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        IXL Weekly Plan - Third grade
        Boost learning with IXL's day-by-day skill plan, which provides comprehensive coverage of third grade Reading strategies, Writing strategies, Vocabulary, and Grammar and mechanics topics!
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        1
        Week 1
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify story elements
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify story elements
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Put the sentences in order
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Put the sentences in order
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Form compound words with pictures
        • 2
          Form compound words
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Form compound words with pictures
        • 2
          Form compound words
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify the complete subject of a sentence
        • 2
          Identify the complete predicate of a sentence
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify the complete subject of a sentence
        • 2
          Identify the complete predicate of a sentence
        2
        Week 2
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify time-order words
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify time-order words
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Form and use compound words
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Form and use compound words
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence
        • 2
          Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence
        • 2
          Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?
        3
        Week 3
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Which book title goes with the picture?
        • 2
          Use actions and dialogue to understand characters
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Which book title goes with the picture?
        • 2
          Use actions and dialogue to understand characters
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use time-order words
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use time-order words
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Which word is a noun?
        • 2
          Identify nouns
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Which word is a noun?
        • 2
          Identify nouns
        4
        Week 4
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Make predictions about a story
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Make predictions about a story
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use coordinating conjunctions
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use coordinating conjunctions
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis-
        • 2
          Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis-
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis-
        • 2
          Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis-
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify nouns – with abstract nouns
        • 2
          Identify common and proper nouns
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify nouns – with abstract nouns
        • 2
          Identify common and proper nouns
        5
        Week 5
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Draw inferences from a text
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Draw inferences from a text
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use subordinating conjunctions
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use subordinating conjunctions
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less
        • 2
          Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less
        • 2
          Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies
        • 2
          Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies
        • 2
          Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies
        6
        Week 6
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Distinguish characters' points of view
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Distinguish characters' points of view
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Is the noun singular or plural?
        • 2
          Form and use irregular plurals
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Is the noun singular or plural?
        • 2
          Form and use irregular plurals
        7
        Week 7
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read realistic fiction with illustrations
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read realistic fiction with illustrations
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Add descriptive details to sentences
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Add descriptive details to sentences
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives
        • 2
          Form the singular or plural possessive
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives
        • 2
          Form the singular or plural possessive
        8
        Week 8
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare mythological illustrations
        • 2
          Read fantasy with illustrations
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare mythological illustrations
        • 2
          Read fantasy with illustrations
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Show character emotions and traits
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Show character emotions and traits
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify personal pronouns
        • 2
          Choose between subject and object personal pronouns
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify personal pronouns
        • 2
          Choose between subject and object personal pronouns
        9
        Week 9
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read historical fiction with illustrations
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read historical fiction with illustrations
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning
        • 2
          Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning
        • 2
          Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Replace the noun with a personal pronoun
        • 2
          Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Replace the noun with a personal pronoun
        • 2
          Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"
        10
        Week 10
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read science fiction with illustrations
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read science fiction with illustrations
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Revise the sentence using a stronger verb
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Revise the sentence using a stronger verb
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Word pattern analogies
        • 2
          Word pattern sentences
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Word pattern analogies
        • 2
          Word pattern sentences
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify possessive pronouns
        • 2
          Use possessive pronouns
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify possessive pronouns
        • 2
          Use possessive pronouns
        11
        Week 11
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Use key details to determine the main idea
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Use key details to determine the main idea
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use linking words to complete a passage
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Use linking words to complete a passage
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
        • 2
          Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
        • 2
          Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
        • 2
          Use reflexive pronouns
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
        • 2
          Use reflexive pronouns
        12
        Week 12
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Use text features
        • 2
          Determine the main idea of a passage
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Use text features
        • 2
          Determine the main idea of a passage
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify action verbs
        • 2
          Identify main verbs and helping verbs
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify action verbs
        • 2
          Identify main verbs and helping verbs
        13
        Week 13
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Determine the order of events in informational texts
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Determine the order of events in informational texts
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Order items from most general to most specific
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Order items from most general to most specific
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Select the members of a group
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Select the members of a group
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Use the correct subject or verb
        • 2
          Pronoun-verb agreement
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Use the correct subject or verb
        • 2
          Pronoun-verb agreement
        14
        Week 14
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare and contrast in informational texts
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare and contrast in informational texts
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Organize information by main idea
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Organize information by main idea
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Select the words that don't belong
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Select the words that don't belong
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Which sentence is in the regular past tense?
        • 2
          Form and use the regular past tense
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Which sentence is in the regular past tense?
        • 2
          Form and use the regular past tense
        15
        Week 15
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Match causes with effects
        • 2
          Match causes and effects in informational texts
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Match causes with effects
        • 2
          Match causes and effects in informational texts
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Choose the synonym
        • 2
          Which sentence has the same meaning?
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Choose the synonym
        • 2
          Which sentence has the same meaning?
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify the irregular past tense I
        • 2
          Identify the irregular past tense II
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify the irregular past tense I
        • 2
          Identify the irregular past tense II
        16
        Week 16
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Match problems with their solutions
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Match problems with their solutions
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Find synonyms in context
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Find synonyms in context
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1
        • 2
          Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1
        • 2
          Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2
        17
        Week 17
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify text structures
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify text structures
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Choose the antonym
        • 2
          Which sentence uses an antonym?
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Choose the antonym
        • 2
          Which sentence uses an antonym?
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          To be: use the correct form
        • 2
          To have: use the correct form
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          To be: use the correct form
        • 2
          To have: use the correct form
        18
        Week 18
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about animals
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about animals
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Find antonyms in context
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Find antonyms in context
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense?
        • 2
          Change the sentence to future tense
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Is the sentence in the past, present, or future tense?
        • 2
          Change the sentence to future tense
        19
        Week 19
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about food
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about food
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Choose the best transition
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Choose the best transition
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Homophones with pictures
        • 2
          Identify homophones
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Homophones with pictures
        • 2
          Identify homophones
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many?
        • 2
          Identify adjectives
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many?
        • 2
          Identify adjectives
        20
        Week 20
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify the author's purpose: mixed media
        • 2
          Read about sports and hobbies
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify the author's purpose: mixed media
        • 2
          Read about sports and hobbies
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use the correct homophone
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use the correct homophone
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where?
        • 2
          Identify adverbs
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Does the adverb tell you how, when, or where?
        • 2
          Identify adverbs
        21
        Week 21
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify the author's purpose: passages
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Identify the author's purpose: passages
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Distinguish facts from opinions
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Distinguish facts from opinions
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Multiple-meaning words with pictures
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Multiple-meaning words with pictures
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Choose between adjectives and adverbs
        • 2
          Is the word an adjective or adverb?
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Choose between adjectives and adverbs
        • 2
          Is the word an adjective or adverb?
        22
        Week 22
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about art, music, and traditions
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about art, music, and traditions
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify an author's statement of opinion
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Identify an author's statement of opinion
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Which definition matches the sentence?
        • 2
          Which sentence matches the definition?
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Which definition matches the sentence?
        • 2
          Which sentence matches the definition?
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Use adjectives to compare
        • 2
          Use adverbs to compare
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Use adjectives to compare
        • 2
          Use adverbs to compare
        23
        Week 23
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Sort sensory details
        • 2
          Identify sensory details
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Sort sensory details
        • 2
          Identify sensory details
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Shades of meaning with pictures
        • 2
          Describe the difference between related words
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Shades of meaning with pictures
        • 2
          Describe the difference between related words
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify prepositions
        • 2
          Identify prepositions and their objects
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify prepositions
        • 2
          Identify prepositions and their objects
        24
        Week 24
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Similes with pictures
        • 2
          Determine the meanings of similes
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Similes with pictures
        • 2
          Determine the meanings of similes
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Choose reasons to support an opinion
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Choose reasons to support an opinion
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Positive and negative connotation
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Positive and negative connotation
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify prepositional phrases
        • 2
          Prepositions: review
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify prepositional phrases
        • 2
          Prepositions: review
        25
        Week 25
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Label the rhyme scheme
        • 2
          Read poetry
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Label the rhyme scheme
        • 2
          Read poetry
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify coordinating conjunctions
        • 2
          Identify subordinating conjunctions
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Identify coordinating conjunctions
        • 2
          Identify subordinating conjunctions
        26
        Week 26
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about famous people
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about famous people
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Complete the opinion passage with an example
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Complete the opinion passage with an example
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Pronoun-verb contractions
        • 2
          Contractions with "not"
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Pronoun-verb contractions
        • 2
          Contractions with "not"
        27
        Week 27
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about famous places
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about famous places
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Complete the opinion passage with a reason
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Complete the opinion passage with a reason
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use context to identify the meaning of a word
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use context to identify the meaning of a word
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Commas with a series
        • 2
          Commas with the names of places
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Commas with a series
        • 2
          Commas with the names of places
        28
        Week 28
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare information from two informational texts
        • 2
          Read about business and technology
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Compare information from two informational texts
        • 2
          Read about business and technology
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Complete the opinion-reason-example table
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Complete the opinion-reason-example table
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use academic vocabulary in context
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use academic vocabulary in context
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Commas with direct addresses and after introductory words
        • 2
          Commas: review
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Commas with direct addresses and after introductory words
        • 2
          Commas: review
        29
        Week 29
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about science and nature
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read about science and nature
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Correct errors with signs
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Correct errors with signs
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Order alphabetically based on the first letter
        • 2
          Order alphabetically: challenge
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Order alphabetically based on the first letter
        • 2
          Order alphabetically: challenge
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect
        • 2
          Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect
        • 2
          Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features
        30
        Week 30
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read realistic fiction: set 1
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read realistic fiction: set 1
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Combine sentences: subjects and predicates
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Combine sentences: subjects and predicates
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use guide words
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use guide words
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Abbreviate months of the year
        • 2
          Abbreviate people's titles
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Abbreviate months of the year
        • 2
          Abbreviate people's titles
        31
        Week 31
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read realistic fiction: set 2
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read realistic fiction: set 2
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Combine sentences by adding key details
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Combine sentences by adding key details
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use dictionary entries
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use dictionary entries
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Abbreviate street names
        • 2
          Formatting street addresses
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Abbreviate street names
        • 2
          Formatting street addresses
        32
        Week 32
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read historical fiction
        Reading strategies
        • 1
          Read historical fiction
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Create varied sentences based on models
        Writing strategies
        • 1
          Create varied sentences based on models
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use dictionary definitions
        Vocabulary
        • 1
          Use dictionary definitions
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Capitalizing titles
        • 2
          Punctuating dialogue
        Grammar and mechanics
        • 1
          Capitalizing titles
        • 2
          Punctuating dialogue
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