Third Grade ELA Standards Checklist

Reading Standards for Literature

RL.1.1
I can ask and answer questions about a text to
show that I understand what I read.
RL.1.2
I can tell the central message, lesson, or moral of
a story and support it using key details.
RL.1.3
I can describe characters in a story and explain
how their actions help the sequence of events.
RL.2.4
I can use context clues to understand unknown
words in a text.
RL.2.5
I can talk about stories, dramas, and poems using
text terms and explain how one part of the text is
related to other parts.
RL.2.6
I can understand the narrator or characters point
of view and discuss how my point of view is
similar or different.
RL.3.7
I can describe how illustrations show what is
written in the text.
RL.3.9
I can compare and contrast the themes, settings,
and plots of two texts.
RL.4.10
I can read and understand third grade literature.
Reading Standards for Informational Text
RI.1.1
I can ask and answer questions about a text to
show that I understand what I read.
RI.1.2
RI.1.3
RI.2.4
RI.2.5
RI.2.6
RI.3.7
RI.3.8

I can identify the main idea of a text and give

details to support the main idea.
I can determine the structure of a text
(chronological, sequence, cause/effect).
I can use context clues to understand unknown
words in a text.
I can use text features to understand information
from a text.
I can understand the authors point of view and
discuss how my point of view is similar or
different.
I can use the illustrations and the words to
understand the text.
I can tell how sentences and paragraphs are

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RI.3.9
RI.4.10

Writing Standards
W.1.1
W.1.2
W.1.3
W.2.4
W.2.5
W.2.6
W.3.7
W.3.8

W.4.10

Language Standards
L.1.1

related (compare/contrast, cause/effect,

sequence).
I can compare and contrast two texts.
I can read and understand third grade
informational text.

I can write an opinion piece and support my point

of view with reasons.
I can write an informational or explanatory text to
give information on a topic.
I can write a narrative piece that gives details
and events in sequential order.
I can produce writing that is organized and
developed.
I can plan, revise, and edit my writing.
I can use technology to produce and publish my
writing.
I can complete a short research project about a
topic.
I can gather information from different sources,
take notes on information, and sort evidence into
categories.
I can write regularly for longer amount of times
and shorter amounts of times for different
purposes.

I can begin to write in cursive and show that I

understand conventions of grammar when

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L.1.2
L.2.3
L.3.4
L.3.5

speaking and writing.

I can use correct capitalization, punctuation, and
spelling when writing.
I can use what I know about language and
conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or
listening.
I can use context clues, prefixes, suffixes,
glossaries, or dictionaries to understand a word in
a text.
I can tell how words are related and explain
differences in meanings based on the context of
the word.