3rd Grade ELA Welcome to our 3rd grade ELA post. This is a general idea on topics to review or cover. Heres a printable as well to help if you want to make your own curriculum. Sentence structure Is the sentence a statement, question, command or exclamation? Identify the complete subject of a sentence Identify the complete predicate of a sentence Identify the simple subject or predicate of a sentence Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? Is it a complete sentence, a fragment or a run-on? Is the sentence simple or compound? Nouns Which word is a noun? Identify nouns Identify nouns – with abstract nouns Identify common and proper nouns Form regular plurals with -s, -es and -ies Use regular plurals with -s, -es and -ies Is the noun singular or plural? Form and use irregular plurals Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives Form the singular or plural possessive Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Pronouns Identify personal pronouns Choose between subject and object personal pronouns Replace the noun with a personal pronoun Compound subjects and objects with “I” and “me” Identify possessive pronouns Use possessive pronouns Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns Use reflexive pronouns Verbs Use action verbs Identify action verbs Identify main verbs and helping verbs Is the subject singular or plural? Use the correct subject or verb Pronoun-verb agreement Which sentence is in the regular past tense? Identify verbs in the regular past tense Form and use the regular past tense Identify the irregular past tense I Identify the irregular past tense II Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1 Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2 Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3 Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4 Form and use the irregular past tense: set 5 To be: use the correct form To have: use the correct form Is the sentence in the past, present or future tense? Change the sentence to future tense Articles Use the correct article: a or an Use the correct article: a, an or the Identify articles Adjectives and adverbs Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many? Identify the adjective that describes the noun Identify adjectives Does the adverb tell you how, when or where? Identify adverbs Choose between adjectives and adverbs Is the word an adjective or adverb? Use adjectives to compare Spell adjectives that compare Use adverbs to compare Prepositions Identify prepositions Identify prepositions and their objects Identify prepositional phrases Prepositions: review Conjunctions Use coordinating conjunctions Identify coordinating conjunctions Use subordinating conjunctions Identify subordinating conjunctions Contractions Pronoun-verb contractions Contractions with “not” Punctuation, capitalization and formatting Commas with dates Commas with direct addresses and after introductory words Capitalizing the names of people and pets and titles of respect Capitalizing days, months and holidays Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features Greetings and closings of letters Capitalizing titles Formatting titles Formatting and capitalizing titles Punctuating dialogue Prefixes and suffixes Identify base words, prefixes and suffixes Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re- or mis- Use the prefixes pre-, re- and mis- Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less Determine the meaning of a word with -ly or -ness Determine the meaning of a word with -able or -ment Determine the meaning of a word with a suffix: review Prefixes and suffixes: review Greek and Latin roots Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Reference skills Order alphabetically based on the first letter Order alphabetically based on the first two letters Order alphabetically based on the first three letters Order alphabetically: challenge Use guide words Use dictionary entries Use dictionary definitions Word relationships and usage Choose the synonym Which sentence has the same meaning? Find synonyms in context Choose the antonym Which sentence uses an antonym? Find antonyms in context Form compound words Form and use compound words Describe the difference between related words Positive and negative connotation Homophones with pictures Identify homophones Use the correct homophone Which definition matches the sentence? Which sentence matches the definition? Figurative language Determine the meanings of similes Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading...
