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3rd Grade - CA ELD Standard
Part I: Interacting in Meaningful Ways
Interpretive (comprehension and analysis of written and spoken texts) Reading/Listening
Analyzing language choices

Analyzing how writers & speakers use vocabulary & other language resources for specific purposes (to explain, persuade, entertain, etc.) depending on modality, text, type, purpose, audience, topic, & content area.

| RL.3.4 | RL.3.5 | RI.3.4 | RI.3.5 | SL.3.3 | L.3.3 | L.3.4 | L.3.5 | L.3.6 |
EMERGING
1

Distinguish how different words produce different effects on the audience (e.g., describing a character as happy versus sad).

EXPANDING
2

Distinguish how different words with similar meanings (e.g., describing a character as happy versus ecstatic) produce shades of meaning and different effects on the audience.

BRIDGING
3

Distinguish how multiple different words with similar meanings (e.g., pleased versus happy versus ecstatic, heard versus knew versus believed) produce shades of meaning and different effects on the audience.