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CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language
Knowledge of LanguageCCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.3 Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
Vocabulary Acquisition and UseCCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Homophones Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.6 Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge whe
Conventions of Standard EnglishCCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading
Range of Reading and Level of Text ComplexityCCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.10 Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre
Craft and StructureCCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4 Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.5 Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.6 Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
Integration of Knowledge and IdeasCCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.7 Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.9 Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
Key Ideas and DetailsCCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.1 Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Inference
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Summarizing
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.3 Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing
Production and Distribution of WritingCCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.5 Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
Range of WritingCCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Text Types and PurposesCCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details and well-structured event sequences.
IL.3.L.Language Standards
Knowledge of LanguageCC.3.L.3.3. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.CC.3.L.3.3.a. Choose words and phrases for effect.
Vocabulary Acquisition and UseCC.3.L.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.CC.3.L.4.a. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
CC.3.L.4.b. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Prefixes Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Suffixes
CC.3.L.4.c. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Root Words
CC.3.L.4.d. Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
CC.3.L.5. Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.CC.3.L.5.a. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
CC.3.L.5.b. Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
CC.3.L.6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).
Conventions of Standard EnglishCC.3.L.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.CC.3.L.1.a. Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Adjectives Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Verbs Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
CC.3.L.1.b. Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plurals Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plurals Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
CC.3.L.1.d. Form and use regular and irregular verbs.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Verbs
CC.3.L.1.e. Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.
CC.3.L.1.f. Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
CC.3.L.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.CC.3.L.2.b. Use commas in addresses.
CC.3.L.2.c. Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
CC.3.L.2.d. Form and use possessives.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
CC.3.L.2.e. Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Suffixes
CC.3.L.2.f. Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.
IL.3.R.F.Reading Standards: Foundational Skills
Reading Standards: Foundational Skills
FluencyCC.3.R.F.4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.CC.3.R.F.4.a. Read on-level text with purpose and understanding.
CC.3.R.F.4.b. Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readingsQuiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre
CC.3.R.F.4.c. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
Phonics and Word RecognitionCC.3.R.F.3.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.CC.3.R.F.3.3.a. Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Prefixes Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Suffixes
CC.3.R.F.3.3.b. Decode words with common Latin suffixes.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Suffixes
CC.3.R.F.3.3.c. Decode multisyllable words.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Phonics
CC.3.R.F.3.3.d. Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
IL.3.R.I.Reading Standards for Informational Text
Reading Standards for Informational Text
Range of Reading and Level of Text ComplexityCC.3.R.I.10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre
Craft and StructureCC.3.R.I.4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
CC.3.R.I.5. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
Integration of Knowledge and IdeasCC.3.R.I.7. Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea
CC.3.R.I.8. Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Cause/Effect
Key Ideas and DetailsCC.3.R.I.1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
CC.3.R.I.2. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
CC.3.R.I.3.3. Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre
IL.3.R.L.Reading Standards for Literature
Reading Standards for Literature
Range of Reading and Level of Text ComplexityCC.3.R.L.10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre
Craft and StructureCC.3.R.L.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
CC.3.R.L.5. Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre
CC.3.R.L.6. Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
Integration of Knowledge and IdeasCC.3.R.L.7. Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).
CC.3.R.L.9. Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series).
Key Ideas and DetailsCC.3.R.L.1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
CC.3.R.L.2. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Summarizing
CC.3.R.L.3.3. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
IL.3.W.Writing Standards
Production and Distribution of WritingCC.3.W.5. With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.
Range of WritingCC.3.W.10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Text Types and PurposesCC.3.W.2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.CC.3.W.2.b. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
CC.3.W.2.c. Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information.
CC.3.W.2.d. Provide a concluding statement or section.
CC.3.W.3.3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.CC.3.W.3.3.b. Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
CC.3.W.3.3.c. Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
CC.3.W.3.3.d. Provide a sense of closure.