Grade 3: Reading & writing
Start with a unit whose prerequisites fit. Work through the lessons, use the study guide to review, and try the new cases before continuing.
- Unit 1 · 4 lessons
Word Families, Syllables and Accurate Fluency
Apply use a meaning-changing prefix, identify a derivational suffix, count spoken syllables, choose a reading repair using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin: Read two-syllable words and common prefixes.
- Unit 2 · 4 lessons
Read a Poem, a Script and a Narrator
Apply interpret a figure of speech, recognize poem structure, use a stage direction, tell narration from dialogue using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin: Identify rhyme, speaker labels and a character’s action.
- Unit 3 · 4 lessons
Read Headings, Maps and Organized Information
Apply use a feature efficiently, recognize organization signals, connect a caption to a visual, separate fact from a recommendation using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin: Locate a detail in a paragraph and use time words.
- Unit 4 · 4 lessons
Explain what a story and a process show
Connect evidence to a character inference, a cause, a story message, and an explanation paragraph.
Before you begin: Distinguish a topic from a detail. · Write or dictate a complete sentence with a relevant because reason.
- Unit 5 · 4 lessons
Agreement, Pronouns and Punctuated Speech
Apply match subject and present verb, choose a pronoun’s role, recognize verb time, interpret quotation punctuation using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin: Identify nouns, verbs and complete simple sentences.
- Unit 6 · 4 lessons
Draft a Scene With Speech and a Clear Ending
Apply build an opening scene, use dialogue for a purpose, select sensory description, write an ending’s job using supplied texts and original responses.
Before you begin: Write a short sequence with a character and setting.
Check what you can explain
The subject test uses additional supplied cases across these units. Its feedback links back to the relevant lessons. Use it to plan practice; a score on these questions is not a school grade or proof of complete subject mastery.
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