Canada · Ontario Curriculum Expectations
Grade 3 Language Arts
Third grade students develop foundational literacy skills through deep engagement with diverse texts and creative expression. This course emphasizes the relationship between author intent and reader interpretation across various genres and media.
Worlds of Wonder: Narrative Craft
Students analyze how authors build fictional worlds and develop characters through specific word choices and structural elements.
Exploration of how characters change over time in response to challenges and internal conflicts.
Identifying the structural components of a story and how they create suspense or resolution.
Examining how authors use descriptive language to paint pictures in the reader's mind.
Information Investigators: Non-Fiction and Research
Students learn to navigate informational texts to extract facts, understand text features, and evaluate source credibility.
Using captions, headings, and diagrams to enhance comprehension of complex topics.
Distinguishing between the central point of a text and the details used to support it.
Combining information from different texts to create a comprehensive understanding of a topic.
The Power of Persuasion: Opinion and Argument
Students explore how to express their own viewpoints effectively and recognize the techniques used by others to influence opinions.
Learning to state a clear claim and provide logical reasons to support it.
Developing the critical thinking skills to differentiate between provable facts and personal beliefs.
Practicing the art of listening to others' ideas and responding with evidence and civility.
Rhythm and Rhyme: Poetry and Wordplay
A deep dive into the musicality of language through poetry, focusing on rhythm, sound patterns, and figurative meaning.
Identifying and using alliteration, onomatopoeia, and rhyme to create specific effects.
Using poetic imagery to create mental and physical representations of abstract concepts.
Exploring how synonyms can have different shades of meaning and impact.
The Writer's Workshop: Crafting a Legacy
Students apply their cumulative knowledge to produce a polished piece of writing across a chosen genre.
Moving beyond editing for spelling to focus on improving clarity, flow, and voice.
Applying the rules of language to ensure the message is communicated clearly to the reader.
Preparing a final work for a specific audience and sharing it through various platforms.