English Language Arts Curriculum
3rd Grade
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Course Purpose: |
Students will apply common figurative language devices and other specific skills to comprehend unfamiliar text. Students will incorporate text evidence to support answers and write multi-paragraph papers in the three genre types. |
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Students will ask and answer questions using text evidence. |
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Students will read and comprehend grade level text fluently. |
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Students will summarize nonfiction text. |
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Students will determine the main idea and detail of a text read aloud. Students will compare and contrast two books written by the same author and be able to place events sequentially. |
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Students will increase fluency and prosody by creating and/or performing stories and dramas. |
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Students will create, publish, and present a five paragraph real or imaginary narrative piece. |
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Students will interpret and produce correct use of figurative language. |
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Students will create and present a five paragraph informative/ explanatory piece. |
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Read and interpret poetry and nonfiction texts. |
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Students will create and present a five paragraph opinion piece. |
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Students will conduct research projects and use content area vocabulary. |