Oklahoma 3rd Grade ELA Standards in Reading and Writing Foundations

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3.2F Reading and Writing Foundations

• Phonological Awareness: Students will recognize, count, and manipulate the parts of spoken words, including syllables, onset/rimes, and phonemes without using text.
  • 3.2.PA Students will add, delete, substitute, and reverse phonemes in spoken words (e.g., add /g/ to the beginning of listen to say glisten; delete the /b/ in bridges to say ridges; substitute the /f/ in frighten with /b/ to say brighten; reverse the initial and final sounds in safe to say face).
• Print Concepts: Students will demonstrate their understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
  • 3.2.PC Students will correctly form words in print and cursive and use appropriate spacing for letters, words, and sentences.
• Phonics and Word Study: Students will decode words by applying phonics and word analysis skills in context and isolation.
  • 3.2.PWS.1 Students will decode multisyllabic words using their knowledge of the following phonics skills:
    • 3.2.PWS.1.a vowel diphthongs
    • 3.2.PWS.1.b all major syllable types (i.e., closed, consonant +le, open, vowel digraphs, vowel silent e, r-controlled)
  • 3.2.PWS.2 Students will decode words by applying knowledge of structural analysis:
    • 3.2.PWS.2.a contractions
    • 3.2.PWS.2.b abbreviations
    • 3.2.PWS.2.c common roots and related prefixes and suffixes
    • 3.2.PWS.2.d morphology
  • 3.2.PWS.3 Students will use decoding skills and semantics in context when reading new words in a text, including multisyllabic words.
• Spelling/Encoding: Students will encode and write words in context and isolation by applying phonics, spelling patterns, and structural analysis skills.
  • 3.2.SE.1 Students will use correct spelling when writing the following sounds in words:
    • 3.2.SE.1.a diphthongs
    • 3.2.SE.1.b schwa (i.e., /ə/)
    • 3.2.SE.1.c silent letter combinations (e.g., knew, could, ghost)
    • 3.2.SE.1.d hard/soft c, g (e.g., cover, celebrate, gorilla, general)
  • 3.2.SE.2 Students will use correct spelling when writing the following syllable types in single-syllable and multisyllabic words:
    • 3.2.SE.2.a vowel digraphs
    • 3.2.SE.2.b consonant + -le
  • 3.2.SE.3 Students will use structural analysis to correctly spell the following parts of words:
    • 3.2.SE.3.a common prefixes
    • 3.2.SE.3.b common suffixes
    • 3.2.SE.3.c common spelling rules related to adding prefixes and suffixes (e.g., changing y to i, doubling a consonant)
• Fluency: Students will read grade-level text smoothly and accurately, with appropriate expression.
  • 3.2.F.1 Students will expand their sight word vocabulary by reading regularly- and irregularly-spelled words in isolation and context with increasing automaticity.
  • 3.2.F.2 Students will orally and accurately read grade-level text at a smooth rate with expression that connotes comprehension.