IXL skill plan | Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments

Skill plan for the CAASPP - Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments - 3rd grade

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Claim 1 Reading
Literary Texts
Target 1: Key Details		Inference 1. Make predictions about a story 2. Draw inferences from a text Story elements 3. Identify story elements Literary texts 4. Read historical fiction
Target 1: Key Details
Inference 1. Make predictions about a story 2. Draw inferences from a text Story elements 3. Identify story elements Literary texts 4. Read historical fiction

Target 2: Central Ideas		Theme 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Summary 2. Summarize a story
Target 2: Central Ideas
Theme 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Summary 2. Summarize a story

Target 3: Word Meanings		Vocabulary in context 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Multiple-meaning words 2. Which definition matches the sentence? Prefixes and suffixes 3. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review Greek and Latin roots 4. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Reference skills 5. Use dictionary entries
Target 3: Word Meanings
Vocabulary in context 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Multiple-meaning words 2. Which definition matches the sentence? Prefixes and suffixes 3. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review Greek and Latin roots 4. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Reference skills 5. Use dictionary entries

Target 4: Reasoning & Evidence Target 5: Analysis Within or Across Texts		1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 2. Distinguish points of view
Target 4: Reasoning & Evidence Target 5: Analysis Within or Across Texts
1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 2. Distinguish points of view

Target 6: Text Structures & Features		Literary text structures 1. Read realistic fiction: set 1 2. Read poetry 3. Read drama Illustrations 4. Read science fiction with illustrations 5. Compare mythological illustrations
Target 6: Text Structures & Features
Literary text structures 1. Read realistic fiction: set 1 2. Read poetry 3. Read drama Illustrations 4. Read science fiction with illustrations 5. Compare mythological illustrations

Target 7: Language Use		Vocabulary in context 1. Read fantasy with illustrations Figurative language 2. Similes with pictures 3. Determine the meanings of similes
Target 7: Language Use
Vocabulary in context 1. Read fantasy with illustrations Figurative language 2. Similes with pictures 3. Determine the meanings of similes
Informational Texts
Target 8: Key Details		1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Read about science and nature
Target 8: Key Details
1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Read about science and nature

Target 9: Central Ideas		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Target 9: Central Ideas
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

Target 10: Word Meanings Target 14: Language Use		Domain-specific vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Shades of meaning 2. Shades of meaning with pictures Vocabulary in context 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 4. Read about animals
Target 10: Word Meanings Target 14: Language Use
Domain-specific vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Shades of meaning 2. Shades of meaning with pictures Vocabulary in context 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 4. Read about animals

Target 11: Reasoning & Evidence		1. Compare information from two informational texts
Target 11: Reasoning & Evidence
1. Compare information from two informational texts

Target 12: Analysis Within or Across Texts		1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Match problems with their solutions 4. Identify text structures
Target 12: Analysis Within or Across Texts
1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Match problems with their solutions 4. Identify text structures

Target 13: Text Structures & Features		1. Select and use text features
Target 13: Text Structures & Features
1. Select and use text features

Claim 2 Writing
Organization/Purpose
Targets 1a & 2: Narrative		Organize writing 1. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 2. Put the sentences in order Linking words 3. Use time-order words 4. Use linking words to complete a passage
Targets 1a & 2: Narrative
Organize writing 1. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 2. Put the sentences in order Linking words 3. Use time-order words 4. Use linking words to complete a passage

Targets 3a & 4: Informative/Explanatory		Organize writing 1. Organize information by topic 2. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 3. Choose the best concluding sentence Transitions 4. Choose the best transition
Targets 3a & 4: Informative/Explanatory
Organize writing 1. Organize information by topic 2. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 3. Choose the best concluding sentence Transitions 4. Choose the best transition

Targets 6a & 7: Opinion/Argument		Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion Reasons and examples 3. Complete the opinion-reason-example table
Targets 6a & 7: Opinion/Argument
Facts and opinions 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify an author's statement of opinion Reasons and examples 3. Complete the opinion-reason-example table

Across genres: Purpose		1. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose 2. Identify the author's purpose: passages
Across genres: Purpose
1. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose 2. Identify the author's purpose: passages
Evidence/Elaboration
Targets 1a & 2: Narrative		1. Show character emotions and traits
Targets 1a & 2: Narrative
1. Show character emotions and traits

Targets 3a & 4: Informative/Explanatory		Descriptive details 1. Add descriptive details to sentences Sentence variety 2. Create varied sentences based on models 3. Combine sentences by adding key details
Targets 3a & 4: Informative/Explanatory
Descriptive details 1. Add descriptive details to sentences Sentence variety 2. Create varied sentences based on models 3. Combine sentences by adding key details

Targets 6a & 7: Opinion/Argument		1. Choose reasons to support an opinion 2. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 3. Complete the opinion passage with an example
Targets 6a & 7: Opinion/Argument
1. Choose reasons to support an opinion 2. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 3. Complete the opinion passage with an example

Target 8: Language & Vocabulary Use		Shades of meaning 1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Positive and negative connotation Academic vocabulary 3. Use academic vocabulary in context
Target 8: Language & Vocabulary Use
Shades of meaning 1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Positive and negative connotation Academic vocabulary 3. Use academic vocabulary in context
Revision
Targets 1b, 3b, & 6b: Revision		1. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 2. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence
Targets 1b, 3b, & 6b: Revision
1. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 2. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence
Conventions
Target 9: Edit/Clarify		Complete sentences 1. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Capitalization 2. Capitalization: review Punctuation 3. Commas: review 4. Punctuating dialogue Spelling 5. Spell the sight word: harder
Target 9: Edit/Clarify
Complete sentences 1. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Capitalization 2. Capitalization: review Punctuation 3. Commas: review 4. Punctuating dialogue Spelling 5. Spell the sight word: harder

Claim 4 Research/Inquiry
Research
Target 2: Interpret and Integrate Information Target 3: Analyze Information/Sources		Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous people Understand events in a text 2. Determine the order of events in informational texts
Target 2: Interpret and Integrate Information Target 3: Analyze Information/Sources
Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous people Understand events in a text 2. Determine the order of events in informational texts

Target 4: Use Evidence		1. Identify and correct plagiarism
Target 4: Use Evidence
1. Identify and correct plagiarism

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