IXL skill plan | MCAP English Language Arts and Literacy 3rd grade plan for the Maryland Assessments

Skill plan for the Maryland Assessments - MCAP English Language Arts and Literacy 3rd grade

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Reading Informational
Key Ideas and Details		Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous people Main idea and details 2. Use key details to determine the main idea 3. Determine the main idea of a passage Text relationships 4. Determine the order of events in informational texts 5. Match causes and effects in informational texts
Key Ideas and Details
Reading comprehension 1. Read about famous people Main idea and details 2. Use key details to determine the main idea 3. Determine the main idea of a passage Text relationships 4. Determine the order of events in informational texts 5. Match causes and effects in informational texts

Craft and Structure		1. Use text features
Craft and Structure
1. Use text features

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas		Text structure 1. Identify text structures Compare and contrast 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts 3. Compare information from two informational texts
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Text structure 1. Identify text structures Compare and contrast 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts 3. Compare information from two informational texts
Reading Literature
Key Ideas and Details		Reading comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction: set 1 Story elements 2. Identify story elements 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Character analysis 4. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters
Key Ideas and Details
Reading comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction: set 1 Story elements 2. Identify story elements 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Character analysis 4. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters

Craft and Structure		1. Read poetry 2. Read drama
Craft and Structure
1. Read poetry 2. Read drama

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas		1. Compare mythological illustrations
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
1. Compare mythological illustrations
Vocabulary
Craft and Structure		1. Read about famous places 2. Read historical fiction
Craft and Structure
1. Read about famous places 2. Read historical fiction

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use		Vocabulary in context 1. Find synonyms in context 2. Find antonyms in context 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 4. Use academic vocabulary in context Multiple-meaning words 5. Which definition matches the sentence? Shades of meaning 6. Describe the difference between related words Figurative language 7. Determine the meanings of similes 8. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression Roots and affixes 9. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 10. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Vocabulary in context 1. Find synonyms in context 2. Find antonyms in context 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 4. Use academic vocabulary in context Multiple-meaning words 5. Which definition matches the sentence? Shades of meaning 6. Describe the difference between related words Figurative language 7. Determine the meanings of similes 8. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression Roots and affixes 9. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 10. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Reading Foundational
Phonics and Word Recognition		1. Read multisyllabic words 2. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes
Phonics and Word Recognition
1. Read multisyllabic words 2. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes

Writing
Written Expression
Informative/Explanatory		Introductions and conclusions 1. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 2. Choose the best concluding sentence Organization 3. Organize information by topic Development and support 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts 5. Identify supporting details in literary texts Language 6. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 7. Choose the best transition
Informative/Explanatory
Introductions and conclusions 1. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 2. Choose the best concluding sentence Organization 3. Organize information by topic Development and support 4. Identify supporting details in informational texts 5. Identify supporting details in literary texts Language 6. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 7. Choose the best transition

Narrative		Sequence 1. Put the sentences in order Language 2. Add descriptive details to sentences 3. Show character emotions and traits
Narrative
Sequence 1. Put the sentences in order Language 2. Add descriptive details to sentences 3. Show character emotions and traits

Opinion		Opinion statements 1. Identify an author's statement of opinion Development and support 2. Choose reasons to support an opinion 3. Complete the opinion passage with an example Language 4. Use linking words to complete a passage 5. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb
Opinion
Opinion statements 1. Identify an author's statement of opinion Development and support 2. Choose reasons to support an opinion 3. Complete the opinion passage with an example Language 4. Use linking words to complete a passage 5. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb
Written Conventions
Sentence variety		1. Create varied sentences based on models 2. Create compound sentences
Sentence variety
1. Create varied sentences based on models 2. Create compound sentences

Grammar and usage		Regular and irregular plural nouns 1. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 2. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 3. Form and use irregular plurals Verbs 4. Use action verbs 5. Form and use the regular past tense 6. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 Subject-verb agreement 7. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun 8. Use the correct subject or verb Conjunctions 9. Use coordinating conjunctions 10. Use subordinating conjunctions
Grammar and usage
Regular and irregular plural nouns 1. Form regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 2. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 3. Form and use irregular plurals Verbs 4. Use action verbs 5. Form and use the regular past tense 6. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 Subject-verb agreement 7. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun 8. Use the correct subject or verb Conjunctions 9. Use coordinating conjunctions 10. Use subordinating conjunctions

Spelling		1. Word pattern analogies 2. Spell multisyllabic words 3. Use the correct homophone
Spelling
1. Word pattern analogies 2. Spell multisyllabic words 3. Use the correct homophone

Punctuation		1. Punctuating dialogue
Punctuation
1. Punctuating dialogue

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

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