Hawaii State Standards for Language Arts: Grade 3
HI.LA.3.1. Reading: CONVENTIONS AND SKILLS: Use knowledge of the conventions of language and texts to construct meaning for a range of literary and informational texts for a variety of purposes
LA.3.1.1. Alphabetic Understanding: Use knowledge of sounds and letters to decode regular multi-syllabic words
LA.3.1.2. Alphabetic Understanding: Use common word parts and structures to read new words
LA.3.1.3. Vocabulary and Concept Development: Use new grade-appropriate vocabulary, including homophones and homographs, introduced in stories, informational texts, word study, and reading
LA.3.1.4. Vocabulary and Concept Development: Use hierarchies (e.g., specific to concrete, formal and informal) and categories (e.g., parts of speech, comparative and superlative forms, words with multiple meanings) to read increasingly complex words
LA.3.1.5. Fluency: Read grade-appropriate narrative and informational text aloud with fluency and accuracy
LA.3.1.6. Locating Sources/ Gathering Information: Locate information in a variety of grade-appropriate sources
HI.LA.3.2. Reading: READING COMPREHENSION: Use reading strategies to construct meaning from a variety of texts
LA.3.2.1. Understanding Text Structures: Describe how the organizational structures of informational and literary texts reflect their different purposes
LA.3.2.2. Constructing Meaning: Confirm or revise predictions after locating evidence in the text
LA.3.2.3. Constructing Meaning: Identify the main idea or problem and solution in a text
HI.LA.3.3. Reading: LITERARY RESPONSE AND ANALYSIS: Respond to literary texts from a range of stances: personal, interpretive, critical
LA.3.3.1. Interpretive Stance: Explain main ideas or events that develop the author's message or underlying theme
LA.3.3.2. Interpretive Stance: Compare characters, settings, and plots of two or more stories
LA.3.3.3. Literary Elements: Explain the difference between figurative and literal language
LA.3.3.4. Personal Connection: State and support a personal opinion about a text
HI.LA.3.4. Writing: CONVENTIONS AND SKILLS: Use the writing process and conventions of language and research to construct meaning and communicate effectively for a variety of purposes and audiences using a range of forms
LA.3.4.1. Range of Writing: Write in a variety of grade-appropriate formats for a variety of purposes and audiences, such as:
LA.3.4.1.a. Stories with a beginning, middle, and end and poems with sensory details
LA.3.4.1.b. Short reports on content area topics
LA.3.4.1.c. Pieces related to completing tasks
LA.3.4.1.d. Friendly letters
LA.3.4.1.e. Responses to literature
LA.3.4.1.f. Pieces to reflect on learning and to solve problems
LA.3.4.2. Sentence Structure and Grammar: Form and use the following grammatical constructions correctly when editing writing:
LA.3.4.2.a. Imperative sentences
LA.3.4.2.b. Past, present, and future verb tenses
LA.3.4.2.c. Subject-verb agreement with single-word subject
LA.3.4.2.d. Plural forms of irregular nouns
LA.3.4.2.e. Adverbs
LA.3.4.3. Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling, and Handwriting: Spell grade-appropriate high-frequency words; irregular plurals; common homophones; and words that have blends, contractions, and orthographic patterns
LA.3.4.4. Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling, and Handwriting: Edit writing to correct use of following punctuation:
LA.3.4.4.a. Commas in letters, dates, addresses, and items in a simple series
LA.3.4.4.b. Apostrophes in contractions and singular possessives
LA.3.4.4.c. Quotation marks and commas or end marks in direct quotations and dialogue
LA.3.4.5. Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling, and Handwriting: Edit writing to correct capitalization:
LA.3.4.5.a. Geographical names
LA.3.4.5.b. Special events
LA.3.4.5.c. Titles and initials of people
LA.3.4.6. Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling, and Handwriting: Write legibly, adhering to margins and correct spacing between letters in a word and words in a sentence
LA.3.4.7. Citing Sources: Differentiate between own information and information from other sources
HI.LA.3.5. Writing: RHETORIC: Use rhetorical devices to craft writing appropriate to audience and purpose
LA.3.5.1. Meaning: Add details, descriptions, and information from different sources to elaborate meaning
LA.3.5.2. Design: Organize information by introducing it, elaborating on it, and drawing a conclusion about it
LA.3.5.3. Design: Group related ideas into paragraphs
LA.3.5.4. Clarity: Use specific verbs and adverbs to describe people, places, things, or events
LA.3.5.5. Clarity: Write with increased sentence variety by using compound subjects, questions, or dialogue
HI.LA.3.6. Oral Communication: CONVENTIONS AND SKILLS: Apply knowledge of verbal and nonverbal language to communicate effectively in various situations: interpersonal, group, and public: for a variety of purposes
LA.3.6.1. Discussion and Presentation: Use oral language to obtain information, complete a task, and share ideas and personal opinions with others
LA.3.6.2. Discussion and Presentation: Give a planned speech to share information with peers
LA.3.6.3. Critical Listening: Give verbal and nonverbal feedback to a speaker to promote mutual understanding
LA.3.6.4. Critical Listening: Clarify spoken messages by restating, questioning, or elaborating
LA.3.6.5, Delivery: Vary expression, level, pacing, and intonation according to content and purpose
LA.3.6.6. Delivery: Use simple gestures, eye contact, and other nonverbal language to complement and enhance verbal messages
LA.3.6.7. Delivery: Adjust dialect (e.g., standard English, Hawaiian Creole, colloquialisms) to grade-appropriate audience, purpose, and situation
HI.LA.3.7. Oral Communication: RHETORIC: Adapt messages appropriately to address audience, purpose, and situation
LA.3.7.1. Meaning: Add concrete details and specific facts to support and develop ideas when speaking
LA.3.7.2. Design: Group similar ideas around major points when speaking