Next Generation Learning Standards: Grade 3
Skills available for New York third-grade language arts standards
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3R
Literary and Informational Text
Key Ideas and Details
3R1 Develop and answer questions to locate relevant and specific details in a text to support an answer or inference.
Inferences
Story elements
Author's purpose
Text relationships
Compare texts
Informational texts: level 1
Informational texts: level 2
Literary texts: level 1
Literary texts: level 2
3R1 Develop and answer questions to locate relevant and specific details in a text to support an answer or inference.
Inferences
Story elements
Author's purpose
Text relationships
Compare texts
Informational texts: level 1
Informational texts: level 2
Literary texts: level 1
Literary texts: level 2
3R2 Determine a theme or central idea and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize portions of a text.
Summary
Story elements
Central idea
Theme
Supporting details
3R2 Determine a theme or central idea and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize portions of a text.
Summary
Story elements
Central idea
Theme
Supporting details
3R3 In literary texts, describe character traits, motivations, or feelings, drawing on specific details from the text. In informational texts, describe the relationship among a series of events, ideas, concepts, or steps in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
Character analysis
Text relationships
Informational texts
Literary texts
3R3 In literary texts, describe character traits, motivations, or feelings, drawing on specific details from the text. In informational texts, describe the relationship among a series of events, ideas, concepts, or steps in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
Character analysis
Text relationships
Informational texts
Literary texts
Craft and Structure
3R4 Determine the meaning of words, phrases, figurative language, and academic and content-specific words.
Vocabulary in context
Multiple-meaning words
Figurative language
Informational texts: level 1
Informational texts: level 2
3R4 Determine the meaning of words, phrases, figurative language, and academic and content-specific words.
Vocabulary in context
Multiple-meaning words
Figurative language
Informational texts: level 1
Informational texts: level 2
3R5 In literary texts, identify parts of stories, dramas, and poems using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza. In informational texts, identify and use text features to build comprehension.
3R5 In literary texts, identify parts of stories, dramas, and poems using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza. In informational texts, identify and use text features to build comprehension.
3R6 Discuss how the reader's point of view or perspective may differ from that of the author, narrator or characters in a text.
3R6 Discuss how the reader's point of view or perspective may differ from that of the author, narrator or characters in a text.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
3R7 Explain how specific illustrations or text features contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a text (e.g., create mood, emphasize character or setting, or determine where, when, why, and how key events occur).
3R7 Explain how specific illustrations or text features contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a text (e.g., create mood, emphasize character or setting, or determine where, when, why, and how key events occur).
3R8 Explain how claims in a text are supported by relevant reasons and evidence.
3R8 Explain how claims in a text are supported by relevant reasons and evidence.
3R9 Recognize genres and make connections to other texts, ideas, cultural perspectives, eras, personal events, and situations.
3R9 Recognize genres and make connections to other texts, ideas, cultural perspectives, eras, personal events, and situations.
3RF
Foundational Skills
Phonics and Word Recognition
3RF3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Short and long vowels
Decodable texts
3RF3 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Short and long vowels
Decodable texts
3RF3a: Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and suffixes.
Prefixes
Suffixes
Prefixes and suffixes
3RF3a: Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and suffixes.
Prefixes
Suffixes
Prefixes and suffixes
3RF3b: Decode multi-syllabic words.
Multisyllabic words
Spelling
Decodable texts
Prefixes and suffixes
3RF3b: Decode multi-syllabic words.
Multisyllabic words
Spelling
Decodable texts
Prefixes and suffixes
3RF3c: Identify, know the meanings of, and decode words with suffixes.
Base words, prefixes, and suffixes
Suffixes
3RF3c: Identify, know the meanings of, and decode words with suffixes.
Base words, prefixes, and suffixes
Suffixes
3RF3d: Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
3RF3d: Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
Fluency
3RF4 Read grade-level text with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
3RF4 Read grade-level text with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
3RF4a: Read grade-level text across genres orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
3RF4a: Read grade-level text across genres orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
3RF4b: Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Vocabulary in context
Multiple-meaning words
Idioms
3RF4b: Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
Vocabulary in context
Multiple-meaning words
Idioms
3W
Writing
Text Types and Purposes
3W1 Write an argument to support claim(s), using clear reasons and relevant evidence.
3W1 Write an argument to support claim(s), using clear reasons and relevant evidence.
3W1a: Introduce a claim, supported by details, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
Organization
Opinions, reasons, and examples
3W1a: Introduce a claim, supported by details, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
Organization
Opinions, reasons, and examples
3W1b: Use precise language and content-specific vocabulary.
3W1b: Use precise language and content-specific vocabulary.
3W1c: Use linking words and phrases to connect ideas within categories of information.
3W1c: Use linking words and phrases to connect ideas within categories of information.
3W1d: Provide a concluding statement or section.
3W1d: Provide a concluding statement or section.
3W2 Write informative/explanatory texts to explore a topic and convey ideas and information relevant to the subject.
3W2 Write informative/explanatory texts to explore a topic and convey ideas and information relevant to the subject.
3W2a: Introduce a topic and organize related information together.
3W2a: Introduce a topic and organize related information together.
3W2b: Develop a topic with facts, definitions, and details; include illustrations when useful for aiding comprehension.
3W2b: Develop a topic with facts, definitions, and details; include illustrations when useful for aiding comprehension.
3W2c: Use precise language and content-specific vocabulary.
3W2c: Use precise language and content-specific vocabulary.
3W2d: Use linking words and phrases to connect ideas within categories of information.
Conjunctions
Transitions
3W2d: Use linking words and phrases to connect ideas within categories of information.
Conjunctions
Transitions
3W2e: Provide a concluding statement or section.
3W2e: Provide a concluding statement or section.
3W3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
3W3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
3W3a: Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters.
3W3a: Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters.
3W3b: Use descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
3W3b: Use descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
3W3c: Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
3W3c: Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
3W3d: Provide a conclusion.
3W3d: Provide a conclusion.
3W4 Create a response to a text, author, theme or personal experience (e.g., poem, play, story, art work, or other).
3W4 Create a response to a text, author, theme or personal experience (e.g., poem, play, story, art work, or other).
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
3W6 Conduct research to answer questions, including self-generated questions, and to build knowledge.
3W6 Conduct research to answer questions, including self-generated questions, and to build knowledge.
3W7 Recall relevant information from experiences or gather information from multiple sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
3W7 Recall relevant information from experiences or gather information from multiple sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
3L
Language
Conventions of Academic English/Language for Learning
3L1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
3L1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
3L1a: Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
Complete sentences
Compound sentences
3L1a: Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
Complete sentences
Compound sentences
3L1b: Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general as well as in particular sentences.
Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
3L1b: Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general as well as in particular sentences.
Nouns
Pronouns
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
3L1c: Use relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (where, when, why).
3L1c: Use relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (where, when, why).
3L1d: Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general as well as in particular sentences.
Prepositions
Conjunctions
3L1d: Explain the function of conjunctions, prepositions, and interjections in general as well as in particular sentences.
Prepositions
Conjunctions
3L1e: Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
3L1e: Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
3L1f: Use abstract nouns.
3L1f: Use abstract nouns.
3L1g: Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
Regular past tense
Irregular past tense
Action verbs
To be and to have
3L1g: Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
Regular past tense
Irregular past tense
Action verbs
To be and to have
3L1h: Form and use the simple verb tenses (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk).
3L1h: Form and use the simple verb tenses (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk).
3L1i: Form and use the progressive verb tenses (e.g., I was walking; I am walking; I will be walking).
3L1i: Form and use the progressive verb tenses (e.g., I was walking; I am walking; I will be walking).
3L1j: Form and use the perfect verb tenses (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked).
3L1j: Form and use the perfect verb tenses (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked).
3L1k: Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
Verbs
Regular past tense
Irregular past tense
Future tense
To be and to have
Past, present, and future tense
3L1k: Use verb tense to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
Verbs
Regular past tense
Irregular past tense
Future tense
To be and to have
Past, present, and future tense
3L1l: Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.
3L1l: Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.
3L1m: Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
3L1m: Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
3L1n: Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
3L1n: Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
3L1o: Use and identify prepositional phrases.
3L1o: Use and identify prepositional phrases.
3L1p: Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons.
Sentences, fragments, and run-ons
Sentence structure
Subjects and predicates
3L1p: Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons.
Sentences, fragments, and run-ons
Sentence structure
Subjects and predicates
3L1q: Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their).
3L1q: Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their).
3L2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
3L2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
3L2a: Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
3L2a: Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
3L2b: Use correct capitalization.
3L2b: Use correct capitalization.
3L2c: Use commas in addresses.
3L2c: Use commas in addresses.
3L2d: Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue. → Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
3L2d: Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue. → Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
3L2e: Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
3L2e: Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
3L2f: Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
3L2f: Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
3L2g: Use punctuation to separate items in a series.
3L2g: Use punctuation to separate items in a series.
3L2h: Form and use possessives.
3L2h: Form and use possessives.
3L2i: Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words, and to add suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
Sight words
Spelling
Word patterns
Homophones
Compound words
Regular plurals
Irregular plurals
Regular past tense
Irregular past tense
Contractions
Comparative adjectives
3L2i: Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words, and to add suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
Sight words
Spelling
Word patterns
Homophones
Compound words
Regular plurals
Irregular plurals
Regular past tense
Irregular past tense
Contractions
Comparative adjectives
3L2j: Use spelling patterns, rules, and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words. → Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
Long vowels
Digraphs
Consonant patterns ng and nk
Multisyllabic words
R-controlled vowels
Diphthongs
Variant vowels
Word patterns
Regular plurals
Regular past tense
Contractions
Comparative adjectives
3L2j: Use spelling patterns, rules, and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words. → Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
Long vowels
Digraphs
Consonant patterns ng and nk
Multisyllabic words
R-controlled vowels
Diphthongs
Variant vowels
Word patterns
Regular plurals
Regular past tense
Contractions
Comparative adjectives
3L2k: Use quotation marks or italics to indicate titles of works.
3L2k: Use quotation marks or italics to indicate titles of works.
Knowledge of Language
3L3 Recognize differences between the conventions of spoken conversational English and academic English; signal this awareness by selecting conversational or academic forms when speaking or writing.
3L3 Recognize differences between the conventions of spoken conversational English and academic English; signal this awareness by selecting conversational or academic forms when speaking or writing.
3L3a: Choose words and phrases for effect.
Synonyms and antonyms
Shades of meaning
Descriptive details
3L3a: Choose words and phrases for effect.
Synonyms and antonyms
Shades of meaning
Descriptive details
3L3b: Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written academic English.
3L3b: Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written academic English.
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
3L4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies, including, but not limited to the following.
3L4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies, including, but not limited to the following.
3L4a: Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Vocabulary in context
Multiple-meaning words
Figurative language
3L4a: Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Vocabulary in context
Multiple-meaning words
Figurative language
3L4b: Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/ uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
Prefixes
Suffixes
Prefixes and suffixes
3L4b: Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/ uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
Prefixes
Suffixes
Prefixes and suffixes
3L4c: Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).
3L4c: Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).
3L4d: Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
Reference skills
Dictionary skills
3L4d: Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
Reference skills
Dictionary skills
3L5 Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
3L5 Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
3L5a: Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
3L5a: Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
3L5b: Use words for identification and description, making connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
Character descriptions
Verbs
Adjectives and adverbs
3L5b: Use words for identification and description, making connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
Character descriptions
Verbs
Adjectives and adverbs
3L5c: Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).
3L5c: Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).
3L6 Acquire and accurately use conversational, general academic, and content-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went out for dessert).
Vocabulary in context
Academic vocabulary
Descriptive details
Shades of meaning
Time-order words
Conjunctions
Prepositions
3L6 Acquire and accurately use conversational, general academic, and content-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went out for dessert).
Vocabulary in context
Academic vocabulary
Descriptive details
Shades of meaning
Time-order words
Conjunctions
Prepositions