IXL skill plan | RICAS ELA 3rd grade plan for the Rhode Island Assessments

Skill plan for the Rhode Island Assessments - RICAS ELA 3rd grade

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Reading
Literature
Key Ideas and Details		Reading comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction: set 1 2. Read poetry Inference and analysis 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 4. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 5. Draw inferences from a text
Key Ideas and Details
Reading comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction: set 1 2. Read poetry Inference and analysis 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 4. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 5. Draw inferences from a text

Craft and Structure		1. Identify story elements 2. Distinguish points of view
Craft and Structure
1. Identify story elements 2. Distinguish points of view

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas		1. Compare mythological illustrations
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
1. Compare mythological illustrations
Informational Text
Key Ideas and Details		Reading comprehension 1. Read about science and nature Main idea 2. Use key details to determine the main idea 3. Determine the main idea of a passage Author's purpose 4. Identify the author's purpose: passages Text relationships 5. Determine the order of events in informational texts 6. Compare and contrast in informational texts 7. Match causes and effects in informational texts 8. Match problems with their solutions
Key Ideas and Details
Reading comprehension 1. Read about science and nature Main idea 2. Use key details to determine the main idea 3. Determine the main idea of a passage Author's purpose 4. Identify the author's purpose: passages Text relationships 5. Determine the order of events in informational texts 6. Compare and contrast in informational texts 7. Match causes and effects in informational texts 8. Match problems with their solutions

Craft and Structure		1. Read about sports and hobbies 2. Use text features 3. Identify an author's statement of opinion
Craft and Structure
1. Read about sports and hobbies 2. Use text features 3. Identify an author's statement of opinion

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas		1. Compare information from two informational texts 2. Identify text structures
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
1. Compare information from two informational texts 2. Identify text structures

Language
Conventions of Standard English		1. Form and use the regular past tense 2. Change the sentence to future tense 3. Use adverbs to compare 4. Punctuating dialogue
Conventions of Standard English
1. Form and use the regular past tense 2. Change the sentence to future tense 3. Use adverbs to compare 4. Punctuating dialogue

Knowledge of Language		1. Positive and negative connotation
Knowledge of Language
1. Positive and negative connotation

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use		Figurative language 1. Determine the meanings of similes Roots and affixes 2. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Synonyms and antonyms 4. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Vocabulary in context 5. Which sentence matches the definition? 6. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 7. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Reference skills 8. Use dictionary definitions
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Figurative language 1. Determine the meanings of similes Roots and affixes 2. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Synonyms and antonyms 4. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Vocabulary in context 5. Which sentence matches the definition? 6. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 7. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Reference skills 8. Use dictionary definitions

Writing
Essay - Idea Development
Quality and Development of Central Idea		1. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs
Quality and Development of Central Idea
1. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs

Selection and Explanation of Evidence and/or Details		1. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence 2. Distinguish facts from opinions 3. Identify supporting details in informational texts 4. Identify and correct plagiarism
Selection and Explanation of Evidence and/or Details
1. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence 2. Distinguish facts from opinions 3. Identify supporting details in informational texts 4. Identify and correct plagiarism

Organization		1. Organize information by topic 2. Choose the best concluding sentence 3. Choose the best transition 4. Use coordinating conjunctions
Organization
1. Organize information by topic 2. Choose the best concluding sentence 3. Choose the best transition 4. Use coordinating conjunctions

Expression of Ideas		1. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 2. Use academic vocabulary in context
Expression of Ideas
1. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 2. Use academic vocabulary in context

Awareness of Purpose for Writing		1. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose
Awareness of Purpose for Writing
1. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose
Narrative - Idea Development
Quality and Development of Narrative Elements		1. Show character emotions and traits
Quality and Development of Narrative Elements
1. Show character emotions and traits

Selection and Explanation of Evidence and/or Details		1. Identify supporting details in literary texts
Selection and Explanation of Evidence and/or Details
1. Identify supporting details in literary texts

Organization		1. Put the sentences in order 2. Use time-order words
Organization
1. Put the sentences in order 2. Use time-order words

Expression of Ideas		1. Add descriptive details to sentences
Expression of Ideas
1. Add descriptive details to sentences

Awareness of Purpose for Writing		1. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs
Awareness of Purpose for Writing
1. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs
Standard English Conventions
Sentence Structure		1. Create varied sentences based on models
Sentence Structure
1. Create varied sentences based on models

Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics		Grammar 1. Use the correct subject or verb 2. Identify nouns – with abstract nouns Capitalization 3. Capitalization: review Punctuation 4. Commas: review Spelling 5. Spell adjectives that compare 6. Spell multisyllabic words
Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics
Grammar 1. Use the correct subject or verb 2. Identify nouns – with abstract nouns Capitalization 3. Capitalization: review Punctuation 4. Commas: review Spelling 5. Spell adjectives that compare 6. Spell multisyllabic words

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