ELA Standards

 

 Explaining elements/characteristics of informational literature.

 

Use possessive and personal pronouns.

Identify cause and effect relationships and use to become a more effective writer.

 Write an expository paper using relevant details and capturing and keeping the readers attention.

 

  c. Generate questions before, during, and after reading.i. Makes connections between texts and/or personal experiences.m. Recalls explicit factsn. Identifies the basic elements of a variety of genres (non-fiction). 

a. Applies letter-sound knowledge to decode quickly and accurately.

ELA3C1

The student demonstrates understanding and control of the rules of the English language, realizing that usage involves the appropriate application of conventions and grammar in both written and spoken formats. The student

c. Reads third-grade texts at a target rate of 120 words correct per minute.

ELA3R3

The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text. The student  

a. Reads a variety of texts for information and pleasure.

b. Makes predictions from text content.

 

c. Generates questions before, during, and after reading.

m. Recalls explicit facts and infers implicit facts.

o. Uses titles, tables of contents, and chapter headings to locate information quickly and accurately and to preview text.

p. Recognizes the author’s purpose.

 

 

Writing

ELA3W2

The student writes in a variety of genres, including narrative, informational, persuasive, and response to literature. The student produces an expository paper that:  

a. Captures a reader’s interest.

b. Sustains a focus.

c. Includes the appropriate purpose, expectations, and length for the audience and genre.

d. Uses sensory details and other literary language to communicate.

e. Uses appropriate organizational structures to ensure coherence (ideas grouped together, well developed beginning, middle, and end) and strategies (transition words/phrases, cause/effect cue words).

g. Provides a sense of closure.

h. May include pre-writing.

i. May include a revised and edited draft.

j. May be published.