Project Plans

Reading

 3.1.4.3 Describe how details about characters, setting, conflict, resolution, and events work together to develop the plot of a literary text. 

Writing

W1 - 3.2.1.1  Use punctuation (including commas in a series and apostrophes), spelling, capitalization, and grammar authentically in writing

W3 - 3.2.3.1  Plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish writing, using self reflection, guidance and support from peers and educators

W5 - 3.2.5.1  Write to inform or explain, selecting and organizing relevant details to show understanding of the topic, building on skills from previous years

W7 - 3.2.7.2  Plan and conduct research, following a detailed research plan to build understanding of a topic, demonstrating understanding of digital footprint, and share findings in writing

W8 - 3.2.8.1  Use and cite two or more sources on a topic, both quoting and summarizing sources, avoiding plagiarism 

Science

3L.3.1.1.2 Develop multiple models to describe how organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have birth, growth, reproduction, and death in common. (P: 2, CC: 4, CI: LS1) 

3L.3.2.1.1 Construct an explanation using evidence from various sources for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing. (P: 6, CC: 2. CI: LS4) 

3L.4.1.1.1 Construct an argument about strategies animals use to survive. (P: 7, CC: 2, CI: LS2) 

3L.4.2.1.1 Obtain information from various types of media to support an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.** (P: 8, CC: 4, CI: LS1) 

Value-Added

Questioner:  Generate questions using the Question Formulation Technique

Creator:  Use technology or physical materials to create a representation of an idea

Creator:  Use Thinking Maps to represent ideas.

Music

Demonstrate an understanding that artistic works influence and are influenced by personal, societal, cultural, and historical contexts, including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.

Physical Education

Define the healthrelated fitness components, and match them to the fitness assessment tool being used

Multilingual Learners

Interpret scientific arguments

Construct scientific arguments

Interpret scientific explanations

Construct scientific explanations