IXL skill plan | ELA 3rd grade plan for the Arkansas Teaching and Learning Assessment System

Skill plan for the Arkansas Teaching and Learning Assessment System - ELA 3rd grade

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Reading Fundamentals & Vocabulary
Reading Literary Text
Reading Informational Text
Writing & Language

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Reading Fundamentals & Vocabulary
Reading Fundamentals		1. Draw inferences from a text 2. Determine the main idea of a passage 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 4. Summarize a story
Reading Fundamentals
1. Draw inferences from a text 2. Determine the main idea of a passage 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 4. Summarize a story

Vocabulary		Vocabulary in context 1. Find synonyms in context 2. Find antonyms in context 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Shades of meaning 5. Describe the difference between related words Figurative language 6. Determine the meanings of similes Roots and affixes 7. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 8. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary
Vocabulary in context 1. Find synonyms in context 2. Find antonyms in context 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Shades of meaning 5. Describe the difference between related words Figurative language 6. Determine the meanings of similes Roots and affixes 7. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 8. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Reading Literary Text
Reading Comprehension		Analyze texts 1. Read historical fiction Literary text structures 2. Read poetry 3. Read drama Character analysis 4. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Story elements 5. Identify story elements 6. Compare mythological illustrations Point of view 7. Distinguish points of view
Reading Comprehension
Analyze texts 1. Read historical fiction Literary text structures 2. Read poetry 3. Read drama Character analysis 4. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Story elements 5. Identify story elements 6. Compare mythological illustrations Point of view 7. Distinguish points of view

Reading Informational Text
Reading Comprehension		Analyze texts 1. Read about famous people Compare texts 2. Compare information from two informational texts Informational text structures 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 7. Identify text structures Text features 8. Use text features Author's perspective 9. Identify an author's statement of opinion
Reading Comprehension
Analyze texts 1. Read about famous people Compare texts 2. Compare information from two informational texts Informational text structures 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 7. Identify text structures Text features 8. Use text features Author's perspective 9. Identify an author's statement of opinion

Writing & Language
Opinion
Purpose, Focus, and Organization		1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Use linking words to complete a passage
Purpose, Focus, and Organization
1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Use linking words to complete a passage

Evidence and Elaboration		Evidence 1. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 2. Complete the opinion-reason-example table Word choice 3. Use academic vocabulary in context 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb
Evidence and Elaboration
Evidence 1. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 2. Complete the opinion-reason-example table Word choice 3. Use academic vocabulary in context 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb
Informative/Explanatory
Purpose, Focus, and Organization		Introductions and conclusions 1. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 2. Choose the best concluding sentence Organization 3. Organize information by topic 4. Choose the best transition
Purpose, Focus, and Organization
Introductions and conclusions 1. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 2. Choose the best concluding sentence Organization 3. Organize information by topic 4. Choose the best transition

Evidence and Elaboration		Evidence 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence Word choice 4. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Evidence and Elaboration
Evidence 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence Word choice 4. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Narrative
Purpose, Focus, and Organization		1. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 2. Put the sentences in order
Purpose, Focus, and Organization
1. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 2. Put the sentences in order

Evidence and Elaboration		1. Add imagery to stories 2. Show character emotions and traits 3. Use time-order words
Evidence and Elaboration
1. Add imagery to stories 2. Show character emotions and traits 3. Use time-order words
Language – Editing Tasks: Structures and Conventions
Grammar		Plurals and possessives 1. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Comparative adjectives and adverbs 2. Use adjectives to compare 3. Use adverbs to compare Subject-verb agreement 4. Use the correct subject or verb Coordinating conjunctions 5. Use coordinating conjunctions
Grammar
Plurals and possessives 1. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Comparative adjectives and adverbs 2. Use adjectives to compare 3. Use adverbs to compare Subject-verb agreement 4. Use the correct subject or verb Coordinating conjunctions 5. Use coordinating conjunctions

Sentence Formation		1. Create compound sentences 2. Create varied sentences based on models
Sentence Formation
1. Create compound sentences 2. Create varied sentences based on models

Capitalization		1. Capitalization: review
Capitalization
1. Capitalization: review

Punctuation		1. Commas: review
Punctuation
1. Commas: review

Spelling		1. Spell multisyllabic words 2. Spell the sight word: harder 3. Word pattern analogies
Spelling
1. Spell multisyllabic words 2. Spell the sight word: harder 3. Word pattern analogies

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