Reading
In 3rd grade, students make a big jump from "learning to read" to "reading to learn". Here are some of the topics and resources we'll be covering this year in ELA.
In 3rd grade, students make a big jump from "learning to read" to "reading to learn". Here are some of the topics and resources we'll be covering this year in ELA.
1st Quarter: Overcoming Learning Challenges Near and Far
1st Quarter: Overcoming Learning Challenges Near and Far
- Reading Literary Texts: Overcoming Learning Challenges - School and Education
- Reading and Writing to Inform: Overcoming Learning Challenges - Books
- Writing to Inform: Overcoming Learning Challenges - Reading
Here are additional books that go along great with this unit:
- Biblioburro: A True Story from Columbia by Jeanette Winter and Emily Dickinson
- Four Feet, Two Sandals by Karen Williams
- Freedom's School by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- La Mariposa by Francisco Jimenez
- Muktar and the Camels by Janet Graber
- My Name is Sangoel by Karen Williams and Khadra Mohammed
- Razia's Ray of Hope: One Girl's Dream of an Education by Liz Suneby
- The Breadwinner by Deborah, Ellis
- Virgies Goes to School with Us Boys by Elizabeth Fitzgerald
- Who is Malala Yousafzai? by Dinah Brown
2nd Quarter: Adaptations and the Wide World of Frogs
2nd Quarter: Adaptations and the Wide World of Frogs
- Reading and Writing Narratives: Poems and Pourquoi Tales about Frogs
- Building Background Knowledge: Frogs and the Research Process
- Using Writing to Inform: Freaky Frog Text
Here are additional books that go along great with this unit:
- Face to Face with Frogs by Mark W. Moffett
- Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout by Megan McDonald
- Tadpole Rex by Kurt Cyrus
- With the Frogs by J.C. Greenburg
- Tuesday by David Wiesner
- Frogs! Strange and Wonderful by Laurence Pringle
- From Tadpole to Frog by Anita Ganeri
- Frogs by Nic Bishop
3rd Quarter: Exploring Literary Classics
3rd Quarter: Exploring Literary Classics
- Analyzing Author's Craft: Character Development in Peter Pan
- Writing Grounded in Evidence: An Opinion of Peter Pan
- Reading Like a Writer: Revising Scenes from Peter Pan
Here are additional books that go along great with this unit:
- The Story of Doctor Dolittle - Hugh Lofting
- Pippi Longstocking - Astrid Lindgren
- Winnie-the-Pooh - A.A. Milne
- Charlotte's Web - E.B. White
- The Borrowers - Mary Norton
- Mr. Popper's Penguins - Richard & Florence Atwater
- Ramona the Pest - Beverly Cleary
- The Mouse and the Motorcycle - Beverly Cleary
- Stuart Little - E.B. White
- James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl
- Boy: Tales of Childhood - Roald Dahl
- The Hundred Dresses - Eleanor Estes
- Aesop's Fables - Jerry Pinkney
- Dear Mr. Henshaw - Beverly Cleary
4th Quarter: Water Around the World
4th Quarter: Water Around the World
- Building Background Knowledge: Water Around the World
- Developing and Opinion: The Importance of Water Conservation
- Call to Action: Solutions to Water Issues
Here are additional books that go along great with this unit:
- A Cool Drink of Water by Barbara Kerley
- Anna Carries Water by Olive Senior
- Clean Water (Sally Ride Science) by Beth Geiger
- Drop In My Drink: The Story of Water on Our Planet by Meredith Hooper
- The Water Princess by Susan Verde
- You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Clean Water! by Roger Canavan
- Green River by Wonkyeong Lee