ELA- Third 9 weeks
ELA- Third 9 weeks
Unit 3 Review (week 1)
Unit 4 (weeks 2-7)
Nonfiction text study/IREAD practice Week 8
IREAD practice/ Unit 5 Week 1 (week 9)
Number of Days: 48
Unit Overview: This unit will focus on reading and understanding complex texts with an emphasis on nonfiction. This unit will also focus on test-taking strategies for timed prompt-writing,
The third nine weeks will continue to spiral with what was taught the first two nine weeks. We will focus instructional time this nine weeks on generalizing and working on biographies auto-biographies. The writing focus will be persuasive writing.
LA.3.RF.5
Orally read grade-level appropriate or higher texts smoothly and accurately, with expression that connotes comprehension at the independent level.
LA.3.RF.4.6
Read multi-syllabic words composed of roots and related prefixes and suffixes; read irregular contractions (e.g., will not = won?t) and possessives (e.g., children?s, Dennis?s).
LA.3.RN.2.1
Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
LA.3.RN.3.1
Apply knowledge of text features to locate information and gain meaning from a text (e.g., maps, illustrations, charts, font/format).
LA.3.RN.4.1
Distinguish between fact and opinion; explain how an author uses reasons and facts to support specific points in a text.
LA.3.RN.2.2
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
LA.3.RN.3.2
Identify how a nonfiction text can be structured to indicate a problem and solution or to put events in chronological order.
LA.3.RN.4.2
Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
LA.3.RN.2.3
Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in processes or procedures in a text, using words such as first, next, finally, because, problem, solution, same, and different.
LA.3.RV.3.1
Determine how the author uses words and phrases to provide meaning to works of literature, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language, including figurative language (e.g., similes).
LA.3.RV.3.2
Determine the meanings of general academic and content-specific words and phrases in a nonfiction text relevant to a third grade topic or subject area.
LA.3.RV.2.4
Use a known word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root, and identify when an affix is added to a known root word.
LA.3.SL.3.2
Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
LA.3.SL.2.4
Ask questions to check understanding of information presented, stay on topic, and link comments to the remarks of others.
LA.3.W.3.1
Write persuasive compositions in a variety of forms that - State the opinion in an introductory statement or section. Support the opinion with reasons in an organized way. Connect opinion and reasons using words and phrases. Provide a concluding statement or section.
LA.3.W.3.3
Write narrative compositions in a variety of forms that ? Establish an introduction (e.g., situation, narrator, characters). Include specific descriptive details and clear event sequences. Include dialogue. Connect ideas and events using introduction and transition words. Provide an ending.
LA.3.W.4
Apply the writing process to ? Generate a draft by developing, selecting and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials (e.g., quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice); and edit writing for format and conventions (e.g., spelling, capitalization, usage, punctuation). Use technology to interact and collaborate with others to publish legible documents.
Foundational Skills:
I can read multi-syllable words.
I can read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Literature:
I can ask questions about what the text says and search the text to find the answers.
I can describe the main idea of a text and locate details in the text that support the main idea.
I can summarize what the text says.
I can identify the theme of a story using key details from the text.
I can write or speak about a text and talk
about different parts of the text like chapters, scenes, or stanzas.
I can describe how one part of a text builds on the parts that came before it.
I can explain in detail how the illustrations in a text add to a character, setting, or mood of a story.
I can read and comprehend all genres of literature at the end of the year.
I can explain which portions of a text I understand; locate and explain portions of a text that are difficult for me; list questions I have about a text and ask for help about what I don’t understand.
Speaking/Listening:
I can explain my ideas and understanding of a topic after having a discussion about it.
Fluency Expectation:
Goal: 102-112 wpm
Language:
I can explain what nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are and how they function in a sentence.
I can determine the meaning of a word or phrase by looking for context clues in a sentence.
I can recognize words that have similar meaning and choose the word that best describes the mood or state of mind.
Writing:
I can introduce a topic or text, state an opinion, and organize a list of reasons that support my opinion.
I can provide reasons that support my opinion.
I can understand my task, purpose, and audience when I write. I can develop and organize my writing in a way that makes sense for my audience and purpose.
Read Theory
www.readtheory.org
Read Works
www.readworks.org
Brainpop Jr. Main Idea Readworks.org Main Idea
http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/comprehension/mainidea/preview.weml
Readworks.org- Fact and Opinion
http://www.readworks.org/lessons/concepts/fact-and-opinion
Flocabulary Context Clue (Access Through Youtube)
http://www.flocabulary.com/context-clues/
Brainpop Jr. Reading Nonfiction
http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/readingskills/readingnonfiction/preview.weml
Textfeatures Blend Space
https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/EyJmJA_MWrEJuQ/textfeatures
Fact and Opinion Blendspace
https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/RCdEDkV9sVT-cQ/fact-and-opinion
Flocabulary Prefixes
http://www.flocabulary.com/prefixes/
Flocabulary Suffixes
http://www.flocabulary.com/suffixes/
ReadWorks.org- Prefixes
https://www.readworks.org/lessons/grade2/vocabulary-context/lesson-1
Readwork.org Compare and Contrast
https://www.readworks.org/lessons/concepts/compare-and-contrast
Readworks.org Sequencing
http://www.readworks.org/lessons/concepts/sequence
Brainpop jr. Contractions
http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/word/contractions/scrollingbackground/
Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns
http://www.k12reader.com/term/irregular-plural-nouns/
Scholastic - Citing Evidence from text
http://commoncore.scholastic.com/sites/default/files/ACT-090213-CommonCore.pdf
Teaching Channel - Highlighting text to demonstrate understanding
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-about-textual-evidence
Learnzillion.com- Using Text Based Evidence
https://learnzillion.com/lessonsets/105-3rd-grade-writing-using-textbased-evidence-responding-to-a-constructed-response-question
Smekenseducation.com- Constructing text based responses
http://www.smekenseducation.com/constructed-responses-require-textual-evidence.html