whether a media message is mainly helping people learn new things, trying to change people’s minds, selling something, or just for fun.
Generate resourceDetermine whether statements in media messages express an opinion or can be verified as true or false.
Generate resourceCompare and contrast information on the same topic in two or more media messages from different sources.
Generate resourceDescribe how changing an image or the words used to describe an image can change the meaning of a media message.
Generate resourceDetermine whether an individual, an organization, or both can be considered responsible for the content of an information source.
Generate resourceIdentify individuals or organizations made up of people who are experts on a particular topic and could provide information about it.
Generate resourceStudents make informed choices about how they will engage with media messages based on their personal and community experiences and goals.
Generate resourceIdentify how a media message might influence them to say or do things that could have real-life effects for themselves and/or their communities.
Generate resourceIdentify how media messages capture their attention, so people or organizations benefit.
Generate resourceStudents read, comprehend, interpret, use, analyze, and appreciate fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and multimodal texts from a broad range of genres, cultures, and media in the context of grade-level content to understand themselves, others, and the world.
Generate resourceStudents ask questions, seek answers using relevant tools and techniques to select and access sources, and use their learning.
Generate resourceStudents listen, respond respectfully, and contribute during discussions.
Generate resourceDiscuss expectations and roles within the community, changing them when needed.
Generate resourceReview previous conversations when continuing a discussion.
Generate resourceAsk questions about the topic and others’ observations and opinions.
Generate resourceDraw on experience, prior knowledge, and/or research to contribute.
Generate resourceExplain what they understood from others’ contributions and ask for clarification or more information to build common understanding.
Generate resourceConnect statements to others’ contributions to build community and propel conversation.
Generate resourceRespond to feedback about how others interpret their communication by reflecting on how and why others might experience their communication differently than intended.
Generate resourceIdentify when and how opinions or understandings have changed.
Generate resourceStudents prepare for planned discussions by thinking, reading, and/or researching the topic.
Generate resourceDiscuss expectations, roles, and timelines, changing them when needed.
Generate resourceConnect the project or prompt to their interests, experiences, and/or community needs.
Generate resourcePrepare for meetings by completing portions of the project as agreed.
Generate resourceStudents present experience, positions, ideas, findings, and creative work such that listeners are engaged and/or can follow the line of reasoning.
Generate resourceIdentify topics from the situation, experience, imagination, reading, research (see RML3rd.4) media, conversations, and/or products from W3rd.1.
Generate resourceDevelop content by considering what they want to communicate within the situation and what the audience already knows.
Generate resourceUse images, media, and artifacts in presentations to clarify content and support the audience’s engagement.
Generate resourceStudents determine how to present themselves and their ideas.
Generate resourceExpress voice by building on strengths, experiences, and personality.
Generate resourceDetermine how to respond to others given the expectations of the community, their role, and how they wish to express themselves and their ideas.
Generate resourceDetermine which language and/or languages support their purpose.
Generate resourceDetermine what they want or do not want to share and why.
Generate resourceStudents use an audible voice, gesture, and pacing to illuminate the content and engage the audience.
Generate resourceStudents comprehend, engage in, and learn from collaborative discussions and presentations in a variety of genres in the context of grade-level content, in person and/or through teachermoderated digital forums.
Generate resourceStudents compose to process and reflect, respond to reading and learning, explore and develop ideas, record observations, experiment with language, and make sense of the world, events, and experiences. [Not all products from W3rd.1 must be taken through W3rd.2 – W3rd.10.]
Generate resourceStudents share and publish compositions in person and/or on digital or non-digital platforms for known and trusted audiences in ways that reinforce the communicative purposes of writing.
Generate resourcewho might be able to access compositions and how it might make them feel.
Generate resourceStudents compose multimodal texts in a variety of genres to communicate with others.
Generate resourceDescribe experiences, ideas, and imaginings, using sensory details.
Generate resourceInform others about their observations and explanations of the world.
Generate resourcePersuade others to consider new options, resolve conflicts, and create and strengthen communities.
Generate resourceConnect the prompt to their interests, perspectives, and/or experiences.
Generate resourceDetermine the process or steps needed to complete the project.
Generate resourceStudents generate and gather ideas, including appropriate use of tools.
Generate resourceGenerate topics from experience, imagination, reading, research (see RML3.4) media, conversations, products from W3rd.1, and/or desire to communicate.
Generate resourceDetermine which features and/or genre conventions to follow or adapt from mentor texts.
Generate resourceAnswer questions about what the writer knows that the audience does not.
Generate resourceChoose material from research (see RML3rd.4), images, and/or other media that illustrate and support their ideas, identifying when and how it’s fair to use the creative work of others.
Generate resourceStudents draft content within the genre to develop ideas, express voice, and engage the audience.
Generate resourceDevelop points and ideas with facts, definitions, concrete details, examples, and/or quotations, using linking words to connect ideas.
Generate resourceDevelop an event sequence for stories, using details to elaborate a single string of events and describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, using dialogue when appropriate, showing characters’ response to events, and using temporal words to signal order.
Generate resourceDetermine which features and/or formatting to follow or adapt from mentor texts such as titles, labels, illustrations, greetings, the formatting of dialogue, etc.
Generate resourceIdentify who deserves credit for information or media used from a source.
Generate resourceStudents compose introductions and conclusions within the genre to express voice, engage the audience, and support the development of content in the text.
Generate resourceEstablish a situation for stories and introduce a narrator and/or characters.
Generate resourceCompose a concluding statement or section for informational texts and opinions.
Generate resourceStudents organize content by using or adapting the genre’s structure.
Generate resourceRe-read to determine whether the draft says what they want it to say.
Generate resourceDescribe what their composition means and/or represents to an adult or peer.
Generate resourceGather feedback and determine whether it improves readers’ understanding and/or experience.
Generate resourceUse what they learned from re-reading and feedback to revise.
Generate resourceEdit for conventions and consistency of text features. [Demonstrate command of Language standards K–3.]
Generate resourceStudents compose multimodal texts in a variety of genres in the context of grade-level content.
Generate resourceDemonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Generate resourceDemonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Generate resourceApply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
Generate resourceDetermine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.
Generate resourceDemonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Generate resourceAcquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.
Generate resourceRead closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
Generate resourceRead and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
Generate resourceDetermine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Generate resourceAnalyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Generate resourceInterpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
Generate resourceAnalyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
Generate resourceAssess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
Generate resourceIntegrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
Generate resourceDelineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Generate resourceAnalyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
Generate resourcePrepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Generate resourceIntegrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Generate resourceEvaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
Generate resourcePresent information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Generate resourceMake strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
Generate resourceAdapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Generate resourceWrite arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Generate resourceWrite routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Generate resourceWrite informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Generate resourceWrite narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
Generate resourceProduce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Generate resourceDevelop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
Generate resourceUse technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.
Generate resourceConduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
Generate resourceGather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
Generate resourceDraw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Generate resourceDemonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Generate resourceExplain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
Generate resourceForm and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.
Generate resourceForm and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
Generate resourceDemonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Generate resourceUse conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
Generate resourceUse spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.
Generate resourceConsult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
Generate resourceUse knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
Generate resourceRecognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written standard English.
Generate resourceDetermine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
Generate resourceUse sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Generate resourceDetermine 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).
Generate resourceUse a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).
Generate resourceUse glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
Generate resourceDemonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
Generate resourceDistinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
Generate resourceIdentify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
Generate resourceDistinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).
Generate resourceAcquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).
Generate resourceKnow and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Generate resourceIdentify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.
Generate resourceRead with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Generate resourceRead on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings
Generate resourceUse context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Generate resourceAsk and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Generate resourceBy the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2—3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Generate resourceDetermine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
Generate resourceDescribe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
Generate resourceDetermine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
Generate resourceUse text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
Generate resourceDistinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
Generate resourceUse information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
Generate resourceDescribe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).
Generate resourceCompare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
Generate resourceAsk and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Generate resourceBy the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2—3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Generate resourceRecount 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.
Generate resourceDescribe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Generate resourceDetermine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
Generate resourceRefer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
Generate resourceDistinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
Generate resourceExplain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).
Generate resourceCompare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series).
Generate resourceEngage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Generate resourceCome to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion.
Generate resourceFollow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion).
Generate resourceAsk questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others.
Generate resourceExplain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.
Generate resourceDetermine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Generate resourceAsk and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
Generate resourceReport on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
Generate resourceCreate engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.
Generate resourceSpeak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
Generate resourceWrite opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
Generate resourceWrite routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Generate resourceIntroduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.
Generate resourceUse linking words and phrases (e.g., because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reasons.
Generate resourceWrite informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Generate resourceIntroduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.
Generate resourceUse linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information.
Generate resourceWrite narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Generate resourceEstablish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Generate resourceUse dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
Generate resourceWith guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
Generate resourceConduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
Generate resourceRecall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
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