Grade 3: Unit 1- Growing and Learning Content Area: English Language Arts Course(s): Generic Course Time Period: 8 weeks Length: 8 Weeks Status: Published Unit Overview Growing and Learning It is suggested that Start Smart instruction is taught the first two weeks of unit one. It consists of introducing key instructional routines and establishing classroom procedures. Each week will consist of the following areas: Vocabulary Comprehension Phonics Fluency Writing Grammar Spelling Transfer Apply various comprehension strategies to connect and make meaning with text. Cite evidence from the text to support meaning. Transfer vocabulary acquisition and usage across content. Grammar, Spelling, and Vocabulary skills applied in all writing across the curriculum. For more information, read the following article by Grant Wiggins. http://www.authenticeducation.org/ae_bigideas/article.lasso?artid=60
Meaning Understandings Students will understand that... What specifically do you want students to understand? What inferences should they make/grasp/realize? Writing: To understand the writing process in order to formulate a narrative. Reading: To understand that comprehension strategies are needed to interpret various forms of text. Vocabualry: To understand that context clues can be interpreted to get word meaning. Conventions: To understand sentence structure.
Essential Questions Students will keep considering... How can learning help us grow? Week 1: What can stories teach you? Week 2: What can traditions teach you about cultures? Week 3: How do people from different cultures? Week 4: How can problem solving lead to new ideas? Week 5: How do landmarks help us understand our country's story? Application of Knowledge and Skill Students will know... Students will know... What facts and basic concepts should students know and be able to recall? 1. Story elements and sequence of events 2. Differentiate between main idea and details and between a cause and an effect 3. Interpret context clues to get meaning from metaphors and multiple meaning words and to use synonyms 4. Correct sentence structure including the identifying of subject and predicate Students will be skilled at... Students will be skilled at...
What discrete skills and processes should students be able to use? Comprehension Skills: Sequencing Story Elements Cause and Effect Main idea and key details Vocabulary Skills: Context Clues Metaphors Synonyms Multiple meaning words Conventions: Sentences and sentence fragments Sentences including subject/predicate, simple/compound sentences and types of sentences Writing: Writing about text and writing a narrative piece Academic Language Week 1
discover, inspire fantasy, visualize character, plot context clues, synonyms expression moral, lesson, story, map fable focus, central event, detail Week 2 culture, tradition, custom realistic fiction, visualize celebrate, symbols, traditions sequence, event, beginning, middle, end fiction, dialogue, realistic, illustrations context clues, sentence clues Week 3 community, contribute narrative nonfiction, biography, ask and answer question concept, context, reread Week 4 examine, solution biography, ask and answer questions
sequence, cause, effect biography, diagrams, labels, sidebars, informational text metaphor Week 5 landmark, monument expository text, ask and answer questions main idea, details captions, map context clues, multiple meaning words Learning Goal Week 1 Students will understand visualization, characterization, and story elements including theme through fantasy. Students will develop vocabulary through context clues and synonyms. Students will understand the difference between sentences and sentence fragments. Students will understand how an author uses an idea and details to develop a story. Students will understand how to build words with short vowels and word families. Week 2 Students will understand visualization, story elements, and sequencing of story events through realistic fiction.
Students will develop vocabulary through context clues. Students will understand commands and exclamations. Students will understand how to use descriptive details to develop writing. Students will understand how to build words with short vowels and inflectional endings. Week 3 Students will understand how to ask and answer questions, interpret figurative language, and sequencing of events through non fiction. Students will develop vocabulary through context clues and compound words. Students will understand the subject in a sentence. Students will understand how to sequence events when writing. Students will understand how to build words with final e and inflectional endings (drop final e) Week 4 Students will understand how to ask and answer questions, recognize cause and effect, and interpret figurative language through a biography. Students will develop vocabulary through context clues. Students will understand the predicate of a sentence. Students will understand how to use time order words in their writing. Students will understand how to build words with long a and plurals. Week 5 Students will understand how to ask and answer questions, recognize main idea and key details through expository text. Students will develop vocabulary through context clues and multiple meaning words.
Students will understand simple and compound sentences. Students will understand how to use a various sentence types in their writing. Students will understand how to build words with long o and compound words. Week 6 Students will understand how to write a friendly letter and or a personal narrative. Use Documents tab to attach proficiency scale. Comprehension Strategy SWBAT: Week 1 2: Visualize Visualize descriptive scenes to improve understanding. Identify meanings of words in context. Week 3, 4, 5: Ask and Answer questions Ask and answer questions to increase understanding Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab.
Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.SL1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.SL.3.1c Comprehension Skill SWBAT: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2 3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others. Week 1: Character Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting). Week 2: Sequence Determine the overall structure of a text. Identify causes and effects. Week 3: Sequence Identify the sequence of events in a story. Week 4: Cause and Effect
Use words and phrases that indicate cause and effect. Week 5: Main Idea and Key Details Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea. Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.SL1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.SL.3.1c Genre SWBAT: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting). Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others. Week 1: Fantasy Recognize the characteristics of fantasy. Week 2: Realistic Fiction Recognize the characteristics of realistic fiction.
Week 3: Narrative Nonfiction Recognize the characteristics of an autobiography. Week 4: Biography Recognize the characteristics of a biography. Week 5: Expository Text Recognize the characteristics and features of expository text. Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.10 Vocabulary Strategy SWBAT: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting). Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently. Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur). By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2 3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Week 1: Context Clues Use sentences level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases. Week 2: Context Clues Use sentences level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases. Week 3: Compound Words Determine the meaning of general academic and domain specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area. Week 4: Metaphors Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps) Week 5: Multiple Meaning Words Use sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.4 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.L.4 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.L.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.4 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.4a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.4d Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area. Use sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of
LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.5a Writing Traits SWBAT: key words and phrases. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps). Week 1: Ideas Analyze models to understand how an author used details to tell about an event. Write a story about an animal. Focus on a central ideal to revise writing. Week 2: Word Choice Analyze models to understand how descriptive details help readers see and feel the events in a story. Write about a tradition in your family. Add descrptive details to writing. Week 3: Organization Analyze models to understand the sequence of events in a story. Add words that show order to revise writing. Week 4: Word Choice Analyze models to understand how time order words and phrases to revise writing. Write About an inventor. Add time order phrases to revise writing. Week 5: Sentence Fluency Analyze models to identify the various sentence types the writer uses. Write about why it is important to have parks.
Add different sentences to revise writing. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.W.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.W.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.W.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.1a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.3a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.3b LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.3c LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.10 Grammar SWBAT Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well chosen details, and well structured event sequences. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences. Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons. Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations. Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. Week 1: Sentences and Fragments Distinguish sentences and fragments. Identify declarative and interrogative sentences. Capitalize and punctuate sentences. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. Week 2: Command and Exclamations Distinguish commands and exclamations. Identify types of sentences. Capitalize and punctuate sentences correctly. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. Week 3: Subjects Identify subjects, complete subjects and compound subjects. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors.
Week 4: Predicates Identify predicates and compound predicates. Capitalize and punctuate sentences correctly. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. Week 5: Simple and Compound Sentences Identify and form simple and compound sentences. Punctuate simple and compound sentences correctly. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.L.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.1h LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.1i Summative Assessment 1. Unit 1 Assessment in Wonders Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences. 2. Unit 1 Fluency Assessment 3. Completed writing piece for portfolio 4. Weekly Selection Tests 5. Weekly Cold Reads 21st Century Life and Careers WORK.PK 4.9.1.4 B.3 WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 A.2 WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 C.3 WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 D.3 WORK.K 4.9.1.4 Identify reasons for working as part of a team. Plan and follow steps to make choices and decisions. Develop skills for accepting self and others through awareness of different cultures, lifestyles, and attitudes. Identify ethical behaviors in the home, school, and community. All students will demonstrate creative, critical thinking, collaboration and problem solving skills to function successfully as global citizens and workers in diverse ethnic and organizational cultures. Formative Assessment and Performance Opportunities
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Grade 3: Unit 2 Figure It Out Content Area: English Language Arts Course(s): Generic Course Time Period: 6 weeks Length: 6 Weeks Status: Published Unit Overview Growing and Learning Each week will consist of the following areas: Vocabulary Comprehension Phonics Fluency Writing Grammar Spelling Transfer Apply various comprehension strategies to connect and make meaning with text. Cite evidence from the text to support meaning. Transfer vocabulary acquisition and usage across content. Grammar, spelling, and vocabulary skills applied in all writing across the curriculum. For more information, read the following article by Grant Wiggins. http://www.authenticeducation.org/ae_bigideas/article.lasso?artid=60
Meaning Understandings Students will understand that... What specifically do you want students to understand? What inferences should they make/grasp/realize? Writing: To understanding the writing process in order to formulate an informative piece Reading: To understand that comprehension strategies are needed to interpret various forms of text Vocabualry: To understand that context clues can be interpreted to get word meaning Conventions: To understand sentence structure Essential Questions Students will keep considering... What does it take to solve a problem?
Week 1: Why is working together a good way to solve a problem? Week 2: Why do people immigrate to new places? Week 3: How do people make government work? Week 4: How can people help animals survive? Week 5: How do people figure things out? Application of Knowledge and Skill Students will know... Students will know... What facts and basic concepts should students know and be able to recall? 1. Story elements including theme and point of view 2. Differentiate between a cause and an effect and recognize main idea and key details 3. Interpret context clues and affixes to figure out word meaning and similes 4. Correct sentence and paragraph structure using different types of nouns correctly Students will be skilled at... Students will be skilled at... What discrete skills and processes should students be able to use? Comprehension skills:
Theme (T22) Author's Point of View Illustrations Text Evidence Vocabulary Skills: (T14 15) Antonyms Similes Prefixes and Suffixes Conventions: Sentence structure including kinds of nouns and combining sentences Writing: Writing about text and informative writing piece Academic Language Week 1 cooperation, involved, folktale make, confirm, and revise predictions, reread, predictions, theme, fiction, character, antonyms, context clues, intonation, phrasing, linking verbs and phrases,
ideas, connections, expository Week 2 immigrated, opportunity, historical fiction make, confirm, or revise predictions, predict, confirm, prediction, theme, rate, precise, accurate, similes, expository Week 3 government, decisions, nonfiction, reread, paraphrase, expository text, point of view, author, details, headings, bar graph, prefixes, accuracy, phrasing, government position, reread Week 4 resources, threatened, expository, reread, context, paraphrase, summary, author's point of view, text features, photographs, headings, captions, maps, suffixes, word parts, rate, endangered, survive, sequence, organize, signal, events, suffixes
Week 5 inventor, imagine, poetry, reread, limerick, free verse, point of view, details, alliteration, rhyme, simile, phrasing, interview, questions, descriptive details, spatial words and phrases reread, realistic fiction, poem Learning Goal Week 1 Students will understand making, confirming, and revising predictions, and theme through folktale. Students will develop vocabulary through context clues and antonyms. Students will understand different kinds of nouns. Students will understand how to use linking verbs and phrases to connect ideas in writing. Students will understand Long i, u and plural words. Week 2 Students will understand how to interpret figurative language, making, confirming, and revising predictions, and theme through historical fiction. Students will develop vocabulary through context clues and figurative language including similes. Students will use singular and plural nouns. Students will understand how precise nouns help to make stories clearer in writing.
Students will understand long e and inflectional endings. Week 3 Students will understand how to ask and answer questions and distinguish the author's point of view from their own through expository text. Students will understand how to develop vocabulary through context clues and prefixes. Students will understand the use of irregular plural nouns and collective nouns. Students will understand how to include details to elaborate on ideas in writing. Students will understand words with silent letters, singular and plural possessives. Week 4 Students will understand how to ask and answer questions and distinguish the author's point of view from their own through expository text. Students will develop vocabulary through context clues and suffixes. Students will combine subjects of sentences by joining two nouns. Students will understand how to use sequence words to organize ideas in writing. Students will understand three letter blends, and closed syllables. Week 5 Students will understand how to ask and answer questions and distinguish the author's point of view from their own and define and share a limerick and free verse through poetry. Students will develop literary elements through alliteration and rhyme. Students will develop vocabulary through context clues and figurative language. Students will use possessive nouns and plural possessive nouns. Students will understand how to use descriptive details in their writing.
Students will understand digraphs and open syllables. Week 6 Students will understand how to write a How to and/or explainatory essay. Comprehension Strategy SWBAT: Week 1 2: Make Predictions Use text clues to make, confirm, and revise predictions. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text. Week 3 and 4: Reread Reread difficult sections to increase understanding. Reread to increase understanding. Week 5: Listening Comprehension Listen for a purpose. Identify characteristics of poetry. Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards.
LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.1 Comprehension Skill SWBAT: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2 3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Week 1 and 2: Theme Identify the theme in a folktale. Determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Recognize the theme of the story is the author's message. Week 3 and 4: Author's Point of View Identify an author's point of view in a text. Distinguish own point of view from that of the author of the text. Week 5: Point of View Identify the narrator's point of view. Compare the reader's point of view within the narrator's..
Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.6 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.6 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.6 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.6 Genre SWBAT: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text. Week 1: Folktale Recognize the characteristics of folktales. Week 2: Historical Fiction Discuss key characteristics of historical fiction. Identify elements in the story that indicate historical fiction. Week 3: Expository text Identify features of expository text. Week 4: Expository Text Recognize the characteristics and text features of expository text.
Week 5: Limerick and Free Verse Identify characteristics of limericks and free verse poetry. Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.2f Vocabulary Strategy SWBAT: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting). By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2 3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words. Week 1: Antonyms Use sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. Determine meaning of an unknown word by using context clues. Recognize that antonyms can be used as context clues. Week 2: Similes Recognize and interpret similes. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. Week 3: Prefixes
Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word. Recognizing a prefix is a word part added to the beginning of a word. Week 4: Suffixes Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word. Recognizing a suffix is a word part added to the end of a word. Week 5: Similes Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context. Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.4 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.L.4 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.L.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.4 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.4a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.4b LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.5a Writing Traits SWBAT: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. Use sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat). Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps). Week 1: Word Choice Analyze models to understand how linking verbs and phrases connect ideas.
Write a story about a time you and someone else worked together. Add linking verbs and phrases to revise writing. Week 2: Word Choice Analyze models to understand how precise nouns help to make stories clear. Write a story about moving to a new place. Add precise nouns to revise writing. Week 3: Ideas Write about why voting is important. Add supporting details to revise writing. Week 4: Organization Analyze models to understand how sequence words help organize the events. Write about an animal you would like to help. Add sequence words to revise writing. Week 5: Ideas Analyze models to understand how descriptive details help readers visualize. Write about a machine that helps to solve problems. Add descriptive detail to revise writing. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.W.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.W.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.W.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.2b Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well chosen details, and well structured event sequences. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences. Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.2c LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.3c LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.10 Grammar SWBAT Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information. Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. Week 1: Kinds of Nouns Distinguish kinds of nouns. Capitalize proper nouns correctly. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. Week 2: Singular and Plural Nouns Identify singular and plural nouns. Form singular and plural nouns correctly. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. Week 3: Special Nouns Identify and use irregular plural and collective nouns. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. Week 4: Combining Sentences Identify subject and predicate nouns. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. Week 5: Possessive Nouns Identify and use singular and plural possessive nouns correctly.
Use apostrophes, capitalization, and end punctuation correctly. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.L.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.L.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.1a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.1b LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.1c LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.2b LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.2d LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.2f Summative Assessment 1. Unit 2 Assessment in Wonders Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences. Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns. Use abstract nouns (e.g., childhood). Use commas in addresses. Form and use possessives. Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words. 2. Unit 2 Fluency Assessment 3. Completed writing piece for portfolio 4. Weekly Selection Tests 5. Weekly Cold Reads 21st Century Life and Careers WORK.PK 4.9.1.4 B.3 Identify reasons for working as part of a team. WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 A.2 Plan and follow steps to make choices and decisions. WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 C.4 Practice steps for effective conflict resolution. WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 C.5 Work cooperatively with others to accomplish a task. Formative Assessment and Performance Opportunities 1. Question and Answering 2. Conferencing 3. Self evaluation
4. Monitoring 5. Exit ticket 6. White board 7. Group discussion 8. Turn and talk 9. Journaling Differentiation / Enrichment ebooks interactive activities interactive texts leveled reader search listening library
Unit Resources Centers Leveled Readers Visual vocabulary cards Smartboard activities On line resources High frequency word cards Student texts Tradebooks
Grade 3: Unit 3: One of a Kind Content Area: English Language Arts Course(s): Generic Course Time Period: 6 weeks Length: 6 Weeks Status: Published Unit Overview Growing and Learning Each week will consist of the following areas: Building Background Vocabulary Comprehenesion Phonics Fluency Writing Grammar Spelling Unit Assessment Fluency Assessment Transfer Apply various comprehension strategies to connect and make meaning with text. Cite evidence from the text to support meaning. Transfer vocabulary acquisition and usage across content. Grammar, spelling, and vocabulary skills applied in all writing across the curriculum.
For more information, read the following article by Grant Wiggins. http://www.authenticeducation.org/ae_bigideas/article.lasso?artid=60 Meaning Understandings Students will understand that... What specifically do you want students to understand? What inferences should they make/grasp/realize? Writing: To understanding the writing process in order to formulate an opinion piece Reading: To understand that comprehension strategies are needed to interpret various forms of text Vocabualry: To understand that context clues can be interpreted to get word meaning
Conventions: To understand sentence structure Essential Questions Students will keep considering... Why are individual qualities important? Week 1: What makes different animals unique? Week 2: How can one person change the way you think? Week 3: What do we know about Earth and its neighbors? Week 4: What ideas can we get from nature? Week 5: How is each event in history unique? Application of Knowledge and Skill Students will know... Students will know... What facts and basic concepts should students know and be able to recall? 1. Story elements including problem and solution 2. Differentiate between main idea and supporting details; and a cause and effect 3. Interpret context clues to get meaning from and use suffixes, synonyms, and idioms 4. Correct sentence and paragraph structure using verbs correctly
Students will be skilled at... Students will be skilled at... What discrete skills and processes should students be able to use? Comprehension skills: Problem and Solution Cause and effect Main Idea and Key Details Text Structure Sequence Vocabulary Skills: Synonyms Idioms Suffixes Root Words Conventions: Action Verbs Present, Past, and Future tense verbs Subject Verb Agreement Combining Sentences With Verbs
Writing: Writing About Text and Writing an Opinion Piece Academic Language Week 1 features, unique, folktale visualize, character, setting plot, problem, solution, sequence tradition, generation context clues, synonyms expression, characteristic, text features declarative, exclamatory, imperative, interrogative interest, rhythm, visualize expository Week 2 bravery, leader
visualize, historical fiction sequence, cause, effect historical fiction idiom, nonliteral, literal connect, leadership, appropriate, cause and effect Week 3 astronomy, solar system expository, summarize expository text summary main idea, details informational text, key word, chart prefix, definition group, related, paragraph Week 4 intimate, observe expository, summarize imitate, observed context, summarize, paraphrase main idea, details informational, diagram, caption root words, prefixes, suffixes
phrasing rate mimic, quality conclusion, closure, restate Week 5 emigration, transportation expository text, summarize sequence sidebar, captions suffixes, definition Learning Goal Week 1 Students will understand visualization and story elements through folktale. Students will develop vocabulary through context clues and synonyms. Students will understand the difference between sentences and sentence fragments. Students will understand how an author uses an idea and details to develop a story. Students will understand r controlled vowels and contractions Week 2 Students will understand how to differentiate between cause and an effect and determining main idea and key details in a historical fiction. Students will understand how to use linking words words and phrases.
Students will understand subject verb agreement. Students will understand how a strong conclusion retells the main idea when writing about text and when writing about an opinion. Students will understand r controlled vowels and prefixes. Week 3 Students will understand how to differentiate between cause and an effect and determining main idea and key details in a expository text. Students will understand how to use suffixes to change the meaning of a word. Students will understand how a suffix change the meaning of a word. Students will understand how to write strong paragraphs. Students will understand r controlled vowels and suffixes. Week 4 Students will understand how to use the main idea and key details to summarize an expository text. Students will understand how to use linking words words root words. Students will understand future tense verbs. Students will understand how a strong conclusion retells the main idea when writing about text and when writing about an opinion. Students will understand prefixes and final e syllables. Week 5 Students will understand how to use sequence and key details to summarize an expository text. Students will understand how a suffix change the meaning of a word. Students will understand how to combine sentences with verbs.
Students will understand how to use voice in a writing sample. Students will understand diphthongs and prefixes. Week 6 Students will understand how to write an opinion letter and or a book review. Comprehension Strategy SWBAT: Week 1 2: Visualize Visualize details to help you understand what is happening in a story. Week 3: Summarize Summarize the key ideas and details of a passage. Week 4: Summarize Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea. Week 5: Summarize Summarize difficult text to increase understanding.
Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.10 Comprehension Skill SWBAT: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea. By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2 3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Week 1: Problem and Solution Identify problem and solution in a story. Week 2: Cause and Effect Identify cause and effect relationships in a story. Week 3: Main Idea and Key Details Identify main idea and key details of a text. Week 4: Main Idea and Key Details Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlink) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
Week 5: Sequence Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/ third, in a sequence. Identify the sequence of events in a text. Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.8 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.8 Genre SWBAT: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2 3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence). Week 1: Folktale Identify the features of a folktale. Week 2: Historical Fiction Identify the features of historical fiction.
Week 3: Expository Text Identify text features of expository text. Week 4: Expository Text Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently. Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur). Week 5: Expository Text Recognize the features of expository text. Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.10 Vocabulary Strategy SWBAT: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting). By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2 3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Week 1: Synonyms
Use synonyms as context clues. Week 2: Figurative Strategy Identify and understand idioms Week 3: Suffixes Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat. Week 4: Root Words Decode words with common Latin suffixes. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company companion). Week 5: Suffixes Know and apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Decode words with common Latin suffixes. Use conventional spelling for high frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness). Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.L.4 Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases by using context clues,
LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RF.3.3b LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.4a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.4b LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.4c Writing Traits SWBAT: analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting). Decode words with common Latin suffixes. Use sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat). Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion). Week 1: Sentence Fluency Analyze models to understand how different sentence types make a story. Write a story about your favorite animal. Vary sentence types to revise writing. Week 2: Word Choice Analyze models to find linking words and phrases that connect ideas. Write about a time when someone inspired you. Include linking words and phrases to revise writing. Week 3: Organization Analyze models to find the topic sentences and other sentences related to the main idea. Write a paragraph describing something in space. Include a topic sentence and other sentences related to the main idea. Week 4: Organization Analyze models to understand how a strong conclusion retells the main idea. Write about your favorite idea from nature.
Week 5: Voice Analyze models to understand how using voice helps readers understand the topic. Write about why studying history is important. Add clues that show voice to revise writing. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.W.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.W.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.W.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.W.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.1a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.2a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.2c LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.2d LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.3a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.10 Grammar SWBAT Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well chosen details, and well structured event sequences. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences. Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons. Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension. Use linking words and phrases (e.g., also, another, and, more, but) to connect ideas within categories of information. Provide a concluding statement or section. Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. Week 1: Action Verbs Distinguish verbs in predicates Identify action verbs. Use quotation marks and colons in time correctly. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. Week 2: Subject Verb Agreement Identify present tense verbs with singular and plural. Ensure that subjects agree with verbs while writing and speaking.
Week 3: Past Tense Verbs Identify past tense verbs. Capitalize and punctuate name titles and abbreviations correctly. Proofread sentences for mechanics an usage errors. Week 4: Future Tense Verbs Identify and use future tense verbs. Capitalize and punctuate book titles correctly. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. Week 5: Combining Sentences with Verbs Distinguish verbs and their function. Identify when to combine sentences using verbs. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.SL1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.L.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.L.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.SL.3.1a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.1b LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.1e LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.1f LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.2b LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.2c Summative Assessment 1. Unit 3 Assessment in Wonders Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion. Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns. Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses. Ensure subject verb and pronoun antecedent agreement. Use commas in addresses. Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue. 2. Unit 3 Fluency Assessment 3. Completed writing piece for portfolio 4. Weekly Selection Tests 5. Weekly Cold Reads
21st Century Life and Careers WORK.PK 4.9.1.4 A.1 Describe various life roles and work related activities in the home, community, and school. WORK.PK 4.9.1.4 B.2 Identify positive work habits and attitudes necessary for home, community, and school. WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 A.1 Recognize and define a problem. WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 B.4 Recognize personal likes and dislikes. WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 C.1 Develop positive social skills to interact with others. WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 C.5 Work cooperatively with others to accomplish a task. WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 D.1 Demonstrate character traits that are important in day to day activities in the home, school, and community such as trust, responsibility, respect, fairness, caring, and citizenship. WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 D.3 Identify ethical behaviors in the home, school, and community. Formative Assessment and Performance Opportunities 1. Question and Answering 2. Conferencing 3. Self evaluation 4. Monitoring 5. Exit ticket 6. White board 7. Group discussion 8. Turn and talk
9. Journaling Differentiation / Enrichment ebooks interactive activities interactive texts leveled reader search listening library Unit Resources Centers Leveled Readers Visual vocabulary cards Smartboard activities On line resources High frequency word cards Student texts Tradebooks
Grade 3: Unit 4-Meet the Challenge Content Area: English Language Arts Course(s): Generic Course Time Period: 6 weeks Length: Weeks Status: Published Unit Overview Growing and Learning Each week will consist of the following areas: Vocabulary Comprehension Phonics Fluency Writing Grammar Spelling Transfer Apply various comprehension strategies to connect and make meaning with text. Cite evidence from the text to support meaning. Transfer vocabulary acquisition and usage across content. Grammar, spelling, and vocabulary skills applied in all writing across the curriculum. For more information, read the following article by Grant Wiggins. http://www.authenticeducation.org/ae_bigideas/article.lasso?artid=60
Meaning Understandings Students will understand that... What specifically do you want students to understand? What inferences should they make/grasp/realize? Writing: To understanding the writing process in order to formulate a narrative Reading: To understand that comprehension strategies are needed to interpret various forms of text Vocabualry: To understand that context clues can be interpreted to get word meaning Conventions: To understand sentence structure Essential Questions Students will keep considering...
What are different ways to meet challenges? Week 1: What choices are good for us? Week 2: How can you use what you know help others? Week 3: How do animals adapt to challenges in their habitat? Week 4: How are people able to fly? Week 5: How can others inspire us? Application of Knowledge and Skill Students will know... Students will know... What facts and basic concepts should students know and be able to recall? 1. Story elements including theme and point of view 2. Differentiate between a cause and an effect and compare and contrast text structure 3. Interpret context clues to get meaning from and use prefixes, metaphors, and multiple meaning words 4. Correct sentence and paragraph structure using verbs correctly Students will be skilled at... Students will be skilled at...
What discrete skills and processes should students be able to use? Comprehension Skills: Comparing and contrasting text structure Story Elements Cause and Effect Headings and Illustrations Vocabulary Skills: Context Clues Metaphors Prefixes and root words Multiple meaning words Conventions: Complex sentences Sentences including verbs and contractions Writing: Writing about text and writing a narrative piece Academic Language Week 1 healthful, variety
folktale, and ask and answer questions narrator, character, point of view, details lesson, moral, problem root words voice, emotions, personal narrative Week 2 confidence, achievement realistic fiction, ask and answer questions point of view narrator dialogue prefixes, definition phrasing Week 3 environment, shelter expository text, reread compare, contrast informational text, expository text sentences clues, context clues intonation, habitat, adapt opening, fact, topic, purpose Week 4
flight, motion reread, expository, multi meaning word accuracy resources, bibliography, cite conclusion, author's purpose, main idea, summarized Week 5 adventurous, courageous poetry, reread narrative poetry, free verse poetry theme message, details, clues repetition, rhyme figurative language, metaphor expression qualities, inspire descriptive, specific Learning Goal Week 1 Students will understand how to ask and answer questions and distinguish the author's point of view from their own through folktale. Students will develop vocabulary through root words. Students will understand the use of linking verbs.
Students will understand how to use voice in their writing. Students will understand roots in related words. Week 2 Students will understand how to ask and answer questions and distinguish the author's point of view from their own through realistic fiction. Students will develop vocabulary through prefixes. Students will understand how to use contractions with not. Students will understand how to use dialog and descriptive details in writing. Students will understand plural words. Week 3 Students will understand how to ask and answer questions and compare and contrast two things in expository text. Students will develop vocabulary through context clues. Students will understand how to use main and helping verbs. Students will understand how to add a strong opening to organize writing. Students will understand variant vowels. Week 4 Students will understand how to ask and answer questions and use cause and effect to describe events in an expository text. Students will understand how to use context clues and multiple meaning words. Students will understand how to use complex sentences. Students will understand how to add a strong conclusion to organize writing. Students will understand homophones and r controlled vowel syllables.
Week 5 Students will understand how to identify narrative, free verse, and theme through poetry. Students will understand literary elements through repetition and rhyme. Students will develop vocabulary through metaphors. Students will understand how to use irregular verbs. Students will understand how to add strong words to revise writing. Students will understand soft c and g, and words with er and est. Week 6 Students will understand how to write a fictional narrative and/or poetry Comprehension Strategy SWBAT: Week 1: Ask and Answer Questions Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answer. Week 2 Ask and Answer Questions Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answer. Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic and link their comments to the remarks of others.
Week 3: Reread Reread difficult sections of text to increase understanding. Week 4: Reread Students will reread to strengthen comprehension. Week 5:Literary Elements (Repetition and Rhyme) Identify repetition and rhyme in poetry. Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.SL1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.SL.3.1c Comprehension Skill SWBAT: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others. Week 1: Point of View Identify the narrator's point of view in a folktale.
Week 2: Point of View Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. Week 3: Compare and Contrast Compare and contrast to things in an expository text. Week 4: Cause and Effect Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect. Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/ second/third in a sequence). Week 5: Theme Identify and classify important details. Find evidence in text. Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.6 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.8 Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.6 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.8 Genre SWBAT: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect. Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence). Week 1: Folktale Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2 3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Week 2: Realistic Fiction Recognize the characteristics of realistic fiction. Week 3: Expository Text Recognize the characteristics and text features of expository text. Week 4: Expository Text Recognize the characteristics and text features of expository text. Week 5: Narrative and Free Verse Identify characteristics of narrative poetry and free verse poetry. Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab.
Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.9 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.9 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.10 Vocabulary Strategy SWBAT: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting). Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series). By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2 3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently. Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur). By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2 3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Week 1: Root Words Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibility from a range of strategies. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root word (e.g, company, companion). Week 2: Prefixes Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat). Week 3: Context Clues Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and
content, choosing flexibly from a rage of strategies. Use sentence level context as a clue to the meaning or a word or phrase. Week 4: Context Clues Use context to determine how a word with multiple meanings is being used in a sentence. Week 5: Figurative Language Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., takes steps). Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.4 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.L.4 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.4 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.4a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.4b LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.4c Writing Traits SWBAT: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. Use sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat). Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion). Week 1: Voice Analyze models to understand how a writer shows their feelings Write about something healthful you do. Add your voice to revise writing
Week 2: Ideas Analyze models to understand how characters respond to situations. Write about a time you or someone you know solved a problem. Add dialogue to revise writing. Week 3: Organization Analyze models to understand how a strong opening grabs the reader's attention. Write about how a favorite animal adapts to its environment. Add a strong opening to revise writing. Week 4: Organization Analyze models to understand how a strong conclusion restates the main idea. Write about a favorite flying machine. Add a strong conclusion to revise writing. Week 5: Word Choice Analyze models to understand how strong words add clarity and interest. Write a poem about someone you admire. Add strong words to revise writing. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.W.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.W.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.2a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.2d LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.3b Grammar Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well chosen details, and well structured event sequences. Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension. Provide a concluding statement or section. Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations.
SWBAT Week 1: Linking Verbs Distinguish between linking verbs. Capitalize and punctuate complete sentences correctly. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors Week 2: Contractions with Not Use contractions with not. Identify contractions and apostrophes. Use contractions and apostrophes correctly. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. Week 3: Main and Helping Verbs Distinguishing main and helping verbs. Capitalize and punctuate dialogue correctly. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. Week 4: Complex Sentences Produce complex sentences. Identify and us subordinating and coordinating conjunctions. Capitalize and punctuate simple, compound, and complex sentences. Week 5: Irregular Verbs
Distinguish irregular verbs. Identify when to use certain forms of irregular verbs. Use verbs and irregular verbs correctly. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.SL1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.L.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.SL.3.1a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.1d LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.1e LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.1h LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.1i LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.2c LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.2f Summative Assessment 1. Unit 4 Assessment in Wonders Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion. Form and use regular and irregular verbs. Form and use the simple (e.g., I walked; I walk; I will walk) verb tenses. Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences. Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue. Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words. 2. Unit 4 Fluency Assessment 3. Completed writing piece for portfolio 4. Weekly Selection Tests 5. Weekly Cold Reads 21st Century Life and Careers Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. WORK.PK 4.9.1.4 A.1 Describe various life roles and work related activities in the home, community, and school. WORK.PK 4.9.1.4 B.1 Describe and demonstrate the importance of personal and interpersonal skills. WORK.PK 4.9.1.4 B.2 Identify positive work habits and attitudes necessary for home, community, and school. WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 A.1 Recognize and define a problem. WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 A.4 Demonstrate brainstorming skills. WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 B.2 Recognize and build upon personal strengths. WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 C.4 Practice steps for effective conflict resolution. WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 C.5 Work cooperatively with others to accomplish a task. Formative Assessment and Performance Opportunities 1. Question and Answering
2. Conferencing 3. Self evaluation 4. Monitoring 5. Exit ticket 6. White board 7. Group discussion 8. Turn and talk 9. Journaling Differentiation / Enrichment ebooks interactive activities interactive texts leveled reader search
listening library Unit Resources Centers Leveled Readers Visual vocabulary cards Smartboard activities On line resources High frequency word cards Student texts Tradebooks
Grade 3: Unit 5: Take Action Content Area: English Language Arts Course(s): Generic Course Time Period: 6 weeks Length: Weeks Status: Published Unit Overview Take Action Each week will consist of the following areas: Vocabulary Comprehension Phonics Fluency Writing Grammar Spelling Transfer Apply various comprehension strategies to connect and make meaning with text. Cite evidence from the text to support meaning. Transfer vocabulary acquisition and usage across content. Grammar, spelling, and vocabulary skills applied in all writing across the curriculum. For more information, read the following article by Grant Wiggins. http://www.authenticeducation.org/ae_bigideas/article.lasso?artid=60
Meaning Understandings Students will understand that... What specifically do you want students to understand? What inferences should they make/grasp/realize? Writing: To understanding the writing process in order to formulate an informative piece Reading: To understand that comprehension strategies are needed to interpret various forms of text Vocabualry: To understand that context clues can be interpreted to get word meaning Conventions: To understand sentence structure Essential Questions
Students will keep considering... What are ways people can take action? Week 1: How do we get what we need? Week 2: How can we reuse what we already have Week 3: How do teams work together? Week 4: What do good citizens do? Week 5: What are different kinds of energy? Application of Knowledge and Skill Students will know... Students will know... What facts and basic concepts should students know and be able to recall? 1. Story elements including point of view and author's point of view 2. Differentiate between a cause and an effect and compare and contrast text structure 3. Interpret context clues to get meaning from and use homographs, homophones, and affixes. 4. Correct sentence and paragraph structure using pronouns correctly Students will be skilled at... Students will be skilled at...
What discrete skills and processes should students be able to use? Students will be skilled at... What discrete skills and processes should students be able to use? Comprehension Skills: Point of View, Author's point of view Illustrations Cause and Effect Main idea and key details Vocabulary Skills: Context Clues Homographs Homophones Prefixes Conventions: Complex sentences Sentences including correct useage of pronouns Writing: Writing about text and writing an informative piece
Academic Language barter, payment, fairy tale, summarize, summary, point of view, literature, root words, intonation, needs, wants, structure, simple, compound, complex, expository, conservation, recycle, realistic fiction, fiction, character, homograph, context clue, reuse, materials, collage, persuade, sensory language, disasters, prevention, ask, answer, questions, informational text, expository text, sentence clues, pharsing, rate, topic sentence, main idea, supporting sentences, author's point of view, sentence clues, tall tale, citizenship, participate, citizenship, biography, prefixes, suffixes, root words, phrasing rate, citizen, visual narrative, opening, fact, topic, purpose, energy, traditional, cause, effect, photographs, captions, sidebars, homophone, nuclear, biofuel, voice, topic, and opinion. Learning Goal Week 1 Students will understand summarization, point of view, figurative language and story elements through a fairy tale. Students will develop vocabulary through context clues and root words. Students will understand the use of pronouns. Students will understand how to vary sentence structure to revise writing. Students will understand and decode spelling patterns using compound words. Week 2 Students will understand summarization, interpret point of view, make inferences, and interpret figurative language
through realistic fiction. Students will develop vocabulary through context clues and homographs. Students will understand the use of subject and object pronouns. Students will understand how to use sensory language to describe events when writing. Students will understand and decode spelling patterns using inflectional endings. Week 3 Students will understand how to ask and answer questions, interpret imagery, make inferences, and interpret author's point of view through expository text. Students will develop vocabulary through context clues. Students will understand pronoun and verb agreement. Students will understand how to write a topic sentence and supporting sentences when writing a paragraph. Students will understand and decode spelling patterns with closed syllables vc/cv. Week 4 Students will understand how to ask and answer questions, make inferences, and interpret author's point of view through a biography. Students will develop vocabulary through context clues and prefixes and suffixes. Students will understand the use of possessive pronouns. Students will understand how to strengthen an opening when revising their writing. Students will understand and decode spelling patterns with inflectional endings. Week 5 Students will understand how to ask and answer questions, and interpret cause and effect through expository text. Students will develop vocabulary through context clues and homophones.
Students will understand pronoun verb contractions. Students will understand how to strengthen an opinion in their writing. Students will understand and decode spelling patterns with open syllables. Week 6 Students will understand how to write a featured article or a research report. Comprehension Strategy SWBAT: Week 1: Summarize Summarize the most important events in the story. Week 2: Summarize Summarize portions of text to gain understanding Week 3: Ask and Answer questions Ask and answer questions about difficult sections of text to increase understanding. Week 4: Ask and Answer questions Refer explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Week 5: Ask and Answer questions
Read informational text and ask and answer questions Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.1 Comprehension Skill SWBAT: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Weeks 1 & 2: Point of View Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator of those of the characters. Identify a character's point of view. Weeks 3 5: Author's Point of View Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text. Identify the author's point of view in the text. Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy
in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.6 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.6 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.6 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.6 Genre SWBAT: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect. Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text. Week 1: Fairy Tale Recount stories, including fables, folktales... Read and comprehend literature. Week 2: Realistic Fiction Recognize the characteristics of realistic fiction. Week 3: Expository Text Recognize the characteristics and features of expository text. Week 4: Biography Recognize the characteristics of a biography Week 5: Expository Text Recognize the characteristics and features of expository text. Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards.
LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.7 Vocabulary Strategy SWBAT: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting). By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2 3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently. Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur). Week 1: Root Words Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root. Week 2: Homographs Use sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. Week 3: Context Clues Use sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. Week 4: Prefixes and Suffixes Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word. Week 5: Homophones Identify homophones and use context clues to define them. Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.6 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.L.4 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.6 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.4a Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate. Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text. Use sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.4b LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.4c LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.4d Writing Traits SWBAT: Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat). Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion). Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases. Week 1: Sentence Fluency Analyze models to understand how different kinds of sentences make a story interesting. Write a story about a time you traded with a friend. Vary sentence structure to revise writing. Week 2: Word Choice Analyze models to understand how sensory language describes events. Write about how you have reused something. Add sensory language to revise writing. Week 3: Organization Analyze models to understand how to build strong paragraphs. Write about how emergency workers help people. Add a topic sentence or supporting sentences to revise writing. Week 4: Organization Analyze models to understand strong openings. Write about why it is important to be a good citizen. Strengthen an opening to revise writing.
Week 5: Voice Analyze models to understand voicing opinions. Write about why electricity is important. Strengthen an opinion to revise writing. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.W.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.W.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.W.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.W.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.1a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.2a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.3a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.3b LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.10 Grammar SWBAT Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well chosen details, and well structured event sequences. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences. Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons. Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension. Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. Week 1: Singular and Plural Pronouns Distinguish between singular, plural, personal, and indefinite pronouns. Identify when pronouns agree with gender and number. Week 2: Subject and Object Pronouns Identify subject and object pronouns. Use pronouns correctly. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. Week 3: Pronoun Verb Agreement Ensure subject pronoun and present tense verb agreement. Identify singular and plural pronouns and verbs that agree. Week 4: Possessive Pronouns
Identify possessive pronouns Distinguish possessive pronouns that stand alone and reflexive pronouns. Use possessive and reflective pronouns correctly. Week 5: Pronoun Verb Contractions Identify when to use pronoun verb contractions. Use contractions and possessives correctly. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.SL1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.L.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.SL.3.1a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.1a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.1f LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.2d Summative Assessment 1. Unit 5 Assessment in Wonders Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion. Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences. Ensure subject verb and pronoun antecedent agreement. Form and use possessives. 2. Unit 5 Fluency Assessment 3. Completed writing piece for portfolio 4. Weekly Selection Tests 5. Weekly Cold Reads 21st Century Life and Careers Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. WORK.PK 4.9.1.4 A.1 WORK.PK 4.9.1.4 B.2 WORK.PK 4.9.1.4 B.3 WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 A.1 WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 C.1 WORK.PK 4.9.2.4 D.1 Describe various life roles and work related activities in the home, community, and school. Identify positive work habits and attitudes necessary for home, community, and school. Identify reasons for working as part of a team. Recognize and define a problem. Develop positive social skills to interact with others. Demonstrate character traits that are important in day to day activities in the home, school, and community such as trust, responsibility, respect, fairness, caring, and citizenship. Formative Assessment and Performance Opportunities
1. Question and Answering 2. Conferencing 3. Self evaluation 4. Monitoring 5. Exit ticket 6. White board 7. Group discussion 8. Turn and talk 9. Journaling Differentiation / Enrichment
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Grade 3: Unit 6 Think It Over Content Area: English Language Arts Course(s): Generic Course Time Period: 6 weeks Length: Weeks Status: Published Unit Overview Growing and Learning Each week will consist of the following areas: It is required that Start Smart instruction is taught in weeks 1 and 2 of instruction. Vocabulary Comprehension Phonics Fluency Writing Grammar Spelling Transfer Students will be able to independently use their learning to... What kinds of long term, independent accomplishments are desired? For more information, read the following article by Grant Wiggins. http://www.authenticeducation.org/ae_bigideas/article.lasso?artid=60 Meaning
Understandings Students will understand that... What specifically do you want students to understand? What inferences should they make/grasp/realize? Writing: To understanding the writing process in order to formulate a persuasive piece Reading: To understand that comprehension strategies are needed to interpret various forms of text Vocabualry: To understand that context clues can be interpreted to get word meaning Conventions: To understand sentence structure Essential Questions Students will keep considering... How do we decide what's important?
Week 1: How do you decide what's important? Week 2: How can weather affect us? Week 3: Why goals are important? Week 4: How can learning about animals help you respect them? Week 5: What makes you laugh? Application of Knowledge and Skill Students will know... Students will know... What facts and basic concepts should students know and be able to recall? 1. Story elements including theme and point of view 2. Compare and contrast text structure 3. Interpret context clues, including paragraph clues, to get meaning from and use idioms and Greek and Latin roots 4. Correct sentence and paragraph structure using adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions correctly Students will be skilled at... Students will be skilled at... What discrete skills and processes should students be able to use? Comprehension Skills:
Compare and contrast text structure Story Elements Point of View Illustrations, headings, stanza Vocabulary Skills: Context Clues Idioms Greek and Latin roots Paragraph clues Conventions: Complex sentences Sentences including correct useage of adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions Writing: Writing about text and writing a persuasive piece Academic Language Week 1 treasure, wealth, myth, make, confirm and revise predictions, predict, drama, theme, details myth, drama, scene,
stage directions, dialogue, root words, expression, rhythm, attention Week 2 conditions, forecast, historical fiction, make, confirm and revise predictions, predictions, details, illustrations theme, characters, inferences, summary, historical fiction, illustrations, idiom, literal, nonliteral linking words and phrases, connect Week 3 goal, motivate, biography, reread, problem, solution, root word, Greek and Latin roots, goals, achieve, interview, purpose, organize, order, Week 4 wildlife, requirement, reread expository text, headings, compare and contrast, diagram
signal words, context clues, paragraph clues, phrasing, conclusion Week 5 entertainment, humorous, poetry, reread, narrative poem, rhyme, rhythm, narrative poetry, narrator point of view, details, idiom, phrasing, expression, word choice, precise language, Learning Goal Week 1 Students will understand how to identify the theme and make predictions of a myth. Students will understand how to use linking words words root words. Students will understand adjectives and articles. Students will understand vary sentence lengths. Students will understand prefixes and root in related words. Week 2 Students will understand how to make predictions and identify the theme of a historical fiction.
Students will understand figurative language. Students will understand adjectives that compare. Students will understand how to use linking words and phrases in their writing. Students will understand consonant +le syllable and Latin suffixes. Week 3 Students will understand how to use reread and compare and contrast to comprehend an expository text. Students will understand Greek and Latin roots. Students will understand adverbs. Students will understand order ideas when writing. Students will understand vowel team syllables and Greek and Latin roots. Week 4 Students will understand how to use reread and compare and contrast to comprehend an expository text. Students will understand context clues. Students will understand adverbs that compare. Students will understand how to form a strong conclusion. Students will understand r controlled vowel syllables and Latin suffixes. Week 5 Students will understand how to use point of view rhythm and rhyme to comprehend a narrative poem. Students will understand poetry words and interpret idioms. Students will understand prepositions. Students will understand how to use precise language in a writing sample.
Students will understand suffixes and frequently misspelled words. Week 6 Students will understand how to write feature article and or research report. Comprehension Strategy SWBAT: Week 1 2: Make, Confirm, and Revise Predictions Use text clues to make, confirm, and revise predictions. Week 3 and 4: Reread Read text to improve understanding. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Week 5: Literary Elements Identify rhythm and rhyme in poetry.
Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.5 Comprehension Skill SWBAT: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. Week 1 and 2: Theme Identify the theme in a myth or drama. Identify the theme in historical fiction. Week 3: Problem and Solution Identify a text's problem and solution. Week 4: Compare and Contrast Identify the similarities and differences between animals. Week 5: Point of View Identify a narrator's point of view in a poem. Distinguish between own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.6 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.8 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.6 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.8 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.10 Genre SWBAT: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently. Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence). By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2 3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Week 1: Myth/Drama Recognize the characteristics and features of myth and features of myths and drama. Week 2: Historical Fiction Recognize the characteristics and features of historical fiction. Week 3: Biography
Recognize the characteristics of a biography. Week 4: Expository Text Recognize the characteristics and features of expository text. Week 5: Narrative Poem Identify characteristics of narrative poetry. Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.10 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.7 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RI.3.10 Vocabulary Strategy SWBAT: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting). Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur). By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2 3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Week 1: Root Words Use a known root word as a clue to figure out the meaning of an unknown word with the same root.
Week 2: Idioms Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context. Week 3: Greek and Latin Roots Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root. Week 4: Context Clues Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content. Use sentence level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. Week 5: Idioms Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. Be sure to include the Anchor Standards for ELA, the Practice Standards for Math, the English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects, and the applicable Technology standards. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.R.4 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.L.4 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.L.5 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.4 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.4c LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.5a Writing Traits Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases by using context clues, analyzing meaningful word parts, and consulting general and specialized reference materials, as appropriate. Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., company, companion). Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).
SWBAT: Week 1: Sentence Fluency Analyze models to understand using different sentence lengths. Write about something that is valuable to you. Include different sentence lengths to revise writing. Week 2: Word Choice Analyze models to understand how linking verbs and phrases connect or compare ideas. Write about an experience with the weather. Add linking verbs and phrases to revise writing. Week 3: Organization Analyze models to understand how to put ideas in order. Write about why going to school is important. Put ideas in order to revise writing. Week 4: Organization Analyze models to understand strong conclusions. Write about an animal you learned about. Strengthen a conclusion to revise writing. Week 5: Word Choice Analyze models to understand how precise words add clarity and interest. Write about something that makes you laugh.
Add precise words to revise writing. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.W.2 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.W.3 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.2a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.2d LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.W.3.3b Grammar SWBAT Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well chosen details, and well structured event sequences. Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension. Provide a concluding statement or section. Use dialogue and descriptions of actions, thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations. Week 1: Adjectives and Articles Distinguish adjectives and articles. Identify when to use adjectives and articles. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. Week 2: Adjectives That Compare Identify and use comparative and superlative adjectives. Use adjectives correctly. Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. Week 3: Adverbs Identify and use adverbs. Use adverbs and adjectives correctly. Week 4: Adverbs That Compare Identify and use adverbs that compare. Choose between adverbs that compare correctly.
Week 5: Prepositions Distinguish prepositions and prepositional phrases. Use prepositions and prepositional phrases. Use introductory words correctly Proofread sentences for mechanics and usage errors. LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.CCRA.L.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.RL.3.1 LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.1a LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.1g LA.3.CCSS.ELA Literacy.L.3.1i Summative Assessment 1. Unit 6 Assessment in Wonders Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified. Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences. 2. Unit 6 Fluency Assessment 3. Completed writing piece for portfolio 4. Weekly Selection Test 5. Weekly Cold Read 21st Century Life and Careers Select all applicable standards from the Standards tab. WORK.K 4.9.1.4.1 The ability to recognize a problem and apply critical thinking and problem solving skills to solve the problem is a lifelong skill that develops over time. WORK.K 4.9.1.4.A.1 Recognize a problem and brainstorm ways to solve the problem individually or collaboratively. WORK.K 4.9.1.4.A.5 Apply critical thinking and problem solving skills in classroom and family settings. WORK.K 4.9.1.4.B.1 Participate in brainstorming sessions to seek information, ideas, and strategies that foster creative thinking. WORK.K 4.9.3.4.A.1 Identify reasons why people work and discuss how work can help a person achieve personal goals. Formative Assessment and Performance Opportunities 1. Question and Answering
2. Conferencing 3. Self evaluation 4. Monitoring 5. Exit ticket 6. White board 7. Group discussion 8. Turn and talk 9. Journaling Differentiation / Enrichment ebooks interactive activities interactive texts leveled reader search
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