3.SLAR_ESL.2.B

Demonstrate and apply spelling knowledge by:: (i) Spelling palabras agudas and graves (words with an accent on the last and penultimate syllable). (ii) Spelling palabras esdrújulas (words with the stress on the antepenultimate syllable) that have an orthographic accent. (iii) Spelling words with the concept of diphthongs and hiatus and their implications for orthographic accents. (iv) Using accents on words commonly used in questions and exclamations. (v) Spelling words based on the diacritical accent such as se/sé, el/él, and mas/más. (vi) Marking accents appropriately when conjugating verbs such as in simple and imperfect past, past participle, perfect, conditional, and future tenses; Page 20 August 2019 Update. (vii) Spelling words with silent h and words that use the syllables que-, qui-, gue-, gui-, güe-, and güi-. (viii) Spelling words that have the same sounds represented by different letters, including ll and y; c, k, and q; soft c, soft x, s, and z; and soft g, j, and x. (ix) Spelling words with hard and soft r. (x) Spelling words using n before v; m before b; and m before p; (xi) spelling words with sílabas trabadas; and (xii) spelling the plural form of words ending in z by replacing the z with c before adding -es.

Grade 3 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2017