English Grade3

PAN-ASIA ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS – GRADE 3

Oral Presentation and Discussion

Standard One: Students will use agreed-upon rules for informal and formal discussions. They will pose questions, listen to the ideas of others and contribute their own information or ideas in group discussions or interviews in order to acquire new knowledge.

1. Benchmarks:
1.1. Follow agreed-upon rules for class discussion and carry out assigned roles in self-run small group discussions
1.2. Contribute knowledge to class discussions and participate in self-run group discussions, book club, literary circles and class project
1.3. Give formal and informal oral presentations using effective presentation skills
1.4. Express an opinion of a literary work or film in an organized way, with supporting details
1.5. Retell a story with a beginning, middle and end, including important details and story elements
1.6. Use teacher developed criteria to prepare their presentations
1.7. Express an opinion of a literary work or film in an organized way, with supporting detail and sequencing
1.8. Use listening skills to obtain information

Language

Standard Two: Students will understand and acquire new vocabulary and use it correctly in reading and writing. They will analyze standard English grammar and usage and recognize how its vocabulary has developed and been influenced by other languages. Students will describe, analyze, and appropriately use formal and informal English.

2. Benchmarks:
2.1. Recognize the subject-predicate relationship in sentences
2.2. Identify the meaning of common prefixes, suffixes and root words
2.3. Identify common idioms and figurative phrases
2.4. Identify unknown words using their context
2.5. Determine the meaning of words and alternative words using a dictionary or thesaurus
2.6. Identify the four basic parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective and adverb
2.7. Differentiate between formal and informal language in advertisements read, seen and heard
2.8. Understand and use the fundamental skills in sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar, spelling for grade three.

Reading and Literature

Standard Three: Students will understand the nature of written English and the relationship of letters and spelling patterns to the sounds of speech. They will identify the basic facts and main ideas in a text and use them as the basis for interpretation.

3. Benchmarks:
3.1. Read grade-appropriate narrative and expository text with comprehension, fluency, and accuracy using appropriate timing, change in voice and expression
3.2. Use letter-sound knowledge to decode multi-syllable words
3.3. Use comprehension strategies such as prior knowledge, predicting, visualizing, questioning and summarizing to understand text
3.4. Identify the different forms of literature such as poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction and drama in reading and apply this knowledge as a strategy for comprehending text
3.5. Identify themes as lessons in folk tales, fables and myths for children
3.6. Identify and analyze the elements of plot, character, and setting in the stories they read and write
3.7. Identify and use knowledge of common textual features, graphic features and organizational structures in order to gain meaning from a variety of informational materials
3.8. Locate facts that answer the reader’s questions, distinguish cause from effect, distinguish fact from opinion, and summarize main ideas and supporting details when reading informational/expository texts
3.9. Identify rhyme and rhythm, repetition, similes, and visual and auditory images in poems that are read aloud, and use these techniques in their writing
3.10. Plan and perform readings of selected text for an audience using clear diction and voice quality (volume, tempo, pitch, tone) appropriate to the selection

Writing and Composition

Standard Four: Students will write with a clear focus, coherent organization and sufficient detail. They will write for different audiences and purposes. Students will use knowledge of standard English conventions in their writing, revising and editing.

4. Benchmarks:
4.1. Take seed ideas from the writing notebook and bring through the draft, revision and editing to a published product
4.2. Use appropriate language for different audiences
4.3. Understand and use writers’ craft in their writing
4.4. Use knowledge of word study to monitor and check spelling
4.5. Organize plot events in an order that leads to a climax in their writing
4.6. Write a personal narrative that is organized, has a clear focus, and sufficient supporting detail
4.7. Write in different genres, i.e., personal narrative, nonfiction and poetry and a friendly letter, informal notes, thank-you notes, diary entries and journals
4.8. Write an organized response to a key question from a piece of literature or informational text using evidence from the text as support
4.9. Organize ideas for a brief response to a reading.
4.10. Write stories that have a beginning, middle, and end and contain details of the setting
4.11. Write short poems that contain simple sense details
4.12. Improve word choice by using dictionaries
4.13. Write legibly in cursive, leaving space between letters in a word, and between words in a sentence
4.14. Use knowledge of correct mechanics (end marks, commas for series, capitalization), usage (subject and verb agreement in a simple sentence), and sentence structure (elimination of fragments) when writing and editing
4.15. Use syllabication to monitor and correct spelling in their writing.
4.16. Spell most commonly used homophones correctly in their writing (there, they’re, there; two, too, to).
4.17. Identify and apply steps in conducting and reporting research
4.18. Write brief summaries of information gathered through research
4.19. Define the need for information and formulate open-ended research questions
4.20. Form and explain their own standards or judgments of quality, display them in the classroom, and present them to family members

Media and Technology

Standard Five: Students will design and create coherent media productions (audio, video, television, multimedia) with a clear controlling idea, adequate detail and appropriate consideration of audience, purpose and medium.

5. Benchmarks:
5.1. Create presentations using computer technology, posters, reports, and graphic design
5.2. Develop and apply criteria for assessing the effectiveness of presentations
5.3. Gather information using the Internet
5.4. Use their understanding of television to distinguish between fact and fiction
5.5. Examine and explain advertising
5.6. View, understand and discuss informational media productions
5.7. Compare stories in print with their filmed adaptations, describing the similarities and differences in the portrayal of characters, plot, and settings

Oral Presentation and Discussion

Benchmarks:

1.1 Follow agreed-upon rules for class discussion and carry out assigned roles in self-run small group discussions
1.2 Contribute knowledge to class discussions and participate in self-run group discussions, book club, literary circles and class project
1.3 Give formal and informal oral presentations using effective presentation skills
1.4 Express an opinion of a literary work or film in an organized way, with supporting details
1.5 Retell a story with a beginning, middle and end, including important details and story elements
1.6 Use teacher developed criteria to prepare their presentations
1.7 Express an opinion of a literary work or film in an organized way, with supporting detail and sequencing
1.8 Use listening skills to obtain information

Language

Benchmarks:

2.1 Recognize the subject-predicate relationship in sentences
2.2 Identify the meaning of common prefixes, suffixes and root words
2.3 Identify common idioms and figurative phrases
2.4 Identify unknown words using their context
2.5 Determine the meaning of words and alternative words using a dictionary or thesaurus
2.6 Identify the four basic parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective and adverb
2.7 Differentiate between formal and informal language in advertisements read, seen and heard
2.8 Understand and use the fundamental skills in sentence structure, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar, spelling for grade three.

Reading and Literature

Benchmarks:

3.1 Read grade-appropriate narrative and expository text with comprehension, fluency, and accuracy using appropriate timing, change in voice and expression
3.2 Use letter-sound knowledge to decode multi-syllable words
3.3 Use comprehension strategies such as prior knowledge, predicting, visualizing, questioning and summarizing to understand text
3.4 Identify the different forms of literature such as poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction and drama in reading and apply this knowledge as a strategy for comprehending text
3.5 Identify themes as lessons in folk tales, fables and Greek myths for children
3.6 Identify and analyze the elements of plot, character, and setting in the stories they read and write
3.7Identify and use knowledge of common textual features, graphic features and organizational structures in order to gain meaning from a variety of informational materials
3.8Locate facts that answer the reader’s questions, distinguish cause from effect, distinguish fact from opinion, and summarize main ideas and supporting details when reading informational/expository texts
3.9Identify rhyme and rhythm, repetition, similes, and visual and auditory images in poems that are read aloud, and use these techniques in their writing
3.10 Plan and perform readings of selected text for an audience using clear diction and voice quality (volume, tempo, pitch, tone) appropriate to the selection

Writing and Composition

Standard Four: Students will write with a clear focus, coherent organization and sufficient detail. They will write for different audiences and purposes

Benchmarks:.

4.1 Take seed ideas from the writing notebook and bring through the draft, revision and editing to a published product
4.2 Use appropriate language for different audiences
4.3 Understand and use writers’ craft in their writing
4.4 Use knowledge of word study to monitor and check spelling
4.5 Organize plot events in an order that leads to a climax in their writing
4.6 Write a personal narrative that is organized, has a clear focus, and sufficient supporting detail
4.7 Write in different genres, i.e., personal narrative, nonfiction and poetry and a friendly letter, informal notes, thank-you notes, diary entries and journals
4.8 Write an organized response to a key question from a piece of literature or informational text using evidence from the text as support
4.9 Organize ideas for a brief response to a reading.
4.10 Write stories that have a beginning, middle, and end and contain details of the setting
4.11 Write short poems that contain simple sense details
4.12 Improve word choice by using dictionaries
4.13 Write legibly in cursive, leaving space between letters in a word, and between words in a sentence
4.14 Use knowledge of correct mechanics (end marks, commas for series, capitalization), usage (subject and verb agreement in a simple sentence), and sentence structure (elimination of fragments) when writing and editing
4.15 Use syllabication to monitor and correct spelling in their writing.
4.16 Spell most commonly used homophones correctly in their writing (there, they’re, there; two, too, to).
4.17 Identify and apply steps in conducting and reporting research
4.18 Write brief summaries of information gathered through research
4.19 Define the need for information and formulate open-ended research questions
4.20 Form and explain their own standards or judgments of quality, display them in the classroom, and present them to family members

Media

Benchmarks:.

5.1 Create presentations using computer technology, posters, reports, and graphic design
5.2 Develop and apply criteria for assessing the effectiveness of presentations
5.3 Gather information using the Internet and CD-ROM
5.4 Use their understanding of television to distinguish between fact and fiction
5.5 Examine and explain advertising
5.6 View, understand and discuss informational media productions
5.7 Compare stories in print with their filmed adaptations, describing the similarities and differences in the portrayal of characters, plot, and settings