Third+Grade+Language+Arts

=Language = [|Alien Scavenger Hunt] (Gamegoo) Alien Scavenger Hunt 2 (Gamegoo) Alphabetical Order Alphabetical Order 1 (Crick Web) Alpha-Bot (Word Central) Antonym Alley (Carl's Corner) Antonyms (Kid Ports) Antonyms Antonyms (Sadlier Oxford) Antonyms 2 (Dositey) Antonym Quiz (Pitara) 2 Bee or Nottoobee (Fun Brain) Ball Hogs (Family Education Network) Basic Handwriting Between the Lions (PBS Kids) Be Verb Practice 1 (English Zone) [|Be Verb: Present and Past] Big Dog's Grammar Big Kahuna (Gamegoo) Blast the Rocket (BBC) Book Buddy (Harcourt School) Building Prefixes (Oswego) Capitalization Capitalization and Punctuation (Edu Place) Capitalization and Punctuation (Edu Place) Capitalization Worksheet With a Vacation Theme Catastrophes of Apostrophic Propositions (Grammar) Clean Up Your Grammar (Scholastic) Comma Confusion Comma Quiz Commas (BBC) Commas (BBC) Commas (BBC) Commas and Colons (Harcourt School) Commas..Exercise Three Commas Quiz Common Dinosaurs Root Words and Meanings Comparatives (English Zone) Confusing Verbs: Lay/Lie 1 Confusing Words Consonants: to double or not to double? 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Opposites 2 Pairs Word Game (BBC) Parts of a Sentence (Harcourt School) Parts of Speech (CityU) Parts of Speech (uOttawa) Parts of Speech 1 (Study Zone) The Parts of Speech Game Past and Future Match-Up (Harcourt School) Penguins On Ice (BBC) Pick-a-Word Quiz (Scholastic) Plural and Possessive Nouns The Plural Girls (Fun Brain) Plural Nouns (Harcourt School) Plural Noun Forms (Grammar) Plural Play (Harcourt School) Plural Rules (BBC) Power Proofreading (Edu Place) Power Proofreading (Edu Place) Practice Comma Quiz Practice Using Prefixes (Study Zone) Practice Using Suffixes (Study Zone) || Prefix Catch (North Canton) Prefixes (Sadlier Oxford) Prefixes and Suffixes (First School Year) Prefixes Make New Words 1 (TV 411) Prefix Mix (TV 411) Prefixes Say Plenty (TV 411) Professor Garfield [|Proofreading Makes Prefect!] (Harcourt School) Putting Down Roots (TV 411) Putting Down Roots 2 (TV 411) Putting Sentences Together (BBC) Putting Sentences Together Quiz (BBC) Putting Your Roots Into Action (TV 411) Putting Your Roots Into Action 2 Quiz of Possessives and Irregular Plurals (Grammar) Quiz on Commas Quiz on Using Quotation Marks Race to Ramses Rats/Common and Proper Nouns (Learning Planet) Rats/Adjectives and Adverbs (Learning Planet) Rats/Nouns and Verbs Reading Games Real Sentences Review Linking Verbs (uOttawa) [|Review Parts of Speech] (uOttawa) Rooting Out Words (Fun Brain) Root Words (BBC) Root Words Quiz (BBC) Rules for Comma Usage Rules for Comma Usage Sandcastle Quiz (BBC) Say It Another Way (TV 411) School House Rock/The Tale of Mr. Morton Sentence Clubhouse (Harcourt School) Short Circuit (Scholastic) Sit and Set Quiz Skillful Skateboarding (Gamegoo) Snowman Builder SpellaRoo (Fun Brain) Spell Check (Fun Brain) Spelling Check Level 1 (Harcourt School) Spelling Practice Spelling Quiz/ED & ING Spelling Quiz/ED & ING 2 Spelling Quiz/ED & ING 3 Spelling Wizard (Scholastic) Spell It Right Simple Predicate Spin & Spell Squanky the Tooth Taker (Gamegoo) Squanky the Tooth Taker (Gamegoo) Success With Suffixes (TV 411) Suffixes (TV 411) Suffixes Beginning with Vowels 1 Suffixes Beginning with Vowels 2 Suffixes Make New Words (TV 411) || Suffixes Say A Lot (TV 411) Suffix-ly (Beacon Learning Center) Suffix Matching Game (Oswego) Super Match Game (Scholastic) Superlatives Forms of One Syllable Words (English Zone) Synonyms (Kid Port) Synonyms (Dositey) Synonyms 2 (Dositey) Synonyms Synonyms (Oswego) Synonyms Synonyms (Sadlier Oxford) There there Their, There or They're The Thesaurus (TV 411) They're/their/there To Lie/To Lay and To Sit/To Sat Type the Contraction The Un-Matching Game (PBS Kids) Using Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions Using Commas with Introductory Phrases Using Context Clues (Internet 4 Classrooms) Using Context Clues Verbs (ESL Desk) Verbs (Soft Schools) Verb Power (Harcourt School) Verb Tense (uOttawa) Wacky Web Tales (Edu Place) Welcome to Grammaropolis Whack A Mole (Play Kids Games) What is a Noun? (uOttawa) What is a Synonym? What's A Root? (TV 411) What's A Root? 2 (TV 411 [|Wild West Phonics] (BBC) Word Balloons (BBC) Word Blender (BBC) Word Builder Level 1 (Harcourt School) Word Confusion (Fun Brain) Word Family Sort (Read Write Think) Word Frog (Arcademics Skill Builders) Word Girl (Scholastic) Word Jumbler (BBC) [|Word Master] (BBC) Word Parts Word Play (PBS KIDS) Word Safari Words and Pictures (BBC) Word Wheel 1 (Crick Web) Word Wheel 2 (Crick Web) Word Wizard (Read Write Think) Wordworks (Harcourt School) Writer's Choice Writing Resources (Internet 4 Classrooms) || =Communication = Aesop's Fable Alice's Adventures In Wonderland A Message Mystery Analogies Answering and Asking Questions Antonyms Antonyms Kid Port) Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plains (Teacher Link) Can You Follow Directions? Choral Poetry (Reading A - Z) Classroom Theater Code Calling (BBC) Fairy Tales and Children's Stories Field Trip Adventure (Sadlier Oxford) Free Audio Books Free Audio/Visual Directory Free Classic Audio Books George Washington Teaches Map Directions (Education World) Give Me Five Goldilocks and the Three Bears (BBC) Guessing Vocabulary in Context 1 (English Zone) Guessing Vocabulary in Context 2 (English Zone) || Having A Conversation History and Politics Out Loud Homophones (BBC) Homophones (Kid Port) Homonyms How Well Do You Follow Directions? (Education World) Identifying Topics and Main Ideas Interactive Vocabulary Builders (Internet 4 Classrooms) Internet Resources for Conducting Reader's Theater (Reading Online) John Henry Kiddie Records Weekly Kid's Corner Knick & Liberty Video Books (Power to Learn) The Land of the Rocket to the Moon (Sadlier Oxford) Let's Write A Newspaper Story! LibriVox Little Red RidingHood (British Council) Listening Comprehension The Little Animals Activity Centre (BBC) The Magician's Apprentice (Education World) Main Idea (Internet 4 Classrooms) Main Idea Tutorial Martin Luther King Online M&M's and Me (Lesson Plans Page) || New Fairy Tales Mind Your Manners and Theirs No Cussing Clubs Catching On With Kids (Education World) The Old Woman and Her Pig (The Story Cart) Online Speech and Language Activities Oral Language Activities That Develop Reading Readiness (Literacy Connection) Oral Language/File Folder Activities Pairs of Word Game (BBC) Paul Bunyan Polite Conversation Practice Identify Main Idea (Study Zone) Practice Identify Main Idea 2 (Study Zone) Prep Test/Following Directions Read Along Stories and Songs (RIF) Reader's Theater (Playbooks) Readers' Theater (My Teacher Pages) Reader's Theater Script All Year Long Reader's Theater Editions Reader's Theatre Play Script from Whootie Owl Reader's Theater Scripts (Reading A-Z) Reader's 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Organizers (Enchanted Learning) Graphic Organizers (Edu Place) Graphic Organizers (Graphic) Graphic Organizers Graphic Organizers (eTheme) Graphic Organizers Templates (Education World) The Great Kapok Tree: About Conflict in Literature (Education World) Guidelines for Rubric Development || Haiku (Ed Tech) Holt Interactive Graphic Organizers How to Edit or Proofread an Essay or Paper (Wiki How) How to Use the Microsoft Thesaurus (Work Place Life) How to Use Word Choice That Catches The Reader's Eye (Kim's Korner 4 Teacher Talk) How to Write an "I Can't Write A Poem" Poem (Giggle Poetry) How to Write Exaggerations (Giggle Poetry) How-to Writing: Motivation Students to Write for a Real Purpose (Read Write Think) The Imagination Prompt Generator Imaginative Winter Story Information and Activities for the Modes of Writing (Kim's Korner 4 Teacher Talk) Interactive Circle Plot Diagram (Read Write Think) Interactive Graphic Organizers Interactive Venn http://k-12teacherresources.wikispaces.com/Third+Grade+Language+ArtsDiagram (Read Write Think) Intermediate Literature Log Grading Rubric Journaling Journal Jars (Scrap Your Stories) Journal Writing Ideas (Teacher Net) Keeping a Nature Journal (Sierra Club) Letter Generator (Read Write Think) Letter Poems (Read Write Think) Library Media Resources (Study Zone) Literary Elements Mapping (Read Write Think) Make Beliefs Comix Making Sentences (BBC) Making Sentences (BBC) Manuscript Form Mapping Tool (Study Zone) Monkey Business (Gamegoo) Narrative Writing Links Narrative Writing Tutorial Newspaper Writing Lesson Plan Notetaker (Read Write Think) Nursery Rhyme Expansion (Teacher's Desk) Paraphrasing Topic Sentences Parts of a Sentence (Harcourt School) The Patchworker (BBC) The Patchworker/Worksheet (BBC) Penguins On Ice (BBC) PIZZAZ Plot Diagram (Read Write Think) Poetry 4 Kids Poetry Idea Engine (Scholastic) Poetry Unit Poetry Writing (Scholastic) Popular Third Grade Creative Writing Powerful Writing: Description in Creating Monster Trading Cards (Read Write Think) || Power Proofreading (Edu Place) Practice for Comparison and Contrast Practice Setting (Study Zone) Practice Setting (Study Zone) Practice Setting (Study Zone) Practice Writing a Friendly Letter (Study Zone) Printables (Teacher Vision) Printing Press (Read Write Think) Problem-Solution (Reading Quest) Proverbs: Wisdom Tales Without a Plot (Story Arts) Proofreading Prompts with Pictures (Harcourt School) Publish It! 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(Read Write Think) What Makes A Good Story The Write Kids Write Me a Story Write Now! The Writers Slate Writing Writing a Friendly Letter Writing a Friendly Letter (Study Zone) Writing a Friendly Letter WritingFix's Random Daily Prompt Generator Writing Friendly Letters (ABC Teach) Writing Prompts/Journal Topics (Can Teach) Writing with Writers (Scholastic) || =Research = 3rd Grade Online Research Investigations 3rd Grade, Research and Inquiry Resources (McGraw Hill) All the Information in the Unknown Universe Amazing Animals Project (WebQuest) Animal Research Project 3rd Grade (WebQuest) Antonyms A Research Guide for Students Ask Kids A Third Grade Research Project Awesome Library BibMe! 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How to Cite Electronic Resources (Education World) Word Central World Book Online Writing a Research Paper for 3rd Grade Yahoo! Kids Yippy || =Logic= Alejandro's Gift (Harcourt School) A Special Christmas Present Blinky's Facts and Opinions (PBS Kids) Cause and Effect (Study Zone) Cause and Effect (Study Zone) Cause and Effect (Think Quest) Cause and Effect Book List (Teachers Net) The Cause and Effect Card Game Cause and Effect Contraptions (Scholastic) Cause and Effect Graphic Organizers Cause and Effect Inventions (Scholastic) Cause and Effect Organizer (Teacher Vision) Cause and Effect Paragraphs Cause and Effect Signal Words Cause and Effect Worksheets (Have Fun Teaching) Cheese Sauce Cup of Tea The Day Jimmy's Boa Taught Cause and Effect (Read Write Think) || Drawing Conclusions (Teacher Vision) Drawing Conclusions (Study Zone) Drawing Conclusions (Study Zone) Exploring Cause and Effect Using Expository Text About Natural Disasters (Read Write Think) Fact and Opinion 41 Fact and Opinion 45 Fact and Opinion (Study Zone) Fact and Opinion Worksheets (Have Fun Teaching) Fact or Opinion? Fact or Opinion? Fact or Opinion? Fact or Opinion? (Primary Resources) Flippy's Adventure (Harcourt School) Follow the Clues (Scholastic) Food: Fact or Opinion? (ABC Teach) The Garden of Happiness (HB School) The Great Kapok Tree: Teaching About Conflict In Literature (Education World) Guess Who? How to Build a Snowman (Lesson Plan Page) || I Can Wash Dishes If You Give A Mouse A Cookie Inferences Inferences (Teacher Vision) Inference Worksheets (Have Fun Teaching) Inferencing Activities Martin Luther King Jr.: A Fact or Opinion Activity (Education World) Making Inferehttp://k-12teacherresources.wikispaces.com/Third+Grade+Language+Artsnces and Drawing Conclusions (Study Zone) Monkey Business Nasreddin and the Beggar Nasreddin and the Ferry Man Nasreddin and the Pot Nasreddin and the Smell of Soup Nasreddin Goes Shopping Nasreddin's Visitors Paragraph Fix Up Popular Third-Grade Reading Comprehension Resources (Teacher Vision) Practice with Cause and Effect Practice with Explaining a Process Practice Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension Worksheets (Super Teacher Worksheets) Sea Turtles in Danger (Learning Today) Sequence of Events (Beacon Learning Center) Sequencing (Study Zone) Sequencing Events of a Story (Internet 4 Classrooms) Sequencing Worksheets (Have Fun Teaching) Simple Present Tense: Fact, Habit, Opinion or Schedule So That's The Reason! (Scholastic) Story Board (Scholastic) Story Scramble (PBS Kids) || The Talent Show (Harcourt School) Test Tutor (Harcourt School) Third Grade Reading Comprehension (Have Fun Teaching) Two Sisters and the Cat Using Cause & Effect Transitions Veterans Day Fact or Opinion || =Informational Text = Applying Question-Answer Relationships to Pictures (Read Write Think) Author's Point of View (Study Zone) Author's Purpose (Study Zone) Author's Purpose (Study Zone) Author's Purpose (Study Zone) Author's Purpose (Study Zone) Author's Purpose (Oswego) Author's Purpose Interactive Practice Sites (Internet 4 Classrooms) Author's Purpose Worksheets and PowerPoint Shows (Internet 4 Classrooms) A Very Important Day (HB School) Being a Fish Blending Fiction and Nonfiction to Improve Comprehension and Writing Skills (Read Write Think) Can You Follow Directions? The Chickenpox Party Comparing and Contrasting Fiction and Nonfiction (Scholastic) Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction with "Little Red Riding Hood Text" Sets (Read Write Think) Cows (Sadlier Oxford) The Crowded House (Harcourt School) The Crowded House (Harcourt School) Determining the Main Idea Did You Know? (Study Zone) The Difference Between Fiction and Nonfiction Direct Definition Context Clues Drawing Conclusions (Study Zone) Drawing Conclusions (Study Zone) || Fiction or Nonfiction Fiction or Nonfiction (Oswego) Fiction/Nonfiction (Study Zone) Follow Directions (Study Zone) The Frog Beyond the Fairy Tale Character: Searching Informational Texts (Read Write Think) George Washington Teaches Map Directions (Education World) Getting the Idea (Beacon Learning Center) Guessing Vocabulary In Context (English Zone) How to Make a Classical Seven Circuit Labyrinth How Well Do You Follow Directions? 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Letter Poems (Read Write Think) Library Media Resources (Study Zone) Links to Fables, Fairy Tales, Stories and Nursery Rhymes Looking for the Fine Print (TV 411) || Main Idea (Internet 4 Classrooms) Main Idea Online Quizzes Main Idea Tutorial Maintaining Point of View (Study Zone) Mufaro's Beautiful Daughter Multiple Meaning Words My Favorite Author (WebQuest) Online Children's Stories Oral Fluency Assessment Calculator Grades 3-5 (Scholastic) Oral Reading Fluency Poetry 4 Kids Poetry: A Feast to Form Fluent Readers (Read Write Think) Practice Reading Comprehension Practice Reading Section Project Labels (Read Write Think) Read and View Imaginative Texts (Study Zone) Reading Comprehension (Mr Nussbaum) Reading Comprehension Test (Internet 4 Classrooms) Reading Comprehension Worksheet to Print (Internet 4 Classrooms) Reading Fluency Reading Fluency Activities (Reading Resource) Reading Fluency Assessment Reading Milestones (PBS) Reading Response Log Reciprocal Teaching (Reading Quest) Recognize the Differences Among Stories and Plays (Study Zone) Reggie Loves to Rhyme! (Scholastic) Research Building Blocks: Examining Electronic Sources (Read Write Think) Research Building Blocks: Skim, Scan and Scroll (Read Write Think) Research Roadmap Home Page Rhyming Words (Sadlier Oxford) || Save the Library! (Education World) Setting Match (Oswego) Shape Poems (Read Write Think) Ski Lodge Vacation (Sadlier Oxford) STAR Search: How Do I Find the Book I Need? (Read Write Think) Story Elements (Harcourt School) Storyline Online Strategies Help Reluctant Silent Readers Read to Learn Talking Drums Teaching Point of View With Two Black Ants (Read Write Think) Thinking Maps Types of Point of View Understanding Biographies (Study Zone) Using Context Clues Using Context Clues (Internet 4 Classrooms) Wartime Poetry: Working With Similes (Read Write Think) What Are Book Talks? What Makes Poetry? Exploring Line Breaks (Read Write Think) What's The Big Idea? (Harcourt School) When Did the Story Happen? (Oswego) Whootie Owl Wizards and Pigs Word Play (BBC) ||
 * 1) **Parts of Speech** - Know and use appropriately the meaning, forms, and functions of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
 * 2) **Usage Errors** - Recognize and avoid errors in Standard English usage (e.g., to/too/two; their/ there/ they're).
 * 3) **Capitalization** - Know and apply correctly the rules for capitalization. e.g.names, dates, cities, and states, addresses, holidays, titles of books, first word in a sentence, proper nouns, titles, abbreviations, parts of a friendly letter, first word in a direct quotation
 * 4) **Punctuation Marks** - Understand and use correctly standard marks of punctuation,e.g.end punctuation, periods in initials, abbreviations and titles before names; colon between hour and minutes; parts of a letter.
 * 5) **Comma Usage** - Use commas in direct address, dates, location and addresses, and items in a series.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Use Apostrophes** - Recognize and use contractions and possessives using apostrophes.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Spell Correctly** - Spell correctly high-frequency and commonly misspelled words appropriate to grade level.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Form Contractions** - Form and spell contractions, plurals, and possessives.
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Abbreviate** - Abbreviate words correctly.
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Orthographic Patterns** - Apply correct orthographic patterns e.g. consonant doubling, changing y to i, dropping the final silent e before adding the prefix.
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Alphabetical Order** - Arrange and identify words in alphabetical order for practical purposes occurring in everyday life e.g. lists, phone directory.
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Write Legibly** - Write legibly in manuscript and in cursive.
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Sentence Types** - Recognize sentence types - statements, questions, commands, and exclamations - and apply appropriate end marks when writing and vocal intonation when speaking.
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Subject and Predicate** - Identify the subject and predicate of a sentence (simple and compound).
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Complete Sentences** - Recognize complete sentences and sentence fragments and edit appropriately.
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Combine Sentences** - Combine simple sentences into compound sentences using compound subjects and/or predicates.
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Sound Patterns** - Continue to maintain and develop the ability to distinguish sounds and sound patterns within words.
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Words** - Continue to develop word consciousness e.g. word play, word walls, word sorts.
 * 19) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Recognize Synonyms and Antonyms** - Define and recognize word synonyms and antonyms.
 * 20) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Unfamiliar Words** - Use a variety of previously learned strategies (e.g., roots and affixes, context, reference resources) to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words.
 * Alien Scavenger Hunt (Gamegoo)
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Conversation ** - Consistently use established rules for polite conversation and attentive listening (e.g., take turns, raise hands, ask questions, don not interrupt, face speaker).
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Follow Directions** - Demonstrate the ability to follow oral directions up to three steps.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Answer Questions** - Respond to questions from teachers and other group members and pose follow-up questions for clarity.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Respond to Media** - Listen and respond to a variety of media (e.g., books, audio tapes, videos).
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Summarize** - Summarize information presented orally by others.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Main Idea** - Recognize the main idea conveyed in a speech.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Summarize a Speech** - Construct a brief summary of a speech.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Conversation Rules** - Use rules for conversation and verbal participation.
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Give Directions** - Give three step oral directions.
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Group Discussion** - Participate in group discussions.
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Vocabulary** - Demonstrate evidence of expanding oral language through vocabulary growth.
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Response to Text** - Participate in creative and expressive responses to text (e.g., choral reading, discussion, dramatizations, oral presentations, personal experiences).
 * 10-Second "Speeches"
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Write for Audience** - Write on a specific topic to a specified audience (e.g., self, peers, adults).
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Writer's Purpose** - Write for a variety of purposes: to entertain, persuade, inform, demonstrate knowledge, answer questions, tell a story, respond to literature.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Friendly Letters** - Write friendly letters.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Journals** - Write in journals.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Writing Prompt** - Practice writing to a prompt within a specified time.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Compare Story Elements** - Compare characters, settings, and events within and between stories.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Personal Experience** - Write poems, stories, and essays based upon thoughts, feelings, and experiences.
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Writing Process** - Use all steps in the writing process: brainstorm and organize ideas, create a first draft, revise and proofread draft, share completed work.
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Construct Graphic Organizer** - Construct graphic organizers to group ideas for writing (e.g., webs, charts, graphs, diagrams, illustrations).
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Refine Topic** - Select and refine a topic.
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Complete Sentences** - Write in complete sentences developed into a logical, coherent paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting details, and a concluding sentence.
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Page Format** - Use correct page format (e.g., paragraphs, margins, indentations, and titles).
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Revision** - Revise writing to improve detail after determining what could be added or deleted (e.g., reread; rearrange words, sentences, paragraphs; add descriptive words; remove unneeded information; incorporate suggestions; vary sentences structures).
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Use Resources** - Use resources (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus, computer) to aid in the writing process.
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Rubric** - Use a rubric to evaluate own and others' writing through small group discussion and shared work.
 * 16) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Technology** - Use technology to publish and present.
 * 17) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Publication** - Identify opportunities for publication (e.g., national and/or local contests, Internet web sites, newspapers, periodicals).
 * 3rd Grade Writing Activities
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Narrow a Topic** - Define and narrow a topic for research.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Find Resources** - Identify three or more resources using more than one medium to support the research topic.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Use References** - Use reference materials (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus, atlas, and encyclopedia).
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Visit Library** - Visit the library/media center as a source of information for research.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Graphic Organizer** - Organize information gathered using a simple graphic organizer.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Write a Report** - Write a simple research report demonstrating the research results.
 * 3rd Grade: Oceans and Seas
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Fact or Opinion** - Distinguish fact from opinion.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Cause and Effect** - Distinguish cause from effect.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Compare and Contrast** - compare and contrast two characters, ideas, or stories.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Draw Inferences** - Draw inferences and adjust predictions during reading.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Draw Conclusions** - Draw conclusions based on evidence acquired during reading.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Sequence of Events** - Indicate the sequence of events in text.
 * Adverb Clauses: Cause and Effect Relationships
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Pre-Reading Strategies** - Develop and use pre-reading strategies (e.g., identify a purpose for reading {for information, for enjoyment, for understanding a writer's position}, make predictions using text features {illustrations, graphics}, preview text using illustrations, graphics, text format, text structures, and skimming).
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Comprehension** - Demonstrate strategies for determining meaning while reading (e.g., formulate clarifying questions, predict outcomes, create a mental image).
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Check for Understanding** - Check for understanding after reading (e.g., draw conclusions based on evidence gained while reading).
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Main Idea** - Identify the main idea and supporting details in text.
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Fiction or Nonfiction** - Distinguish fiction from nonfiction.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Text Features** - Use text features to locate information (e.g., charts, tables of contents, maps, illustrations).
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Follow Instructions** - Follow multi-tasked instructions in informational and technical texts (e.g., follow a recipe, complete assembly instructions).
 * Alaska Native Stories: Using Narrative to Introduce Expository Text (Read Write Think)
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Access Information ** - Use media to access information (e.g., online catalog, nonfiction books, encyclopedias, CD-ROM references, Internet).
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Enhance Reports** - Use media to enhance reports and oral presentations.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Main Idea** - Understand the main idea or message in a visual image (e.g., pictures, cartoons, weather reports on television, newspapers, photographs).
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Visit Libraries** - Visit libraries/media centers and regularly check out materials.
 * A Case For Reading: Examining Challenged and Banned Books (Read Write Think)
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Pre-Reading Strategies ** - Develop and use pre-reading strategies (e.g., identify a purpose for reading {for information, for enjoyment, for understanding a writer's position}, make predictions using text features {illustrations, graphics}, preview text using illustrations, graphics, text format, text structures, and skimming).
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Determine Meaning** - Demonstrate strategies for determining meaning while reading and checking for understanding after reading.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Reading Comprehension** - Check for understanding after reading (e.g., draw conclusions based on evidence gained while reading, identify the stated or implied main idea).
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Read Fluently** - Read with increasing fluency and confidence from a variety of texts (e.g., paired readings, shared reading, choral reading, teacher-led reading, reading from tapes/CDs).
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Vocabulary** - Build vocabulary by listening to literature and participating in discussions.
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Forms of Text** - Recognize varying forms of text (e.g., poems, plays, stories).
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Literary Styles** - Read and review various literary (e.g., short stories, fairy tales, folk tales, poetry, plays and nonfiction).
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Story Elements** - Define and identify setting and characters, including main and minor characters.
 * 9) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Compare and Contrast** - Compare and contrast different versions/representations of similar stories, legends, lessons, or events reflecting different cultures.
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Use of Language** - Explore the use of language in literary texts (e.g., rhythm, beat, imagery, simile, and metaphor).
 * 11) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Rhyming Words** - Identify and produce rhyming words.
 * 12) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**First Person** - Explore the concept of first person point of view.
 * 13) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Library** - Visit libraries/media centers; select and check out materials.
 * 14) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Chapter Books** - Read longer narrative and expository text independently, including chapter books.
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**Discuss Literature** - Discuss literature (e.g., book discussions, literacy circles, writing, oral presentations).
 * A Case for Reading: Examining Challenged and Banned Books (Read Write Think)