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**__READING STUFF__** Alabama Reading Course of Study:

**Third Grade **

Third-grade students gain information through reading and listening and then express what they have learned through writing and visually supported oral communication. They continue to express themselves through narrative writing and learn additional modes of expression through descriptive and expository writing. Authentic experiences that integrate reading, literature, writing and language, research and inquiry, and oral and visual communication encourage students to develop self-confidence and assurance in expressing themselves.

These students begin the early phases of transition to abstract thinking; however, they are still primarily concrete learners and are interested in learning tasks that directly relate to their own lives. They continue developing critical-thinking and problem-solving skills as they move into an environment with an increased focus on specific subject-area content.

**Minimum Required Content**

Students will:


 * Reading **

1. Apply advanced phonetic analysis to multiple-syllable words, including consonants, short vowels, blends, long vowel markers, and //r//-controlled vowels.

2. Demonstrate reading vocabulary knowledge of compound words. Examples: prefixes, suffixes, root words Lesson on guide words so students can use a dictionary: [] 3. Use a wide range of strategies, including using context clues and predicting outcomes, to comprehend third-grade recreational reading materials in a variety of genres. Examples:stories, trade books, poems
 * Using structural analysis to develop meaning
 * Drawing semantic maps
 * Recognizing new synonyms and antonyms
 * Spelling correctly compound words, phonetically regular words, contractions,
 * and possessives, including using a dictionary to check spelling

Examples: characters, similes
 * Reading fluently 110-120 words per minute
 * Identifying literary elements and devices
 * Determining sequence of events
 * Distinguishing fiction from nonfiction
 * Using sentence structure to assist in comprehension
 * Drawing conclusions to determine authors’ intent
 * Using self-monitoring for text understanding, including rereading and adjusting
 * rate and speed of reading
 * Using vocabulary knowledge to construct meaning
 * Relating main ideas to prior knowledge and specific life experiences
 * Previewing and predicting to anticipate content
 * Utilizing text features to gain meaning
 * Using prior knowledge and experience

4. Use a wide range of strategies and skills, including retelling information, using context clues, and making inferences to identify main idea, to comprehend third-grade informational and functional reading materials. Examples: titles, headings, glossary, boldface, index, table of contents, maps, charts, tables
 * Using sentence structure to assist in comprehension
 * Distinguishing main idea from details
 * Summarizing passages to demonstrate understanding
 * Utilizing text features to gain meaning
 * Using vocabulary knowledge to enhance comprehension
 * Using self-monitoring for text understanding
 * Following simple written directions
 * Ordering by importance or chronology


 * Literature **

5. Compare poetry, folktales, and fables in respect to their genre characteristics.

6. Recognize linguistic and cultural similarities and differences in multicultural literature. Examples:regional dialects, clothing, food, games

7. Compare fictional characters and events to real-life experiences. Example: relating hardships faced by early settlers in literature to hardships faced by families today

Examples:social studies—locating physical features on a map
 * 1) Use text features to guide interpretation of expository texts, including italics,
 * 2) headings, maps, and charts.

science—interpreting weather data from charts and tables
 * Interpreting the author’s purpose or intent in a given text


 * Writing and Language **

9. Compose narrative texts using an introductory paragraph, specific time frames, clear sequencing of events, and a conclusion. Examples: purpose—writer addresses topic in correct mode
 * Determining purpose and audience prior to writing

audience—writer uses appropriate tone > Examples: simile, onomatopoeia, metaphor, alliteration Examples: //gorgeous// instead of //pretty//, //prosperous// instead of //rich//
 * Demonstrating clarity and organization in a composition
 * Composing descriptive texts using sensory details and vivid language
 * Composing expository texts using appropriate sequencing of ideas or steps in
 * a process
 * Using complete sentences, varied sentence structure, and appropriate transition
 * words in a composition ​Types of Sentences Video []
 * Demonstrating the process of prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing
 * Using graphic organizers during prewriting
 * Using figurative language to enhance written text
 * Utilizing precise vocabulary in written presentations
 * Demonstrating correct spelling in final written text
 * Responding in writing to open-ended questions
 * Utilizing bullets to organize major details and ideas to support a topic
 * Demonstrating the ability to write legibly in cursive

10. Apply mechanics in writing, including capitalization of proper nouns and titles of people and appropriate end marks, abbreviations, and commas with dates.
 * Identifying friendly letter parts and related punctuation marks
 * Using apostrophes with contractions and possessives
 * Underlining or italicizing book titles
 * Using commas to separate items in a series, in a physical address, and before
 * the conjunction in a compound sentence

11. Recognize nouns, verbs, pronouns, conjunctions, and adjectives in written texts.
 * Demonstrating use of nouns, verbs, pronouns, conjunctions, adjectives, and verb tenses in writing
 * Demonstrating use of subject-verb agreement in writing
 * Demonstrating use of forms of adjectives in writing


 * Research and Inquiry **

12. Demonstrate retrieval skills needed to research a topic. Examples: dictionaries, atlases, almanacs, thesauruses, technology resources, news and feature articles
 * Formulating questions based on a topic
 * Using appropriate reference materials
 * Evaluating relevant information gained through research
 * Recognizing text features, including italics, captions, sidebars, photographs, and illustrations


 * Oral and Visual Communication **

13. Demonstrate the ability to follow multistep oral directions. 14. Demonstrate eye contact, articulation, and appropriate voice intonation with oral narrative presentations. Examples: simile, onomatopoeia, metaphor, alliteration Examples: //exceptional// instead of //good//, //brilliant// instead of //smart//
 * Using dramatizations with oral descriptive presentations
 * Using figurative language to enhance oral communication
 * Utilizing precise vocabulary in oral presentations