3rd grade · Grammar
What a 3rd grade student learns in Grammar
Grade 3 grammar centers on explaining the functions of the core parts of speech and mastering their accurate formation and use (including abstract nouns, irregular forms, verb tenses, agreement, and comparatives), while producing simple, compound, and complex sentences and applying grade-level capitalization, punctuation, and spelling conventions.
The skills for the year
- 1Explain functions of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in sentences
- 2Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns
- 3Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood, honesty)
- 4Form and use regular and irregular verbs
- 5Form and use simple verb tenses (past, present, future)
- 6Ensure subject-verb agreement in sentences
- 7Ensure pronoun-antecedent agreement
- 8Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs
- 9Choose correctly between comparative and superlative forms
- 10Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
- 11Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences
- 12Capitalize appropriate words in titles
- 13Use commas in addresses
- 14Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue
- 15Form and use possessives
- 16Use conventional spelling for high-frequency words and suffix additions
- 17Apply spelling patterns and generalizations (word families, syllable patterns, ending rules)
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