IXL skill plan | AASA English Language Arts 3rd grade plan for the Arizona Assessments

Skill plan for the Arizona Assessments - AASA English Language Arts 3rd grade

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Reading for Literature
Reading for Informational Text
Writing and Language

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Reading for Literature
Key Ideas and Details		Reading comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction: set 1 Inference 2. Draw inferences from a text 3. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Story elements 4. Identify story elements 5. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales
Key Ideas and Details
Reading comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction: set 1 Inference 2. Draw inferences from a text 3. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Story elements 4. Identify story elements 5. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales

Craft and Structure		Vocabulary in context 1. Read science fiction with illustrations Literary text structures 2. Read poetry 3. Read drama Point of view 4. Distinguish points of view
Craft and Structure
Vocabulary in context 1. Read science fiction with illustrations Literary text structures 2. Read poetry 3. Read drama Point of view 4. Distinguish points of view

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas		1. Compare mythological illustrations
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
1. Compare mythological illustrations

Reading for Informational Text
Reading for Informational Text
Key Ideas and Details		Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous people Main idea and details 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Text relationships 3. Determine the order of events in informational texts 4. Compare and contrast in informational texts 5. Match causes and effects in informational texts 6. Match problems with their solutions
Key Ideas and Details
Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous people Main idea and details 2. Determine the main idea of a passage Text relationships 3. Determine the order of events in informational texts 4. Compare and contrast in informational texts 5. Match causes and effects in informational texts 6. Match problems with their solutions

Craft and Structure		1. Read about science and nature 2. Use text features 3. Identify an author's statement of opinion
Craft and Structure
1. Read about science and nature 2. Use text features 3. Identify an author's statement of opinion

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas		1. Identify text structures 2. Compare information from two informational texts
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
1. Identify text structures 2. Compare information from two informational texts
Comprehension
Comprehension and Collaboration		Mixed media 1. Identify the author's purpose: mixed media Visual elements 2. Read graphic organizers
Comprehension and Collaboration
Mixed media 1. Identify the author's purpose: mixed media Visual elements 2. Read graphic organizers

Writing and Language
Writing
Informative-Explanatory Essay		Purpose, focus, and organization 1. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 2. Organize information by topic 3. Choose the best transition 4. Choose the best concluding sentence Evidence and elaboration 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts 6. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Informative-Explanatory Essay
Purpose, focus, and organization 1. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 2. Organize information by topic 3. Choose the best transition 4. Choose the best concluding sentence Evidence and elaboration 5. Identify supporting details in informational texts 6. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

Opinion Essay		Purpose, focus, and organization 1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Use linking words to complete a passage Evidence and elaboration 3. Identify supporting details in literary texts 4. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 5. Use academic vocabulary in context
Opinion Essay
Purpose, focus, and organization 1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Use linking words to complete a passage Evidence and elaboration 3. Identify supporting details in literary texts 4. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 5. Use academic vocabulary in context

Revision		1. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence 2. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 3. Add descriptive details to sentences
Revision
1. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence 2. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 3. Add descriptive details to sentences
Language
Conventions		Grammar 1. Form and use irregular plurals 2. Form and use the regular past tense 3. Use the correct subject or verb 4. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 5. Use coordinating conjunctions 6. Use subordinating conjunctions Sentence structure 7. Create compound sentences 8. Create varied sentences based on models Capitalization and punctuation 9. Capitalization: review 10. Punctuating dialogue 11. Form the singular or plural possessive Spelling 12. Word pattern analogies 13. Spell multisyllabic words
Conventions
Grammar 1. Form and use irregular plurals 2. Form and use the regular past tense 3. Use the correct subject or verb 4. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 5. Use coordinating conjunctions 6. Use subordinating conjunctions Sentence structure 7. Create compound sentences 8. Create varied sentences based on models Capitalization and punctuation 9. Capitalization: review 10. Punctuating dialogue 11. Form the singular or plural possessive Spelling 12. Word pattern analogies 13. Spell multisyllabic words

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use		Roots and affixes 1. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Vocabulary in context 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Multiple-meaning words 5. Which definition matches the sentence? Figurative language 6. Determine the meanings of similes 7. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression Shades of meaning 8. Describe the difference between related words
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Roots and affixes 1. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Vocabulary in context 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Multiple-meaning words 5. Which definition matches the sentence? Figurative language 6. Determine the meanings of similes 7. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression Shades of meaning 8. Describe the difference between related words

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