Grade 3 - English Language Arts & Literature

English Language Arts & Literature

Text Forms and Structures: Identifying and applying text forms and structures improves understanding of content, literary style, and our rich language traditions.

Oral Language: Listening and speaking form the foundation for literacy development and improve communication, collaboration, and respectful mutual understanding.

Vocabulary: Communication and comprehension are improved by understanding word meaning and structures.

Phonics: Foundational literacy is supported by understanding relationships between sounds in oral language and the letters that represent them.

Fluency: Comprehension and literary appreciation are improved by the ability to read a range of texts accurately, automatically, and with expression.

Comprehension: Text comprehension is supported by applying varied strategies and processes and by considering both particular contexts and universal themes.

Writing: Ideas and information can be articulated accurately and imaginatively through the use of writing processes and an understanding of the author's craft

Conventions: Understanding grammar, spelling, and punctuation makes it easier to communicate clearly, to organize thinking, and to use language for desired effects.

How can text organization enhance meaning?

In what ways can listening and speaking be enhanced to improve oral communication?

How can building vocabulary and understanding morphology support language use and comprehension?

How does phonics support foundational literacy development?

In what ways does fluency improve comprehension?

How can the development of skills and strategies support comprehension of text?

How can writing craft combined with skills and processes contribute to written expression?

How does the appropriate use of conventions support clear written communication?

Students relate the form and structure of texts to the communication of ideas and information.

Students examine and apply listening and speaking skills, processes, or strategies in a variety of formal and informal interactions.

Students analyze new words and morphemes to enhance vocabulary.

Students investigate how phonics connects to word formation and supports the processes of reading and writing.

Students apply fluency strategies and develop reading comprehension.

Students analyze text and make connections to personal experiences to support meaning.

Students investigate writing and research processes that support informed written expression.

Students investigate and demonstrate how conventions support written communication.