Grade 3
Grade 3 English Language Arts
7 units and 59 learning lessons. This is the outline a Grade 3 student works through in English Language Arts — the lessons themselves are taught inside OHM School, adapted to how each child is doing.
About this outline: the listed lessons are part of the available learning path. A lesson appearing here does not mean its standards mapping or assessment evidence has completed educator review. See the evidence and review methodology.
Grade 3 English Language Arts
OHM School · Grade 3
English Language Arts
7 units · 59 lessons
It opens with Word Study and Fluency and closes with Grammar and Vocabulary.
All units
All units
Lessons
Unit 1 of 7
Word Study and Fluency
5 lessons
Lessons
- 1Prefixes and Suffixes
- 2Latin Suffixes
- 3Multisyllable Words
- 4Irregularly Spelled Words
- 5Reading with Accuracy, Rate, and Expression
Unit 2 of 7
Reading Literature
10 lessons
Lessons
- 1Answering Questions with Text Evidence
- 2Fables, Folktales, and Myths
- 3Plot Structure
- 4Character Development
- 5Literal and Nonliteral Language
- 6Chapters, Scenes, and Stanzas
- 7Point of View
- 8Illustrations and Meaning
- 9Comparing Stories by One Author
- 10Reading Chapter Books
Unit 3 of 7
Reading Informational Text
12 lessons
Lessons
- 1Answering Questions About Nonfiction
- 2Finding the Main Idea
- 3Key Details that Support the Main Idea
- 4Summarizing a Text
- 5Sequence and Cause and Effect
- 6Academic and Subject Words
- 7Text Features and Search Tools
- 8My View and the Author's
- 9Maps, Photos, and Words
- 10How Sentences and Paragraphs Connect
- 11Comparing Two Texts on a Topic
- 12Reading Nonfiction Independently
Unit 4 of 7
Writing
13 lessons
Lessons
- 1Stating an Opinion with Reasons
- 2Organizing an Opinion Paragraph
- 3Explanatory Writing: How and Why
- 4Grouping Facts and Details
- 5Writing a Narrative with Dialogue
- 6Time Words and Endings
- 7Writing for Task and Purpose
- 8Planning, Revising, and Editing
- 9Revising for Clarity and Evidence
- 10Publishing with Technology
- 11Short Research Projects
- 12Taking Notes and Sorting Evidence
- 13Writing Every Day
Unit 5 of 7
Cursive Handwriting
3 lessons
Lessons
- 1Cursive Lowercase Letters -- Group 1
- 2Cursive Lowercase Letters -- Group 2
- 3Cursive Capital Letters and Sentences
Unit 6 of 7
Speaking and Listening
6 lessons
Lessons
- 1Prepared Discussions
- 2Main Ideas from Read-Alouds
- 3Questions for a Speaker
- 4Reporting on a Topic
- 5Fluent Recordings
- 6Complete Sentences When Speaking
Unit 7 of 7
Grammar and Vocabulary
10 lessons
Lessons
- 1Parts of Speech
- 2Verbs and Tenses
- 3Agreement
- 4Comparatives and Superlatives
- 5Compound and Complex Sentences
- 6Capitals, Commas, and Quotation Marks
- 7Choosing Words for Effect
- 8Word Meanings from Clues
- 9Literal and Figurative Meanings
- 10Words for Time and Place
How it is taught
The whole subject, in the order a child meets it.
- What is covered7 units and 59 lessons, every one of them in the book above: this is the whole of English Language Arts in Grade 3, not a sample.
- Taught in orderA lesson unlocks when the one before it is mastered, and review is scheduled from what the child has actually shown rather than on a fixed timetable.
- Kept currentThese titles are read from the live curriculum, so what is in this book is what a Grade 3 student would work through today.
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