Colorado
Skills available for Colorado third-grade language arts standards
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- Colorado Extended Evidence Outcomes Colorado Extended Evidence Outcomes
- Colorado Academic Standards: Reading for All Purposes Colorado Academic Standards: Reading for All Purposes
- Colorado Academic Standards: Writing and Composition Colorado Academic Standards: Writing and Composition
- Colorado Academic Standards CCSS Supplement (2010): Reading for All Purposes Colorado Academic Standards CCSS Supplement (2010): Reading for All Purposes
- Colorado Academic Standards CCSS Supplement (2010): Writing and Composition Colorado Academic Standards CCSS Supplement (2010): Writing and Composition
Actions
3.2 Reading for All Purposes
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3.2.1 Apply strategies to fluently read and comprehend various literary texts.
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3.2.1.a Answer who and what questions to demonstrate understanding of details in a text.
- Read fantasy with illustrations (3-S.1)
- Read historical fiction with illustrations (3-S.2)
- Read science fiction with illustrations (3-S.3)
- Read realistic fiction with illustrations (3-S.4)
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3.2.1.a.i Associate details with events in stories from diverse cultures.
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3.2.1.a.ii Identify the feelings of characters in a story.
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3.2.1.b Determine words and phrases that complete literal sentences in a text.
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3.2.1.b.i Determine the beginning, middle, and end of a familiar story with a logical order.
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3.2.1.b.ii Identify personal point of view about a text.
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3.2.1.c Identify parts of illustrations or tactual information that depict a particular setting, or event.
- Choose the picture that matches the setting or character (2-V.1)
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3.2.1.c.i Identify common elements in two stories in a series.
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3.2.1.d Demonstrate understanding while actively engaged in shared reading of stories, dramas, and poetry.
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3.2.1.e Read targeted words with accuracy.
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3.2.1.e.i Read grade level or adapted text with accuracy.
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3.2.2 Apply strategies to fluently read and comprehend various informational texts.
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3.2.2.a Answer who and what questions to demonstrate understanding of details in a text.
- Read about animals (3-U.1)
- Read about food (3-U.2)
- Read about art, music, and traditions (3-U.3)
- Read about sports and hobbies (3-U.4)
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3.2.2.a.i Identify details in a text.
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3.2.2.a.ii Order two events from a text as "first" and "next".
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3.2.2.b Determine words and phrases that complete literal sentences in a text.
- Use context to identify the meaning of a word (2-SS.1)
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3.2.2.b.i Use text features including headings and key words to locate information in a text.
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3.2.2.b.ii Identify personal point of view about a text.
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3.2.2.c Use information gained from visual elements and words in the text to answer explicit who and what questions.
- Use text features (3-Q.1)
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3.2.2.c.i Identify two related points the author makes in an informational text.
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3.2.2.c.ii Identify similarities between two texts on the same topic.
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3.2.2.d Demonstrate understanding of text while actively engaged in shared reading or history/social studies, science, and technical texts.
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3.2.3 Apply knowledge of spelling patterns (orthography), word meanings (morphology), and word relationships to decode words and increase vocabulary.
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3.2.3.a Use letter-sound knowledge to read words.
- Which letter does the word start with? (1-F.3)
- Which letter does the word end with? (1-F.4)
- Choose the short a word that matches the picture (1-I.1)
- Choose the picture that matches the short e word (1-J.1)
- Choose the short i word that matches the picture (1-K.1)
- Choose the short o word that matches the picture (1-L.1)
- Choose the picture that matches the short u word (1-M.1)
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3.2.3.a.i In context, demonstrate basic knowledge of letter-sound correspondences.
- Complete the short a word (1-I.3)
- Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture (1-I.4)
- Complete the short e word (1-J.2)
- Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture (1-J.3)
- Complete the short i words (1-K.2)
- Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture (1-K.3)
- Complete the short o word (1-L.2)
- Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture (1-L.3)
- Complete the short u word (1-M.2)
- Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture (1-M.3)
- Complete the word with the right short vowel (1-N.2)
- Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word (1-N.4)
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3.2.3.a.ii With models and supports, decode single-syllable words with common spelling patterns (consonant-vowel-consonant [CVC] or high-frequency rimes).
- Choose the short a word that matches the picture (1-I.1)
- Choose the picture that matches the short e word (1-J.1)
- Choose the short i word that matches the picture (1-K.1)
- Choose the short o word that matches the picture (1-L.1)
- Choose the picture that matches the short u word (1-M.1)
- Complete the word with the right short vowel (1-N.2)
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3.2.3.a.iii Recognize 40 or more written words.
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3.2.3.b Read words in text.
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3.2.3.b.i Read familiar text comprised of known words.
- Read fantasy with illustrations (3-S.1)
- Read historical fiction with illustrations (3-S.2)
- Read science fiction with illustrations (3-S.3)
- Read realistic fiction with illustrations (3-S.4)
- Read poetry (3-T.4)
- Read about animals (3-U.1)
- Read about food (3-U.2)
- Read about art, music, and traditions (3-U.3)
- Read about sports and hobbies (3-U.4)
- Read sight words: review sets 1, 2, 3 (2)
- Read sight words: review sets 4, 5, 6, 7 (2)
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3.2.3.b.ii Use context to determine missing words in familiar texts.
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3.2.3.c Demonstrate knowledge of word meanings.
- Find synonyms in context (2-OO.2)
- Find antonyms in context (2-OO.5)
- Multiple-meaning words with pictures (2-PP.4)
- Use context to identify the meaning of a word (2-SS.1)
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3.2.3.c.i Use sentence level context to determine what word is missing from a sentence read aloud.
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3.2.3.c.ii Identify the temporal meaning of words when common affixes (-ing, -ed) are added to common verbs.
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3.2.3.c.iii Use a variety of general and domain specific vocabulary.
- Sort sensory details (3-M.1)
- Identify time-order words (3-Z.1)
- Use subordinating conjunctions (3-Z.4)
- Shades of meaning with pictures (3-KK.1)
- Positive and negative connotation (3-KK.3)
- Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context (3-MM.1)
- Use context to identify the meaning of a word (3-MM.2)
- Use academic vocabulary in context (3-MM.3)
- Identify prepositions (3-XX.1)
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3.2.3.d Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and use.
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3.2.3.d.i Determine the literal meaning of words and phrases in context.
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3.2.3.d.ii Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., happy: "I am happy.").
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3.2.3.d.iii Identify words that describe personal emotional states.
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3.2.3.e Demonstrate understanding of words that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., behind, under, after, soon, next, later) .
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3.3 Writing and Composition
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3.3.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
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3.3.1.a Write opinions about topics or text.
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3.3.1.b Write one reason to support an opinion about a text.
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3.3.1.c Use linking words and phrases (e.g., because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reasons.
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3.3.1.d Provide a concluding statement to summarize the information presented.
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3.3.2 Write informative/explanatory texts developed with facts, definitions, and details, ending with a related concluding statement.
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3.3.2.a Write to share information supported by details.
- Use key details to determine the main idea (3-G.1)
- Put the sentences in order (3-W.1)
- Organize information by topic (3-W.3)
- Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence (3-X.1)
- Choose topic sentences for expository paragraphs (3-X.3)
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3.3.2.a.i Select a topic and write about it including one fact or detail.
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3.3.2.b Compose a topic sentence and generate one factual sentence about the topic.
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3.3.2.c Use a linking word or phrase (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas.
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3.3.2.d Provide a concluding statement or sentence for an informational/explanatory text.
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3.3.3 Write real or imagined narratives that use descriptive details, have a clear sequence of events, and provide closure.
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3.3.3.a Write about events or personal experiences.
- Sort sensory details (3-M.1)
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3.3.3.a.i Select an event or personal experience and write about it including the names of people involved.
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3.3.3.b Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts and feelings to develop a story.
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3.3.3.c Use transitional words (e.g., first, next, then) when writing about a series of events.
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3.3.3.d Provide a concluding statement or sentence in a narrative.
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3.3.4 Use a recursive process to plan, draft, revise, and edit writing, applying knowledge of the conventions of grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
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3.3.4.a Demonstrate standard English grammar and usage when communicating.
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3.3.4.a.i Use noun + verb, noun + adjective, and subject + verb + object combinations in communication.
- Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence (2-VV.7)
- Use the correct subject or verb (2-ZZ.2)
- Identify action verbs (3-SS.2)
- Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? (3-WW.1)
- Identify the adjective that describes the noun (3-WW.2)
- Identify adjectives (3-WW.3)
- Use adjectives to compare (2)
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3.3.4.a.ii Use regular plural nouns in communication.
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3.3.4.a.iii Use present and past tense verbs.
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3.3.4.a.iv Use common adjectives.
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3.3.4.a.v Ask simple questions.
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3.3.4.b Demonstrate understanding of conventions of standard English.
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3.3.4.b.i Capitalize the first letter of familiar names.
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3.3.4.b.ii During shared writing, indicate the need to add a period at the end of a sentence.
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3.3.4.b.iii Use resources as needed to spell common high-frequency words accurately.
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3.3.4.b.iv Use spelling patterns in familiar words with common spelling patterns to spell words with the same spelling patterns.
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3.3.4.b.v Consult print in the environment to support reading and spelling.
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3.3.4.c Use language to achieve desired outcomes when communicating.
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3.3.4.c.i Use language to make simple requests, comment, or share information.
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3.3.4.d Produce writing that expresses more than one idea.
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3.3.4.e Revise own writing.
- Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence (2-VV.7)
- Select the best preposition to complete the sentence (2-DDD.2)
- Put the sentences in order (3-W.1)
- Organize information by topic (3-W.3)
- Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence (3-X.1)
- Choose the best transition (3-Z.5)
- Use linking words to complete a passage (3-Z.6)
- Revise the sentence using a stronger verb (3-BB.3)
- Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect (3-BBB.1)
- Create varied sentences based on models (2)
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3.3.4.f Use technology to produce writing while interacting and collaborating with others.
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3.3.4.g Write routinely for a variety of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
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3.4 Research Inquiry and Design
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3.4.1 Gather, interpret, and communicate information discovered during short research projects.
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3.4.1.a Identify information about a topic for a research project.
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3.4.1.b Interpret and communicate the information learned by developing a summary statement and at least one detail.
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3.4.1.c Develop supporting visual information (e.g., charts, maps, illustrations, models).
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3.4.1.d Present a brief report of research findings to an audience.
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3.4.1.e Sort information on a topic or personal experience into two provided categories and write about each one.
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