Third Grade Units

Third Grade Units

Unit 1 Friendship
Lesson / Genre / Target Strategy
Target Skill / Lexile / Grade Range/Text Complexity
RL.3.10
Rugby and Rosie / Realistic Fiction / Cause & Effect / 550 / 2-3/ Level 1
The Legend of Damon and Pythias / Play / Asking Questions / NP (Non-Prose) / 2-3/Level 3
Good-bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong / Realistic Fiction / Author’s Point of View / 620 / 2-3/Level 2
Beauty and the Beast / Fairy Tale / Predicting / 710 / 2-3/Level 2
Teammates / Biography / Main Idea and Details / 940 / 4-5/Level 3
I Can…
R.L.3.1

Ask and answer questions to understand text.
Based on the text, formulate questions to demonstrate the understanding of a text.
Refer explicitly to the text to answer.

R.I.3.2

Determine the main idea of a text
Recount key details of a text
Explain how the key details support the main idea of a text

L.3.2.f

Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words.

L.3.5.b

Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g. describe people who are friendly or helpful)
Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g. new, believed, suspected, heard, wondered)

Notes:
Unit 2 Animals and Their Habitats
Lesson / Genre / Target Strategy / Lexile / Grade Range/Text Complexity
RL.3.10
One Small Place in a Tree / Expository Text / Clarifying / 600 / 2-3/ Level 2
Make Way for Ducklings / Fantasy / Reality and Fantasy / 930 / 2-3/Level 2
Wolf Island / Narrative Nonfiction / Making Inferences / 590 / 2-3/Level 2
Two Days in May / Realistic Fiction / Making Connections / 690 / 2-3/Level 2
Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing Animal Habitats / Narrative Nonfiction / Classify and Categorize / 900 / 4-5/Level 3
I Can…
R.I.3.1

Ask and answer questions to understand text
Formulate questions (based on the text) to demonstrate understanding
Refer explicitly to the text to answer questions

R.I.3.4
Identify:

general academic
domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area

Determine the meaning of:

general academic
domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area

R.I.3.7
Recognize key events
Demonstrate an understanding of text using information from illustrations:

Maps
Photographs

Demonstrate an understanding of text using information from words that tell:

Where
When
Why
How

Key events occur
W.3.4

Analyze the reason for writing a piece to decide on:

∘task
∘purpose
With guidance and support

Determine suitable:

∘idea development strategies,
∘organization,
Appropriate to task and purpose, with guidance and support

Write a piece with:

∘idea development
∘organization
Appropriate to task and purpose, with support and guidance.
L.3.2.e

Use conventional spelling for high frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness)

L.3.4.a

Recognize that context clues can help determine the meaning of unknown or multiple-meaning words.
Determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases by:

∘examining a sentence to find clues
∘determining the meaning of a word when an affix is added.
L.3.2.f

Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words

Notes:
Unit 3 Money
Lesson / Genre / Target Strategy / Lexile / Grade Range/Text Complexity
RL.3.10
It’s a Deal / Expository Text / Summarizing / 730 / 2-3/ Level 3
The Go-Around Dollar / Realistic Fiction and Expository Test / Sequence / 900 / 4-5/Level 3
Lemons and Lemonade / Narrative Nonfiction / Fact and Opinion / 580 / 2-3/Level 2
Madam C.J. Walker: Self-Made Millionaire / Biography / Visualizing / 680 / 2-3/Level 1
Uncle Jed’s Barbershop / Historical Fiction / Adjusting Reading Speed / 670 / 2-3/Level 2
I Can…
R.L.3.3

Describe a character’s feelings/emotions based on information found in the text
Describe a character’s traits/motivations
Retell the sequence of events using time order words
Infer a character’s feelings and/or emotions
Analyze a character’s feelings and/or emotions

Interpret how a character’s:

Traits
Motivations
Feelings

Lead to actions

Explain how a character’s actions contribute to the sequence of events

R.L.3.4

Identify literal and nonliteral words and phrases in a text
Determine the meaning of literal and nonliteral words and phrases as they are used in a text

W.3.5

With guidance and support from peers and adults, students recognize how to: plan, revise, edit, rewrite, and try a new approach.
Know how to edit for conventions of writing demonstrating (see Language standards 1-3 up to and including grade 3)
With guidance and support from peers and adults, students develop and strengthen writing by: planning, revising, editing, rewriting, and trying and new approach.

L.3.2.e

Use conventional spelling for high frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words (e.g., sitting, smiled, cries, happiness

L.3.2.f

Use spelling patterns and generalizations (e.g., word families, position-based spellings, syllable patterns, ending rules, meaningful word parts) in writing words

Notes:
Unit 4: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Lesson / Genre / Target Strategy / Lexile / Grade Range/Text Complexity
RL.3.10
Sun / Expository Text / Drawing Conclusions / 780 / 2-3/ Level 2
Grandmother Spider Brings the Sun / Folk Tale / Author’s Purpose / 810 / 4-5/Level 2
The Moon Seems to Change / Expository Text / Compare and Contrast / 50 / 2-3/Level 2
Journey to the Moon / Fairy Tale / Clarifying / 800 / 4-5/Level 2
Earth: Our Planet in Space / Expository Text / Adjusting Reading Speed / 710 / 2-3/Level 2
I Can…
R.I.3.2

Determine the main idea of a text
Recount key details of a text
Explain how the key details support the main idea of a text

R.I.3.7
Recognize key events
Demonstrate an understanding of text using information from illustrations:

Maps
Photographs

Demonstrate an understanding of text using information from words that tell:

Where
When
Why
How

Key events occur
W.3.7

Conduct shared research using various sources and tools
Examine information gathered during shared research
Discriminate between relevant and irrelevant information
Participate in short research projects to gain knowledge of a specific topic

L.3.4.b

Recognize that context clues can help determine the meaning of unknown or multiple-meaning words
Identify and define root words
Identify and define affixes
Find words in dictionaries and glossaries.
Determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases by:

∘examining a sentence to find clues
∘determining the meaning of a word when an affix is added (e.g., agreeable/disagreeable, comfortable/uncomfortable, care/careless, heat/preheat)
Notes:
Unit 5 Communities Across Time
Lesson / Genre / Target Strategy / Lexile / Grade Range/Text Complexity
RL.3.10
The House on Maple Street / Realistic Fiction / Author’s Purpose / 830 / 4-5/Level 2
Days of Digging / Expository Text / Asking Questions / 660 / 2-3/Level 3
Earthquake! The 1906 San Francisco Nightmare / Expository Text / Fact and Opinion / 640 / 2-3/Level 2
The Disappearing island / Realistic Fiction / Cause and Effect / 790 / 2-3/Level 3
What Ever Happened to the Baxter Place? / Realistic Fiction / Main Idea and Details / 990 / 6-8/Level 3
I Can…
R.L.3.4
**Identify literal and nonliteral words and phrases in a text
**Determine the meaning of literal and nonliteral words and phrases as they are used in a text
R.I.3.7
**Recognize key events
**Demonstrate an understanding of text using information from illustrations:

Maps
Photographs

**Demonstrate an understanding of text using information from words that tell:

Where
When
Why
How

Key events occur
R.I.3.8
**Define sentence
**Explain the purpose of a paragraph
**Identify structure(s) of paragraphs (e.g. comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence)
**Explain how sentences and paragraphs in text are logically connected
**Determine how a text is organized (.g. comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence)
R.I.3.10

Identify/understand and comprehend independently in an informational text:

∘key ideas and details
∘craft and structure
∘integration of knowledge and ideas
At appropriate complexity (Qualitative, Quantitative and Reader and Task) as seen in Standards 1-9 independently and proficiently
L.3.4.b

Recognize that context clues can help determine the meaning of unknown or multiple-meaning words
Identify and define root words
Identify and define affixes
Find words in dictionaries and glossaries.
Determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases by:

Ask and answer questions to understand text
Based on the text, formulate questions to demonstrate the understanding of a text
Refer explicitly to the text to answer questions

R.L.3.2
Recount:

Stories from diverse cultures
Fables from diverse cultures
Folktales from diverse cultures
Myths from diverse cultures

Determine the:

Moral of a fable
Lesson of a folktale
Central message of a myth

Determine how the central message, lesson or moral is conveyed through key details in the text
R.L.3.10

Identify/understand in an literary text:

∘ key ideas and details
∘ craft and structure
∘ integration of knowledge and ideas
At appropriate complexity (Qualitative, Quantitative and Reader and Task) as seen in Standards 1-9 independently and proficiently.

Comprehend independently in an literary text:

∘ key ideas and details
∘ craft and structure
∘ integration of knowledge and ideas
At appropriate complexity (Qualitative, Quantitative and Reader and Task) as seen in Standards 1-9 independently and proficiently.
R.L.3.10

Identify/understand in literary text:

∘key ideas and details
∘craft and structure
∘integration of knowledge and ideas
At appropriate complexity (Qualitative and Quantitative, and Readers and Task) as seen in 1-9

Comprehend in literary text:

∘∘key ideas and details
∘craft and structure
∘integration of knowledge and ideas
At appropriate complexity (Qualitative and Quantitative, and Readers and Task) as seen in 1-9, independently and proficiently.
Notes:

Third Grade Common Assessment Standards

Unit 1 / Unit 2 / Unit 3 / Unit 4 / Unit 5 / Unit 6
R.L.3.1 / R.I.3.1 / R.L3.3 / R.I.3.2 / R.L.3.4 / R.L.3.1
R.I.3.2 / R.I.3.4 / R.L.3.4 / R.I.3.7 / R.I.3.7 / R.L.3.2
L.3.2.f / R.I.3.7 / W.3.5 / W.3.7 / R.I.3.8 / R.L.3.10
L.3.5.b / W.3.4 / L.3.2.e / L.3.4.b / R.I.3.10
L.3.2.e / L.3.2.f / L.3.4.b
L.3.4.a
L.3.2.f