Indiana Academic Standards 3rd Grade ELA Activities

READING

READING: Foundations

Phonics

3.RF.4.2 Understand the six major syllable patterns (CVC, CVr, V, VV, VCe, Cle) to aid in decoding unknown words.

3.RF.4.4 Read grade-appropriate words that have blends (e.g., walk, play) and common spelling patterns (e.g., qu; doubling the consonant and adding –ing, such as cut/cutting; changing the ending of a word from –y to –ies to make a plural).

3.RF.4.5 Know and use more difficult word families when reading unfamiliar words (e.g., -ight).

3.RF.4.6 Read multi-syllabic words composed of roots and related prefixes and suffixes; read irregular contractions (e.g., will not = won’t) and possessives (e.g., children’s, Dennis’s).

READING: Literature

Learning Outcome

3.RL.1 Read and comprehend a variety of literature within a range of complexity appropriate for grades 2-3. By the end of grade 3, students interact with texts proficiently and independently.

Key Ideas and Textual Support

3.RL.2.2 Retell folktales, fables, and tall tales from diverse cultures; identify the themes in these works.

3.RL.2.3 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the plot.

Structural Elements and Organization

3.RL.3.1 Use terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza to refer to the parts of stories, plays, and poems; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.

READING: Nonfiction

Learning Outcome

3.RN.1 Read and comprehend a variety of nonfiction within a range of complexity appropriate for grades 2-3. By the end of grade 3, students interact with texts proficiently and independently.

Key Ideas and Textual Support

3.RN.2.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

3.RN.2.3 Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in processes or procedures in a text, using words such as first, next, finally, because, problem, solution, same, and different.

Structural Elements and Organization

3.RN.3.1 Apply knowledge of text features to locate information and gain meaning from a text (e.g., maps, illustrations, charts, font/format).

Synthesis and Connection of Ideas

3.RN.4.1 Distinguish between fact and opinion; explain how an author uses reasons and facts to support specific points in a text.

READING: Vocabulary

Learning Outcome

3.RV.1 Build and use accurately conversational, general academic, and content-specific words and phrases.

Vocabulary Building

3.RV.2.1 Apply context clues (e.g., word, phrase, and sentence clues) and text features (e.g., maps, illustrations, charts) to determine the meanings of unknown words.

3.RV.2.2 Identify relationships among words, including synonyms, antonyms, homographs, homonyms, and multiple-meaning words (e.g., puzzle, fire).

3.RV.2.4 Use a known word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root, and identify when an affix is added to a known root word.

3.RV.2.5 Consult reference materials, both print and digital (e.g., dictionary), to determine or clarify the meanings of words and phrases.

Vocabulary in Literature and Nonfiction Texts

3.RV.3.1 Determine how the author uses words and phrases to provide meaning to works of literature, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language, including figurative language (e.g., similes).

3.RV.3.2 Determine the meanings of general academic and content-specific words and phrases in a nonfiction text relevant to a third grade topic or subject area.

WRITING

WRITING

Writing Genres: Argumentative, Informative, and Narrative

3.W.3.2 Write informative compositions on a variety of topics that–

Develop the topic with facts and details.

Connect ideas within categories of information using words and phrases.

3.W.3.3 Write narrative compositions in a variety of forms that–

Connect ideas and events using introduction and transition words.

Provide an ending.

The Writing Process

3.W.4 Apply the writing process to–

Generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials (e.g., quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice); and edit writing for format and conventions (e.g., spelling, capitalization, usage, punctuation).

The Research Process: Finding, Assessing, Synthesizing, and Reporting Information

3.W.5 Conduct short research on a topic.

Locate information in reference texts, electronic resources, or through interviews.

Conventions of Standard English: Grammar and Usage/ Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling

3.W.6.1 Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage, focusing on:

3.W.6.1b Verbs – Writing sentences that use regular and irregular verbs and simple verb tenses to convey various times, sequences, states, and conditions.

3.W.6.1c Adjectives/Adverbs – Writing sentences that include comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, choosing between them depending on what is to be modified, and explaining their functions in the sentence.

3.W.6.2 Demonstrate command of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, focusing on:

3.W.6.2b Punctuation – Correctly using apostrophes to form contractions and singular and plural possessives; Using quotation marks to mark direct speech; Using commas in locations and addresses; to mark direct speech; and for coordinating adjectives(e.g., a small, red bicycle).

3.W.6.2c Spelling – Using conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding affixes to base words; Using spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts, homophones/ homographs) when writing.