English Language Arts Standards » Reading: Literature » Third Grade
Standards in this strand:
Key Ideas and Details
RL.3.1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. KATE Examples for RL.3.1
RL.3.2. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. KATE Examples for RL.3.2
RL.3.3. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. KATE Examples for RL.3.3
Craft and Structure
RL.3.4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. KATE Examples for RL.3.4
RL.3.5. Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. KATE Examples for RL.3.5
RL.3.6. Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RL.3.7. Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting). KATE Examples for RL.3.7
RL.3.8. (Not applicable to literature)
RL.3.9. Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series). KATE Examples for RL.3.9
Range of Reading and Complexity of Text
RL.3.10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. KATE Examples for RL.3.10
English Language Arts Standards » Reading: Informational Text » Third Grade
Standards in this strand:
Key Ideas and Details
RI.3.1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. KATE Examples for RI.3.1
RI.3.2. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea. KATE Examples for RI.3.2
RI.3.3. Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect. KATE Examples for RI.3.3
Craft and Structure
RI.3.4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area. KATE Examples for RI.3.4
RI.3.5. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently. KATE Examples for RI.3.5
RI.3.6. Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
RI.3.7. Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur). KATE Examples for RI.3.7
RI.3.8. Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence). KATE Examples for RI.3.8
RI.3.9. Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic. KATE Examples for RI.3.9
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
RI.3.10. By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. KATE Examples for RI.3.10
English Language Arts Standards » Reading: Foundational Skills » Third Grade
Standards in this strand:
Phonics and Word Recognition
RF.3.3. Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. KATE Examples for RF.3.3
Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes. KATE Examples for RF.3.3a
Decode words with common Latin suffixes. KATE Examples for RF.3.3b
Decode multisyllable words. KATE Examples for RF.3.3c
Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words. KATE Examples for RF.3.3d
Fluency
RF.3.4. Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. KATE Examples for RF.3.4
Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. KATE Examples for RF.3.4a
Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression. KATE Examples for RF.3.4b
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary. KATE Examples for RF.3.4c
English Language Arts Standards » Writing » Third Grade
Standards in this strand:
Text Types and Purposes
W.3.1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons. KATE Examples for W.3.1
Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons. KATE Examples for W.3.1a
Provide reasons that support the opinion. KATE Examples for W.3.1b
Use linking words and phrases (e.g., because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reasons.
Provide a concluding statement or section.
W.3.2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. KATE Examples for W.3.2
Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension. KATE Examples for W.3.2a
Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details. KATE Examples for W.3.2b
Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information. KATE Examples for W.3.2c
Provide a concluding statement or section. KATE Examples for W.3.2d
W.3.3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. KATE Examples for W.3.3
Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. KATE Examples for W.3.3a
Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order.
Provide a sense of closure.
Production and Distribution of Writing
W.3.4. With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.) KATE Examples for W.3.4
W.3.5. With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. KATE Examples for W.3.5
W.3.6. With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others. KATE Examples for W.3.6
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
W.3.7. Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic. KATE Examples for W.3.7
W.3.8. Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories. KATE Examples for W.3.8
W.3.9. (Begins in grade 4)
Range of Writing
W.3.10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. KATE Examples for W.3.10
English Language Arts Standards » Speaking & Listening » Third Grade
Standards in this strand:
Comprehension and Collaboration
SL.3.1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. KATE Examples for SL.3.1
Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion. KATE Examples for SL.3.1a
Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion). KATE Examples for SL.3.1b
Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others. KATE Examples for SL.3.1c
Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion. KATE Examples for SL.3.1d
SL.3.2. Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. KATE Examples for SL.3.2
SL.3.3. Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail. KATE Examples for SL.3.3
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
SL.3.4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace. KATE Examples for SL.3.4
SL.3.5. Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.
SL.3.6. Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification. KATE Examples for SL.3.6
English Language Arts Standards » Language » Third Grade
Standards in this strand:
Conventions of Standard English
L.3.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. KATE Examples for L.3.1
Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences. KATE Examples for L.3.1a
Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns. KATE Examples for L.3.1b
Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood). KATE Examples for L.3.1c
Form and use regular and irregular verbs. KATE Examples for L.3.1d
Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses. KATE Examples for L.3.1e
Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.* KATE Examples for L.3.1f
Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified. KATE Examples for L.3.1g
Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. KATE Examples for L.3.1h
Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences. KATE Examples for L.3.1i
L.3.2. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. KATE Examples for L.3.2
Capitalize appropriate words in titles. KATE Examples for L.3.2a
Use commas in addresses. KATE Examples for L.3.2b
Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue. KATE Examples for L.3.2c
Form and use possessives. Picture This!, KATE Examples for L.3.2d
Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness). KATE Examples for L.3.2e
Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words. KATE Examples for L.3.2f
Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings. KATE Examples for L.3.2g
Knowledge of Language
L.3.3. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. KATE Examples for L.3.3
Choose words and phrases for effect.* KATE Examples for L.3.3a
Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written standard English. KATE Examples for L.3.3b
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
L.3.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. KATE Examples for L.3.4
Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. KATE Examples for L.3.4a
Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat). KATE Examples for L.3.4b
Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion). KATE Examples for L.3.4c
Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases. KATE Examples for L.3.4d
L.3.5. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings. KATE Examples for L.3.5
Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps). KATE Examples for L.3.5a
Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful). KATE Examples for L.3.5b
Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered). KATE Examples for L.3.5c
L.3.6. Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).