Third grade language arts skills

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Reading foundations Foundations

Reading strategies Reading

Writing strategies Writing

Vocabulary Vocab

Grammar and mechanics Grammar

Reading foundations

A. Short and long vowels

A.1
Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words

A.2
Spell rhyming words to answer riddles

A.
Spell the long a word: silent e, ai, ay, ea, ey, eigh

A.
Spell the long e word: silent e, ee, ea, ie

A.
Spell the long i word: silent e, ie, y, igh, ind, ild

A.
Spell the long o word: silent e, oa, ow, old, ost, olt

A.
Spell the long u word: silent e, ue, oo, ew, ui

B. Blends and digraphs

B.1
Complete the word with a three-letter consonant blend

B.
Spell the digraph word: ch, sh, th

B.
Spell words with final consonant patterns: ng, nk

C. Multisyllabic words

C.1
Spell words with open and closed syllables

C.2
Spell consonant-l-e words

D. R vowel patterns

D.
Spell words with r vowel patterns

E. Irregular words

E.
Select the letters that make a given sound

E.1
Spell the sight word: easier

E.
Spell the sight word: harder

Reading strategies

F. Main idea

F.1
Use key details to determine the main idea

F.2
Determine the main idea of a passage

G. Theme

G.1
Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales

H. Author's purpose

H.1
Identify the author's purpose: mixed media

H.2
Identify the author's purpose: passages

I. Text structure

I.1
Determine the order of events in informational texts

I.2
Compare and contrast in informational texts

I.3
Match causes with effects

I.4
Match causes and effects in informational texts

I.5
Match problems with their solutions

I.6
Identify text structures

J. Sensory details

J.1
Sort sensory details

J.2
Identify sensory details

K. Literary devices

K.1
Similes with pictures

K.2
Determine the meanings of similes

L. Point of view

L.1
Distinguish characters' points of view

L.2
Compare information from two informational texts

M. Inference

M.1
Which book title goes with the picture?

M.2
Use actions and dialogue to understand characters

M.3
Draw inferences from a text

M.4
Make predictions about a story

N. Story elements

N.1
Identify story elements

O. Visual elements

O.1
Compare mythological illustrations

P. Text features

P.1
Use text features

Q. Rhyme

Q.1
Label the rhyme scheme

R. Literary texts: level 1

R.1
Read fantasy with illustrations

R.2
Read historical fiction with illustrations

R.3
Read science fiction with illustrations

R.4
Read realistic fiction with illustrations

S. Literary texts: level 2

S.1
Read realistic fiction: set 1

S.2
Read realistic fiction: set 2

S.3
Read historical fiction

S.4
Read poetry

T. Informational texts: level 1

T.1
Read about animals

T.2
Read about food

T.3
Read about art, music, and traditions

T.4
Read about sports and hobbies

U. Informational texts: level 2

U.1
Read about famous people

U.2
Read about famous places

U.3
Read about business and technology

U.4
Read about science and nature

Writing strategies

V. Organizing writing

V.1
Put the sentences in order

V.2
Order items from most general to most specific

V.3
Organize information by main idea

W. Topic sentences

W.1
Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence

W.2
Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs

W.3
Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs

X. Writer's purpose

X.1
Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose

Y. Linking words

Y.1
Identify time-order words

Y.2
Use time-order words

Y.3
Use coordinating conjunctions

Y.4
Use subordinating conjunctions

Y.5
Choose the best transition

Y.6
Use linking words to complete a passage

Z. Opinion writing

Z.1
Distinguish facts from opinions

Z.2
Identify an author's statement of opinion

Z.3
Choose reasons to support an opinion

Z.4
Complete the opinion passage with an example

Z.5
Complete the opinion passage with a reason

Z.6
Complete the opinion-reason-example table

AA. Descriptive details

AA.1
Add descriptive details to sentences

AA.2
Show character emotions and traits

AA.3
Revise the sentence using a stronger verb

BB. Sentence variety

BB.1
Combine sentences: subjects and predicates

BB.2
Combine sentences by adding key details

BB.3
Create varied sentences based on models

CC. Editing and revising

CC.1
Correct errors with signs

Vocabulary

DD. Prefixes and suffixes

DD.1
Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes

DD.2
Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis-

DD.3
Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis-

DD.4
Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less

DD.5
Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness

DD.6
Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment

DD.7
Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review

DD.8
Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review

DD.9
Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning

DD.10
Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech

DD.11
Word pattern analogies

DD.12
Word pattern sentences

EE. Greek and Latin roots

EE.1
Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

EE.2
Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

EE.3
Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

FF. Compound words

FF.1
Form compound words with pictures

FF.2
Form compound words

FF.3
Form and use compound words

GG. Categories

GG.1
Select the members of a group

GG.2
Select the words that don't belong

HH. Synonyms and antonyms

HH.1
Choose the synonym

HH.2
Which sentence has the same meaning?

HH.3
Find synonyms in context

HH.4
Choose the antonym

HH.5
Which sentence uses an antonym?

HH.6
Find antonyms in context

II. Homophones

II.1
Homophones with pictures

II.2
Identify homophones

II.3
Use the correct homophone

JJ. Multiple-meaning words

JJ.1
Multiple-meaning words with pictures

JJ.2
Which definition matches the sentence?

JJ.3
Which sentence matches the definition?

KK. Shades of meaning

KK.1
Shades of meaning with pictures

KK.2
Describe the difference between related words

KK.3
Positive and negative connotation

LL. Idioms

LL.1
Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression

MM. Context clues

MM.1
Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

MM.2
Use context to identify the meaning of a word

MM.3
Use academic vocabulary in context

NN. Reference skills

NN.1
Order alphabetically based on the first letter

NN.2
Order alphabetically based on the first two letters

NN.3
Order alphabetically based on the first three letters

NN.4
Order alphabetically: challenge

NN.5
Use guide words

NN.6
Use dictionary entries

NN.7
Use dictionary definitions

Grammar and mechanics

OO. Sentences, fragments, and run-ons

OO.1
Is the sentence a statement, question, command, or exclamation?

OO.2
Identify the complete subject of a sentence

OO.3
Identify the complete predicate of a sentence

OO.4
Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence

OO.5
Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?

OO.6
Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?

OO.7
Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?

OO.8
Is the sentence simple or compound?

OO.9
Create compound sentences

OO.10
Order the words to create a sentence

PP. Nouns

PP.1
Which word is a noun?

PP.2
Identify nouns

PP.3
Identify nouns – with abstract nouns

PP.4
Identify common and proper nouns

PP.5
Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies

PP.6
Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies

PP.7
Is the noun singular or plural?

PP.8
Form and use irregular plurals

PP.9
Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives

PP.10
Form the singular or plural possessive

PP.11
Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

QQ. Pronouns

QQ.1
Identify personal pronouns

QQ.2
Choose between subject and object personal pronouns

QQ.3
Replace the noun with a personal pronoun

QQ.4
Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"

QQ.5
Identify possessive pronouns

QQ.6
Use possessive pronouns

QQ.7
Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns

QQ.8
Use reflexive pronouns

RR. Verb types

RR.1
Use action verbs

RR.2
Identify action verbs

RR.3
Identify main verbs and helping verbs

SS. Subject-verb agreement

SS.1
Is the subject singular or plural?

SS.2
Use the correct subject or verb

SS.3
Pronoun-verb agreement

TT. Verb tense

TT.1
Which sentence is in the regular past tense?

TT.2
Identify verbs in the regular past tense

TT.3
Form and use the regular past tense

TT.4
Identify the irregular past tense I

TT.5
Identify the irregular past tense II

TT.6
Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1

TT.7
Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2

TT.8
Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3

TT.9
Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4

TT.10
Form and use the irregular past tense: set 5

TT.11
To be: use the correct form

TT.12
To have: use the correct form

TT.13
Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense?

TT.14
Change the sentence to future tense

UU. Articles

UU.1
Use the correct article: a or an

UU.2
Use the correct article: a, an, or the

UU.3
Identify articles

VV. Adjectives and adverbs

VV.1
Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many?

VV.2
Identify the adjective that describes the noun

VV.3
Identify adjectives

VV.4
Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where?

VV.5
Identify adverbs

VV.6
Choose between adjectives and adverbs

VV.7
Is the word an adjective or adverb?

VV.8
Use adjectives to compare

VV.9
Spell adjectives that compare

VV.10
Use adverbs to compare

WW. Prepositions

WW.1
Identify prepositions

WW.2
Identify prepositions and their objects

WW.3
Identify prepositional phrases

WW.4
Prepositions: review

XX. Conjunctions

XX.1
Identify coordinating conjunctions

XX.2
Identify subordinating conjunctions

YY. Contractions

YY.1
Pronoun-verb contractions

YY.2
Contractions with "not"

ZZ. Commas

ZZ.1
Commas with a series

ZZ.2
Commas with dates

ZZ.3
Commas with the names of places

ZZ.4
Commas with direct addresses and after introductory words

ZZ.5
Commas: review

AAA. Capitalization

AAA.1
Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect

AAA.2
Capitalizing days, months, and holidays

AAA.3
Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features

AAA.4
Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languages

AAA.5
Capitalization: review

BBB. Abbreviations

BBB.1
Abbreviate days of the week

BBB.2
Abbreviate months of the year

BBB.3
Abbreviate people's titles

BBB.4
Abbreviate customary units of measurement

BBB.5
Abbreviate metric units of measurement

BBB.6
Abbreviate street names

BBB.7
Abbreviate state names

BBB.8
Abbreviate street names and state names: review

CCC. Formatting

CCC.1
Greetings and closings of letters

CCC.2
Formatting street addresses

CCC.3
Capitalizing titles

CCC.4
Formatting titles

CCC.5
Formatting and capitalizing titles

CCC.6
Punctuating dialogue