English Language Arts Gr 3 A

The course includes frequent read-alouds that help students build the background knowledge and vocabulary critical to listening and reading comprehension. Students learn by listening to nonfiction texts that include topics related to science and history. The first unit includes selections from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame to reinforce understanding of story elements.Students practice and build reading skills as they read selections in their readers. Many reading selections are informational texts that address topics related to science and history. Students also read excerpts from some classic tales, plus a variety of stories and myths from diverse groups. During writing instruction, students use a writing process as they practice expository (cause and effect), narrative (story), and opinion writing. Morphology lessons address reading and understanding words with common prefixes, suffixes, and Greek and Latin roots. Morphology instruction also addresses the meaning of various prefixes, suffixes, and roots. Grammar lessons address various speech and language-usage conventions (such as capitalization and punctuation). These specific grammar skills are then reinforced and applied in all writing exercises.Spelling lessons include weekly word lists that focus on content words and words with morphological patterns taught in each unit. Spelling exercises provide students with opportunities to practice applying knowledge of letter–sound correspondences learned in earlier grades.