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.

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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