Grade 3 ELA Florida standards Standards

K-12 ELA Expectations

Vocabulary

Communication

Reading

Foundational Skills

Communicating Through Writing

Write in cursive all upper- and lowercase letters.

Write personal or fictional narratives using a logical sequence of events, appropriate descriptions, dialogue, a variety of transitional words or phrases, and an ending.

Write opinions about a topic or text, include reasons supported by details from one or more sources, use transitions, and provide a conclusion.

Write expository texts about a topic, using one or more sources, providing an introduction, facts and details, some elaboration, transitions, and a conclusion.

Improve writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing with guidance and support from adults and feedback from peers.

Communicating Orally

Present information orally, in a logical sequence, using nonverbal cues, appropriate volume, and clear pronunciation.

Following Conventions

Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.

Researching

Conduct research to answer a question, organizing information about the topic from multiple sources.

Creating and Collaborating

Use two or more multimedia elements to enhance oral or written tasks.

Use digital writing tools individually or collaboratively to plan, draft, and revise writing.

Learning and Applying Foundational Reading Skills

Use knowledge of grade-level phonics and word-analysis skills to decode words.

Decode words with common Greek and Latin roots and affixes.

Decode words with common derivational suffixes and describe how they turn words into different parts of speech. (e.g., -ful, -less, -est).

Decode multisyllabic words.

Read grade-level texts with accuracy, automaticity, and appropriate prosody or expression.

Reading Prose and Poetry

Explain how one or more characters develop throughout the plot in a literary text.

Explain a theme and how it develops, using details, in a literary text.

Explain different characters' perspectives in a literary text

Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.

Reading Informational Text

Explain how text features contribute to meaning and identify the text structures of chronology, comparison, and cause/effect in texts.

Identify the central idea and explain how relevant details support that idea in a text.

Explain the development of an author's purpose in an informational text.

Identify an author's claim and explain how an author uses evidence to support the claim.

Reading Across Genres

Identify and explain metaphors, personification, and hyperbole in text(s).

Summarize a text to enhance comprehension.

Include plot and theme for a literary text.

Use the central idea and relevant details for an informational text.

Compare and contrast how two authors present information on the same topic or theme.

Finding Meaning

Use grade-level academic vocabulary appropriately in speaking and writing.

Identify and apply knowledge of common Greek and Latin roots, base words, and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words in grade-level content.

Use context clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference materials, and/or background knowledge to determine the meaning of multiple-meaning and unknown words and phrases, appropriate to grade level.

Cite evidence to explain and justify reasoning.

Read and comprehend grade-level complex texts proficiently.

Make inferences to support comprehension.

Use appropriate collaborative techniques and active listening skills when engaging in discussions in a variety of situations.

Use the accepted rules governing a specific format to create quality work.

Use appropriate voice and tone when speaking or writing.

Finding Meaning

Vocabulary

Reading Across Genres

Reading Informational Text

Reading Prose and Poetry

Reading

Learning and Applying Foundational Reading Skills

Foundational Skills

Creating and Collaborating

Researching

Following Conventions

Communicating Orally

Communicating Through Writing

Communication

Write cursive letters with a model.

Write personal or fictional narratives using a logical sequence of events, appropriate details and an ending.

Write an opinion about a topic with one supporting reason and a conclusion.

Write an expository text about a topic, using a source, providing an introduction, facts and a conclusion.

Improve writing as needed by planning, revising and editing with guidance, support and modeling from adults and feedback from peers.

Express information in a logical sequence, using nonverbal cues, using the students mode of communication.

Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization and spelling. Use interjections. Use apostrophes to form contractions. Identify quotation marks with dialogue and direct quotations. Identify prepositions and prepositional phrases.

Participate in research to answer a question, organizing information about the topic from multiple sources.

Identify one or more multimedia elements to enhance oral and written tasks.

Use digital writing tools individually or collaboratively to draft writing with support from adults.

Decode words with common Greek and Latin roots and affixes (see 3.V.1.2).

Decode words with common derivational suffixes and describe how they turn words into different parts of speech (e.g., -ful, -less, -est).

Decode multisyllabic words.

Read grade-level texts, at the student’s ability level, with accuracy and expression using the student’s mode of communication.

Identify how a character develops throughout the plot in a literary text.

Identify a theme and how it develops, using details, in a literary text.

Identify different characters perspectives in a literary text.

Identify poems with rhyme and poems without rhyme.

Identify the text structures of chronological order, comparison and cause/effect in texts.

Identify the central idea and select relevant details that supports that idea in a text.

Identify what evidence is included in an informational text that develops the authors purpose.

Identify an author's claim and evidence used to support the claim.

Identify metaphors, personification and hyperbole in text(s).

Identify the plot for a literary text using the student's mode of communication.

Identify the central idea and relevant details for an informational text using the students mode of communication.

Compare and contrast important information presented by two authors on the same topic or theme.

Identify and use grade-level academic vocabulary appropriately in communication, using the students mode of communication.

Identify and use common Greek and Latin roots, base words, and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words in grade-level content at the student’s ability level.

Identify and use picture clues, context clues, word relationships, reference materials and/or background knowledge to determine the meaning of multiple-meaning and unknown words in appropriate to grade-level content at the student’s ability level.

Cite evidence to explain and justify reasoning.

Read and comprehend grade-level complex texts proficiently.

Make inferences to support comprehension.

Use appropriate collaborative techniques and active listening skills when engaging in discussions in a variety of situations.

Use the accepted rules governing a specific format to create quality work.

Use appropriate voice and tone when speaking or writing.