This information provided by

The American Speech/Language Hearing Association (ASHA) 
www.asha.com



By the end of third grade your child should be able to do the following:

Listening

• Listen attentively in group situations
• Understand grade-level material

Speaking

• Speak clearly with an appropriate voice
• Ask and respond to questions
• Participate in conversations and group discussions
• Use subject-related vocabulary
• Stay on topic, use appropriate eye contact, and take turns in conversation
• Summarize a story accurately
• Explain what has been learned

Reading

• Demonstrate full mastery of basic phonics
• Use word analysis skills when reading
• Use clues from language content and structure to help understand what is read
• Predict and justify what will happen next in stories and compare and contrast stories
• Ask and answer questions regarding reading material
• Use acquired information to learn about new topics
• Read grade-level books fluently (fiction and nonfiction)
• Reread and correct errors when necessary

Writing

• Plan, organize, revise, and edit
• Include details in writing
• Write stories, letters, simple explanations, and brief reports
• Spell simple words correctly, correct most spelling independently, and use a dictionary to correct spelling
• Write clearly in cursive