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These skills, based on educational standards, outline state requirements for your child’s learning program and what Third Grade students across the state should be able to do in this subject.
For each English Language Convention skill, we have listed several online activities that your child can explore themselves or that you and your child can do together.
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Use the correct forms of adjectives (for example, happy, and happiest) to compare
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Use prepositional phrases (for example, "under the table" or "over the mountains") correctly
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Use conjunctions (including because, since, yet, or until) correctly
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Use pronouns (including I, me, he, she or him or her) correctly
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Capitalize geographic names, holidays, and historical or special events
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Use apostrophes with possessive nouns (for example, Jill's shirt)
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Use correct spelling for words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings
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- Homophones
Try this fun homophone puzzle and write silly sentences as a bonus!
- Homonym List
Check out this huge list of homonyms.
- Super Match Game
Play the memory game and learn some homophones at the same time.
- Word Confusion
Can you pick the best word for the sentence?
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