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3.WF Writing Standards: Foundational Skills
- Sound-letter basics and Handwriting
- 3.WF.1 Demonstrate and apply handwriting skills.
- 3.WF.1.a Read and write cursive letters, upper and lower case.
- 3.WF.1.b Transcribe ideas legibly in cursive and manuscript, with appropriate spacing and indentation.
- 3.WF.1 Demonstrate and apply handwriting skills.
- Spelling
- 3.WF.3 Know and apply spelling conventions and patterns.
- 3.WF.3.a Spell single-syllable words with less common and complex graphemes (e.g., ough, augh, old, -ind, -ost, -ild families).
- 3.WF.3.b Identify language of origin for words, as noted in dictionaries.
- 3.WF.3.c Spell singular and plural possessives (e.g., teacher’s, teachers’).
- 3.WF.3.d Spell regular two-and three-syllable words that:
- 3.WF.3.d.1 Combine all basic syllable types: closed, VCe (Vowel-Consonant-silent e), open, vowel team, vowel-r, and consonant le.
- 3.WF.3.d.2 Include common, transparent prefixes and suffixes (e.g., re-, pre-, sub-, un-, dis-, mis-; -able, -ness, -ful, -tion).
- 3.WF.3.e Spell grade-level appropriate words in English, as found in a research-based list, including:
- 3.WF.3.e.1 Irregular words.
- 3.WF.3.e.2 Pattern-based words.
- 3.WF.3 Know and apply spelling conventions and patterns.