English Language Development

Grade Three Grade three is an important year as children begin to consolidate their independence in reading and writing and focu ...

Meaning Making As noted throughout this framework, meaning making is central to each of the strands of the CA CCSS for ELA/Liter ...

Receiving writing instruction, such as sentence combining Increasing the amount of writing, such as writing about self-selected ...

Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root. (L.3.4c) Use glossaries or beginning dict ...

In addition, students in grade three learn more about the writing process as they plan, revise, and edit their work in response ...

engaging in the writing process easier as students can delete, cut and paste, and move text (Graham, and others 2012). (See also ...

Breeds I Like I like thoroughbreds because they are such a pretty brown. I like Arabians because their different coats are very ...

My Description of a Horse A horse is a mammal because it has fur, drinks milk and their babies are born alive. They have four le ...

addition to having read or otherwise engaged with any required material or content, preparation may include the following: Draw ...

In grade three, students learn cursive (or joined italics) writing through instruction in letter formation and connections (L.3. ...

Content Knowledge Children in grade three engage in rich hands-on investigations, discussions, and explorations of grade-level c ...

Foundational Skills In grade three, children continue to develop phonics and word recognition skills, reading and writing increa ...

Standard 3 Example c. Decode multisyllable words. When children see the multisyllable word unavoidable, they identify the prefix ...

Review decoding compound words (such as doghouse, playground) as each syllable (being a word) will be more readily recognized. ...

interpreted cautiously with students who are speakers of languages other than English. Fluency rates are particularly difficult ...

Snapshot 4.6. Sharing Powerful Passages from Ninth Ward Integrated ELA in Grade Three Third graders are completing their reading ...

Snapshot 4.6. Sharing Powerful Passages from Ninth Ward Integrated ELA in Grade Three (cont.) CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy: RF.3.4b; ...

Snapshot 4.7. Biography Tableaux of American Heroes Integrated ELA, History–Social Science, and Theatre in Grade Three (cont.) C ...

Snapshot 4.8. Research to Create a Bird Nesting Environment Integrated ELA, Science, Math, Theatre, and Visual Arts in Grade Thr ...

Snapshot 4.9. Creating a Classroom Constitution Integrated ELA and History–Social Science in Grade Three Each year, Ms. Barkley ...