3rd grade English Language Arts
13 units matched to the Alabama Course of Study. Kids see this subject as “Reading & Writing”.
Focus areas
- Reading: reading fluently, characters, main idea and text features
- Writing, speaking and listening: organizing paragraphs, and presenting to others
- Vocabulary and language: building word knowledge and using grammar, spelling and punctuation
Units
Unit 1
Read and Think
Reading short original stories and non-fiction passages, then finding the main idea, details and order of events, making inferences and working out word meanings from context.
Content standard: 3.19; 3.22 · understanding stories and finding the main idea of true texts
Unit 2
Story Elements
Naming the characters, setting, problem and solution of a story, describing how characters feel and what they are like, and finding a story's lesson.
Content standard: 3.22 · characters, settings and plots
Unit 3
Word Jobs
Finding nouns (naming words), verbs (action words), adjectives (describing words) and adverbs (words that tell how) in sentences.
Content standard: 3.36 · nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs
Unit 4
Punctuation Power
Choosing end marks, using commas in lists and dates, writing contractions and possessives with apostrophes, and putting quotation marks around speech.
Content standard: 3.36 · commas, apostrophes and quotation marks
Unit 5
Spelling Patterns
Spelling long vowel sounds with vowel teams (ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, ow, igh, ie) and adding -ed and -ing by doubling a letter, dropping a silent e or just adding the ending.
Content standard: 3.8; 3.32 · spelling vowel teams and word endings
Unit 6
Prefixes & Suffixes
Learning what prefixes (un-, re-, pre-, dis-) and suffixes (-ful, -less, -er, -ly) mean, finding base words and using new words in sentences.
Content standard: 3.15; 3.R2 · using prefixes and suffixes to read and understand words
Unit 7
Word Pairs
Synonyms (words that mean the same), antonyms (opposites) and homophones (words that sound alike but are spelled differently, like their, there and they're).
Content standard: 3.14 · synonyms, antonyms and homophones
Unit 8
Sentence Smarts
Telling statements, questions, exclamations and commands apart, spotting incomplete sentences and joining ideas with so, but, or and because.
Content standard: 3.30; 3.37 · complete sentences and kinds of sentences
Unit 9
Grammar Gears
Showing who owns something with 's, choosing linking verbs and -ing verbs, using question words like which and whose, and spotting prepositions and interjections.
Content standard: 3.36; 3.37 · possessives, verb tenses and prepositions
Unit 10
Reading Patterns
Spotting cause and effect and order of importance, deciding who is telling a story, making inferences from clues, and using an index.
Content standard: 3.24 · cause and effect, order and other text structures
Unit 11
Tales, Poems & Hyperbole
Your child tells fables, folktales, legends and myths apart, reads rhyme schemes and stanzas, and spots sound devices and hyperbole.
Content standard: 3.11; 3.27 · fables, folktales, myths, rhyme schemes and hyperbole
Unit 12
Wonder & Find Out
Practices using what you already know, asking focused questions, choosing information from sources, deciding what to include, and noticing diversity and inclusion in stories.
Content standard: 3.39 · asking research questions and choosing sources
Unit 13
Media Messages
Children sort media by purpose (to inform, persuade or entertain), notice how ads use music, famous people and strong words, tell facts from opinions, and choose good sources for research questions.
Content standard: 3.25; 3.39; 3.R4 · facts and opinions, what a message is for and choosing sources
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