RICE LAKE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT

Language Arts Grade 3

Learning Priorities - Language
Jaime Burse, Nancy Hoff, Kakia Ohlfs, Lori Romportl, Dawn Schmitz, Kim Timmers,
Dan Webber, Brandy Zielie,, Nancy Chartier
Adopted: April 9, 2012
 Language Arts – Language – Grade 3 Curriculum

RLASD Language Arts Learning Priorities

Course Outline

Grade 3  Demonstrate command of the conventions of

Standard English grammar and usage when
Course Description: writing or speaking.
 Demonstrate command of the conventions
of Standard English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling when writing.

 Use knowledge of language and its

conventions when writing, speaking, reading,
or listening.

Grade 3 Topics:
Student Self-Assessment

 How do I self-monitor my use of

the Standard English language?
Enduring Understandings

 When I use Standard English

people can understand my
message more clearly.
Instructional Strategies:

Belief Statement:

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Content Standards and Grade Three Learning Priorities

College and Career Readiness Standards for Language College and Career Readiness Standards for Language
Conventions of Standard English Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

1. Demonstrate a command of the conventions of 4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown

Standard English grammar and usage. and multiple-meaning words and phrases by
2. Demonstrate a command of the conventions of using context clues, analyzing meaningful word
capitalization, punctuation, and spelling. parts, and consulting general and specialized
3. Not used in 3rd Grade reference materials, as appropriate.
5. Demonstrate understanding of word
relationships and nuances in word meaning.
6. Acquire and use accurately a range of general
academic and domain-specific words and
phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking,
and listening at the college and career readiness
level; demonstrate independence in gathering
vocabulary knowledge when encountering an
unknown term important to comprehension or
expression.

To meet this standard a third grade student will: To meet this standard a third grade student will:
 Demonstrate command of the conventions of  Demonstrate command of the conventions of
Standard English grammar and usage when Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and
writing or speaking. spelling when writing.

College and Career Readiness Standards for Language

Knowledge of Language

3. Apply knowledge of language to understand how

language functions in different contexts, to make
effective choices for meaning or style, and to
comprehend more fully when reading or
listening.

To meet this standard a third grade student will:

 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when
writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

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Content Standards and Grade Three Learning Priorities

Grade 3 Language Learning Priorities

 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar

and usage when writing or speaking.
 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English
capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing,

speaking, reading, or listening.

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Content Standards and Grade Three Learning Priorities

Enduring Understandings Essential Questions

 When I use Standard English people can  How do I self-monitor my use of the
understand my message more clearly. Standard English language?

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Content Standards and Grade Three Learning Priorities

College and Career Readiness Standards for Language:

Conventions of Standard English

1. Demonstrate a command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or
speaking.
2. Demonstrate a command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
when writing.

Enduring Understandings Essential Questions

 When I use Standard English people can  How do I self-monitor my use of the
understand my message more clearly. Standard English language?

Learning Priority

Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or
3L1
speaking.

 Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their
functions in particular sentences.
Essential Knowledge, Skills, Topics,

 Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.

Processes, and Concepts

 Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).

 Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
 Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.
 Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*
 Form and use comparative (er) and superlative (est) adjectives and adverbs, and choose between
them depending on what is to be modified.
 Use coordinating (and, but, or) and subordinating conjunctions (because, so, than, that, after,
how, as).
 Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences

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Content Standards and Grade Three Learning Priorities

Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and

3L2
spelling when writing.

 Capitalize appropriate words in titles.

 Use commas in addresses.
Essential Knowledge, Skills, Topics,

 Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.

Processes, and Concepts

 Use commas in a series.

 Understand and use ellipses. (…)
 Form and use possessives.
 Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to
base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
 Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable
patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.
 Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct
spellings.

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Content Standards and Grade Three Learning Priorities

College and Career Readiness Standards for Language

Knowledge of Language

3. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

Learning Priorities

3L3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
Essential Knowledge, Skills, Topics,
Processes, and Concepts

 Choose words and phrases for effect.

 Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written Standard
English.
 Use appropriate voice, phrasing, and intonation (e.g., tone, volume, rate, articulation, enunciation
 Listen with attention and understanding to oral reading stories, poems, and informational text.
 Show ability to vary the text by choosing alternative words (for example, alternatives for said)
 Use a range of descriptive words to enhance the meaning

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