Name Subject Area Third Grade English Language Arts Unit Name: Grade Level Outcome/Target Mastery Level Goal = 80% % of student reaching mastery level goal = Pacing Essential Outcomes I Can or I will learn statement Qtr. Chapter Unit References Essential Outcome 1 Students will identify key ideals and details in found in literature texts Key Ideas and Details- Target RL 1.0Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers Target RL 2.0Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures: determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through details in the text Target RL 3.0 Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events. Essential Outcome 2 Students will analyze the craft and structure in literature texts Target RL 4.0 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from non-literal language Target RL 5.0 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. Mastery Score: % % mastered on first attempt # of students who were re-taught % mastered on after reteaching % mastered after multiple re-teaching
Target RL 6.0 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters Essential Outcome 3 Students will analyze the integration of knowledge and ideas in literary texts Integration of Knowledge and Ideas Target RL 7.0 Explain how specific aspects of a text s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story Target RL 8.0 (Not applicable to literature) Target RL 9.0 Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters Essential Outcome 4 Students will read and comprehend complex literary texts independently and proficiently. Target RL 10.0 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Essential Outcome 5 Students will identify key ideals and details in found in informational texts Target RI 1.0 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as a basis for the answers Target RI 2.0 Determine the main idea of a text, recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea Target RI 3.0 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 Essential Outcome 6 Students will analyze the integration of knowledge and ideas in literary texts Target RI 4.0 Determine the meaning of general academic and domain specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area Target RI 5.0 Use text features and search tools to locate information relevant to a given topic
efficiently Target RI 6.0 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text Essential Outcome 7 Students will analyze the integration of knowledge and ideas in informational texts Target RI 7.0 Use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text Target RI 8.0 Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text Target RI 9.0 Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic Essential Outcome 8 Students will read and comprehend complex informational texts independently and proficiently. Target RI 10.0 By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts in grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Essential Outcome 9 Students will demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print Text Types and Purposes Target RF 1.0 Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print (K-1 Only) Target RF 2.0 Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes) (K-1 Only) Essential Outcome 11 Students will know and apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. Target RF 3a Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes
Target RF 3b Decode words with common Latin suffixes Target RF 3c Decode multisyllable words Target RF 3d Read grade appropriate irregularly spelled words Essential Outcome 12 Students will read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension Target RF 4a Read on-level text with purpose and understanding Target RF 4b Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings Target RF 4c Use context to confirm or self correct word recognition and understanding, re-reading as necessary Essential Outcome 14 Students will write texts of different types and for different purposes Target W 1.0 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons Target W 1a Introduce the topic or text that they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organized structure that lists reasons Target W1b Provide reasons that support the opinion Target W1c Use linking words and phrases to connect opinion and reasons Target W1d Provide a concluding statement or section Target W 2.0Write informative explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly. Target W2a Introduce a topic and group related information together, include illustrations when useful in aiding comprehension
Target W2b Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details Target W2c Use linking words and phrases to connect ideas within categories of information Target W2d Provide a concluding statement or section Target W3.0 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. Target W3a Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters, organize and event sequence that unfolds naturally Target W3b Use dialogue and descriptions of actions thoughts, and feelings to develop experiences and events or show the response of characters to situations Target W3c Use temporal words and phrases to signal event order Target W3d Provide a sense of closure Essential Outcome 15 Students will produce and distribute clear and coherent writing Target W4.0 With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose Target W 5.0 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing Target W6.0 With guidance and support from adults, technology to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others Essential Outcome 16 Students will complete research to build and present knowledge Target W 7.0 Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic
Target W8.0 Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories Target W9.0 (Begins in grade 4) Essential Outcome 17 Students will produce writing texts for a variety of purposes and audiences Target W 10.0 Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline specific tasks, purposes, and audiences Essential Outcome 19 Students will participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups. Target SL 1a 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 Target SL1b Follow agreed upon rules for discussion Target SL 1c Ask questions to check understanding of information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually quantitatively, and orally Target SL2 Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally Target SL3 Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail Essential Outcome 20 Students will demonstrate the ability to present ideas and knowledge for an appropriate task, purpose, and/or audience
Target SL 4.0 Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace Target SL 5.0 Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems, that demonstrate fluid reading at an understandable pace; add visual displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details Target SL 6.0 Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification Essential Outcome 21 Students will demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar Target L1a Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their functions in particular sentences Target L1b Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns Target L1c Use abstract nouns Target L1d Form and use regular and irregular verbs Target L1e Form and use the simple verb tenses Target L1f Ensure subject-verb and pronounantecedent agreement Target L1g Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified Target L1h Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions Target L1i Produce simple, compound, and complex sentences Target Outcome 22 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English
capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing Target L2a Capitalize appropriate words in titles Target L2b Use commas in addresses. Target L2c Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue Target L2d Form and use possessives Target L2e Use conventional spelling for high frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words. Target L2f Use spelling patterns and generalizations in writing words Target L2g Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings. Essential Outcome 23 Students will demonstrate a knowledge of language arts skills Target L3a Choose words and phrases for effect Target L3b Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written standard English Essential Outcome 24 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning words and phrases based on kindergarten reading and context. Target L4a Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase Target L4b Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word Target L4c Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root Target L4d Use glossaries or beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine
or to clarify the precise meaning of key words and phrases Essential Outcome 24 With guidance and support from adults, explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings. Target L5a Distinguish the literal and non-literal meanings of words and phrases in context Target L5b Identify real life connections between words and their use Target L5c Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees Target L 6.0 Acquire and use accurately grade appropriate conversational general academic, and domain specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships Essential Outcome 25