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| ELA.3.C.1.2: | Write personal or fictional narratives using a logical sequence of events, appropriate descriptions, dialogue, a variety of transitional words or phrases, and an ending. |
| ELA.3.C.1.3: | Write opinions about a topic or text, include reasons supported by details from one or more sources, use transitions, and provide a conclusion. |
| ELA.3.C.1.4: | Write expository texts about a topic, using one or more sources, providing an introduction, facts and details, some elaboration, transitions, and a conclusion. |
| ELA.3.C.1.5: | Improve writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing with guidance and support from adults and feedback from peers.Clarifications:
Clarification 1: As needed refers to the fact that sometimes instruction will focus on a specific skill or part of the process. In those instances, only the applicable activity will be engaged in. |
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| ELA.3.C.2.1: | Present information orally, in a logical sequence, using nonverbal cues, appropriate volume, and clear pronunciation.Clarifications:
Clarification 1: Nonverbal cues appropriate to this grade level are posture, tone, and expressive delivery. Clear pronunciation should be interpreted to mean an understanding and application of phonics rules and sight words as well as care taken in delivery. A student’s speech impediment should not be considered as impeding clear pronunciation. This grade level introduces an expectation that the information be presented in a logical sequence. A student may self-correct an error in sequence.
Clarification 2: For further guidance, see the Elementary Oral Communication Rubric.
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| ELA.3.C.3.1: | Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.Clarifications:
Clarification 1: Skills to be mastered at this grade level are as follows: - Conjugate regular and irregular verb tenses.
- Form and use regular and frequently occurring irregular plural nouns.
- Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs.
• Maintain consistent verb tense across paragraphs.
- Form and use irregular plural nouns.
- Form and use the progressive and perfect verb tenses.
- Use simple modifiers.
- Use prepositions and prepositional phrases.
- Form and use compound sentences.
- Use quotation marks with dialogue and direct quotations.
• Use commas to indicate direct address.
Skills to be implemented but not yet mastered are as follows: - Use subject-verb agreement with intervening clauses and phrases.
- Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons.
- Use conjunctions.
- Use principal modals to indicate the mood of a verb.
- Use appositives, main clauses, and subordinate clauses.
Clarification 2: See Convention Progression by Grade Level for more information. |
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| ELA.3.C.4.1: | Conduct research to answer a question, organizing information about the topic from multiple sources.Clarifications:
Clarification 1: While the benchmark does require that students consult multiple sources, there is no requirement that they use every source they consult. Part of the skill in researching is discernment—being able to tell which information is relevant and which sources are trustworthy enough to include. |
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| ELA.3.C.5.1: | Use two or more multimedia elements to enhance oral or written tasks.Clarifications:
Clarification 1: Multimedia elements may include, but are not limited to, drawings, pictures, artifacts, and audio or digital representation. At this grade level, the elements should relate directly to the presentation. The elements can reinforce or complement the information being shared. There is no expectation that the elements be fully integrated into the presentation. |
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| ELA.3.C.5.2: | Use digital writing tools individually or collaboratively to plan, draft, and revise writing. |
| ELA.3.R.1.1: | Explain how one or more characters develop throughout the plot in a literary text.Clarifications:
Clarification 1: When explaining character development, students will include character traits, feelings, motivations, and responses to situations. |
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| ELA.3.R.1.2: | Explain a theme and how it develops, using details, in a literary text. |
| ELA.3.R.1.3: | Explain different characters’ perspectives in a literary text.Clarifications:
Clarification 1: The term perspective means “a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something.” The term point of view is used when referring to the person of the narrator. This is to prevent confusion and conflation. |
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| ELA.3.R.1.4: | Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick.Clarifications:
Clarification 1: For examples of these forms, see Appendix B. |
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| ELA.3.R.2.1: | Explain how text features contribute to meaning and identify the text structures of chronology, comparison, and cause/effect in texts. |
| ELA.3.R.2.2: | Identify the central idea and explain how relevant details support that idea in a text. |
| ELA.3.R.2.3: | Explain the development of an author's purpose in an informational text. |
| ELA.3.R.2.4: | Identify an author’s claim and explain how an author uses evidence to support the claim. |
| ELA.3.V.1.1: | Use grade-level academic vocabulary appropriately in speaking and writing.Clarifications:
Clarification 1: Grade-level academic vocabulary consists of words that are likely to appear across subject areas for the current grade level and beyond, vital to comprehension, critical for academic discussions and writing, and usually require explicit instruction. |
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| ELA.K12.EE.1.1: | Cite evidence to explain and justify reasoning.Clarifications:
K-1 Students include textual evidence in their oral communication with guidance and support from adults. The evidence can consist of details from the text without naming the text. During 1st grade, students learn how to incorporate the evidence in their writing.2-3 Students include relevant textual evidence in their written and oral communication. Students should name the text when they refer to it. In 3rd grade, students should use a combination of direct and indirect citations. 4-5 Students continue with previous skills and reference comments made by speakers and peers. Students cite texts that they’ve directly quoted, paraphrased, or used for information. When writing, students will use the form of citation dictated by the instructor or the style guide referenced by the instructor. 6-8 Students continue with previous skills and use a style guide to create a proper citation. 9-12 Students continue with previous skills and should be aware of existing style guides and the ways in which they differ.
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| ELA.K12.EE.2.1: | Read and comprehend grade-level complex texts proficiently.Clarifications:
See Text Complexity for grade-level complexity bands and a text complexity rubric. |
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| ELA.K12.EE.3.1: | Make inferences to support comprehension.Clarifications:
Students will make inferences before the words infer or inference are introduced. Kindergarten students will answer questions like “Why is the girl smiling?” or make predictions about what will happen based on the title page.
Students will use the terms and apply them in 2nd grade and beyond. |
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| ELA.K12.EE.4.1: | Use appropriate collaborative techniques and active listening skills when engaging in discussions in a variety of situations.Clarifications:
In kindergarten, students learn to listen to one another respectfully.In grades 1-2, students build upon these skills by justifying what they are thinking. For example: “I think ________ because _______.” The collaborative conversations are becoming academic conversations. In grades 3-12, students engage in academic conversations discussing claims and justifying their reasoning, refining and applying skills. Students build on ideas, propel the conversation, and support claims and counterclaims with evidence.
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| ELA.K12.EE.5.1: | Use the accepted rules governing a specific format to create quality work.Clarifications:
Students will incorporate skills learned into work products to produce quality work. For students to incorporate these skills appropriately, they must receive instruction. A 3rd grade student creating a poster board display must have instruction in how to effectively present information to do quality work. |
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| ELA.K12.EE.6.1: | Use appropriate voice and tone when speaking or writing.Clarifications:
In kindergarten and 1st grade, students learn the difference between formal and informal language. For example, the way we talk to our friends differs from the way we speak to adults. In 2nd grade and beyond, students practice appropriate social and academic language to discuss texts. |
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| ELD.K12.ELL.LA.1: | English language learners communicate information, ideas and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of Language Arts. |
| ELD.K12.ELL.SI.1: | English language learners communicate for social and instructional purposes within the school setting. |
GENERAL NOTES
The content should include, but not be limited to, the following:
• learning and practicing a variety of speech formats
• learning and demonstrating appropriate formal and informal public speaking techniques for audience, purpose, and occasion
o eye contact and body movements
o voicG register and choices of language
c use of standard English
• using research and writing skills to support selected topics and points of view
o across a range of disciplines
o using a range of sources, including digital
• collaboration amongst peers, especially during the drafting and practicing stages
