Grade 3 ELA Idaho Standards

Use knowledge of grade-level phonics and word analysis skills to decode words.

Decode words when known affixes are added to a known word (e.g., visit/revisit, appear/disappear, lead/mislead, care/careful).

Decode words with common Greek and Latin roots (e.g., trans, port, bio).

Decode multisyllable words.

Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words (e.g., come, friend, today).

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

Form and use the progressive and perfect verb tenses.

Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs.

Use collective nouns (e.g., family, crew, assembly) matched to plural verb forms.

Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns (e.g., fish, teeth).

Use common, proper, and possessive nouns.

Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.

Produce, expand, and rearrange simple and compound sentences.

Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation to provide requested detail or clarification.

Demonstrate command of the conventions of English punctuation and capitalization when writing and reading aloud to create meaning.

Commas in addresses and dates.

Commas and quotation marks in dialogue.

Forming and using possessives.

Capitalize appropriate words in titles.

Use knowledge of spelling in writing.

Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words.

Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) when pronouncing and writing words.

Spell high-frequency irregular words correctly (e.g., who, what, why).

Consult reference materials to check and correct spelling.

Engage in collaborative discussions about grade-level topics and texts with peers by staying on topic; linking comments to the remarks of others; asking questions to check understanding of information being discussed; and reviewing ideas expressed.

Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in a variety of media (audio, visual, and quantitative).

Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.

Report orally 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.

With support, evaluate whether a digital source is factual or not by considering its use of evidence.

Use information gained digitally to determine where, when, why, and how key events occur.

Independently and proficiently read and comprehend texts representing a balance of genres, cultures, and perspectives that exhibit complexity at the higher end of the grades 2–3 band.

Regularly engage in a volume of reading (independently, with peers, or with modest support) related to the topics and themes being studied to build knowledge and vocabulary.

Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of grade-level texts, referring explicitly to textual evidence as the basis for the answers.

Read grade-level text with accuracy, automaticity, appropriate rate, and expression in successive readings to support comprehension.

Use evidence from literature to demonstrate understanding of grade-level texts.

Describe key details from stories (including folktales, fables, and tall tales) from diverse cultures and explain how they support the central lesson, moral, or theme.

Explain how characters develop (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) throughout the text.

Explain major structural differences between poems, plays, and prose.

Explain the difference between a narrator's point of view and various characters' perspectives in stories.

Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters.

Use evidence from nonfiction works to demonstrate understanding of grade-level texts.

Describe key details from texts and explain how they support the central idea.

Describe the relationship between a series of events, concepts, steps, or procedures in historical, scientific, or technical texts, using words that pertains to comparison, sequence, or cause/effect.

Describe major structural differences between the organization of different informational texts (e.g., description, sequence, comparison, problem-solution, cause-effect).

Explain the logical connection between particular facts and reasons in texts.

Compare and contrast important points and key supporting details presented in two texts on the same topic.

Conduct short research tasks to take some action or share findings orally or in writing by gathering and recording information on a specific topic from reference texts or through interviews, and using text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information efficiently.

Read a series of texts organized around a variety of conceptually related topics to build knowledge about the world. (These texts should be at a range of complexity levels so students can read the texts independently, with peers, or with modest support.)

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade-level reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

Use sentence-level context as clues to the meaning of words or phrases.

Determine the meaning of new words formed when known affixes are added to a known word (e.g., expensive/ inexpensive, lock/unlock, help/helpless, care/ careless).

Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., transport, portable).

Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, print or digital, to clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.

Determine how words and phrases provide meaning and nuance to grade-level texts.

Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).

Distinguish shades of meaning among grade-appropriate, related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).

Acquire and use general academic and content-specific words and phrases occurring in grade-level reading and content, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., She stood behind the door before she entered the room). Use these words in discussions and writing.

Develop flexibility in writing by routinely engaging in the production of shorter and longer pieces for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences. This could include, among others, summaries, reflections, descriptions, letters, and poetry, etc.

Write arguments that introduce the topic, express an opinion supported with facts, details, and reasons, and provide a concluding statement.

Write informational texts that introduce the topic, develop the focus with facts and details, and provide a concluding statement.

Write personal or fictional stories that recount an event or experience, include details to develop the characters or event(s), and provide a sense of closure.

Group related information within a paragraph, using common linking words and phrases to connect ideas and information.

With support from adults and peers, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing should demonstrate command of grade-level Grammar and Conventions.)

Write legibly in cursive, leaving space between letters in a word, in a sentence, and at the edges of the paper.

Use keyboarding skills to produce and publish writing.

Grammar and Usage

Oral and Digital Communications Strand

Research Strand

Phonics and Decoding

Nonfiction Text

Writing Strand

Reading Fluency

Text Complexity

Volume of Reading to Build Knowledge

Digital Communications

Foundational Reading

Deep Reading on Topics to Build Knowledge

Reading Comprehension

Vocabulary Development

Literature

Mechanics

Oral Communications

Word Building

Textual Evidence

Range of Writing

Grammar and Conventions

Handwriting and Keyboarding

Inquiry Process to Build, Present, and Use Knowledge

Academic Vocabulary

Follow Oral Directions

Understand Social and Academic Conversations

Understand Main Idea of Information Presented Orally

Ask and Answer Questions

Communicate Information Orally

Plan Oral Presentations

Deliver Oral Presentations

Use Text Features to Locate Information

Use Graphic Features to Support Understanding of Text

Decode Words Using Phonological Awareness Skills

Decode Words Using Knowledge of Syllables

Decode and Determine Meaning of Words Using Knowledge of Word Parts

Identify and Use Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, and Words with Multiple Meanings

Read With Fluency

Follow Written Directions

Describe Main Idea in Text

Draw Conclusions Based on Text

Describe Characters, Settings, and Plots

Plan, Write, Revise, and Edit a Draft

Write Narratives

Write Reports

Spell Words Correctly

Write a Variety of Sentence Types

Apply Capitalization and Punctuation Rules

Use Grammatical Forms

Identify orally the main characters and basic sequence of events in simple stories read aloud with visuals.

Decode most grade-level multisyllabic words using knowledge of syllable types and patterns.

Demonstrate comprehension of academic discussions on concrete and abstract topics.

Identify and apply grade-level capitalization and punctuation rules with few errors.

Ask and answer very simple questions using words or phrases.

Organize oral presentations that maintain a clear focus; use expanded word choice and sentence structure.

Describe detailed aspects of characters, setting, and plot in stories at grade level.

Identify and apply basic capitalization and punctuation rules for proper nouns and very simple sentences.

Describe main ideas and supporting details of information presented orally at grade level.

Follow multi-step oral directions.

Organize simple oral presentations that maintain a clear focus.

Apply the writing process to: organize ideas and select an appropriate format; write a draft and revise for meaning and clarity; and use a grade-level editing checklist.

Speaking Applications

Demonstrate comprehension of academic discussions on mostly concrete topics.

Identify orally facts in brief text read with support and retell facts in logical order.

Draw conclusions based on text with visuals at independent reading level, and locate some evidence in the text.

Identify the main idea and a few supporting details in brief, simple stories and information presented orally with visual support.

Identify and apply increasingly complex capitalization and punctuation rules.

Follow simple multi-step oral directions.

Use text features to locate information in familiar and some unfamiliar print formats at grade level.

Use knowledge of vowel digraphs, diphthongs, and r-controlled letter-sound association to read new words.

Decode simple, familiar words.

Identify and use common synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and words with multiple meanings at independent reading level.

Deliver narrative and informative oral presentations that maintain a focus on key events or ideas with some supporting details.

Identify main ideas in text at independent reading level and retell important information from the text.

Copy high-frequency words and use inventive spelling for some words.

Describe the main idea and most supporting details of information presented orally near grade level.

Use text features to locate information in various print formats at grade level.

Use basic text features (e.g., bold print, paragraphing) to locate information in familiar print formats.

Deliver narrative and informative oral presentations that maintain a clear focus on important events or ideas with supporting details.

Read simple sentences with familiar vocabulary with fluency and accuracy appropriate to reading level.

Decode and determine meaning of words using knowledge of common base words and a few simple prefixes and suffixes.

Decode words of two to four syllables at independent reading level using knowledge of syllable types and patterns.

Decode and determine meaning of most words using knowledge of common roots, prefixes, and suffixes near grade level.

Identify first, middle, and last sounds in a single-syllable word.

Listening

Match vowel and consonant sounds to all letters.

Identify orally the main characters, setting, and sequence of events, after reading simple stories with visuals and other support.

Complete a graphic organizer on a familiar topic that follows a logical sequence of events.

Spell correctly one-syllable words with blends, contractions, and compounds, and use reference tools to correct errors.

Speaking

Write short narratives that have a beginning, middle, and end, using increasingly complex sentences.

Organize a central idea and some supporting details; write a brief paragraph and revise for meaning; and use a simple editing checklist of basic rules.

Identify common, simple antonym pairs (e.g., hot/cold).

Spell many one-syllable, high-frequency words correctly.

Demonstrate comprehension of brief, very simple social conversations on familiar topics with contextual support.

Identify and use grade-level grammatical forms (e.g., verb tense, pronouns, adjectives) with some errors.

Complete a graphic organizer to show ideas for a narrative; write a series of short sentences; and use a simple editing checklist of very basic rules with support.

Follow simple two-step written directions.

Describe detailed aspects of characters, setting, and plot in stories near grade level.

Demonstrate comprehension of simple social conversations on mostly familiar topics with contextual support.

Identify common, simple antonyms and synonyms.

Determine the number of syllables in familiar one- to three-syllable spoken words.

Write full-length narratives about specific events or situations including some precise details.

Identify letters of the alphabet, words, numerals, and parts of a book (e.g., cover, title).

Identify main ideas and summarize information in grade-level text.

Retell experiences or familiar stories in response to prompts; use words, phrases, and props.

Identify and use synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and words with multiple meanings at grade level.

Consistently spell grade-appropriate words correctly, and independently use reference tools to correct spelling.

Follow written directions represented by signs, symbols, and one or two words.

Use familiar graphic features to find information and support understanding of text at independent reading level.

Write reports that include a main idea and supporting details, using detailed sentences.

Identify and use subject-verb agreement and basic verb tenses in simple sentences.

Follow some simple multi-step written directions.

Express basic needs using simple words or phrases.

Follow simple multi-step written directions.

Read text at independent reading level with fluency and accuracy appropriate to reading level.

Use familiar graphic features (e.g., illustrations, charts) to support understanding of written words and phrases.

Writing

Follow simple two-step oral directions.

Writing Process

Express basic needs and feelings using phrases and simple sentences.

Identify and use subject-verb-object order in very simple sentences.

Read grade-level text with fluency and accuracy at grade level.

Use familiar graphic features (e.g., diagrams, maps) to support understanding of brief, simple text.

Use familiar and some newly learned graphic features to find information and support understanding of most grade-level text.

Identify main ideas and summarize important information in text near grade-level.

Write short narratives with a beginning, middle, and end, using detailed sentences.

Identify and write simple declarative, exclamatory, and interrogative sentences.

Writing Applications

Write simple sentences with support for the beginning, middle, and end of a narrative.

Ask and answer questions using standard grammar with few errors.

Draw conclusions based on grade-level text and locate evidence in the text.

Follow multi-step written directions.

Identify nouns and verbs in very simple sentences.

Identify literal concepts in very brief, simple stories and information presented orally with visual support.

Reading

Decode basic words of two to three syllables using knowledge of syllable types and patterns.

Identify and apply basic capitalization and punctuation rules in simple sentences.

Ask and answer questions with some details and more complex sentences.

Writing Conventions

Ask and answer simple questions using phrases or simple sentences.

Dictate simple sentences for the beginning, middle, and end of a narrative.

Identify and write sentences of varying types and complexity at grade level.

Demonstrate comprehension of social conversations and simple academic discussions on mostly familiar, concrete topics.

Use various graphic features to find information and support understanding of grade-level text.

Summarize major ideas and supporting details.

Identify basic text features (e.g., end-sentence punctuation, headings) in familiar print formats.

Draw conclusions orally based on brief, simple text with visuals on a familiar topic.

Write brief reports that include a main idea and supporting details, using increasingly complex sentences.

Write simple expository sentences with support.

Complete a graphic organizer or label a series of illustrations on an experience or familiar story using words or phrases.

Follow simple one-step oral directions.

Identify and apply grade-level capitalization and punctuation rules with some errors.

Listening Comprehension

Draw pictures or complete a graphic organizer to show ideas for a narrative.

Paraphrase information on familiar topics with support.

Decode and determine meaning of words using knowledge of common roots, prefixes, and suffixes at independent reading level.

Reading Process

Write short narratives with support that have a beginning, middle, and end.

Complete a graphic organizer or an outline for simple narrative and informative presentations.

Deliver brief narrative oral presentations on a familiar topic in response to prompts; use simple sentences and props.

Draw conclusions orally based on brief, simple text read aloud with visuals.

Identify and write sentences of varying types and increasing complexity.

Draw conclusions based on text near grade level and locate evidence in the text.

Read grade-level text with fluency and accuracy near grade level.

Reading Comprehension

Write expository paragraphs with support that include a main idea and some supporting details, using simple sentences.

Identify and use grade-level grammatical forms (e.g., verb tense, pronouns, adjectives) with few errors.

Describe basic aspects of characters, setting, and plot in stories with visuals at independent reading level.

Decode and determine meaning of words using knowledge of various roots, prefixes, and suffixes at grade level.

Identify and write very simple declarative sentences.

Read sight words and other familiar words and phrases accurately.

Apply the writing process to: organize more complex ideas and supporting details; write a draft and revise for meaning and clarity; and use a modified grade-level editing checklist.

Identify orally some facts in simple text with visuals read aloud.

Deliver brief narrative oral presentations following a logical sequence and using expanded sentences.

Dictate simple expository sentences.

Use word patterns and/or word families to decode words.

Briefly describe the main idea and some supporting details of information presented orally.

Spell most grade-appropriate words correctly, and independently use reference tools to correct spelling.