Third Grade Lesson Plans

Third Grade Lesson Plans
Subject: Word
April 15 – April 19, 2013
*SC: 3-3.1 Generate the meaning of unfamiliar and multiple-meaning words by using context clues.
*SC: 3-3.3 Interpret the meaning of idioms encountered in texts.
*SC: 3-3.4 Read high-frequency words in texts.
*SC: 3-3.6 Spell high-frequency words.
*SC: 3-3.7 Spell correctly
• words that have blends,
• contractions,
• compound words,
• orthographic patterns (for example, qu, consonant doubling, changing the ending of a word
from -y to -ies when forming the plural), and common homonyms
*SC: 3-3.2 Use base words and affixes to determine the meanings of words.
*SC: 3-3.5 Use context clues to determine the relationship between two or more words (including synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms).
*SC: 3-4.6 Edit for the correct use of written Standard American English, including
•  capitalization
·  geographic names,
·  holidays, and
·  historical and special events;
•  punctuation
·  commas in addresses,
·  commas in the greeting and closing of letters,
·  commas in compound sentences,
·  apostrophes in contractions and possessive nouns,
·  periods in abbreviations, and
·  indentation of paragraphs; and
•  spelling
·  misused homonyms,
·  high-frequency multisyllabic words,
·  words that have blends,
·  contractions,
·  compound words, and
·  orthographic patterns (for example, qu, consonant doubling, changing the ending of a word from -y to -ies when forming the plural).
Activities to use for the Standards (1998) is the green Month by Month Phonics book and (2003) is the new white one.
**“Guess the Covered Word” (page 84, 102, 122, 136, 149)
**Word Wall Riddles (page 126 (1998), 128 (2003), 141 (1998), 143 (2003), 140 (1998), 142 (2003))
Prefixes:bi-, tri-, mis- Suffixes: -ful, -ly, -able
Spelling / MATERIALS
Monday / Procedures:
1.  Spelling pre-test
2.  Teacher will have students put the words in ABC order.
3.  Students will cheer the word wall words.
4.  Cursive handwriting practice: Students will do pages 89-90. —Please remind students of spacing, legibility and sizing.
5.  Students will do a word wall activity by using writing clues to write each word. After students write the words, they will check their papers by chanting the letters in the words aloud and underlining each letter as they say it. (See page 126 green Month by Month book).
6.  The teacher will play “The Wheel” with students using all the word wall words. It is like hangman, and the game focuses student attention on all the letters and positions of the word wall words. See page 127 for more details and an example to go by.
Homework: Write each word 5 times each in ABC order.
Assessment: handwriting practice; group discussion; teacher observation / Spelling list
Handwriting practice: pages 89-90
Month by Month phonics (green book) page 126, 127
Journals
Tuesday / Procedures:
1.  Review Spelling homework.
2.  Cursive handwriting practice: Students will do pages 91-92. —Please remind students of spacing, legibility and sizing.
3.  The teacher will do “Making Words” with the students. The secret word is Oldsmobile. The letters for the baggies are e, i, o, o, b, d, l, l, m, s. See page 133 in the green book for words to make.
4.  The teacher will give students 5 minutes to play around with the letters to see how many words they can come up with.
5.  The teacher will have the students manipulate the letters to make the words called out. The teacher will have the students sort the words by related words and rhyming words.
6.  Word Wall Activity: Create a Sentence. Put students in pairs. Partners decide on a Word Wall Word with five (5) to seven (7) letters. Each partner makes a new word with each letter of the Word Wall Word and creates a sentence using the new words. (Ex. Word Wall Word “first.” New words are selected to complete the sentence “Freddy is running straight there.) The partners compare their sentences to see which sentence works best for the word.
Homework: Write each word in a sentence.
Assessment: handwriting practice; group discussion; teacher observation / Spelling list
Handwriting practice: pages 91-92
Journals
Letter baggies
Month by Month Phonics (green book) page 133
Wednesday / Procedures:
1.  Review Spelling homework.
2.  Cursive handwriting practice: pages 93-94—Please remind students of spacing, legibility and sizing.
3.  The teacher will do a “Reading/Writing Rhymes” activity with the students.
4.  The teacher will focus on the are, air, ear final spelling patterns. (see page 132 for word lists and pages 50-52 for instructions)
5. 
6.  Word Wall Activity: Chain a Word. Put students in small groups. The first student in the group will write any word (ex. “bear”). The next player will write a word that begins with the last letter of the first word (ex. “bear” “rat”). The next person will begin their word with the last letter of the second word (ex. “bear” “rat” “there”). The students continue to write a word until a chain (bearratthere) is formed. Words could be used from special content areas such as (habitatturtleeggsshelter).
Homework: study words in any way that will help students learn the words
Assessment: handwriting practice; group discussion; teacher observation; / Spelling list
Handwriting practice: page 93-94
materials for game
Month by Month Phonics (green book) page 132
Thursday / Procedures:
1.  Cursive handwriting practice: pages 95-96—Please remind students of spacing, legibility and sizing.
2.  The teacher will lead students in a review game for tomorrow’s test. Some options include: Sparkle, Timer game, Word Race, Around the World, etc.
Homework: practice test MBS; test tomorrow
Assessment: handwriting practice; group discussion; teacher observation / Spelling list
Handwriting practice: page 95-96
materials for game
Friday / Procedures:
1.  Review spelling words.
2.  Students will take the spelling test.
3.  Students will write the dictation sentences read aloud by the teacher.
Assessment: Spelling post-test
Homework: No homework will be given. Have a great weekend! / Spelling post-test