Grade 3

                                                                                    
               Reading/Language Arts

• Use letter sounds, syllables, spelling, word meaning, and word clues to read with fluency for understanding
• Write to inform, to persuade, and to express personal ideas
• Listen to acquire and critique information
• Identify and explain the beginning, middle and end of a story; the qualities of characters; the setting and plot, and the problems and solutions in stories
• Use the World Wide Web (WWW) and e-mail to find information and communicate ideas
• Read basic sight words