3.1 The
student will use effective communication skills in group activities.
a) Listen
attentively by making eye contact, facing the speaker, asking questions, and
summarizing what is said.
b) Ask
and respond to questions from teachers and other group members.
c) Explain
what has been learned.
3.2 The
student will present brief oral reports.
a) Speak
clearly.
b) Use
appropriate volume and pitch.
c) Speak
at an understandable rate.
d) Organize
ideas sequentially or around major points of information.
e) Use
grammatically correct language and specific vocabulary to communicate ideas.
3.3 The
student will apply word-analysis skills when reading.
a) Use
knowledge of all vowel patterns.
b) Use knowledge of homophones.
c) Decode regular multisyllabic words.
3.4 The student will use strategies to read
a variety of fiction and nonfiction materials.
a) Preview and use text formats.
b) Set
a purpose for reading.
c) Apply meaning clues, language structure,
and phonetic strategies.
d) Use
context to clarify meaning of unfamiliar words.
e) Read
fiction and nonfiction fluently and accurately.
f) Reread and self-correct when necessary.
3.5 The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fiction.
a) Set a purpose for reading.
b) Make connections between previous experiences and reading selections.
c) Make, confirm, or revise predictions.
d) Compare
and contrast settings, characters, and events.
e) Identify
the author’s purpose.
f) Ask and answer questions.
g) Draw conclusions about character and
plot.
h) Organize
information and events logically.
i) Summarize major points found in fiction materials.
j) Understand basic plots of fairy tales, myths, folktales, legends, and fables.
3.6 The student will continue to read and demonstrate comprehension of nonfiction.
a) Identify the author’s purpose.
b) Make connections between previous experiences and reading selections.
c) Ask and answer questions about what is read.
d) Draw
conclusions.
e) Organize information and events logically.
f) Summarize major points found in nonfiction materials.
g) Identify the characteristics of biographies and autobiographies.
h) Compare and contrast the lives of two persons as described in biographies and/or autobiographies.
3.7 The student will demonstrate
comprehension of information from a variety of print resources.
a) Use
dictionary, glossary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, and other reference books,
including online reference materials.
b) Use
available technology.
3.8 The student will write legibly in cursive.
3.9 The student will write descriptive paragraphs.
a) Develop a plan for writing.
b) Focus on a central idea.
c) Group related ideas.
d) Include descriptive details that
elaborate the central idea.
e) Revise writing for clarity.
3.10 The student will write stories, letters, simple explanations, and short reports across all content areas.
a) Use a variety of planning strategies.
b) Organize information according to the type of writing.
c) Identify
the intended audience.
d) Revise writing for specific vocabulary and information.
e) Use
available technology.
3.11 The student will edit writing for correct
grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
a) Use complete and varied sentences.
b) Use the word I in compound subjects.
c) Use past and present verb tense.
d) Use singular possessives.
e) Use commas in a simple series.
f) Use simple abbreviations.
g) Use
apostrophes in contractions with pronouns.
h) Use correct spelling for high-frequency
sight words, including irregular plurals.