Third Grade

Communication Arts Essential Outcomes

Anchor
Standards

RF 3.3:
Know and apply
gradelevel
phonics and word
analysis skills in
decoding words

RF 3.4:
Read gradelevel
text with sufficient
accuracy and
fluency

RL/RI 3.1
Ask and answer
questions to
demonstrate
understanding of a
text,
referring explicitly
to the text as the
basis for the
answers

RL 3.2
Recount stories,
determine the
central message,
lesson or moral

Evidenc
e of
Proficien
cy

Prior Skills
Needed

Common
Summative
Assessment

When
Taught

*Identifying
level of
mastery for
phonics,
* using
weekly
worksheets
relating to
the story ,
*DIBEL
scores
*spelling
inventory

Phonemes and
phonics skills
from K2

*Daily
activities/worksh
eets
*Weekly
Activities
*Weekly
Assessment

Weekly
throughout
the year

*Teacher
Observation
,
*Conferenci
ng with
students
*making
connections
with
the text
*DIBEL
scores
*Students
keep track
on ORF
sheet
Ability to
understand
the
purpose of
the
question
and
accurately
answer the
question at
hand with
the
support
from the
text.
*Teacher
Observation
,
*Conferenci
ng with

Phonemes and
phonics skills
from K2

Weekly to
monthly
depending on
range according
to DIBELS
data/criteria
* Quarterly
Common Core
benchmarks

Daily

Students need
to know the
gist of the
question
and how to
restate the
essential part
of the question
in their
response.

*Assessed
daily/weekly
*daily work
*weekly tests
* Quarterly
Common Core
benchmarks

Throughout
the
year,
continuously
spiraled

Answer basic
comprehension
skills to read
alouds and
read text

*Weekly
Activities
*weekly
assessments
*Quarterly

Weekly/mont
hly
depending on
the type of
the literature

*Quarterly
Common Core
benchmarks

and explain how it

is conveyed
through key details
in the text
-fables
-folktales
-myths
RL/RI 3.10:
By the end of
the year, read and
comprehend
informational
texts/literature
independently and
proficiently

RI/RL .3.2
Students will
identify main idea
and find key
details in the text.

RI/RL 3.4
Determine
the meaning of
unknown
words through text

W.3.1
Write opinion
pieces on topics or
texts, supporting a
point of

students
*making
connections
with
the text

Common Core
benchmarks

during that
time

Students
will be on
current
grade level
according to
STAR
Students
will apply
strategies
(connection
s,
visualizatio
ns,
questioning,
inferring,
rereading)
Students
can
determine
the most
important
who/what in
the reading
and
use relevant
details from
the text
that support
their
answers.

Answer basic
comprehension
skills to read
alouds and
read text

*STAR reading
assessments
*Quarterly
Common Core
benchmarks
Weekly/monthly
DIBEL scores

Continuously
assessed
depending on
their rate
of fluency
and
comprehensi
on

*Reading
accurately
*Prior
introduction
with assistance
in 1-2

*2nd4th Quarter
Common
Assessments.
*Weekly
Activities
*Study Island

Throughout
the year.
Not
assessed
until 2nd
quarter

Students
understand
that words
have
multiple
meanings,
*use root
words,
*Latin
Greek
*prefixes
*suffixes
*antonyms
*synonyms
as clues to
find the
meaning of
the grade
level words
Students
produce
writing
that stays
focused and

*Phonics skills
from K2
*chunking/sylla
bles
*develop
vocabulary
through
listening to and
discussing
unknown words
in text

*Assessed
daily/weekly
daily work
weekly tests
*Study Island

Daily/weekly
throughout
the year

Adding details
that
describe main
idea

*Weekly
Writing Prompt
*Quarterly
Writing Prompt
Assessment

Modeled
throughout
the
year,
continuously

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W.3.3
Write personal
stories,
real or imagined,
with a clear
beginning, middle
& end.

W.3.5:
With guidance and
support from peers
and
adults, develop
and
strengthen writing
by
planning, revising,
and editing.

L.3.1 L.3.2
Use appropriate
sentence grammar
match verb to
subject,
beginning/capitaliz
ation and
ending/punctuation
& grade level
spelling

relevant to
main idea &
supporting
details
Writing
should be
focused,
detailed,
organized,
and
sequenced
in a way
that
clearly
communicat
es the
ideas to the
reader.
Producing a
final
product
that has
clear ideas
as a
writer, with
clear
evidence
of applying
the six
traits of
writing.
Capability
to score a 3
or
higher on
six trait
scoring
guide in the
conventions
category.
Apply rules
of
capitalizatio
n, commas
in
dates,
separate
city and
state, and
in a series.
Spell
high
frequency
words and
apply
spelling
rules.

spiraled.

Know what
good writers
do. Understand
the
purpose for
their writing
and how to
develop
narrative skills,
components,
and story
structures.

*Weekly
Writing Prompt
*Quarterly
Writing Prompt
Assessment

Modeled
throughout
the
year,
continuously
spiraled.

Understanding
of six
traits scoring
guide with
examples of
strong
writing. Guided
through
the entire
writing process
multiple times.

*Weekly
Writing Prompt
*Quarterly
Writing Prompt
Assessment

Modeled
throughout
the
year,
continuously
spiraled.

Complete
sentences with
a subject and
predicate start
with capital
and end with
punctuation.
Exposure to
first word in
sentence,
nouns/pronoun
s, and months
need
capitalized.
Spell grade
appropriate
high frequency
words.
Commas in
friendlyletter
format.
Quotation
marks
indicate
dialogue.

*Weekly
Writing Prompt
*Quarterly
Writing Prompt
Assessment

Modeled
throughout
the
year,
continuously
spiraled