IXL skill plan | 3rd grade plan for the TerraNova 3® by Grade

Skill plan for the TerraNova 3^® by Grade - 3rd grade

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Content Objective

Basic understanding
Analyze text
Evaluate and extend meaning
Reading and writing strategies
Sentence Structure
Writing Strategies
Editing Skills

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Reading: Basic understanding
Initial Understanding		1. Which book title goes with the picture?
Initial Understanding
1. Which book title goes with the picture?

Stated Information
Stated Information


Sequence		1. Determine the order of events in informational texts
Sequence
1. Determine the order of events in informational texts

Reading: Analyze text
Main Idea/Theme		1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales
Main Idea/Theme
1. Use key details to determine the main idea 2. Determine the main idea of a passage 3. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales

Conclusions
Conclusions


Compare/Contrast		1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Compare information from two informational texts 3. Compare mythological illustrations
Compare/Contrast
1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Compare information from two informational texts 3. Compare mythological illustrations

Story Elements/Character		1. Distinguish points of view 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 3. Show character emotions and traits 4. Identify story elements
Story Elements/Character
1. Distinguish points of view 2. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 3. Show character emotions and traits 4. Identify story elements

Story Elements/Plot		Realistic fiction 1. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 2. Read realistic fiction: set 1 3. Read realistic fiction: set 2 Other fiction genres 4. Read fantasy with illustrations 5. Read historical fiction with illustrations 6. Read science fiction with illustrations Story elements 7. Identify story elements
Story Elements/Plot
Realistic fiction 1. Read realistic fiction with illustrations 2. Read realistic fiction: set 1 3. Read realistic fiction: set 2 Other fiction genres 4. Read fantasy with illustrations 5. Read historical fiction with illustrations 6. Read science fiction with illustrations Story elements 7. Identify story elements

Story Elements/Setting		1. Identify story elements
Story Elements/Setting
1. Identify story elements

Supporting Evidence
Supporting Evidence

Reading: Evaluate and extend meaning
Reality/Fantasy		1. Read fantasy with illustrations
Reality/Fantasy
1. Read fantasy with illustrations

Author/Purpose		1. Identify the author's purpose: mixed media 2. Identify the author's purpose: passages
Author/Purpose
1. Identify the author's purpose: mixed media 2. Identify the author's purpose: passages

Critical Assessment		1. Match causes with effects 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Match problems with their solutions 4. Identify and analyze text structures
Critical Assessment
1. Match causes with effects 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Match problems with their solutions 4. Identify and analyze text structures

Predict/Hypothesize		1. Make predictions about a story
Predict/Hypothesize
1. Make predictions about a story

Extend/Apply Meaning
Extend/Apply Meaning

Reading: Reading and writing strategies
Summarize		1. Identify story elements
Summarize
1. Identify story elements

Apply Genre Criteria
Apply Genre Criteria


Vocabulary Strategies		Context clues 1. Find synonyms in context 2. Find antonyms in context 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 5. Use academic vocabulary in context Prefixes 6. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- 7. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- 8. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review Suffixes 9. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less 10. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness 11. Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment 12. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review 13. Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech Prefixes and suffixes 14. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 15. Word pattern analogies 16. Word pattern sentences 17. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Greek and Latin roots 18. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 19. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 20. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary Strategies
Context clues 1. Find synonyms in context 2. Find antonyms in context 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 5. Use academic vocabulary in context Prefixes 6. Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis- 7. Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis- 8. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review Suffixes 9. Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less 10. Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness 11. Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment 12. Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review 13. Sort words with shared suffixes by part of speech Prefixes and suffixes 14. Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes 15. Word pattern analogies 16. Word pattern sentences 17. Sort words with shared prefixes and suffixes by meaning Greek and Latin roots 18. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 19. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 20. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Graphic Strategies		1. Use text features
Graphic Strategies
1. Use text features

Utilize Structure		1. Identify and analyze text structures
Utilize Structure
1. Identify and analyze text structures

Reading Strategies		Literary texts 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 2. Distinguish points of view 3. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 4. Draw inferences from a text 5. Make predictions about a story 6. Identify story elements Informational texts 7. Use key details to determine the main idea 8. Determine the main idea of a passage 9. Identify the author's purpose: mixed media 10. Identify the author's purpose: passages 11. Determine the order of events in informational texts 12. Use text features
Reading Strategies
Literary texts 1. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales 2. Distinguish points of view 3. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters 4. Draw inferences from a text 5. Make predictions about a story 6. Identify story elements Informational texts 7. Use key details to determine the main idea 8. Determine the main idea of a passage 9. Identify the author's purpose: mixed media 10. Identify the author's purpose: passages 11. Determine the order of events in informational texts 12. Use text features

Language: Sentence Structure
Subject/Predicate		1. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 2. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence 3. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence
Subject/Predicate
1. Identify the complete subject of a sentence 2. Identify the complete predicate of a sentence 3. Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence

Complete/Fragment/Run-On		1. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 2. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 3. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?
Complete/Fragment/Run-On
1. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 2. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 3. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?

Sentence Combining		1. Combine sentences: subjects and predicates 2. Combine sentences by adding key details
Sentence Combining
1. Combine sentences: subjects and predicates 2. Combine sentences by adding key details

Language: Writing Strategies
Topic Sentence		1. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 2. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs
Topic Sentence
1. Choose topic sentences for narrative paragraphs 2. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs

Relevance		1. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence
Relevance
1. Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence

Sequence		1. Put the sentences in order
Sequence
1. Put the sentences in order

Information Sources		1. Compare information from two informational texts
Information Sources
1. Compare information from two informational texts

Organize Information		1. Organize information by topic
Organize Information
1. Organize information by topic

Writing Strategies		Writer's purpose 1. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose Linking words 2. Identify time-order words 3. Use time-order words 4. Use coordinating conjunctions 5. Use subordinating conjunctions 6. Choose the best transition 7. Use linking words to complete a passage Opinion writing 8. Distinguish facts from opinions 9. Identify an author's statement of opinion 10. Choose reasons to support an opinion 11. Complete the opinion passage with an example 12. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 13. Complete the opinion-reason-example table Descriptive details 14. Add descriptive details to sentences 15. Show character emotions and traits 16. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Sentence variety 17. Create varied sentences based on models
Writing Strategies
Writer's purpose 1. Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose Linking words 2. Identify time-order words 3. Use time-order words 4. Use coordinating conjunctions 5. Use subordinating conjunctions 6. Choose the best transition 7. Use linking words to complete a passage Opinion writing 8. Distinguish facts from opinions 9. Identify an author's statement of opinion 10. Choose reasons to support an opinion 11. Complete the opinion passage with an example 12. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 13. Complete the opinion-reason-example table Descriptive details 14. Add descriptive details to sentences 15. Show character emotions and traits 16. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb Sentence variety 17. Create varied sentences based on models

Topic Selection/Narrowing		1. Order items from most general to most specific
Topic Selection/Narrowing
1. Order items from most general to most specific

Language: Editing Skills
Capitalization		1. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect 2. Capitalizing days, months, and holidays 3. Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features 4. Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languages 5. Capitalization: review
Capitalization
1. Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect 2. Capitalizing days, months, and holidays 3. Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features 4. Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languages 5. Capitalization: review

Punctuation		Commas 1. Commas with a series 2. Commas with dates 3. Commas with the names of places 4. Commas with direct addresses and after introductory words 5. Commas: review Punctuating dialogue 6. Punctuating dialogue
Punctuation
Commas 1. Commas with a series 2. Commas with dates 3. Commas with the names of places 4. Commas with direct addresses and after introductory words 5. Commas: review Punctuating dialogue 6. Punctuating dialogue

Usage		Homophones 1. Use the correct homophone Nouns 2. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 3. Form and use irregular plurals 4. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Pronouns 5. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 6. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun 7. Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me" 8. Use possessive pronouns 9. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 10. Use reflexive pronouns Verb types 11. Use action verbs Subject-verb agreement 12. Use the correct subject or verb 13. Pronoun-verb agreement Verb tense 14. Form and use the regular past tense 15. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 16. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 17. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 18. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 19. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 5 20. To be: use the correct form 21. To have: use the correct form 22. Change the sentence to future tense Articles 23. Use the correct article: a or an 24. Use the correct article: a, an, or the Adjectives and adverbs 25. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 26. Use adjectives to compare 27. Use adverbs to compare Contractions 28. Pronoun-verb contractions 29. Contractions with "not"
Usage
Homophones 1. Use the correct homophone Nouns 2. Use regular plurals with -s, -es, and -ies 3. Form and use irregular plurals 4. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Pronouns 5. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns 6. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun 7. Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me" 8. Use possessive pronouns 9. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 10. Use reflexive pronouns Verb types 11. Use action verbs Subject-verb agreement 12. Use the correct subject or verb 13. Pronoun-verb agreement Verb tense 14. Form and use the regular past tense 15. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 16. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 17. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 18. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 19. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 5 20. To be: use the correct form 21. To have: use the correct form 22. Change the sentence to future tense Articles 23. Use the correct article: a or an 24. Use the correct article: a, an, or the Adjectives and adverbs 25. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 26. Use adjectives to compare 27. Use adverbs to compare Contractions 28. Pronoun-verb contractions 29. Contractions with "not"

Proofreading		1. Correct errors with signs
Proofreading
1. Correct errors with signs

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