Grade 3
3.W.3b
Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
October 1, 20183.SL.4
Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
October 1, 20183.SL.5
Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.
October 1, 20183.SL.6
Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification. (See grade 3 Language standards 1 and 3 here for specific expectations.)
October 1, 20183.W.1
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
October 1, 20183.W.1a
Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.
October 1, 20183.RL.7
Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).
October 1, 20183.W.1c
Use linking words and phrases (e.g., because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reasons.
October 1, 20183.RL.9
Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series).
October 1, 2018