3rd Grade reading

What will be covered in reading this year?

EL Units of Study

Module 1: Overcoming Learning Challenges Near and Far 

This module uses literature and informational text to introduce students to the power of literacy and how people around the world overcome learning challenges. It is intentionally designed to encourage students to embrace a love of literacy and reading. 

Module 2: Researching to Build Knowledge and Teach Others: Adaptations and the Wide World of Frogs 

In this module, students will use literacy skills to become experts—people who use reading, writing, listening, and speaking to build and share deep knowledge about a topic. 

Module 3: Literary Classics 

In this module, students will read Peter Pan. At the end of the unit, students will write a book review where they will either encourage or discourage students from reading this story. 

Module 4: Water Around the World 

This module focuses on the importance of clean fresh water around the world. 

reading at home - How can i help my child?

Here are some ideas for you to discuss with your child at home to help support their reading. 

​Reflect on your Reading Log! Look back and notice your reading habits: What books do you tend to read? Where do you like to read? For how long do you tend to read? Can you make a goal to spice up your reading life at home?

Share great books! Ask your child about our system for finding and sharing great books at school (5 Star Rating System). Remind them to bring the great books they read at home to school so they can write a rating card for them and share with the grade!

Give yourself a comprehension check! After reading, have your child stop and ask themselves, "Who was in this part? What was it mostly about? How does it connect with what I read before?" Bonus: Write about it!!

Make predictions! Don't just think about what will happen next, but how it will happen. Be descriptive and use what you have already read and what you know about how most stories tend to go to help you in your predicting. 

Keep words that we know in mind! Remind students to be on the lookout for their Word Work words while they read. Also, remind them to not skip over unknown words, but to mark them and either use context clues or ask what they mean later.