IXL skill plan | 3rd grade plan for the Georgia Milestones

Skill plan for the Georgia Milestones - 3rd grade

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Context
Interpreting Texts		1. Identify the author's purpose: mixed media 2. Distinguish points of view
Interpreting Texts
1. Identify the author's purpose: mixed media 2. Distinguish points of view

Constructing Texts		1. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose
Constructing Texts
1. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose
Structure & Style
Interpreting Texts		Text features and text structures 1. Identify and analyze text structures 2. Use text features Figurative language 3. Identify similes and metaphors 4. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression
Interpreting Texts
Text features and text structures 1. Identify and analyze text structures 2. Use text features Figurative language 3. Identify similes and metaphors 4. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression

Constructing Texts		1. Organize information by topic 2. Use subordinating conjunctions
Constructing Texts
1. Organize information by topic 2. Use subordinating conjunctions
Techniques
Interpreting Texts		Narrative techniques 1. Read realistic fiction: set 1 2. Identify story elements 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 4. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 5. Compare and contrast characters Expository techniques 6. Read about science and nature 7. Compare information from two informational texts 8. Determine the main idea of a passage 9. Determine the order of events in informational texts 10. Compare and contrast in informational texts 11. Match causes and effects in informational texts 12. Match problems with their solutions Opinion techniques 13. Identify an author's statement of opinion Poetic techniques 14. Read poetry
Interpreting Texts
Narrative techniques 1. Read realistic fiction: set 1 2. Identify story elements 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 4. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 5. Compare and contrast characters Expository techniques 6. Read about science and nature 7. Compare information from two informational texts 8. Determine the main idea of a passage 9. Determine the order of events in informational texts 10. Compare and contrast in informational texts 11. Match causes and effects in informational texts 12. Match problems with their solutions Opinion techniques 13. Identify an author's statement of opinion Poetic techniques 14. Read poetry

Constructing Texts		Narrative techniques 1. Put the sentences in order 2. Add descriptive details to sentences 3. Show character emotions and traits Expository techniques 4. Distinguish facts from opinions Opinion techniques 5. Choose reasons to support an opinion 6. Use linking words to complete a passage Poetic techniques 7. Label the rhyme scheme
Constructing Texts
Narrative techniques 1. Put the sentences in order 2. Add descriptive details to sentences 3. Show character emotions and traits Expository techniques 4. Distinguish facts from opinions Opinion techniques 5. Choose reasons to support an opinion 6. Use linking words to complete a passage Poetic techniques 7. Label the rhyme scheme
Research & Analysis
Interpreting Texts		1. Identify and correct plagiarism
Interpreting Texts
1. Identify and correct plagiarism

Constructing Texts
Constructing Texts

Language
Grammar Conventions
Interpreting Texts		1. Is the sentence simple or compound?
Interpreting Texts
1. Is the sentence simple or compound?

Constructing Texts		Sentences 1. Create compound sentences Grammar 2. Form and use irregular plurals 3. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 4. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 5. Use coordinating conjunctions 6. Prepositions: review 7. Contractions with "not" Mechanics 8. Commas: review
Constructing Texts
Sentences 1. Create compound sentences Grammar 2. Form and use irregular plurals 3. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 4. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 5. Use coordinating conjunctions 6. Prepositions: review 7. Contractions with "not" Mechanics 8. Commas: review
Vocabulary
Interpreting Texts		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 Synonyms and antonyms 3. Find synonyms in context 4. Find antonyms in context Homographs 5. Which sentence matches the definition? Shades of meaning 6. Describe the difference between related words Vocabulary in context 7. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Reference skills 8. Use dictionary definitions
Interpreting Texts
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 Synonyms and antonyms 3. Find synonyms in context 4. Find antonyms in context Homographs 5. Which sentence matches the definition? Shades of meaning 6. Describe the difference between related words Vocabulary in context 7. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Reference skills 8. Use dictionary definitions

Constructing Texts		1. Word pattern sentences 2. Use academic vocabulary in context
Constructing Texts
1. Word pattern sentences 2. Use academic vocabulary in context

Writing Task
Purpose and Organization		1. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 2. Choose the best concluding sentence 3. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 4. Choose the best transition
Purpose and Organization
1. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 2. Choose the best concluding sentence 3. Complete the opinion-reason-example table 4. Choose the best transition

Evidence and Elaboration		1. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Evidence and Elaboration
1. Identify supporting details in informational texts

Language Usage and Conventions		Sentences 1. Create varied sentences based on models 2. Use the correct subject or verb Mechanics 3. Use the correct homophone 4. Capitalization: review
Language Usage and Conventions
Sentences 1. Create varied sentences based on models 2. Use the correct subject or verb Mechanics 3. Use the correct homophone 4. Capitalization: review

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