Outcome Chart - British Columbia - English Language Arts Grade 3

Big Ideas

Stories and other texts can be shared through pictures and words.
Everyone has a unique story to share.
Curiosity and wonder lead us to new discoveries about ourselves and the world around us.
Through listening and speaking, we connect with others and share our world.
Questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens.

Overall Expectations: Comprehending and Connect (reading, listening, viewing)

Using oral, written, visual, and digital texts, students are expected individually and collaboratively to be able to:

Specific Expectations:

Read fluently at grade level
Use sources of information and prior knowledge to make meaning
Recognize how different text structures reflect different purposes.
Engage actively as listeners, viewers, and readers, as appropriate, to develop understanding of self, identity, and community
Demonstrate awareness of the role that story plays in personal, family, and community identity
Use personal experience and knowledge to connect to stories and other texts to make meaning

Specific Expectations: Create and Communicate (writing, speaking, presenting)

Exchange ideas and perspectives to build shared understanding
Create stories and other texts to deepen awareness of self, family, and community
Plan and create a variety of communication forms for different purposes and audiences