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Georgia Performance Standards for Third Grade

This guide outlines the Performance Standards for Third Grade Language Arts in Georgia, focusing on critical reading and writing skills necessary for the Criterion Reference Competency Test (CRCT) administered in April 2012. Key terms include comprehension strategies such as distinguishing fact from fiction, identifying the author's purpose, and recognizing different genres. Writing skills emphasized are the use of transition words, character development, and the writing process. It also covers vocabulary development, conventions of writing, and the application of grammar rules.

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Georgia Performance Standards for Third Grade

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  1. Georgia Performance Standards for Third Grade Language Arts Terms for Georgia’s (CRCT) Criterion Reference Competency Test Administered in April 2012 Davis Elementary

  2. CRCT Third Grade Terms Comprehension . Distinguishes fact from fiction text . Uses Title, Table of Contents and Chapter Headings . Recognizes author’s purpose . Makes predictions about text

  3. CRCT Third Grade TermsComprehension • Uses dictionary, thesaurus, glossary skills Distinguishes fact from opinion • Identifies main idea and supporting details

  4. CRCT Third Grade TermsComprehension • Identifies different genres-fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry • Recognizes the author’s purpose for writing • Reads and comprehends 120 words per minute

  5. CRCT Third Grade Terms Writing . Uses transition words (finally, in conclusion, next, etc.) . Develops characters through action and dialogue . Uses descriptive adjectives and verbs . Writes to persuade, inform and entertain (Remember P.I.E.)

  6. CRCT Third Grade Terms Writing • Pre-writes, drafts, revises, edits, rereads, andpublishes. Completes all steps of the writing process. • Provides a closure paragraph in a piece of writing

  7. CRCT Third Grade Terms Vocabulary . Homophone . Homograph . Antonym . Synonym . Idiom

  8. homophone homophone- a word with the same pronunciation as another but with a different meaning and spelling. Blue and blew are homophones. The sky is blue. The wind blew the trees over.

  9. homograph homograph -a word with the same spelling, but has a different meaning. He has a bow and arrow. He took a bow.

  10. antonym antonym- a word that has the opposite meaning (in and out) He is going in the door. He is going out the door.

  11. synonym synonym – a word with the same or almost the same meaning. The rock is large. The rock is big.

  12. idiom idiom - a phrase whose meaning cannot be understood from the ordinary meanings of the separate words in it. I believe you are “pulling my leg.” The idiom “pulling my leg" means to “trick or tease.” People who do not speak English well have a hard time understanding idioms.

  13. CRCT Third Grade TermsConventions- “Rules of Grammar” Uses correct subject/verb agreement Uses nouns correctly Uses adjectives/adverbs correctly Uses contractions correctly

  14. CRCT Third Grade TermsConventions • Uses personal and possessive pronouns correctly • Uses Internet, encyclopedia, atlas, books, etc. to research • Uses punctuation and capitalization correctly • Writes legibly in cursive

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