IXL skill plan | ELA 3rd grade plan for the South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Assessments

Skill plan for the South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Assessments - ELA 3rd grade

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Reading
Reading Literary Text		Point of view 1. Distinguish points of view Figurative language 2. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors Character development 3. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 4. Compare and contrast characters Theme 5. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Literary text structures 6. Read poetry 7. Read drama Summary 8. Summarize a story
Reading Literary Text
Point of view 1. Distinguish points of view Figurative language 2. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors Character development 3. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 4. Compare and contrast characters Theme 5. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Literary text structures 6. Read poetry 7. Read drama Summary 8. Summarize a story

Reading Informational Text		Central idea and supporting details 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Use key details to determine the main idea Author's purpose and perspective 3. Identify the author's purpose: passages 4. Compare information from two informational texts Text structure and features 5. Match causes and effects in informational texts 6. Select and use text features Supporting evidence 7. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Reading Informational Text
Central idea and supporting details 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Use key details to determine the main idea Author's purpose and perspective 3. Identify the author's purpose: passages 4. Compare information from two informational texts Text structure and features 5. Match causes and effects in informational texts 6. Select and use text features Supporting evidence 7. Identify supporting details in informational texts

Reading (vocabulary) Across Genres		Multisyllabic words 1. Read multisyllabic words Word relationships 2. Choose the synonym 3. Choose the antonym Figurative language 4. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression Vocabulary in context 5. Which sentence matches the definition? 6. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 7. Use academic vocabulary in context Reference skills 8. Use dictionary definitions Prefixes and suffixes 9. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review
Reading (vocabulary) Across Genres
Multisyllabic words 1. Read multisyllabic words Word relationships 2. Choose the synonym 3. Choose the antonym Figurative language 4. Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression Vocabulary in context 5. Which sentence matches the definition? 6. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 7. Use academic vocabulary in context Reference skills 8. Use dictionary definitions Prefixes and suffixes 9. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review

Writing
Writing		Organization 1. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence 2. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 3. Choose the best concluding sentence Opinions, reasons, and examples 4. Identify an author's statement of opinion 5. Complete the opinion-reason-example table Precise language 6. Positive and negative connotation Grammar 7. Use coordinating conjunctions 8. Use subordinating conjunctions 9. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 10. To be: use the correct form 11. To have: use the correct form 12. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 13. Prepositions: review 14. Contractions with "not" Mechanics 15. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 16. Punctuating dialogue 17. Commas: review Edit and revise 18. Correct errors with signs
Writing
Organization 1. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence 2. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 3. Choose the best concluding sentence Opinions, reasons, and examples 4. Identify an author's statement of opinion 5. Complete the opinion-reason-example table Precise language 6. Positive and negative connotation Grammar 7. Use coordinating conjunctions 8. Use subordinating conjunctions 9. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 10. To be: use the correct form 11. To have: use the correct form 12. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 13. Prepositions: review 14. Contractions with "not" Mechanics 15. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 16. Punctuating dialogue 17. Commas: review Edit and revise 18. Correct errors with signs

Research and Evaluating Ideas		1. Order items from most general to most specific 2. Organize information by topic
Research and Evaluating Ideas
1. Order items from most general to most specific 2. Organize information by topic

Text-Dependent Writing
To Convey an Experience
Structure		1. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 2. Put the sentences in order 3. Use time-order words 4. Use linking words to complete a passage
Structure
1. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 2. Put the sentences in order 3. Use time-order words 4. Use linking words to complete a passage

Development		1. Identify story elements 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Sort sensory details 4. Add descriptive details to sentences 5. Show character emotions and traits
Development
1. Identify story elements 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Sort sensory details 4. Add descriptive details to sentences 5. Show character emotions and traits

Language		1. Combine sentences by adding key details 2. Create varied sentences based on models 3. Word pattern sentences 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb
Language
1. Combine sentences by adding key details 2. Create varied sentences based on models 3. Word pattern sentences 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb

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