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MD.L.Standards for Language (L)

Standards for Language (L)
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
L4.CCR. Anchor Standard: 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.
3.L4-a. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content – Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
3.L4-a.1. Identify clues within a sentence that help determine or clarify the meaning of a word or phrase.
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3.L4-a.2. Access and connect prior knowledge and experiences to determine the meaning of words and phrases.
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3.L4-a.3. Discuss words and word meanings daily as they are encountered in text, instruction, and conversation.
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3.L4-b. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content – Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/u
3.L4-b.1. Identify the root word in multisyllabic words.
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3.L4-b.2. Identify meaning of common prefixes and suffixes.
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3.L4-b.3. Use meaning of prefixes and suffixes to explain the meaning of new words.
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3.L4-b.4. Identify relationships between and among words with the same prefixes and suffixes.
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3.L4-c. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content – Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).
3.L4-c.1. Identify and define the root word in unknown words.
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3.L4-c.2. Use meaning of prefixes and suffixes to explain the meaning of words with known roots.
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3.L4-d. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content – Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrase
3.L4-d.1. Identify and explain purpose of glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital.
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3.L4-d.2. Use key words and text features to help find information within a specific source (See MD SLM 2-3 3 A1.a).
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3.L4-d.4. Use the context in which words are used to choose among possible meanings.
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L5.CCR. Anchor Standard: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
3.L5-b. Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings – Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
3.L5-b.1. Access prior knowledge and experiences to identify connections between words and their application to real life.
 
3.L5-c. Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings – Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).
3.L5-c.1. Access prior knowledge, as well as reference materials both print and digital to identify synonyms for given words.
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L6.CCR. Anchor Standard: 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 vocabul
3.L6. 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).
3.L6.1. Through modeling and exposure to a variety of texts, develop rich oral language and writing, including general academic and domain-specific words.
Conventions of Standard English
L1.CCR. Anchor Standard: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
3.L1-a. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking – Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
3.L1-a.1. Recognize and name parts of speech in text presented in a variety of formats.
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3.L1-a.2. Identify and explain the differences between parts of speech and their functions.
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3.L1-a.3. Demonstrate correct use of parts of speech in oral and written language.
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3.L1-a.4. Analyze writing models for correct use of parts of speech.
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3.L1-b. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking – Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
3.L1-b.1. Identify and define regular and irregular plural nouns in text presented in a variety of formats.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plurals
Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plurals
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3.L1-b.2. Distinguish between regular and irregular plural nouns.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plurals
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3.L1-b.3. Apply the correct form and use of regular and irregular plural nouns in oral and written language.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Plurals
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3.L1-b.4. Analyze writing models for correct use of regular and irregular plural nouns.
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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
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3.L1-d. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking – Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
3.L1-d.1. Identify and define regular and irregular verbs in text presented in a variety of formats.
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3.L1-d.2. Demonstrate consistent and appropriate use of verb tenses, such as past, present, and future in oral and written language.
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3.L1-e. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking – Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.
3.L1-e.1. Identify and define verb tenses in text presented in a variety of formats.
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3.L1-e.2. Apply the correct use of past, present, and future tenses of verbs in speaking and writing.
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3.L1-f. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking – Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
3.L1-f.1. Identify subjects and verbs in sentences.
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3.L1-f.2. Recognize connection between subjects/verbs, i.e., singular subjects with singular verbs and plural subjects with plural verbs.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Subject/Verb Agreement
 
3.L1-f.4. Apply correct subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement in speaking and writing.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Subject/Verb Agreement
 
3.L1-f.5. Analyze writing models for correct subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Subject/Verb Agreement
 
3.L1-h. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking – Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
3.L1-h.3. Strengthen writing by revising to combine sentences correctly when appropriate.
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L2.CCR. Anchor Standard: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
3.L2-b. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing – Use commas in addresses.
3.L2-b.1. Identify and demonstrate rules for placement of commas in addresses.
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3.L2-b.2. Analyze and edit writing for the correct use of commas.
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3.L2-c. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing – Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
3.L2-c.3. Demonstrate correct placement of commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
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3.L2-d. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing – Form and use possessives.
3.L2-d.1. Recognize and distinguish between contractions and possessives.
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3.L2-d.2. Strengthen writing by revising to include appropriate use of possessives.
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Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nouns
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3.L2-e. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing – Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, h
3.L2-e.1. Identify the correct spellings for grade-level frequently occurring irregular words.
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3.L2-e.2. Modify spelling of base words as needed when adding inflectional endings and suffixes.
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3.L2-e.4. Analyze writing models for correct spelling of high-frequency words.
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3.L2-f. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing – Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word
3.L2-f.1. Apply previously learned spelling patterns and generalizations to spell grade-appropriate words correctly.
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3.L2-f.2. Apply knowledge of syllable types to spell multisyllabic words.
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3.L2-f.4. Analyze writing models for correct spelling.
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Knowledge of Language
L3.CCR. Anchor Standard: 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.
3.L3-a. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening – Choose words and phrases for effect.
3.L3-a.1. Recognize and use figurative language.
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3.L3-a.2. Choose appropriate words to convey feelings or mood in writing.
3.L3-a.3. Use specific rather than vague language.
3.L3-b. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening – Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written standard English.
3.L3-b.2. Demonstrate conventions of spoken and written English in conversations and writing.
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MD.RF.Standards for Reading Foundational Skills (RF)

Standards for Reading Foundational Skills (RF)
Phonics and Word Recognition
3.RF3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
3.RF3.a. Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.
3.RF3.a.1. Identify and know the meanings of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes (See CCSS L.3.4).
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3.RF3.b. Decode words with common Latin suffixes.
3.RF3.b.1. Decode words with common Latin suffixes.
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3.RF3.c. Decode multisyllable words.
3.RF3.c.1. Identify and apply vowel pronunciation rules to read multisyllabic words.
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3.RF3.c.2. Blend sounds and segmented syllables to read words.
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3.RF3.c.3. Confirm decoding efforts through word meanings and word order.
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3.RF3.d. Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
3.RF3.d.1. Increase the number of grade-appropriate high-frequency words that can be read.
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Fluency
3.RF4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
3.RF4.b. Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings.
3.RF4.b.3. Use punctuation as cues to appropriate expression.
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3.RF4.b.4. Demonstrate appropriate use of phrasing.
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3.RF4.b.7. Read a variety of texts with expression and volume appropriate to the context in which it is read.
 
3.RF4.c. Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
3.RF4.c.1. Use prior knowledge and experiences to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding.
 
3.RF4.c.2. Use context clues, sentence structure, and visual clues to guide self-correction.
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MD.RI.Standards for Reading Informational Text (RI)

Standards for Reading Informational Text (RI)
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RI7.CCR. Anchor Standard: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
3.RI7. 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).
3.RI7.1. Draw conclusions about the relationship between text features and the meaning and/or purpose of a text.
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3.RI7.2. See CCSS W.3.7-8 in the CCSC Framework for further application.
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RI8.CCR. Anchor Standard: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
3.RI8. Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).
3.RI8.1. Explain basic relationships, including comparison, cause/effect, sequence.
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3.RI8.2. Explain the relationships between the ideas and information in sentences and/or paragraphs.
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RI9.CCR. Anchor Standard: Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
3.RI9. Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
3.RI9.1. Differentiate the main points from less important points in two texts on the same topic.
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3.RI9.2. Differentiate the key details from less important details in two texts on the same topic.
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Key Ideas and Details
RI1.CCR. Anchor Standard: 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.
3.RI1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
3.RI1.1. Apply appropriate strategies before reading, viewing, or listening to a text: preview and survey the text; access prior knowledge about the text; formulate purpose-setting questions; make predictions.
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3.RI1.2. Apply appropriate strategies to monitor understanding when reading, viewing, or listening to a text: reread as necessary; determine main ideas of portions of the text; periodically restate, retell, paraphrase, and/or summarize (See CCSS RL.4.2; SL.3.4, 6)
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3.RI1.3. Demonstrate understanding, either orally or in writing, after reading, viewing, or listening to a text: determine and explain the main idea (explicit or inferred) of the text; summarize the text (See CCSS RL.4.2; SL.3.4, 6); identify what is directly stat
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3.RI1.4. Apply a questioning schema to generate and respond either orally or in writing to text-specific questions.
 
3.RI1.5. Select relevant textual evidence when responding either orally or in writing to text-specific questions.
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RI2.CCR. Anchor Standard: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
3.RI2. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
3.RI2.1. Differentiate between a topic and an idea (e.g., exercise versus the value of exercise).
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3.RI2.2. Determine the main idea of individual paragraphs or selections of a text either by identifying explicitly stated ideas or inferring implied ideas.
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3.RI2.3. Connect explicitly stated or inferred ideas from across the text to determine a main idea.
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3.RI2.4. Differentiate key details in an informational text from minor details (See CCSS RL.3.2).
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3.RI2.5. Paraphrase key details or information.
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3.RI2.6. Summarize an informational text, either orally or in writing, including the main ideas and significant supporting information from across the text (See CCSS RL.4.2; CCSS W.4.9; SL 3.4, 6).
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3.RI2.7. Explain how key details, including those found in text features, support the main idea.
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RI3.CCR. Anchor Standard: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of text.
3.RI3. 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.
3.RI3.1. Connect and explain types of relationships, including chronology, sequence, cause/effect (See CCSS RL.3.2).
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3.RI3.2. Apply content knowledge to determine relationships in an informational text.
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3.RI3.3. Use text-relevant information and language to explain connections between and/or among events, ideas or concepts, and steps in a text.
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3.RI3.5. Apply academic and domain-specific vocabulary to discuss and/or write about types of relationships, including chronology, sequence, cause/effect (See CCSS L.3.6).
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3.RI3.6. See also MD SLM 2-3 4.0, as needed.
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Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
RI10.CCR. Anchor Standard: Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
3.RI10. By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
3.RI10.2. Demonstrate understanding of assigned informational texts of steadily increasing complexity.
 
Craft and Structure
RI4.CCR. Anchor Standard: 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.
3.RI4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
3.RI4.1. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. (CCSS L.3.4a)
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3.RI4.3. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion). (CCSS L.3.4c)
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3.RI4.4. Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases. (CCSS L.3.4d; See MD TL 3 3C.)
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3.RI4.6. Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful). (CCSS L.3.5b)
 
RI5.CCR. Anchor Standard: 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.
3.RI5. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
3.RI5.1. Use text features (e.g., print features, graphic aids, informational aids, online features, etc.) to facilitate understanding.
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3.RI5.2. Explain how text features clarify the information in the text.
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3.RI5.4. Use academic and domain-specific vocabulary when discussing or writing about text features (See CCSS L.3.6).
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RI6.CCR. Anchor Standard: Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
3.RI6. Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
3.RI6.1. Identify the author’s implied or directly-stated point of view about the topic of the text (e.g., by looking at specific language, punctuation choices, etc.).
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3.RI6.5. Use academic and domain-specific vocabulary when discussing or writing about text features (See CCSS L.3.6).
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MD.RL.Standards for Reading Literature (RL)

Standards for Reading Literature (RL)
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RL7.CCR. Anchor Standard: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
3.RL7. 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.RL7.1. Demonstrate the behaviors of a strategic reader by applying before, during, and after strategies to the non-print aspects of a literary text.
 
3.RL7.2. Apply an understanding of the relationship between text features, specifically illustrations, and the characters, setting, and mood of a story.
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3.RL7.3. Support inferences about the relationship between text features with relevant textual evidence.
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RL9.CCR. Anchor Standard: Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
3.RL9. 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).
3.RL9.1. Apply skills from CCSS RL.3.1-7 to 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).
 
3.RL9.2. Support inferences about the relationship between text features with relevant textual evidence.
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Key Ideas and Details
RL1.CCR. Anchor Standard: 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.
3.RL1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
3.RL1.1. Apply appropriate strategies before reading, viewing, or listening to a text: preview and survey the text; access prior knowledge about the text; formulate purpose-setting questions; make predictions.
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3.RL1.2. Apply appropriate strategies to monitor understanding when reading, viewing, or listening to a text: reread as necessary; determine main ideas of portions of the text; periodically restate, retell, paraphrase, and/or summarize (See CCSS RL.4.2; SL.3.4-6);
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3.RL1.3. Demonstrate understanding, either orally or in writing, after reading, viewing, or listening to a text: determine and explain the main idea (explicit or inferred) of the text; summarize the text (See CCSS RL.4.2; SL.3.4-6); identify what is directly state
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3.RL1.4. Apply a questioning schema to generate, either orally or in writing, text-specific questions at varying levels of cognitive demand.
 
3.RL1.5. Select relevant textual evidence when responding either orally or in writing to text-specific questions.
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RL2.CCR. Anchor Standard: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
3.RL2. 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.
3.RL2.1. Identify and distinguish among literary texts, including types of stories, poems, and plays.
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3.RL2.2. Restate, retell, paraphrase, and/or summarize the text and/or parts of the text either orally or in writing (See CCSS RL.4.2; W.4.9; SL.3.4, 6): Differentiate between key and minor details and events from the beginning, middle, and end of a literary text
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3.RL2.3. Analyze details and events in a literary text to determine a message, lesson, or moral: Differentiate between a main idea and a central message, lesson, or moral; Connect appropriate key details to determine how the author conveys a message, lesson, or mo
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RL3.CCR. Anchor Standard: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of text.
3.RL3. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
3.RL3.1. Draw conclusions and make inferences about characters, referring to the text for support.
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3.RL3.2. Connect the actions of the characters to the development of the plot by identifying and explaining cause/effect relationships.
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Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
RL10.CCR. Anchor Standard: Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
3.RL10. 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.
3.RL10.1. Demonstrate understanding of a wide variety of sufficiently complex literary texts representing diverse cultures, perspectives, ethnicities, and time periods (See MD SLM 2-3 6.0).
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3.RL10.2. Demonstrate understanding of assigned literary texts of steadily increasing complexity.
 
3.RL10.3. Use self-selected literary texts to explore personal interests and learn about themselves as readers (See MD SLM 2-3 6.0).
 
Craft and Structure
RL4.CCR. Anchor Standard: 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.
3.RL4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language.
3.RL4.1. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. (CCSS L.3.4a)
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3.RL4.3. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion). (CCSS L.3.4c)
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3.RL4.5. Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful). (CCSS L.3.5b)
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3.RL4.7. Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases in context. (CCSS L.3.4d)
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RL5.CCR. Anchor Standard: 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.
3.RL5. 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.
3.RL5.2. Explain the relationship between events in different parts of a literary text (e.g., cause/effect, problem/solution).
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RL6.CCR. Anchor Standard: Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
3.RL6. Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
3.RL6.1. Analyze the narrator as a character (e.g., the narrator’s feelings about the characters, setting, events).
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3.RL6.2. Analyze characters and distinguish them from the narrator.
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MD.SL.Standards for Speaking and Listening (SL)

Standards for Speaking and Listening (SL)
Comprehension and Collaboration
SL1.CCR. Anchor Standard: Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
3.SL1-a. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly – Come to discussions prepared, having read o
3.SL1-a.2. Collect information using a variety of multi-media resources, e.g., books, interviews, and technology (See MD TL 3 5A1.f as needed).
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MD.W.Standards for Writing (W)

Standards for Writing (W)
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
W8.CCR. Anchor Standard: Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.
3.W8. Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
3.W8.1. Access prior knowledge (e.g., from science investigations, personal experiences, interactions with others, etc.).
 
Text Types and Purposes
W1.CCR. Anchor Standard: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
3.W1-b. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons – Provide reasons that support the opinion.
3.W1-b.3. Draft the body to support an opinion or point of view through effective organization of reasons (See CCSS W.3.4, W.3.6): Establish the focus of the paragraph/each paragraph with a topic sentence; Organize paragraph(s) effectively (e.g., list, cause/effect
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W2.CCR. Anchor Standard: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
3.W2-a. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly – Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension.
3.W2-a.1. Apply the prewriting stage of the writing process: gather information on a topic (See MD SLM 2-3 2A1, as needed); paraphrase when taking notes from sources; group information by topic or idea; identify, select, and/or create supportive text features, as n
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3.W2-a.2. Draft an introduction that: orients the reader to the topic; establishes the focus with a topic sentence; presents similar information grouped appropriately (e.g., in one or more paragraphs, as appropriate); includes supportive text features, as necessary
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3.W2-b. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly – Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
3.W2-b.1. Differentiate between a fact and an opinion.
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3.W2-b.3. Draft the body to examine a topic with well-organized facts, definitions, and details (See CCSS W.3.4, W.3.6): Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions (CCSS L.3.1h); Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences (CCSS L.3.1i); Recognize and obse
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3.W2-c. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly – Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information.
3.W2-c.1. Organize information by categories and correctly link ideas within each category.
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3.W2-d. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly – Provide a concluding statement or section.
3.W2-d.1. Draft a conclusion that draws inferences or conclusions from the information presented (See CCSS W.3.4, W.3.6).
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3.W2-d.2. Apply the revision and editing stages of the writing process (See CCSS W.3.5, W.3.6) – Revise to: ensure a clear statement of the topic and clearly conveyed ideas and information, choose words and phrases for effect (CCSS L.4.3a); Edit to correct errors i
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W3.CCR. Anchor Standard: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
3.W3-b. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences – Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the r
3.W3-b.1. Draft the body using a plausible sequence of events and effective descriptions of characters (See CCSS W.3.4, W.3.6): Apply knowledge of characterization (See CCSS RL.3.3); Apply knowledge of story structure (e.g., problem and solution, rise and fall of a
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3.W3-d. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences – Provide a sense of closure.
3.W3-d.1. Draft a conclusion that provides an ending to the narrative (See CCSS W.3.4, W.3.6).
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3.W3-d.2. Apply the revision and editing stages of the writing process to the narrative piece (See CCSS W.3.4, W.3.6) – Revise to: ensure that characters and events are clearly described (See CCSS RL.3.3), ensure that the narrative is organized chronologically and
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Range of Writing
W10.CCR. Anchor Standard: 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.
3.W10. 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.
3.W10.1. Adjust the writing process as appropriate for different writing tasks, purposes, and audiences and time frames.
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Production and Distribution of Writing
W5.CCR. Anchor Standard: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
3.W5. With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1–3 up to and including grade 3 on pages 28 and 29.)
3.W5.1. See CCSS W.3.1, W.3.2, W.3.3, W.3.7; SL.3.1, 4, and 5 of CCSC Framework for specific application.
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