CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.A
Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.B
Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.C
Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood).
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.D
Form and use regular and irregular verbs.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.E
Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.F
Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.G
Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.H
Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.1.I
Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.A
Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.B
Use commas in addresses.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.C
Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.D
Form and use possessives.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.E
Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness).
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.F
Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.G
Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.3
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.3.A
Choose words and phrases for effect.*
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.3.B
Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written standard English.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.A
Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.B
Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat).
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.C
Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion).
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.4.D
Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases.
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5.A
Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5.B
Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5.C
Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, wondered).
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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.6
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).
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