IXL skill plan | Language arts 3rd grade plan for the Utah RISE

Skill plan for the Utah RISE - Language arts 3rd grade

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Reading
Overall (Informational & Literary)		Reading comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction: set 1 2. Read about famous people 3. Identify story elements Main idea 4. Determine the main idea of a passage Inference 5. Draw inferences from a text Similes and metaphors 6. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors Vocabulary in context 7. Which definition matches the sentence? 8. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 9. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Roots and affixes 10. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 11. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Reference skills 12. Use dictionary definitions
Overall (Informational & Literary)
Reading comprehension 1. Read realistic fiction: set 1 2. Read about famous people 3. Identify story elements Main idea 4. Determine the main idea of a passage Inference 5. Draw inferences from a text Similes and metaphors 6. Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors Vocabulary in context 7. Which definition matches the sentence? 8. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 9. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Roots and affixes 10. Determine the meanings of words with prefixes and suffixes: review 11. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Reference skills 12. Use dictionary definitions

Informational Passage		Text relationships and structure 1. Determine the order of events in informational texts 2. Identify time-order words 3. Compare and contrast in informational texts 4. Match causes and effects in informational texts 5. Match problems with their solutions 6. Identify text structures Text features 7. Use text features Compare texts 8. Compare information from two informational texts
Informational Passage
Text relationships and structure 1. Determine the order of events in informational texts 2. Identify time-order words 3. Compare and contrast in informational texts 4. Match causes and effects in informational texts 5. Match problems with their solutions 6. Identify text structures Text features 7. Use text features Compare texts 8. Compare information from two informational texts

Literary Passage		Character analysis 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Theme 2. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Structure 3. Read poetry 4. Read drama Visual elements 5. Compare mythological illustrations
Literary Passage
Character analysis 1. Use actions and dialogue to understand characters Theme 2. Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales Structure 3. Read poetry 4. Read drama Visual elements 5. Compare mythological illustrations

Writing
Opinion Essay
Purpose/Focus and Organization		1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Use linking words to complete a passage
Purpose/Focus and Organization
1. Identify an author's statement of opinion 2. Use linking words to complete a passage

Evidence/Elaboration		1. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb
Evidence/Elaboration
1. Complete the opinion passage with a reason 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb
Informative Essay
Purpose/Focus and Organization		1. Organize information by topic 2. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 3. Choose the best transition
Purpose/Focus and Organization
1. Organize information by topic 2. Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs 3. Choose the best transition

Evidence/Elaboration		1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Identify and correct plagiarism 3. Use academic vocabulary in context
Evidence/Elaboration
1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Identify and correct plagiarism 3. Use academic vocabulary in context
Conventions
Usage and Sentence Formation		1. Create compound sentences 2. Use the correct subject or verb 3. Form and use the regular past tense 4. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 5. Choose between adjectives and adverbs
Usage and Sentence Formation
1. Create compound sentences 2. Use the correct subject or verb 3. Form and use the regular past tense 4. Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 5. Choose between adjectives and adverbs

Punctuation, Capitalization, and Spelling		1. Capitalization: review 2. Commas: review 3. Spell multisyllabic words 4. Correct errors with signs
Punctuation, Capitalization, and Spelling
1. Capitalization: review 2. Commas: review 3. Spell multisyllabic words 4. Correct errors with signs

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