Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grades

Curriculum and District Expectations

Common Core State Standards: ELA

District Supports and Expectations

Third Grade ELA Pacing Guide

Fourth Grade ELA Pacing Guide

Fifth Grade Pacing Guide

RSU 21 MTSS Website

Grade 3 Literacy Resources

Phonics: a method of teaching reading, popularly known as sounding out, that concentrates on the sounds of the letters or letter combinations in a word rather than on the word as a unit. The speaker or reader thus tries to match graphemes and phonemes. (American Psychological Association, 2023). The Fountas & Pinnell Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study System (PWS) is a collection of 100 lessons designed to expand and refine children’s reading and writing powers, and enable the teacher to help children attend to, learn about, and efficiently use information about sounds, letters, and words (Fountas and Pinnell, 2020).

F&P Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study PD October 2021
Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study "At a Glance"
- Whole-group instruction and individual, partner, or small-group application
- 5–10 minutes of explicit instruction; 10–15 minutes of application
- Lessons based on nine areas of learning, ranging from Early Literacy Concepts to Word-Solving Actions
Fountas and Pinnell Interactive Read-Aloud, Guided Reading, and Shared Reading books serve as mentor texts and as examples for generalizing and applying a concept in reading and writing.
Florida Center for Reading Research

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