English Language Arts Curriculum

3rd Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will apply common figurative language devices and other specific skills to comprehend unfamiliar text. Students will incorporate text evidence to support answers and write multi-paragraph papers in the three genre types.

Outcomes and Components:

LA.3.3

Students will summarize nonfiction text.

Pacing  

Instruct/

Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

 

LA.3.3.1

Explain how details support main ideas, and recount key details to summarize a nonfiction text.

3.RI.2

 

LA.3.3.2

Describe relationships between events, ideas, concepts, or steps in a procedure. Use language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause and effect.

3.RI.3

 

LA.3.3.3

Describe logical connections between sentences and paragraphs. Show order of events through sequencing.

3.RI.8

 

LA.3.3.4

Choose words and phrases for effect.

3.L.3a

 

LA.3.3.5

Gather information from print or digital sources.

3.W.8

Academic Vocabulary: nonfiction, sequencing, logical connections

Content Vocabulary: character traits, prefix, suffix, main idea, key details, summarize, phrases for effect