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3rd grade 19 TAC §110.5 98 student expectations 14 activities

3rd grade Reading & Writing

Third grade is the shift from learning to read to reading to learn. Children decode multisyllable words, grow vocabulary through word parts and context, summarize and infer from what they read, recognize genres, and write organized paragraphs with a clear purpose.

Practice activities

🧱Word BuilderDecode and spell longer words using syllable types, division patterns, vowel teams, tricky spellings like eigh and ough, compounds, contractions, abbreviations, prefixes, and suffixes.
🔤Word BuildersCompound words, contractions, prefixes, suffixes, homophones, and alphabetical order.
🧺Word Catch: Prefixes and SuffixesCatch adjectives, and words with un-, re-, -ful, and -less.
🚀Typing Rocket: Endings and Compound WordsType words with -ed and -ing endings, doubled letters and compound words to fly past the planets.
🗂️Research and Writing WorkshopPicking a genre for a purpose, drafting with structure, editing prepositional phrases, publishing, personal narratives, informational and opinion pieces, and research with a works cited page.
💪Word PowerPrefixes, suffixes, homophones, idioms, and context clues.
🧰Reading ToolkitSet a purpose, ask questions, make mental images, connect, synthesize, respond in writing, take notes, use new words, and talk about the ideas that matter most.
🕵️‍♀️Reading DetectivePredict, infer with evidence, find the key idea, fix understanding, and retell in order.
🎭Theme, Characters, and SettingShort passages: find the theme, track the characters, and see how setting shapes the plot.
🗂️Genre ExplorerFolktales, fables, fairy tales, poems, plays, and telling a claim from a fact from an opinion.
🧭Nonfiction NavigatorCentral idea and evidence, text features, cause and effect, problem and solution, and why authors use them.
🧰Author's ToolboxPurpose and message, similes and imagery, sound devices, point of view, hyperbole, and voice.
✍️Writer's WorkshopIntroductions and conclusions, details that matter, revising sentences, friendly letters, and using sources honestly.
🔧Sentence Fix-It ShopComplete sentences, verb tense, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, capitals, and punctuation.

The learning path

One stop per unit. Filled stops have practice activities today.

1Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral language. Th2Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--beginning r3Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--vocabulary.4Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--fluency. Th5Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustai6Comprehension skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses metacog7Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an in8Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts-- literary elements. The stude9Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts-- genres. The student recogniz10Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses c11Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts-- writing process. The student use12Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts-- genres. The student uses genre c13Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in b

Units and standards preview

The knowledge-and-skills strands below are the state's, reproduced from English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 3, Adopted 2017. Open a unit to read each student expectation and jump to the activities that practice it.

1Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.0/5 practiced
  1. (A) listen actively, ask relevant questions to clarify information, and make pertinent comments;
    19 TAC 110.5(b)(1)(A)
  2. (B) follow, restate, and give oral instructions that involve a series of related sequences of action;
    19 TAC 110.5(b)(1)(B)
  3. (C) speak coherently about the topic under discussion, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, and the conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively;
    19 TAC 110.5(b)(1)(C)
  4. + 2 more expectations for members
2Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--beginning reading and writing. The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell.17/18 practiced
  1. (A) demonstrate and apply phonetic knowledge by:
    19 TAC 110.5(b)(2)(A)
    🧱 Word Builder
  2. (A.i) decoding multisyllabic words with multiple sound-spelling patterns such as eigh, ough, and en;
    19 TAC 110.5(b)(2)(A)(i)
    🧱 Word Builder
  3. (A.ii) decoding multisyllabic words with closed syllables; open syllables; VCe syllables; vowel teams, including digraphs and diphthongs; r-controlled syllables; and final stable syllables;
    19 TAC 110.5(b)(2)(A)(ii)
    🧱 Word Builder
  4. + 15 more expectations for members

11 more units, 98 expectations, 14 activities

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How to help at home

Have your child read to you for ten minutes, then retell the story in order.
When a new word shows up, look at the parts: prefix, root, ending. Guess first, then check.
Ask why questions about characters: why did she do that, how do you know?

Source: Texas Education Agency, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, 19 TAC §110.5. Curriculum text on this site is reproduced from the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills as published by the Texas Education Agency and codified in Title 19 of the Texas Administrative Code. Baccare is an independent product of Brigade Management, Inc. and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the Texas Education Agency, the State Board of Education, or the Texas Secretary of State. Sources and attribution.

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Course details

  • Grade3rd grade
  • SubjectReading & Writing
  • Standard19 TAC §110.5
  • Units13
  • Expectations98
  • Activities14
  • PriceFree to play
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