Third Grade ELA Curriculum

English Language Arts:

Reading

Comprehension

Sequencing

Main idea and details

Fact and opinion .

Predicting

Graphic organizers

Drawing conclusions

Vocabulary

Summarizing

Context Clues

Cause and effect

Synonyms, antonyms, homophones

Compare and Contrast

Author's purpose

Genre characteristics

Visualizing

Generalizing

Phonics

Short and long vowels

Blends and digraphs

R-controlled vowels

Vowel pairs

Contractions

Prefix, suffix and base word

Syllables

Spelling

16 words per week

Use correctly in sentences

Alphabetical order

Dictionary skills

Writing

-Learn cursive handwriting

-The writing process

-Writing in all subject areas

-Types of sentences

-Subject and predicate

-Parts of speech - noun, verb, adjective, adverb

-Capitalization and punctuation

-Pronouns

----Types of writing:

  Autobiography

  Fiction

  Descriptive

  Friendly letters

  Poetry

  Research and nonfiction

 Daily Journal