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3rd Grade

THIRD QUARTER LEARNING PRIORITIES

Common Core Third Grade Literacy Standards Emphasized

|READING LITERATURE |READING INFORMATIONAL TEXT/NONFICTION |

|KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS |

|1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text |1. Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the |

|as the basis for the answers. |basis for the answers. |

|2. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the |2. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea. |

|central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. | |

|3. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how |3. Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in|

|their actions contribute to the sequence of events. |technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect |

|CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |CRAFT AND STRUCTURE |

|4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from|4. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a |

|nonliteral language. |grade 3 topic or subject area. |

|5. Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms |5. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant |

|such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. |to a given topic efficiently. |

Writing: Opinion (CPS Framework Assessment Specification)

Note: This emphasis aligns with the ISAT Extended Response to a Reading

CCSSW3.1. Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.

• Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.

• Provide reasons that support the opinion.

• Use linking words and phrases (e.g., because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reasons.

• Provide a concluding statement or section.

Third Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 20-21

| |Week 20 |Week 21 |

|Reading Literature |How do you read a story? Guide students to clarify their strategies to |How do you read a story |

|CCSSRL.3.1 |read a story. |What strategies do you use to: |

|Infer with evidence |What strategies do you use to: |Analyze author’s purpose and techniques the writer uses to accomplish |

|and |Analyze author’s purpose and techniques the writer uses to accomplish it.|it. |

|Writer’s Craft and Structure |Analyze causes and effects, problem + solution |Analyze causes and effects, problem and solution, turning point. |

| |Infer feelings, traits, predictions. |Infer feelings, traits, predictions. |

|In preparation for ISAT, read comprehensively |Figure out the theme |Figure out the theme |

|Science |How do you read nonfiction? Recommended: Have students “think out loud” |How do you read nonfiction? Recommended: Have students “think out loud”|

|5. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, |about how to analyze a nonfiction text. Focus on text features this |about how to analyze a nonfiction text. Focus on text features this |

|sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a |week, ask analytic questions. |week, ask analytic questions. |

|given topic efficiently. | | |

|Social Science |Collect information to respond to BIG question. |Use nonfiction text features to collect information to respond to big |

|5. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, |Recommended: Focus on Black History |question—recommended—focus on black history. |

|sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a | |Analyze how headings and illustrations clarify meaning. |

|given topic efficiently. | | |

|Fluency |This week’s read-aloud: |This week’s read-aloud: |

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|Word Knowledge |Figurative language |Antonym |

|CCSSRI.3.4 | |synonym |

|Classify vocabulary | | |

|Writing |Outline then write extended response |Outline then write extended response |

|opinion | | |

|MATH |Focus: |Focus: |

|Practice Standard 1: analyze problem, then solve it | | |

| |Short response |Short response |

| |Extended response |Extended response |

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| |My own guide to problem solving |My own guide to writing an extended response |

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Third Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 22-23

| |Week 22 |Week 23 |

|Reading Literature |How do you read a poem? |How to answer questions: |

|CCSSRL.3.2 |Guide students to clarify their strategies to interpret a poem. |Explain how to choose the best answer to analytic and inferential |

|Determine central message |Include analysis of use of figurative or descriptive language in stories.|questions: |

|and | |Identify genre |

|Writer’s Craft and Structure | |identify kinds of questions |

| | |Infer meaning of a word from context |

|In preparation for ISAT, read comprehensively | |Analyze author’s purpose and techniques |

|Science |Students analyze technical text—directions for a science experiment or |Make your own guide to reading nonfiction. |

|3. Describe the steps in technical procedures in a text, using|directions on a procedure such as measurement. | |

|language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect | | |

|Social Science |Students respond to questions based on ISAT stems, responding with |Make your own guide to figuring out the main idea of a nonfiction |

|2. Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details |text-based evidence. |passage. |

|and explain how they support the main idea. |Recommended: Relate to Black History |Recommended: Relate to Black History |

|Fluency |This week’s read-aloud: |This week’s read-aloud: |

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|Word Knowledge |Root/base word, suffix, prefix |Infer from context. |

|CCSSRI.3.4 | | |

|Analyze word patterns | | |

|Writing |Write an extended response |Write directions: how to write an extended response |

|opinion | | |

|MATH |Recommended: Comprehensive Math Problem Solving Across the Areas of Math |Recommended: Comprehensive Math Problem Solving Across the Areas of Math|

|Practice Standard 1: analyze problem, then solve it |What is the question asking me to figure out? |What is the question asking me to figure out? |

| |What strategy and operations will I use? |What strategy and operations will I use? |

Third Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 24-25

| |Week 24 |Week 25 |

|Reading Literature |Analyze questions: What is it asking, how do I figure out the answer? |Make a chart of the parts of fiction and then analyze a story. Then |

|5. Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing | |tell how the writer uses techniques to communicate the lesson or theme. |

|or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, | | |

|and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on | | |

|earlier sections. | | |

|Science |Skills: |Skills: |

|CCSSRI.3.1 |Analyze kinds of questions. |Outline a non-fiction passage—ideas and supporting information. |

|Analyze | | |

| | |Topic: |

| |Topic: | |

|Social Science |Skills: |Skills: |

|CCSSRI.3.1 |Analyze kinds of questions. |Outline a non-fiction passage—ideas and supporting information. |

|Analyze | | |

| | |Topic: |

| |Topic: | |

|Fluency |This week’s read-aloud: |This week’s read-aloud: |

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|Word Knowledge |Words of hope |Words about reading. |

|CCSSRI.3.4 | | |

|Analyze word patterns | | |

|Writing |Write a poem or letter |Write about a topic—opinion paragraph or poem. |

|opinion | | |

|MATH |Analyze ISAT—What kinds of problems does it include? | |

|Practice Standard 1: analyze problem, then solve it |How do you Analyze to solve them? | |

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| |Math Digest | |

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| | |Math Digest |

Third Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 26-27

| |Week 26 |Week 27 |

|Reading Literature |Make a chart of the parts of fiction and then analyze a story – choose a |Make a chart of the parts of fiction and then analyze a story – choose a|

|CCSSRL.3.2 |genre to analyze.. Then tell how the writer uses techniques to |different genre to analyze. Then tell how the writer uses techniques to |

|Summarize and infer theme |communicate the lesson or theme. |communicate the lesson or theme. |

|Science |Reading Skills |Reading Skills |

|CCSSRI.3.2 |Answer a BIG question. Collect and include facts and your own ideas. |Support a big idea—write about the same topic you read, tell the main |

|Analyze ideas | |idea “your way”. |

| |Topic: | |

| | |Topic: |

|Social Science |Reading Skills |Reading Skills |

|CCSSRI.3.2 |Answer a BIG question. Collect and include facts and your own ideas. |Support a big idea—write about the same topic you read, tell the main |

|Analyze ideas | |idea “your way”. |

| |Topic: | |

| | |Topic: |

|Fluency |This week’s read-aloud: |This week’s read-aloud: |

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|Word Knowledge |Identify contractions in reading. Make a contractions chart. |Identify possessives in reading. Make a “guide” to writing with |

|CCSSRI.3.4 | |possessives. |

|Analyze word patterns | | |

|Infer from context | | |

|Writing |Outline a story that communicates a position; emphasis on maintaining a |Write the story. |

|opinion |main idea or theme | |

|MATH |Focus: |Focus: |

|Practice Standard 1: analyze problem, then solve it | | |

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| |Math Digest |Math Digest |

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Third Grade: Third Quarter Learning Priorities Week 28

| |Week 28 |

|Reading Literature |Make a guide to reading a story. Use it to read an unfamiliar story. |

|CCSSRL.3.2 |Make a genre chart: give examples of the different genres you have read. List features|

|Summarize and infer theme |of each kind of genre. |

|Science |Write a report: |

|CCSSRI.3.2 |What have I learned about science this quarter? |

|Analyze ideas | |

|Social Science |Write a response to the big question of the unit or quarter. |

|CCSSRI.3.2 | |

|Analyze ideas | |

|Fluency |This week’s read-aloud: |

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|Word Knowledge |Make a guide to interpreting multi-meaning words in context. |

|CCSSRI.3.4 | |

|Analyze word patterns | |

|Infer from context | |

|Writing |Write a guide to writing to communicate a position—opinion or moral. |

|opinion | |

|MATH |Focus |

|Practice Standard 1: analyze problem, then solve it | |

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| |Make math booklet –the math I’ve learned this quarter. |

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