Big Ideas/Key Concepts Essential Questions: Unit Five: Take Action Unit Five: What are ways people can take action? Unit Six: What We Value Unit Six: How do we decide what s important? Ongoing Standards: 3.FL.F.5.b Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. 3.FL.SC.6.f Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement. 3.FL.SC.6.g Consult reference materials, including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spelling. 3.FL.F.5 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. 3.FL.VA.7.c Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them). 3.RL.RRTC.10 Read and comprehend stories and poems at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. 3.RI.RRTC.10 Read and comprehend stories and informational texts at the high end of the grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. Speaking and Listening: 3.SL.CC.1 Prepare for collaborative discussions on 3rd grade level topics and texts; engage effectively with varied partners, building on others ideas and expressing their own ideas clearly. 3.SL.CC.1.a 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. 3.SL.CC.1.b Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., gaining the floor in respectful ways, listening to others with care, speaking one at a time about the topics and texts under discussion). 3.SL.CC.1.c Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link their comments to the remarks of others. 3.SL.CC.1.d Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion. 3.SL.CC.2 Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text presented in diverse media such as visual, quantitative, and oral formats. 3.SL.CC.3 Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail. 3.SL.PKI.4 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. 3.W.PDW.4 With guidance and support, produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1-3 above.) 3.W.PDW.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. (Editing for conventions should demonstrate command of language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 3.) Week One: Unit 5.1: Juanita and the Beanstalk; Clever Jack Takes the Cake Essential Question: How do we get what we need? Reading Skills and Strategies- Summarize, Point of View, Fairytale, Root Words
Grammar and Writing Skills- Singular and Plural Pronouns, Opinion Essay: Sentence Fluency 3.FL.PWR.3.c Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills I can read and spell multi-syllable words. when decoding isolated words and in connected text. c. Decode multi-syllable words. I can explain what pronouns are, and how they function in sentences. 3.FL.SC.6.b Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns. 3.FL.SC.6.f Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement. (Assessed Unit/Weekly) 3.FL.VA.7a.iii Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. iii. Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root word. 3.RL.KID.2 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. 3.RL.CS.6 Distinguish reader perspective from that of the narrator or the perspectives of the characters and identify the point of view of a text. I can define the word, antecedent, and make sure a pronoun agrees with its antecedent. I can use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root. I can summarize the key ideas and details of a story. I can explain the central message, lesson, and/or moral using the key details from the story. I can describe a narrator or character s point of view in a text, and compare and contrast a narrator or character s feelings about a topic and my own feelings. 3.W.TTP.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events I can write a narrative with varied sentence structure. using an effective technique, such as descriptive details and clear event sequences. a. Establish a situation by using a narrator, including characters, and organizing an event sequence that unfolds naturally. Week Two: Unit 5.2: The New Hoop; Bravo, Tavo! Essential Question: How can we reuse what we already have? Reading Skills and Strategies- Summarize, Point of View, Realistic Fiction, Homographs Grammar and Writing Skills- Subject & Object Pronouns, Opinion Essay: Word Choice 3.RL.KID. 2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse I can summarize portions of text to gain understanding. cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. 3.RL.CS.6 Distinguish reader perspective from that of the narrator or the perspectives of the characters and identify the point of view of a text. 3.RL.IKI.7 Explain how illustrations in a text contribute to what is conveyed by I can identify or infer the character s point of view and distinguish it from my own. I can use illustrations and the words in a text to help understand and explain
the words. efficiently. what I am reading. I can compare and contrast the important points/key details in two texts on the same topic. I can use pronouns correctly when I speak or write. 3.FL.F.5 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. I can read with good fluency to support comprehension of a text,. (Assessed Unit/Weekly) I can determine the meaning of a word or phrase by looking for context clues in a sentence. Week Three: Unit 5.3: Rescue Dogs Save the Day; Wildfires Essential Question: How do teams work? Reading Skills and Strategies- Ask & Answer Question, Author s Point of View, Expository Text, Context Clues Grammar and Writing Skills- Pronoun-Verb Agreement, Opinion Essay: Organization I can read multi-syllable words. decoding isolated words and in connected text. 3.FL.SC.6 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when speaking and conventions of standard English grammar and usage, including capitalization and punctuation, when writing.. (Assessed unit) 3.FL.SC.6.f Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement. (Assessed unit) efficiently. 3.RI.CS.6 Distinguish reader point of view from that of an author of a text. efficiently. (Assessed weekly) 3.W.TTP.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information. a. Introduce a topic. I can use pronouns correctly when I speak or write. I can define the word, antecedent, and make sure a pronoun agrees with its antecedent. I can use text features to help me understand what I read. I can compare and contrast my opinion with the opinion of an author of a text I m reading while understanding that my opinion may or may not be the same opinion presented in the text. I can compare and contrast the important points/key details in two texts on the same topic. I can write an explanatory piece that introduces a topic, groups related information together, and includes helpful illustrations.
Week Four: Unit 5.4: Dolores Huerta; Elizabeth Leads the Way Essential Question: What do good citizens do? Reading Skills and Strategies- Ask & Answer Question, Author s Point of View, Biography, Prefixes & Suffixes Grammar and Writing Skills- Possessive Pronouns, Opinion Essay: Organization decoding isolated words and in connected text. a. Identify and define the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes. I can identify and use prefixes and suffixes. I can explain what possessive pronouns are, and how they function in sentences. 3.FL.SC.6.m Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns., verbs, adjectives, and adverbs as used in general and in particular sentences. m. Form and use possessives. 3.FL.VA.7a.ii Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. ii. Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known affix is added to a known word. 3.RI.CS.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area. efficiently. (Assessed unit) 3.RI.CS.6 Distinguish reader point of view from that of an author of a text. I can use possessive and reflexive pronouns correctly. I can use prefixes and suffixes to figure out the meaning of a word. I can determine the meanings of words and phrases as they are used in a text. I can identify text features of expository text. 3.W.RW.10 Write routinely over extended time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences; promote writing fluency. I can distinguish the difference (if any) between my point of view and the author s point of view in a biography. I can write an informative/explanatory piece that includes a strong opening. Week Five: Unit 5.5: Here Comes Solar Power; It s All in the Wind Essential Question: What are different kinds of energy? Reading Skills and Strategies- Ask & Answer Question, Cause & Effect, Expository Text, Homophones
Grammar and Writing Skills- Pronoun-Verb Agreement, Opinion Essay: Voice 3.FL.PWR.3.a Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills I can read words with common Latin suffixes. when decoding isolated words and in connected text. a. Identify and define the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes. decoding isolated words and in connected text. I can read multi-syllable words. 3.FL.SC.6.m Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns., verbs, adjectives, and adverbs as used in general and in particular sentences. m. Form and use possessives. 3.FL.F.5 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. I can use pronoun-verb contractions correctly. I can form and use pronoun/helping verb contractions. I can use contractions and possessives correctly. efficiently. 3.W.TTP.1.a Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons. a. Introduce a topic or text. I can determine the meaning of a word or phrase by looking for context clues in a sentence. I can use text features to help me understand what I read. I can identify causes and effects to help comprehend ideas and information. I can introduce a topic or text, state an opinion, and organize a list that support my opinion. Week Six: Flex Week Weeks Seven, Eight, and Nine: TN Ready preparation and testing reasons