Unit Title/Subject: Dates: Grade: 3rd Creative, Inventive, and Notable People January 14-18 – Unit 3 English/Language Arts Learning Targets: Reading: I can locate and details to answer questions in a text. (S) I can ask and answer questions before, during, and after reading a text. (S) I can recount/retell (put into my words) the key details of a text. (K) I can define event, procedure, idea, and concept. (K) I can identify events, procedures, ideas, and/or concepts in different types of informational texts. (K) I can explain how events, procedures, ideas, and concepts connect to one another. (R) English: I can define adjective (a word that adds meaning to a noun or pronoun) and explain how it functions in a sentence. (K) I can identify and create simple sentences, (e.g. Emma walks to school.), compound sentences, (e.g. Emma walks to school, and her dog follows her.), and complex sentences (e.g. Because Emma took the dog back home, she was late for school.) (P) Writing: I can sequence (put in order) the events in my story so that one event leads to the next. (R) I can use a character’s thoughts, words, feelings, and actions to show how events happen and how characters respond to the events. (S) I can use illustrations to help readers understand my topic. (S) I can connect my information (e.g. facts, definitions, details) using linking words and phrases. (S) I can present my information in writing and provide a concluding statement or section. (P) Day 1 Instructional Activities: Assessments Spelling: Irregular Plurals or to & other plurals (formative and/or –f –fe –ves, summative): Reading: Make predictions about story Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride and Formative: discuss genre-historical fiction Daily Oral Language Watch video of the illustrator discuss the book, his illustrations, and (each day) listen as he reads the story Vocabulary graphic Complete vocabulary graphic organizer organizer Discuss and vocabulary words Paragraph writing Writing activity Explain how Amelia and Eleanor are different from Flashback – most other women of their time. Online game Assign homework read story observations – English: Flashback on adjectives Watch video on adjective song - Introduce adjectives that tell how many
Unit Title/Subject: Creative, Inventive, and Notable People – Unit 3 English/Language Arts Dates: January 14-18 Grade: 3rd Learning Targets: Reading: I can locate and details to answer questions in a text. (S) I can ask and answer questions before, during, and after reading a text. (S) I can recount/retell (put into my words) the key details of a text. (K) I can define event, procedure, idea, and concept. (K) I can identify events, procedures, ideas, and/or concepts in different types of informational texts. (K) I can explain how events, procedures, ideas, and concepts connect to one another. (R) English: I can define adjective (a word that adds meaning to a noun or pronoun) and explain how it functions in a sentence. (K) I can identify and create simple sentences, (e.g. Emma walks to school.), compound sentences, (e.g. Emma walks to school, and her dog follows her.), and complex sentences (e.g. Because Emma took the dog back home, she was late for school.) (P) Writing: I can sequence (put in order) the events in my story so that one event leads to the next. (R) I can use a character’s thoughts, words, feelings, and actions to show how events happen and how characters respond to the events. (S) I can use illustrations to help readers understand my topic. (S) I can connect my information (e.g. facts, definitions, details) using linking words and phrases. (S) I can present my information in writing and provide a concluding statement or section. (P) Day 1 Instructional Activities: Spelling: Irregular Plurals –f or –fe to –ves, & other plurals Reading: Make predictions about story Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride and discuss genre-historical fiction Watch video of the illustrator discuss the book, his illustrations, and listen as he reads the story Complete vocabulary graphic organizer Discuss and vocabulary words Writing activity – Explain how Amelia and Eleanor are different from most other women of their time. Assign homework – read story English: Flashback on adjectives Watch video on adjective song - Introduce adjectives that tell how many Assessments (formative and/or summative): Formative: Daily Oral Language (each day) Vocabulary graphic organizer Paragraph writing Flashback Online game observations
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