Grade Level: Third Grade Unit/Theme: Theme 1 Lesson 1 School Days Essential Framework Standards: General Standard 8 and 12 Focus Skill: Students will be able to identify character and setting. Genre: Realistic Fiction Focus Strategies: Using a graphic organizer/story map (PB page 5) Whole Group (T20-T21): Daily Routines, Oral Language, Read Aloud Small Group: (T22-T23) Leveled Readers, Reading Selection for fluency & comprehension Writing (T37) Introduce Descriptive paragraph. Writing Trait: Ideas Harcourt: Descriptive paragraph Six-Traits Option: Friendly letter and paragraph writing Grammar: Introducing and defining the four types of sentences Spelling: Short vowels CVC pattern (T30) Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard Social Studies: Mapping skills
Grade Level: Third Grade Unit/Theme: Theme 1 Lesson 2 Essential Framework Standards: General Standard 7, 8, & 12 Focus Skills: Students will be able to identify character and setting. Genre: Realistic Fiction Focus Strategies: Using a graphic organizer/story map (PB page 5) Whole Group (T116-T117): Daily Routines, Oral Language, Read Aloud Small Group: (T118-T119) Leveled Readers, Reading Selection for fluency & comprehension Writing (T133) Interview. Writing Trait: Ideas Harcourt: Interview Six-Traits Option: Friendly letter and paragraph writing Grammar: Introducing and defining the four types of sentences Spelling: Root words & ending ed, ing (T127) Social Studies: Mapping skills
Grade Level: Third Grade Unit/Theme: Theme 1 Lesson 3 Essential Framework Standards: General Standard 7, 8, & 13 Focus Skills: Students will be able to locate information Genre: Expository Nonfiction Focus Strategies: Using prior knowledge Whole Group (T200-T201): Daily Routines, Oral Language, Read Aloud Small Group: (T202-T203) Leveled Readers, Reading Selection for fluency & comprehension Writing (T217) Introduce: Paragraph of Information. Writing Trait: Organization Harcourt: Informational Paragraph Grammar: Introduce parts of a sentence (complete and simple subject and predicate) Spelling: Vowel digraphs and CVCe, CVVC spelling patterns (T212) Social Studies: Mapping skills
Grade Level: Third Grade Unit/Theme: Theme 1 Lesson 4 Essential Framework Standards: General Standard 7, 8, & 13 Focus Skills: Students will be able to locate information Genre: Biography Focus Strategies: Using prior knowledge Whole Group (T282-T283): Daily Routines, Oral Language, Read Aloud Small Group: (T284-T285) Leveled Readers, Reading Selection for fluency & comprehension Writing (T299) Introduce: Narrative. Writing Trait: Organization Harcourt: Personal Narrative Grammar: Introduce compound subjects Spelling: Plurals s and es; syllable ending s and es Science: Weather and space
Grade Level: Third Grade Unit/Theme: Theme 1 Lesson 5 Essential Framework Standards: General Standard 7, 8, & 13 Focus Skills: Review character, setting, plot; locating information Genre: Reader s Theater: News Script Focus Strategies: Using a graphic organizer and activating prior knowledge. Whole Group (T386-T2387): Daily Routines, Oral Language, Read Aloud Small Group: (T388-T389) Leveled Readers, Reading Selection for fluency & comprehension Writing (T387) Select writing piece from writing journal, revise, edit and publish. Writing Trait: Ideas. Harcourt: Selected choice Six Traits: Friendly letter and Paragraph Writing Grammar: Review four types of sentences Spelling: Short vowel, root words, vowel digraphs, and plurals Social Studies: Our Community and mapping skills Language Arts: Classroom Newsletter