This comprehensive teaching resource helps third grade students master the conventions of standard English and boosts their vocabulary acquisition! Language Fundamentals has 207 pages of skill-based activities including 32 review pages with multiple choice constructed response and open-ended questions to assess students understanding and application of the focus skill. Easy-to-scaffold lessons are clearly organized by language skills and standards to help teachers target instruction. Third grade skill practice covers: Nouns Adjectives Pronouns Verbs Adverbs Sentences Capitalization Abbreviations Punctuation Usage Spelling Vocabulary This edition features: 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 real-life connections between words and their use Review activities that ask students to apply skills in context and demonstrate higher-level thinking This resource contains teacher support pages reproducible student pages and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only. About Evan-Moor A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.