3rd Grade ELA (Utah Core Standards)

Strand 1: Speaking and Listening

• 3.SL.1 Take part in conversations and group work with grade-appropriate vocabulary on topics, texts and issues.
  • a. Acknowledge and respond politely to others' points of view.
  • b. Understand that one comment or claim can reflect two different points of view.
  • c. Join in by asking questions, noting new information, linking responses and staying on topic.
• 3.SL.2 Speak clearly and audibly when asking and answering questions about key details from different media.
• 3.SL.3 Speak or present with grade-appropriate vocabulary, grammar, volume and pronunciation.
  • a. Present information, stories or opinions in logical order with relevant descriptions, facts and details.

Strand 2: Reading

• 3.R.2 Show grade-appropriate skill at manipulating the sounds in spoken words.
  • a. Reverse the order of sounds in a spoken word.
  • b. Add, delete or substitute sounds at the start, middle or end of words.
• 3.R.3 Show grade-appropriate phonics skill when reading words.
  • a. Combine sound patterns, syllable rules, word parts and word origins to read unfamiliar long words.
  • b. Read and spell multisyllable words made of the six syllable types.
  • c. Know and define the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.
  • d. Spot the unstressed (schwa) syllable in longer words (e.g. nation, active, atomic).
  • e. Read and spell common irregular words.
• 3.R.4 Read grade-level text accurately and fluently enough to understand it.
• 3.R.5 Ask and answer questions about a text, pointing to the text as evidence.
• 3.R.6 Read a variety of texts and retell them by structure, naming the main idea and how details support it.
• 3.R.7 Describe characters and events (literature) or connections between events and ideas (informational).
  • RL. Describe characters and explain how their actions shape the sequence of events.
  • RI. Explain how history events, science ideas or steps connect, using time, sequence and cause/effect language.
• 3.R.8 Work out the meaning of words and phrases, including similes, metaphors and subject vocabulary.
• 3.R.9 Work out or clarify unknown and multiple-meaning words using several strategies.
  • a. Use sentence context as a clue to meaning.
  • b. Use a known prefix, suffix or root to work out a new word.
  • c. Use glossaries or dictionaries to find exact meanings of key words.
• 3.R.10 Use the parts and features of texts to understand them.
  • RL. Name and refer to the structural parts of different kinds of texts when speaking or writing.
  • RI. Use text features and search tools (headings, captions) to understand and find information.
• 3.R.12 Explain how pictures or text features add to the meaning of the words.
• 3.R.13 Explain how reasons and evidence support the claims in an informational text.
• 3.R.14 Compare texts.
  • RL. Compare themes, settings and plots of stories about the same or similar characters.
  • RI. Compare the main points and key details of two informational texts on the same topic.

Strand 3: Writing

• 3.W.1 Write arguments that support a claim with evidence, link claims and evidence with transitions and end with a conclusion.
  • a. Introduce the topic, state a claim and organize the piece so evidence supports it.
  • b. Write and expand simple, compound and complex sentences.
  • c. Use writing conventions for cohesion, sentence structure and phrasing.
• 3.W.2 Write informative pieces that explain a topic clearly, linking ideas within categories.
  • a. Introduce and develop a topic with facts, definitions, details and grouped graphics.
  • b. Write and expand simple, compound and complex sentences.
  • c. Use writing conventions for cohesion, sentence structure and phrasing.
• 3.W.3 Write narratives of real or imagined events with descriptive details, clear order and a conclusion.
  • a. Set the scene, introduce a narrator or characters and order events naturally.
  • b. Write and expand simple, compound and complex sentences.
  • c. Use dialogue and describe characters' actions, thoughts and feelings.
  • d. Use writing conventions for cohesion, sentence structure and phrasing.
• 3.W.4 Do short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
  • a. Gather relevant facts from one or more sources and take short notes.
  • b. Work with peers through each stage of the writing process.
• 3.W.5 Write all upper- and lowercase letters legibly in print and cursive.