3rd Grade ELA · Lessons

3rd Grade ELA lessons

6 sections · 84 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.

Long-form lessonsSlide-style lessons

Practice 84 skills across this outline.

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Ask Questions About Speaker's Information

3rd Grade Reading: Speaking and Listening · Demonstrate Comprehension and Collaboration

Long-form lesson

Weighting distribution

25 categories

3rd Grade Reading: Reading Foundational Skills · Read With Accuracy and Fluency

10%

3rd Grade Reading: Reading Literature · Identify Key Ideas and Details

3rd Grade Reading: Speaking and Listening · Engage in Collaborative Discussions

3rd Grade Reading: Reading Foundational Skills · Apply Phonics and Word Analysis Skills

3rd Grade Writing: Language · Grammar And Usage

3rd Grade Reading: Reading Informational Text · Identify Key Ideas and Details

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of 3rd grade ela — drill into a card to work its skills.

3rd Grade Reading: Speaking and Listening · Demonstrate Comprehension and Collaboration

2 core skills4% total weight

0/2 completed

2 skills to mastery

Ask Questions About Speaker's InformationRecommended

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Determine Main Ideas From Oral PresentationsAvailable

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3rd Grade Reading: Speaking and Listening · Engage in Collaborative Discussions

4 core skills7% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

Come to Discussions PreparedAvailable

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Explain Ideas in Light of DiscussionAvailable

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Follow Rules for Respectful DiscussionsAvailable

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3rd Grade Reading: Speaking and Listening · Present Knowledge and Ideas

3 core skills5% total weight

0/3 completed

3 skills to mastery

Create Engaging Audio RecordingsAvailable

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Report on Topic With Descriptive DetailsAvailable

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Speak in Complete Sentences AppropriatelyAvailable

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3rd Grade Reading: Reading Informational Text · Identify Key Ideas and Details

3 core skills6% total weight

0/3 completed

3 skills to mastery

Ask and Answer Questions About TextAvailable

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Describe Relationships Between Events or ConceptsAvailable

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Determine Main Idea and Supporting DetailsAvailable

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3rd Grade Reading: Reading Informational Text · Analyze Craft and Structure

3 core skills4% total weight

0/3 completed

3 skills to mastery

Distinguish Poiints of ViewAvailable

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Determine Academic, Domain-Specific Word MeaningsAvailable

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Use Text Features and Search ToolsAvailable

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3rd Grade Reading: Reading Informational Text · Integrate Knowledge and Ideas

3 core skills5% total weight

0/3 completed

3 skills to mastery

Compare Important Points in Two TextsAvailable

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Describe Logical Connections Between Sentences/ParagraphsAvailable

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Use Illustrations to Understand TextAvailable

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3rd Grade Reading: Reading Informational Text · Read Complex Texts

1 core skills1% total weight

0/1 completed

1 skill to mastery

Read Grade-Level Informational TextsAvailable

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3rd Grade Reading: Reading Literature · Identify Key Ideas and Details

5 core skills9% total weight

0/5 completed

5 skills to mastery

Ask and Answer Questions About LiteratureAvailable

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Explain Elves and Shoemaker ActionsAvailable

Identify the Tortoise and Hare Story MessageAvailable

Describe Characters and Explain Their ActionsAvailable

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Recount Stories and Determine Central MessageAvailable

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3rd Grade Reading: Reading Literature · Analyze Craft and Structure

5 core skills6% total weight

0/5 completed

5 skills to mastery

Determine Literal and Nonliteral Word MeaningsAvailable

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Compare Red's View with the NarratorAvailable

Refer to Boy Who Cried Wolf Story PartsAvailable

Refer to Story Parts Using TermsAvailable

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Personal vs. Narrator Point of ViewAvailable

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3rd Grade Reading: Reading Literature · Integrate Knowledge and Ideas

3 core skills1% total weight

0/3 completed

3 skills to mastery

Explain Jack and the Beanstalk IllustrationsAvailable

Explain How Illustrations Contribute to StoryAvailable

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Compare Stories by Same AuthorAvailable

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3rd Grade Reading: Reading Literature · Read Complex Texts

1 core skills1% total weight

0/1 completed

1 skill to mastery

Read Grade-Level LiteratureAvailable

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3rd Grade Reading: Reading Foundational Skills · Apply Phonics and Word Analysis Skills

4 core skills7% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

Decode Multisyllable WordsAvailable

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Decode Words With Latin SuffixesAvailable

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Know Common Prefixes and SuffixesAvailable

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Read Irregularly Spelled WordsAvailable

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3rd Grade Reading: Reading Foundational Skills · Read With Accuracy and Fluency

3 core skills10% total weight

0/3 completed

3 skills to mastery

Read Grade-Level Text With UnderstandingAvailable

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Read Aloud With Fluency and ExpressionAvailable

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Use Context to Self-Correct ReadingAvailable

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3rd Grade Writing: Language · Knowledge Of Language

2 core skills1% total weight

0/2 completed

2 skills to mastery

Choose Words and Phrases for EffectAvailable

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Distinguish Spoken From Written EnglishAvailable

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3rd Grade Writing: Language · Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling

7 core skills3% total weight

0/7 completed

7 skills to mastery

Capitalize Words in TitlesAvailable

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Consult Dictionaries to Check SpellingsAvailable

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Form and Use PossessivesAvailable

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Spell High-Frequency Words and SuffixesAvailable

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Use Commas and Quotation MarksAvailable

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Use Commas in AddressesAvailable

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Use Spelling Patterns and GeneralizationsAvailable

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3rd Grade Writing: Language · Determine Word Meanings Using Strategies

4 core skills3% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

Determine Meanings of Words With AffixesAvailable

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Use Context Clues for Word MeaningsAvailable

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Use Dictionaries to Clarify Word MeaningsAvailable

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Use Root Words as Meaning CluesAvailable

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3rd Grade Writing: Language · Understand Figurative Language and Word Relationships

3 core skills1% total weight

0/3 completed

3 skills to mastery

Distinguish Shades of Meaning Among WordsAvailable

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Distinguish Literal and Nonliteral MeaningsAvailable

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Identify Real-Life Connections to WordsAvailable

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3rd Grade Writing: Language · Grammar And Usage

9 core skills7% total weight

0/9 completed

9 skills to mastery

Explain Functions of Parts of SpeechAvailable

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Form and Use Simple Verb TensesAvailable

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Form Regular and Irregular VerbsAvailable

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Form Regular and Irregular Plural NounsAvailable

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Produce Simple, Compound, and Complex SentencesAvailable

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Subject-Verb and Pronoun-Antecedent AgreementAvailable

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Use Abstract NounsAvailable

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Use Comparative and Superlative FormsAvailable

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Use Coordinating and Subordinating ConjunctionsAvailable

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3rd Grade Writing: Language · Acquire and Use Vocabulary

1 core skills1% total weight

0/1 completed

1 skill to mastery

Use Grade-Appropriate Academic VocabularyAvailable

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3rd Grade Writing: Writing · Write Narratives With Descriptive Details

4 core skills3% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

Establish Situation and Introduce Narrator/CharactersAvailable

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Provide Sense of ClosureAvailable

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Use Dialogue and DescriptionsAvailable

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Use Temporal Words for Event OrderAvailable

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3rd Grade Writing: Writing · Research to Build Knowledge

2 core skills2% total weight

0/2 completed

2 skills to mastery

Conduct Short Research ProjectsAvailable

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Gather Information and Take Brief NotesAvailable

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3rd Grade Writing: Writing · Produce and Distribute Writing

3 core skills2% total weight

0/3 completed

3 skills to mastery

Develop Writing Through Planning and RevisingAvailable

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Produce Writing Appropriate to TaskAvailable

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Use Technology to Publish WritingAvailable

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3rd Grade Writing: Writing · Write Informative/Explanatory Texts

4 core skills5% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

Develop Topic With Facts and DetailsAvailable

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Introduce Topic and Group InformationAvailable

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Provide Concluding Explanatory StatementAvailable

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Use Linking Words for Informative WritingAvailable

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3rd Grade Writing: Writing · Write Opinion Pieces

4 core skills5% total weight

0/4 completed

4 skills to mastery

Introduce Topic and State OpinionAvailable

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Provide Concluding Opinion StatementAvailable

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Provide Reasons Supporting OpinionAvailable

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Use Linking Words for Opinion WritingAvailable

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3rd Grade Writing: Writing · Write Routinely

1 core skills1% total weight

0/1 completed

1 skill to mastery

Write Routinely Over Extended Time FramesAvailable

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