3rd Grade Reading
February 20-March 3
We will be practicing and reviewing for the IREAD-3 test.
Foundational Skills: Beginning, middle, and ending sounds
Context clues
Homographs
Synonyms/antonyms
Prefixes/suffixes
Fiction Comprehension
Nonfiction Comprehension
Unit 4 Week 3 (February 13-17)
Reading Priority Objective: RN.2.1- I can ask and answer questions to demonstrate my understanding of a biography.
Story Genre: Biography
Grammar/Language: Prepositions and prepositional phrases
Vocab: succeed, determined, impressed, eventually, imagined
Spelling Words: Suffixes -able, -ible, -ation (anticipation, civilization, convertible, dependable, flexible, likable, movable, terrible, usable, visible)
IREAD Review: B,M,E sounds + comprehension
Weekly IXL's: DD.6, DD.7, I.1, Y.2
Unit 4 Week 2 (February 6-10)
Reading Objective: RN.2.2- I can identify the main idea of a text.
Story Genre: Biography
Grammar/Language: Contractions
Vocab: Slavery, Abolitionist, Violence, Equality, Influential
Spelling Words: VCCCV Syllable Pattern (surprise, pilgrim, subtract, control, sample, inspect, contrast, employ, exclaim, athlete)
IREAD Review: Context Clues
Weekly IXL's: F.1, F.2, YY.1, YY.2
Unit 4 Week 1 (January 30-February 4)
Reading Objective: RN.2.1- I can ask and answer questions to demonstrate my understanding of a biography.
Story Genre: Biography
Grammar/Language: Possessive Pronouns
Vocab: community, donate, convince, generous, transformed
Spelling Words: R-controlled vowels (certainty, earn, return, search, swerve, termite, third, thirsty, thirteen, thirty)
IREAD Review: Prefixes and Suffixes
Weekly IXL's: PP.10, QQ.6, T.4
Unit 3 Week 5 (January 23-27)
Reading Objective: RV.3.1- I can identify figurative language in poetry.
Story Genre: Poetry
Grammar/Language Skill: Pronouns
Vocab: triumphant, company, challenge, twinkle, curious
Spelling Words: Irregular plural nouns (wolves, knives, children, sheep, heroes, scarves, geese, calves, volcanoes, loaves)
IREAD Review: Homographs (multiple meaning words)
Weekly IXL's: QQ.3 (personal pronouns), S.2 (read poetry), PP.8 (irregular plurals), JJ.1 (homographs)
Unit3 Week 4 (January 16-20)
Reading Objective: RN.2.1- I can ask and answer questions to demonstrate my understanding of a text.
Story: We will be reading a variety of biographies. "Mama Miti" pages 135-147
Grammar/Language Skill: Irregular verbs
Vocab: ceremonies, tradition, medicine, lamenting, offering
Spelling Words: Vowel teams oo, ew, ue, ui, eu (balloon, choose, rescue, spooky, statue, feud, newest, suitable, recruit, threw)
Weekly IXL's: TT.6, TT.7, TT.8, U.1
Unit 3 Week 3 (January 9-13)
Reading Objective: RN.4.2- I can compare and contrast key details in two texts on the same topic.
Story: We will be reading various informational texts.
Grammar/Language Skill: Simple verb tenses
Vocab: compare, contrast
Spelling Words: Suffixes -ful, -y, -ness (readiness, cloudy, stormy, peaceful, eagerness, illness, freshness, happiness, graceful, frightful)
Homework: Decodable reader to practice suffixes. "On TV" posted on Google Classroom.
Weekly IXL's: L.2, DD.4, DD.5, TT.2, TT.3
January 4-6
Reading Objective: I can determine facts versus opinions when reading.
Wednesday: Fact + Opinion Introduction, "Bats" Fact +Opinion passage, IREAD practice (beginning, middle, ending sounds in words)
Thursday: Fact + Opinion sort, "Milton Hershey" Fact + Opinion passage, IREAD practice (beginning, middle, ending sounds in words)
Friday: Fact + Opinion task cards, "I have who has" game, IREAD practice (beginning, middle, ending sounds in words)
Homework: Weekly IXL's: 2nd Grade FF.1 (fact + opinion), 3rd Grade Z.1 (fact + opinion)
December 20-21
Monday: Reading Christmas comprehension mystery
Tuesday: Movie day + Christmas party!
December 12-16
Monday: NWEA testing
Tuesday: NWEA testing
Wednesday: Christmas comprehension passage
Thursday: Christmas comprehension passage
Friday: Christmas comprehension passage
Unit 3 Week 2 (December 5-9)
Reading Objective: I can use context clues to determine the meaning of an unknown word.
Story: "Granddaddy's Turn" pages 66-77
Grammar/Language Skill: Subject/Verb Agreement
Vocab: Figured, Complain, Patience, Temper, Remembered
Spelling Words: Abbreviations (Sun., Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat., A.M, P.M, ASAP
Homework: Decodable Reader to review prefixes. This is posted on Google Classroom ("Sadie's Size")
Weekly IXL's: BBB.1, MM.1, R.2
Unit 3 Week 1 (November 28-December 2)
Reading Objective: RL.2.1-I can ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text.
Story: "Below Deck: A Titanic Story" pages 20-43
Grammar/Language Skill: Subject/Verb Agreement
Vocab: Enormous, Interfered, Stationary, Abandon, Appeared
Spelling Words: prepay, nonstop, disagree, nonfiction, preapprove, indirect, imperfect, impolite, insecure, incorrect
Homework: Decodable Reader to review VCe words. This is posted on Google Classroom. Students read to read the story nightly and return their signed form back on Friday.
Unit 2 Week 4 (October 31-November 4)
Reading Objective: RN.4.2- I can compare and contrast two texts on the same topic.
Story: "Welcome Back Wolves" pages 344-351, "Wolves Don't Belong in Yellowstone" pages 352-359
Grammar/Language Skill: Plural Possessive Nouns
Vocab: Eliminated, Reintroduced, Habitat, Solitary, Multiplied
Spelling Words: dispute, expose, mistake, compete, translate, include, explode, despite, subscribe, reptile
Homework: Decodable Reader "Recess" to review compound words. This is posted on Google Classroom. Students read to read the story nightly and return their signed form back on Friday.
Unit 2 Week 1 (September 26-30)
Reading Objective: RN.2.2- I can determine the main idea of a text and identify key details.
Story: "Patterns in Nature" pages 238-253
Grammar/Language Skill: Singular and Plural Nouns
Vocab: Nature, Patterns, Repeat, Sequence, Symmetry
Spelling Words: Total, Digit, Talent, Human, Minus, Defend, Finish, Equal, Salad, Famous
Homework: Decodable Reader "Joyce Paints" to review oi/oy, ou/ow words. This is posted on Google Classroom. Students read to read the story nightly and return their signed form back on Friday.
Unit 1 Week 6 (Review Week)
Reading Objective: RN.2.1- I can ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text.
Story: We will be reading informational texts about playgrounds.
Grammar/Language Skill: Review subjects/predicates and common/proper nouns
Vocab: No vocab words
Spelling Words: found, clown, point, joy, lay, sweet, pie, loving, larger, planned, inches, parties, person, enjoy, mistake
Homework: Decodable Reader "Roy, Dad, and Scout" to review oi/oy, ou/ow words. This is posted on Google Classroom. Students need to read the story nightly and return their signed form back on Friday.
Unit 1 Week 5
Reading Objective- RL.2.2- I can identify the themes of myths.
Story: "The Golden Flower" pages 179-193
Grammar/ Language Skill: Common and Proper Nouns
Vocabulary Words: Pouch, Globe, Murmuring, Mountainside, Footpath
Spelling Words: thousand, shower, avoid, appoint, power, annoy, enjoy, proud, bounce, fountain
Homework: Decodable Reader "Gail's Birthday Treat" This is posted on Google Classroom. Students need to read the story nightly and return their signed form back on Friday.