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READING

READING
READING: Vocabulary
Vocabulary Building
3.RV.2.1 Apply context clues (e.g., word, phrase, and sentence clues) and text features (e.g., maps, illustrations, charts) to determine the meanings of unknown words.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Charts/Maps/Graphic Organizers
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Context Clues
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Context Clues
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Context Clues
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Decoding Strategies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Finding Information
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Graphic Organizers
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Interpret Information
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Text Features
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Text Features
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
 
3.RV.2.2 Identify relationships among words, including synonyms, antonyms, homographs, homonyms, and multiple-meaning words (e.g., puzzle, fire).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Antonyms
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Double Negatives and Homophones
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Homophones
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Synonyms
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Synonyms/Antonyms
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
 
3.RV.2.4 Use a known word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root, and identify when an affix is added to a known root word.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Decoding Strategies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Multiple Meaning
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Prefixes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Root Words
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Root Words/Prefixes/Suffixes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Roots/Prefixes/Suffixes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Suffixes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Word Meaning with Prefixes/Suffixes
 
3.RV.2.5 Consult reference materials, both print and digital (e.g., dictionary), to determine or clarify the meanings of words and phrases.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Dictionary/Thesaurus
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Dictionary/Thesaurus/Parts of a Book
 
Vocabulary in Literature and Nonfiction Texts
3.RV.3.1 Determine how the author uses words and phrases to provide meaning to works of literature, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language, including figurative language (e.g., similes).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Literary Devices
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Literary Elements
 
3.RV.3.2 Determine the meanings of general academic and content-specific words and phrases in a nonfiction text relevant to a third grade topic or subject area.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Content Area Vocabulary
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Content Vocabulary
 
Learning Outcome
3.RV.1 Build and use accurately conversational, general academic, and content-specific words and phrases.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Content Area Vocabulary
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Content Vocabulary
 
READING: Literature
Synthesis and Connection of Ideas
3.RL.4.1 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).
 
3.RL.4.2 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 Textual Support
3.RL.2.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
 
3.RL.2.2 Retell folktales, fables, and tall tales from diverse cultures; identify the themes in these works.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Literary Genres
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Summarizing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Theme of Writing
 
3.RL.2.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the plot.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Elements of Fiction
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Literary Elements
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Story Elements
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Theme of Writing
 
Structural Elements and Organization
3.RL.3.1 Use terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza to refer to the parts of stories, plays, and poems; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Sequential Order
 
3.RL.3.2 Distinguish personal point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
 
Learning Outcome
3.RL.1 Read and comprehend a variety of literature within a range of complexity appropriate for grades 2-3. By the end of grade 3, students interact with texts proficiently and independently.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Literary Genres
 
READING: Nonfiction
Synthesis and Connection of Ideas
3.RN.4.1 Distinguish between fact and opinion; explain how an author uses reasons and facts to support specific points in a text.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Cause/Effect, Fact/Opinion
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Fact/Fiction/Opinion
 
Key Ideas and Textual Support
3.RN.2.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
 
3.RN.2.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Supporting Details
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Theme of Writing
 
3.RN.2.3 Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in processes or procedures in a text, using words such as first, next, finally, because, problem, solution, same, and different.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Content Vocabulary
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Science Vocabulary
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Social Studies Vocabulary
 
Structural Elements and Organization
3.RN.3.1 Apply knowledge of text features to locate information and gain meaning from a text (e.g., maps, illustrations, charts, font/format).
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Finding Information
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Graphic Organizers
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Interpret Information
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Main Idea
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Text Features
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Text Features
 
Learning Outcome
3.RN.1 Read and comprehend a variety of nonfiction within a range of complexity appropriate for grades 2-3. By the end of grade 3, students interact with texts proficiently and independently.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Literary Genres
 
READING: Foundations
Phonics
3.RF.4.2 Understand the six major syllable patterns (CVC, CVr, V, VV, VCe, Cle) to aid in decoding unknown words.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Syllable Patterns/Word Families
 
3.RF.4.4 Read grade-appropriate words that have blends (e.g., walk, play) and common spelling patterns (e.g., qu; doubling the consonant and adding –ing, such as cut/cutting; changing the ending of a word from –y to –ies to make a plural).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Beginning Digraphs
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Consonant Blends
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Ending Digraphs
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Plural Nouns
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Words with Ending Blends
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Words with Initial Blends
 
3.RF.4.5 Know and use more difficult word families when reading unfamiliar words (e.g., -ight).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Syllable Patterns/Word Families
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Syllables/Spelling Patterns
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Word Families
 
3.RF.4.6 Read multi-syllabic words composed of roots and related prefixes and suffixes; read irregular contractions (e.g., will not = won’t) and possessives (e.g., children’s, Dennis’s).
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Contractions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Contractions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Decoding Strategies
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Multiple Meaning
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Phonics
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Prefixes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Root Words
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Root Words/Prefixes/Suffixes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Roots/Prefixes/Suffixes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Suffixes
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Word Meaning with Prefixes/Suffixes
 
Fluency
3.RF.5 Orally read grade-level appropriate or higher texts smoothly and accurately, with expression that connotes comprehension at the independent level.
 
Learning Outcome
3.RF.1 Apply foundational reading skills to build reading fluency and comprehension.
 

WRITING

WRITING
The Research Process: Finding, Assessing, Synthesizing, and Reporting Information
3.W.5 Conduct short research on a topic.
Locate information in reference texts, electronic resources, or through interviews.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Literary Genres
 
Writing Genres: Argumentative, Informative, and Narrative
3.W.3.2 Write informative compositions on a variety of topics that–
Connect ideas within categories of information using words and phrases.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vivid Language in Writing
 
Develop the topic with facts and details.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vivid Language in Writing
 
3.W.3.3 Write narrative compositions in a variety of forms that–
Provide an ending.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vivid Language in Writing
 
Include dialogue.
Connect ideas and events using introduction and transition words.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vivid Language in Writing
 
Include specific descriptive details and clear event sequences.
Conventions of Standard English: Grammar and Usage/ Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
3.W.6.1 Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage, focusing on:
3.W.6.1b Verbs – Writing sentences that use regular and irregular verbs and simple verb tenses to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Verbs
 
3.W.6.1c Adjectives/Adverbs – Writing sentences that include comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, choosing between them depending on what is to be modified, and explaining their functions in the sentence.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Adjectives
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Adjectives/Adverbs/Particles
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
 
3.W.6.2 Demonstrate command of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, focusing on:
3.W.6.2b Punctuation – Correctly using apostrophes to form contractions and singular and plural possessives; Using quotation marks to mark direct speech; Using commas in locations and addresses; to mark direct speech; and for coordinating adjectives(e.g., a small,
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Capitalization/Punctuation
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Contractions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Contractions
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 Plural Ending -es
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plurals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plurals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Verb Endings
 
3.W.6.2c Spelling – Using conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding affixes to base words; Using spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Syllables/Spelling Patterns
 
The Writing Process
3.W.4 Apply the writing process to–
Generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials (e.g., quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice); and edit writing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vivid Language in Writing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Writing Process
 
WRITING
Conventions of Standard English: Grammar and Usage/ Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling
3.W.6.1 Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage, focusing on:
3.W.6.1b Verbs – Writing sentences that use regular and irregular verbs and simple verb tenses to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Verbs
 
3.W.6.1c Adjectives/Adverbs – Writing sentences that include comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, choosing between them depending on what is to be modified, and explaining their functions in the sentence.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Adjectives
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Adjectives/Adverbs/Particles
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Grammar
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vocabulary
 
3.W.6.2 Demonstrate command of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, focusing on:
3.W.6.2b Punctuation – Correctly using apostrophes to form contractions and singular and plural possessives; Using quotation marks to mark direct speech; Using commas in locations and addresses; to mark direct speech; and for coordinating adjectives(e.g., a small,
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Capitalization/Punctuation
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Contractions
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Contractions
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 Plural Ending -es
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plurals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plurals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Spelling
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Verb Endings
 
3.W.6.2c Spelling – Using conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding affixes to base words; Using spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Syllables/Spelling Patterns
 
The Writing Process
3.W.4 Apply the writing process to–
Generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials (e.g., quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice); and edit writing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vivid Language in Writing
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Writing Process
 
The Research Process: Finding, Assessing, Synthesizing, and Reporting Information
3.W.5 Conduct short research on a topic.
Locate information in reference texts, electronic resources, or through interviews.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genre
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Literary Genres
 
Writing Genres: Argumentative, Informative, and Narrative
3.W.3.2 Write informative compositions on a variety of topics that–
Connect ideas within categories of information using words and phrases.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vivid Language in Writing
 
Develop the topic with facts and details.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vivid Language in Writing
 
3.W.3.3 Write narrative compositions in a variety of forms that–
Provide an ending.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vivid Language in Writing
 
Include dialogue.
Connect ideas and events using introduction and transition words.
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game & Study Guide Vivid Language in Writing
 
Include specific descriptive details and clear event sequences.