Skill plan for the Alabama Critical Standards - 3rd grade
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Reading: Literature
Key Ideas and Details
RL.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Inference
Story elements
Reading comprehension
Poetry
RL.3.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Inference
Story elements
Reading comprehension
Poetry
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.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.
Craft and Structure
RL.3.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
Academic vocabulary
Vocabulary in context
Similes
Multiple-meaning words
Figures of speech
RL.3.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
Academic vocabulary
Vocabulary in context
Similes
Multiple-meaning words
Figures of speech
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
RL.3.9: By 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.
Story elements
Historical fiction
Fantasy
Science fiction
Realistic fiction
Poetry
Myths, fables, and folktales
RL.3.9: By 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.
Story elements
Historical fiction
Fantasy
Science fiction
Realistic fiction
Poetry
Myths, fables, and folktales
Reading: Informational Text
Key Ideas and Details
RI.3.10: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Compare and contrast
Cause and effect
Problem and solution
Reading comprehension
RI.3.10: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Compare and contrast
Cause and effect
Problem and solution
Reading comprehension
RI.3.11: Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
Main idea
Key details
Reading comprehension
RI.3.11: Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
Main idea
Key details
Reading comprehension
Craft and Structure
RI.3.13: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
Vocabulary in reading comprehension
Context clues
RI.3.13: Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
Vocabulary in reading comprehension
Context clues
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RI.3.17: Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).
Sequence
Compare and contrast
Cause and effect
Problem and solution
Text structure
RI.3.17: Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).
Sequence
Compare and contrast
Cause and effect
Problem and solution
Text structure
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
RI.3.19: By 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.
Main idea
History and social studies
Science and technology
RI.3.19: By 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.
Main idea
History and social studies
Science and technology
Reading: Foundational skills
Phonics and Word Recognition
RF.3.20: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.3.20: Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
RF.3.20.a: Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.
Prefixes
Suffixes
Prefixes and suffixes
RF.3.20.a: Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.
Prefixes
Suffixes
Prefixes and suffixes
RF.3.20.b: Decode words with common Latin suffixes.
RF.3.20.b: Decode words with common Latin suffixes.
RF.3.20.c: Decode multisyllable words.
Prefixes
Suffixes
Prefixes and suffixes
Word patterns
Greek and Latin roots
Compound words
RF.3.20.c: Decode multisyllable words.
Prefixes
Suffixes
Prefixes and suffixes
Word patterns
Greek and Latin roots
Compound words
RF.3.20.d: Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
RF.3.20.d: Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
Fluency
RF.3.21: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RF.3.21: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
RF.3.21.a: Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
Main idea
Theme
Inferences
Story elements
Text structure
Reading comprehension in informational texts
Reading comprehension in literary texts
RF.3.21.a: Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
Main idea
Theme
Inferences
Story elements
Text structure
Reading comprehension in informational texts
Reading comprehension in literary texts
RF.3.21.b: Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
RF.3.21.b: Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
RF.3.21.c: Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Vocabulary in context
Multiple-meaning words
Context clues in informational texts
Context clues in literary texts
RF.3.21.c: Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Vocabulary in context
Multiple-meaning words
Context clues in informational texts
Context clues in literary texts
Language
Conventions of Standard English
L.3.37: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.3.37: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L.3.37.a: Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
L.3.37.a: Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
L.3.37.b: Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
L.3.37.b: Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
L.3.37.c: Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).
L.3.37.c: Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).
L.3.37.d: Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
Irregular past tense
Action verbs
To be
To have
L.3.37.d: Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
Irregular past tense
Action verbs
To be
To have
L.3.37.e: Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.
L.3.37.e: Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.
L.3.37.f: Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
L.3.37.f: Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
L.3.37.g: Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
L.3.37.g: Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
L.3.37.h: Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
Coordinating conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions
L.3.37.h: Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
Coordinating conjunctions
Subordinating conjunctions
L.3.37.i: Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
Sentences, fragments, and run-ons
Subjects and predicates
Sentence structure
Compound sentences
L.3.37.i: Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
Sentences, fragments, and run-ons
Subjects and predicates
Sentence structure
Compound sentences
L.3.38: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L.3.38: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L.3.38.a: Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
L.3.38.a: Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
L.3.38.b: Use commas in addresses.
L.3.38.b: Use commas in addresses.
L.3.38.c: Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
L.3.38.c: Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
L.3.38.d: Form and use possessives.
L.3.38.d: Form and use possessives.
L.3.38.e: Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
Word patterns
Homophones
Regular plurals
Irregular plurals
Irregular past tense
Contractions
Comparative adjectives
L.3.38.e: Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
Word patterns
Homophones
Regular plurals
Irregular plurals
Irregular past tense
Contractions
Comparative adjectives
L.3.38.f: Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.
Word patterns
Regular plurals
Regular past tense
Contractions
Comparative adjectives
L.3.38.f: Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.
Word patterns
Regular plurals
Regular past tense
Contractions
Comparative adjectives
L.3.38.g: Write legibly in cursive.
L.3.38.g: Write legibly in cursive.
L.3.38.h: Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
L.3.38.h: Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
L.3.40: Determine 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.
L.3.40: Determine 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.
L.3.40.a: Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Academic vocabulary
Vocabulary in context
Multiple-meaning words
Similes
Academic vocabulary in informational texts
L.3.40.a: Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Academic vocabulary
Vocabulary in context
Multiple-meaning words
Similes
Academic vocabulary in informational texts
L.3.40.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).
Prefixes
Suffixes
Prefixes and suffixes
L.3.40.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).
Prefixes
Suffixes
Prefixes and suffixes
L.3.40.c: Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).
L.3.40.c: Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).
L.3.40.d: Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
L.3.40.d: Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
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