L.3.1.F Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*

RI.3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.

3(9)(D)(iii) Recognize characteristics and structures of informational text, including organizational patterns such as cause and effect and problem and solution.

RI.3.3 Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.

L.3.1.H Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.

3(11)(D)(viii) Edit drafts using standard English conventions, including coordinating conjunctions to form compound subjects, predicates, and sentences.

L.3.1.I Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.

3(11)(D)(i) Edit drafts using standard English conventions, including complete simple and compound sentences with subject-verb agreement.

L.3.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

L.3.4.A Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

3(3)(D) Identify, use, and explain the meaning of antonyms, synonyms, idioms, homophones, and homographs in a text.

RI.3.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

L.3.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.

L.3.4.A Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

3(3)(D) Identify, use, and explain the meaning of antonyms, synonyms, idioms, homophones, and homographs in a text.

W.3.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 3 here.)

3(11)(C) Revise drafts to improve sentence structure and word choice by adding, deleting, combining, and rearranging ideas for coherence and clarity.

RF.3.3.A Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.

3(3)(C) Identify the meaning of and use words with affixes such as im- (into), non-, dis-, in- (not, non), pre-, -ness, -y, and -ful.

RI.3.3 Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.

L.3.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

L.3.1.A Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences.