This comprehensive teaching resource helps third grade students master the conventions of standard English and boosts their vocabulary acquisition. Easytoscaffold lessons are clearly organized by language skills and standards to help teachers target instruction. Language Fundamentals has 207 pages of skillbased activities including 32 review pages with multiple choice constructed response and openended questions to assess students understanding and application of the focus skill. Third grade skill practice covers Nouns Adjectives Pronouns Verbs Adverbs Sentences Capitalization Abbreviations Punctuation Usage Spelling and Vocabulary. Included are Rules and examples for each language skill followed by targeted application activities and unit reviews. Vocabulary and word study strategies and practice for challenging skills such as shades of meaning and reallife connections between words and their use. Common Core Language Standards cited on activity pages for easy reference. Review activities that ask students to apply skills in context and demonstrate higherlevel thinking. An easytoread answer key. show more