3rd Grade ELA
3rd Grade ELA
3rd Grade ELA
During the 2025-2026 school year, we will continue to use the reading series called Into Reading. This program is broken into various genres both fiction and non-fiction. Six to seven of the modules will be covered in 3rd grade. Each module will last about three to four weeks. Lessons will include reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar, and decoding instruction. A selection quiz will be given on each passage. Students will also complete a weekly exam on skills taught for the week.
In addition to the lessons provided in the ELA series, students will also read novels. Some of the novels we will read this year are Freckle Juice, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, and Charlotte's Web. Third grade students will also have access to numerous books at their level that they'll read independently and in groups to practice comprehension and decoding skills covered in class. Students will write at least one book review on a class read aloud.
Spelling Tests
Students will have a spelling test each week. Students should study these words throughout the week. Students can study at home by writing their words ten times each, putting them in alphabetical order or having a parent or sibling quiz them.
Enrichment
In addition to ELA class, 3rd graders will have Enrichment once a week during their special time. This period will be used to continue the ELA work from the day, to learn cursive, work on IXL skills, and to learn keyboarding using the program Keyboarding Without Tears.
Itinerary for the Year
1st Quarter
Read Aloud: Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Module 1: What a Character!
Module 2: Use Your Words
2nd Quarter
Read Aloud: The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
Module 3: Let Freedom Ring!
Module 4: Stories on Stage
3rd Quarter
Module 5: Teamwork
Module 6: Animal Behaviors
Review for the NYS ELA Exam
Module 7: Make a Difference
4th Quarter
Module 7: Make a Difference (continued from 3rd Quarter)
Read Aloud: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Module 8: Imagine! Invent!
Module 9: From Farm to Table
ELA Grading
Grading will be based on the following areas:
Participation/Effort
Spelling Quizzes
Classwork/Homework/Writing Assignments/Projects
Tests/Book Reports
Contact Information
Mrs. Lisa Mattice
lmattice@wajcs.org
(518)734-3400 extension 1205