Language Arts/Reading/Writing

• 4030-01 Standard I: Oral Language_Students develop language for the purpose of effectively communicating through listening, speaking, viewing, and presenting.
  • 4030-0101 Objective 1: Develop language through listening and speaking.
    • a. Identify specific purpose(s) for listening (e.g., to gain information, to be entertained).
    • b. Listen and demonstrate understanding by responding appropriately (e.g., follow multiple-step directions, restate, clarify, question, summarize).
    • c. Speak clearly and audibly with expression in communicating ideas (i.e., effective rate, volume, pitch, tone, phrasing, tempo).
    • d. Speak in complete sentences with appropriate subject-verb agreement.
  • 4030-0102 Objective 2: Develop language through viewing media and presenting.
    • a. Identify specific purpose(s) for viewing media (i.e., to identify main idea and details, to gain information, distinguish between fiction/nonfiction, distinguish between fact/opinion, form an opinion).
    • b. Use a variety of formats (e.g., drama, sharing of books, personal writings, choral readings, informational reports) in presenting with various forms of media (e.g., pictures, posters, charts, ads, newspapers).
• 4030-02 Standard II: Concepts of Print_Students develop an understanding of how printed language works. See kindergarten and first grade.
• 4030-03 Standard III: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness_Students develop phonological and phonemic awareness. See kindergarten and first grade.
• 4030-04 Standard IV: Phonics and Spelling_Students apply understanding of phonics and other strategies to decode and spell unfamiliar words while reading and writing.
  • 4030-0401 Objective 1: Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between letters and sounds. See kindergarten, first, and second grade.
  • 4030-0402 Objective 2: Use knowledge of structure analysis to decode words. See kindergarten, first, and second grade.
  • 4030-0403 Objective 3: Spell words correctly.
    • a. Use knowledge of word families, patterns, syllabication, and common letter combinations to spell new words.
    • b. Spell correctly grade level compound words, words with plural endings, and common phonograms.
    • c. Spell an increasing number of high-frequency and irregular words correctly (e.g., friend, square, special).
    • d. Learn the spellings of irregular and difficult words (e.g., electric, planet, trapper, rectangle).
  • 4030-0404: Objective 4: Use spelling strategies to achieve accuracy (e.g., prediction, visualization, association).
    • a. Use knowledge about spelling to predict the spelling of new words.
    • b. Visualize words while writing.
    • c. Associate the spelling of new words with that of known words and word patterns.
    • d. Use spelling generalities to assist spelling of new words (e.g., doubling of consonants, “le” endings, adding suffixes).
• 4030-05 Standard V: Fluency_Students develop reading fluency to read aloud grade level text effortlessly without hesitation.
  • 4030-0501 Objective 1: Read aloud grade level text with appropriate speed and accuracy.
    • a. Read grade level text at a rate of approximately 100 wpm.
    • b. Read aloud grade level text with an accuracy rate of 95-100%.
  • 4030-0502 Objective 2: Read aloud grade level text effortlessly with clarity.
    • a. Read grade level text in meaningful phrases using intonation, expression, and punctuation cues.
    • b. Read with automaticity 300 third grade high-frequency/sight words.
• 4030-06 Standard VI: Vocabulary_Students learn and use grade level vocabulary to increase understanding and read fluently.
  • 4030-0601 Objective 1: Learn new words through listening and reading widely.
    • a. Use new vocabulary learned by listening, reading, and discussing a variety of genres.
    • b. Learn the meaning and properly use a variety of grade level words (e.g., words from literature, social studies, science, math).
  • 4030-0602 Objective 2: Use multiple resources to learn new words by relating them to known words and/or concepts.
    • a. Use multiple resources to determine the meanings of unknown words (e.g., simple dictionaries, glossaries, beginning thesauruses).
    • b. Relate unfamiliar words and concept to prior knowledge to increase vocabulary (e.g., rotation: planets, spinner, taking turns).
  • 4030-0603 Objective 3: Use structural analysis and context clues to determine meanings of words.
    • a. Identify meanings of words using prefixes and suffixes.
    • b. Use context to determine the meaning of unknown key words (e.g., The ferocious dog growled at the children.).
    • c. Use context to determine the meanings of synonyms, antonyms, homonyms (e.g., blue, blew) and multiple-meaning words (e.g., light).
• 4030-07 Standard VII: Comprehension_Students understand, interpret, and analyze narrative and informational grade level text.
  • 4030-0701 Objective 1: Identify purposes of text.
    • a. Identify purpose for reading.
    • b. Identify author’s purpose.
  • 4030-0702 Objective 2: Apply strategies to comprehend text.
    • a. Relate prior knowledge to make connections to text (e.g., text to text, text to self, text to world).
    • b. Generate questions about text (e.g., factual, inferential, evaluative).
    • c. Form mental pictures to aid understanding of text.
    • d. Make and confirm predictions while reading using title, picture clues, text and/or prior knowledge.
    • e. Make inferences and draw conclusions from text.
    • f. Identify topic/main idea from text; note details.
    • g. Summarize important ideas/events; summarize supporting details in sequence.
    • h. Monitor and clarify understanding applying fix-up strategies while interacting with text.
    • i. Compile information from text.
  • 4030-0703 Objective 3: Recognize and use features of narrative and informational text.
    • a. Identify characters, setting, sequence of events, problem/resolution.
    • b. Identify different genres: fairy tales, poems, realistic fiction, fantasy, fables, folk tales, tall tales, biographies, historical fiction.
    • c. Identify information from pictures, captions, diagrams, charts, graphs, table of contents, index, and glossary.
    • d. Identify different structures in text (e.g., problem/solution, compare/contrast).
    • e. Locate facts from a variety of informational texts (e.g. newspapers, magazines, books, other resources).
• 4030-08 Standard VIII: Writing_Students write daily to communicate effectively for a variety of purposes and audiences.
• 4030-0801 Objective 1: Prepare to write by gathering and organizing information and ideas (prewriting).
  • a. Generate ideas for writing by reading, discussing literature and informational text, and reflecting on personal experiences.
  • b. Select and narrow a topic from generated ideas.
  • c. Identify audience, purpose, and form for writing.
  • d. Use a variety of graphic organizers to organize information.
• 4030-0802 Objective 2: Compose a written draft.
  • a. Draft ideas on paper in an organized manner utilizing words and sentences (e.g., beginning, middle, end; main idea; details; characterization; setting; plot).
  • b. Use voice to fit the purpose and audience.
  • c. Use strong verbs and vivid language.
  • d. Identify and use effective leads and strong endings.
• 4030-0803 Objective 3: Revise by elaborating and clarifying written draft.
  • a. Revise draft to add details, strengthen word choice, clarify main idea, and reorder content.
  • b. Enhance fluency by using a variety of complete sentences (i.e., varied sentence length, simple and complex sentences).
  • c. Revise writing, considering the suggestions of others.
• 4030-0804 Objective 4: Edit written draft for conventions.
  • a. Edit writing for correct capitalization and punctuation (i.e., capitals in holidays, titles, dates, greetings and closings of letters, personal titles, contractions, abbreviations).
  • b. Edit for spelling of grade level-appropriate words.
  • c. Edit for standard grammar (e.g., subject-verb agreement, verb tense, comparatives, superlatives, pronouns).
  • d. Edit for appropriate formatting features (e.g., margins, indentations, titles).
• 4030-0805 Objective 5: Use fluent and legible handwriting to communicate.
  • a. Write using upper- and lower-case cursive letters using proper from, proportions, and spacing.
  • b. Develop fluency with cursive handwriting.
  • c. Produce legible documents with cursive handwriting.
• 4030-08-6 Objective 6: Write in different forms and genres.
  • a. Produce personal writing (e.g., journals, friendly notes and letters, personal experiences, family stories, literature responses).
  • b. Produce traditional and imaginative stories, narrative and formula poetry.
  • c. Produce informational text (e.g., explanation of a complex process_math/journals, observations, content area reports, summaries).
  • d. Produce writing to persuade (e.g., expressing opinions with supporting data).
  • e. Produce functional text (e.g., newspaper and newsletter articles).
  • f. Share writing with others using illustrations, graphs, and/or charts to add meaning.
  • g. Publish 4-6 individual products.

Language Arts Writing

a.Strategies for Assessing Background Knowledge

Interest Inventory

General Interest Inventory

Fairy Tale Knowledge

Language Arts Word Brainstorm

b. Vocabulary Elements

1. Student dictionary

2. Word Wall

3. Spelling Words

4. Flip Book Dictionary

c. Literature Helps

1. Leveled Book List

2. Book Report Ideas

Accordian Book Report

d. Enhancing the Environment

1. Useful Environmental Print

Post Office Print

2. Interactive Bulletin Board

Language Practice Bulletin Board

e. Literacy Lesson Strategies

1a. Decoding Strategies

1b. More Decoding Strategies

2. Fluency Strategies

2a. More Fluency Strategies

3. Comprehension Strategies

f. Authentic and Meaningful Writing Assignments

f1. More Authentic Writing

g. Center

General 3rd Grade Lang Arts Center

h. Venues for Students to Share their Work

Newsletter Sharing

i. Technology Resources

More Uses of Technology

j. Manipulatives and other materials for Enhancing Literacy

Objects and character replicas

k. Authentic Assessments

More Authentic Assessments

Reading/Literature

a.Strategies for Assessing Background Knowledge

Book Knowledge

Juan Bobo Inventory

Interest Inventory

b. Vocabulary Elements

1. Student dictionary

1a. Juan Bobo dictionary

2. Word Wall

3. Spelling Words

c. Literature Helps

1. Leveled Book List

2. Book Report Ideas

Juan Bobo's Straw Hat

d. Enhancing the Environment

1. Useful Environmental Print

Environmental Print Collage

2. Interactive Bulletin Boards

Juan Bobo Bulletin Board

e. Literacy Lesson Strategies

1. Decoding Strategies

Juan Bobo Word Cards

2. Fluency Strategies

Juan Bobo Fluency Strategies

3. Comprehension Strategies

Juan Bobo Comprehension Strategies

f. Authentic and Meaningful Writing Assignments

Authentic Assessment for Juan Bobo

g. Centers

Reading/Writing Center

h. Venues for Students to Share their Work

i. Technology Resources

More technology ideas and sample PowerPoint

j. Manipulatives and other materials for Enhancing Literacy

Juan Bobo Manipulatives

k. Authentic Assessments