English Language Arts
Grade 3 reading comprehension strategies, paragraph writing, grammar, and introduction to cursive
Reading and Comprehension
Comprehension Strategies
Applying strategies such as making inferences, visualizing, and synthesizing information to understand grade-level texts. Monitoring comprehension and using fix-up strategies such as re-reading and asking questions.
Fiction: Character, Theme, and Plot
Analyzing how characters respond to challenges and how their actions drive the plot. Identifying the central message or theme of a story and explaining how it is supported by story events.
Nonfiction: Main Idea and Text Features
Identifying the main idea and supporting details in informational texts. Using text features such as headings, captions, diagrams, and glossaries to locate and interpret information.
Comparing Texts
Comparing and contrasting two texts on the same topic or two versions of the same story. Discussing how different authors present information or tell a story differently.
Writing
Paragraph Writing
Organizing writing into paragraphs with a clear topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence. Understanding the purpose of paragraphing and applying it across different writing forms.
Opinion Writing
Writing an opinion piece that states a clear point of view and provides reasons and examples to support it. Using linking words such as because, therefore, and for example to connect ideas.
Research-Based Writing
Gathering information from two or more sources to write a short informational report. Taking brief notes, organizing findings, and citing sources in a simple format.
Introduction to Cursive Writing
Learning to form lowercase cursive letters with correct strokes and connections. Practicing joining letters into words and developing legible cursive handwriting.
Grammar and Language
Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives
Identifying and using common nouns, proper nouns, plural nouns, verbs in past and present tense, and descriptive adjectives in sentences. Expanding sentences by adding adjectives and adverbs.
Punctuation and Sentence Types
Using commas in a series and in dates and addresses. Writing declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative sentences with correct punctuation.