3rd Grade ELA (Wisconsin Standards)

Reading (R)

• R.3.1 Ask and answer questions to find specific details that support an answer or inference.
• R.3.2 Summarize parts of a text to identify a theme or central idea and show how key details back it up.
• R.3.3 Describe a character's traits, motives and feelings, or how events, ideas or steps relate in time and cause.
• R.3.4 Work out what words, phrases, figurative language and academic or subject words mean.
• R.3.5 Name parts of stories, dramas and poems (chapter, scene, stanza) and use text features to understand.
• R.3.6 Discuss how a reader's viewpoint can differ from the author's, narrator's or characters'.
• R.3.7 Explain how illustrations or text features add to what the words convey, e.g. mood or setting.
• R.3.8 Explain how reasons and evidence support claims in a text.
• R.3.9 Recognize genres and connect texts to other texts, ideas, cultures, identities, eras and personal experiences.

Reading Foundational Skills (RF)

• RF.3.3 Know and use grade 3 phonics and word analysis, including prefixes, Latin suffixes and spelling rules.
• RF.3.4 Read grade 3 texts with enough accuracy and fluency to support understanding.

Writing (W)

• W.3.1 Write reflective, formal and creative pieces, together or separately, for purposes from everyday to high stakes (grade 3).
• W.3.2 Write in several modes – opinion or argument, informative and narrative – at grade 3 level.
• W.3.3 Write with control of organization, transitions, development, word choice and sentences suited to grade 3.
• W.3.4 With adult support, compose writing whose development and organization suit the task and are culturally sustaining.
• W.3.5 With support, respond to peer suggestions and add details while planning, revising and editing.
• W.3.6 With some support, publish writing with digital tools and learn printing, cursive or typing.
• W.3.7 Carry out brief investigations to learn more about a topic.
• W.3.8 Gather information from experience and sources, take brief notes and sort evidence into categories.
• W.3.9 With support, recall and use facts from texts to support reflection and inquiry.

Speaking and Listening (SL)

• SL.3.1 Take an active part in varied group and partner discussions, adding to classmates' ideas and sharing own thinking (grade 3).
• SL.3.2 Identify main ideas and their support in a read-aloud or information in other media.
• SL.3.3 Ask and answer questions about a speaker's information, adding detail.
• SL.3.4 Give a report, story, poem reading or account using facts and details, speaking clearly at a steady pace.
• SL.3.5 Include digital media and visuals in presentations to enhance facts and details.

Language (L)

• L.3.1 Understand how language works in different cultures and contexts and use this to understand and make effective choices (grade 3).
• L.3.2 Work out unknown and multiple-meaning words using context, word parts, references and word-solving strategies (grade 3).
• L.3.3 Show understanding of figurative language, word relationships and shades of meaning (grade 3).
• L.3.4 Build vocabulary alone and with others, including cultural, academic and subject words, and use words suited to the situation (grade 3).
• L.3.5 Use standardized English grammar and usage when suitable, knowing when and where it fits (grade 3).
• L.3.6 Use standardized capitalization, punctuation and spelling in writing when suitable, knowing when it fits (grade 3).