3rd Grade ELA (Florida B.E.S.T.)

ELA.3.F.1 Learning and Applying Foundational Reading Skills

• ELA.3.F.1 Learning and Applying Foundational Reading Skills.
• ELA.3.F.1.3 Use grade-level phonics and word-analysis skills to decode words accurately.
• ELA.3.F.1.3.a Decode words with common Greek and Latin roots and affixes.
• ELA.3.F.1.3.b Decode derivational suffixes and explain how they change a word's part of speech.
• ELA.3.F.1.3.c Decode multisyllabic words.
• ELA.3.F.1.4 Read grade-level texts with accuracy, automaticity, and appropriate prosody or expression.

ELA.3.R.1 Reading Prose and Poetry

• ELA.3.R.1 Reading Prose and Poetry.
• ELA.3.R.1.1 Explain how setting, events, conflict, and character development shape a story's plot.
• ELA.3.R.1.2 Explain a theme and how supporting details show its development in a literary text.
• ELA.3.R.1.3 Explain different characters' perspectives in a literary text.
• ELA.3.R.1.4 Identify free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick poem types.

ELA.3.R.2 Reading Informational Text

• ELA.3.R.2 Reading Informational Text.
• ELA.3.R.2.1 Explain how text features add meaning and identify chronology, comparison, and cause/effect structures.
• ELA.3.R.2.2 Identify the central idea and explain how relevant details support it.
• ELA.3.R.2.3 Explain how an author's purpose develops in an informational text.
• ELA.3.R.2.4 Identify an author's claim and explain how the author uses evidence to support it.

ELA.3.R.3 Reading Across Genres

• ELA.3.R.3 Reading Across Genres.
• ELA.3.R.3.1 Identify and explain metaphors, personification, and hyperbole in texts.
• ELA.3.R.3.2 Summarize a text to enhance comprehension.
• ELA.3.R.3.2.a For literary texts, summarize including plot and theme.
• ELA.3.R.3.2.b For informational texts, summarize using the central idea and relevant details.
• ELA.3.R.3.3 Compare and contrast how two authors present information on the same topic or theme.

ELA.3.C.1 Communicating Through Writing

• ELA.3.C.1 Communicating Through Writing.
• ELA.3.C.1.1 Write all upper- and lowercase letters in cursive.
• ELA.3.C.1.2 Write narratives with logical event sequence, descriptions, dialogue, transitions, and an ending.
• ELA.3.C.1.3 Write opinions with reasons supported by source details, transitions, and a conclusion.
• ELA.3.C.1.4 Write expository texts with introduction, facts, elaboration, transitions, and conclusion using sources.
• ELA.3.C.1.5 Improve writing as needed through planning, revising, and editing, with adult guidance and peer feedback.

ELA.3.C.2 Communicating Orally

• ELA.3.C.2 Communicating Orally.
• ELA.3.C.2.1 Present information orally in logical sequence with nonverbal cues, volume, and clear pronunciation.

ELA.3.C.3 Following Conventions

• ELA.3.C.3 Following Conventions.
• ELA.3.C.3.1 Follow grade-level conventions of standard English (grammar, usage, punctuation, capitalization and spelling); the specific skills for this grade are listed in the official Conventions Progression chart.

ELA.3.C.4 Researching

• ELA.3.C.4 Researching.
• ELA.3.C.4.1 Research a question by organizing information from multiple sources.

ELA.3.C.5 Creating and Collaborating

• ELA.3.C.5 Creating and Collaborating.
• ELA.3.C.5.1 Use two or more multimedia elements to enhance oral or written tasks.
• ELA.3.C.5.2 Use digital writing tools, alone or collaboratively, to plan, draft, and revise writing.

ELA.3.V.1 Finding Meaning

• ELA.3.V.1 Finding Meaning.
• ELA.3.V.1.1 Use grade-level academic vocabulary appropriately in speaking and writing.
• ELA.3.V.1.2 Apply common Greek and Latin roots, base words, and affixes to determine unfamiliar word meanings.
• ELA.3.V.1.3 Use context clues, figurative language, word relationships, references, and background knowledge for unknown and multiple-meaning words.