I can recognize irregularly spelled words. I can read words that do not follow the common spelling patterns (irregular) for [...]

Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.

I can read fluently (easy, smooth, and automatic). I can read grade-level text fluently and show comprehension through voice, timing, [...]

I can read fluently (easy, smooth, and automatic). I can read grade-level text fluently and show comprehension through voice, timing, [...]

I can reread with corrections when necessary. I can read fluently (easy, smooth, and automatic).

Write opinion pieces on familiar topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.

Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or [...]

I can write opinion pieces that support my opinion and point of view. I can introduce the topic of my [...]

I can identify reasons that support my opinion.

I can use linking words or transition words to connect my opinions and reasons.

I can write an opinion piece that includes an introduction, supporting reasons, and a concluding statement.

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.

I can write an informative/explanatory text that has a clear topic.

I can develop a topic with facts, definitions and details. I can group facts and related information together about a [...]

I can use linking words and phrases and transition words to connect my ideas. I can use illustrations to help [...]

I can construct a concluding statement on my topic.

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

I can ask questions to show I understand important details in a story. I can answer questions to show I [...]

I can closely read and understand grade level text independently. I can read fluently (easy, smooth and automatic) grade level [...]

I can retell stories (including fables, folktales and myths) in my own words. I can define the central message, lesson [...]

I can describe characters in a story using character traits. I can describe characters is a story using physical characteristics. [...]

I can use strategies (eg., context clues, root words, affixes) to determine the meaning of words and phrases as they [...]

I can explain how stories, dramas, and poems are written in different forms (eg., section chapter, scene, or stanza. I [...]

I can define point of view (in a story, drama, poem). I can distinguish between a narrator's point of view [...]

I can identify illustrations that support the story. I can explain how illustrations contribute to the words in the story. [...]

I can define theme. I can define setting. I can define plot. I can identify themes, settings, and plots in [...]

I can ask questions to demonstrate my understanding of an informational text. I can answer questions using specific details from [...]

By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the [...]

I can define the main idea (in an informational text). I can identify key ideas from an informational text. I [...]

I can define event, procedure, idea and concept. I can identify events, procedures, ideas, and/or concepts in different types of [...]

I can identify general academic words or phrases. I can identify domain specific words or phrases (content). I can use [...]

I can identify and give examples of text features and search tools. I can explain how text features and search [...]

I can define point of view (in an informational text). I can determine point of view of the author (in [...]

I can explain how illustrations in a text add meaning to the words. I can use information from illustrations to [...]

I can describe connections made between sentences and/or paragraphs within the text. I can identify words authors use to help [...]

I can find the most important points and key details found in two texts on the same subject. I can [...]

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Recognize area as additive. Find areas of rectilinear figures by decomposing them into non-overlapping rectangles and adding the areas of [...]

Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an [...]

Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that [...]

Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole. [...]

Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; [...]

Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram. (Grade 3 expectations [...]

Represent a fraction 1/b on a number line diagram by defining the interval from 0 to 1 as the whole [...]

Represent a fraction a/b on a number line diagram by marking off a lengths 1/b from 0. Recognize that the [...]

Develop understanding of fractions as numbers. Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their [...]

Understand two fractions as equivalent (equal) if they are the same size, or the same point on a number line. [...]

Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions (e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3), Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., [...]

Express whole numbers as fractions, and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers. Examples: Express 3 in the form [...]

Compare two fractions with the same numerator or the same denominator, by reasoning about their size, Recognize that valid comparisons [...]