English Language Arts
The SDO-San Juan Online Chronicles
We curate and develop OERs to develop English Proficiency Skills for learning and beyond.
GRADE THREE - QUARTER ONE
1. Describe one's drawing about the stories/ poems listened to using simple and compound sentences.
2. Write a short descriptive paragraph about a character or setting in stories listened to.
3. Write a short paragraph providing another ending for a story listened to
4. Write a diary
5. Use different kinds of sentences in a dialogue (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative)
6. Use common and proper nouns in a sentence
7. Use plural for of regular nouns by adding /s/ or /es/
8. Use plural form of frequently occuring irregular nouns (children, feet, teeth, etc.)
9. Review reading and writing short a,e,i,o, and u words in CVC pattern
10. Read phrases, sentences, and short sotries consisting of 2-syllable words
11. Initiate conversations with peers in a variety of school settings
12. Summarize and restate information
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(describing one's drawing, writing a short descriptive paragraph about a character or setting, writing a paragraph providing another ending, writing a diary, using different kinds of sentences)
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(identifying simple or compound sentence, identifying the characters, identifying the possible ending)
GRADE THREE - QUARTER TWO
1. Use the be-verbs (am, is, are, was, were) correctly in sentences
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2. Use simple verbs (past, present, future) in sentences
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3. Read words with inital and final consonant blends
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4. Read familiar words and phrases in texts
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5. Read words, phrases, sentences, and short stories consisting of words with consonant digraph ch and sh and other words previously studied
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6. Spell one to two-syllable words with initial and final consonant blends (e.g. pl, tr) and consonant digraphs (ch and sh)
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7. Identify commonly used possessive pronouns and use them in a sentence
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8. Identify several effects based on a given cause
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9. Make inferences and draw conclusions based on texts (pictures, title, and content words)
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10. Distinguish fact from opinion
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11. Use different sources of information in reading
12. Recognize some words represented by common abbreviations (e.g. Mr., Ave., Oct.)
GRADE THREE - QUARTER THREE
1. Homonyms (e.g. flower-flour)
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2. Homographs (e.g. read-read)
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3. Hyponyms
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4. Identify possible solutions to problems
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5. Identify the elements of an informational/factual text heard
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6. Read words with long a,e,i,o, and u sound
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7. Read phrases, sentences, stories, and poems consisting of long a,e,i,o, and u words
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8. Ask and respond to questions about informational texts listened to (environment, health, how-to's, etc.)
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9. Compare and contrast information heard
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10. Read word with affixes
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11. Write a simple story
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GRADE THREE - QUARTER FOUR
1. Use the degrees of adjectives in making comparisons (positive, comparative, superlative)
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2. Recognize adverbs of manner
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3. Interpret simple maps of unfamiliar places, signs, and symbols
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4. Interpret simple graphs, tables, and pictographs
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5. Restate facts from informational texts (climate change, children's rights, traffic safety, etc.) listened to
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6. Read words containing vowel digraphs - ai, ay, ea, ee, oo, oa
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7. Read phrases, sentences, and stories with vowel digraphs - ai, ay, ea, ee, oo, oa
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8. Read words with vowel diphthongs: oh (boy), oi (boil), ou (out), ow (bow)
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9. Read phrases, sentences, and short stories consisting of vowel diphthongs: oy, oi, ou, ow
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10. Recognize and read some irregularly spelled words (e.g. such as enough, through, beautiful)
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11. Present information in varied artistic ways (e.g. role playing, show and tell, radio play/podcast/broadcast, reporting, poster presentations)