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3rd Grade

FOURTH QUARTER LEARNING PRIORITIES

Common Core Literacy Standards Emphasized are Underlined.

Other listed standards are reinforced—have been developed in quarters 1-3.

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

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

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

|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 their |3. Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in |

|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 such as|5. Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant |

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

Writing: CCSSW.3.8 (CPS Framework Assessment Specification)

Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence

into provided categories.

NEXT GRADE PREP PRIORITIES

These lists include essentials for preparation for the next grade. Identify content and skills to emphasize from this chart and your assessments. For complete listing of grade level competencies go to .

| |Identify problem/solution and central idea of text | |Scientific method |

|READING |Clarify literal/figurative language |SCIENCE |Data Interpretation |

|Answer questions with |Answer with evidence inferential, analytic, evaluative questions |Explain concepts with examples |Core science knowledge |

|evidence (CCSSR1) |Summarize and identify main idea | | |

|Summarize and Synthesize |Map a story | | |

|(CCSSR2) |Identify and classify information | | |

| |Compare/contrast | | |

| |Relate information to main idea | | |

| |Extended response | | |

| |Fiction: stories, fairy tales, fantasies | |City economy |

|GENRES |Poems, songs, paintings |SOCIAL STUDIES |City government |

| |Non-Fiction: biography; science, social studies |Explain ideas with examples |City transportation |

| | | |Chicago history: choices and changes |

| | | |Map interpretation: routes, regions |

|WORD KNOWLEDGE |Sight words—Fry phrases | |Word problems |

| |Rhyming words |MATH |Addition and subtraction including money |

| |Infer meaning of unfamiliar words |CCSS Practice Standards: |Identify unnecessary information |

| |root, prefix, suffix |Analyze problem and solve with persistence |Evaluate methods and solutions |

| |contractions |Think quantitatively and abstractly |Use variables and number sentences to represent solutions to |

| |infer meaning of unfamiliar words | |problems |

| |content vocabulary: math, science, social studies | |Solve multi-step problems |

| | | |Solve problems based on graphs and tables |

| |expository essay (outline and write) |LEARNING SKILLS |Listen |

|WRITING |biography | |Work with others |

| |poem | |Follow directions |

| | | |Use graphic organizers |

| | | |Make exhibits |

Third Grade: Fourth Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 29-30

| |Week 29 |Week 30 |

|Reading Literature |Explain and illustrate the central message of a poem. CCSSRL 3.2 |Explain and illustrate the central message of a poem. |

|Distinguish literal from nonliteral language |Refer to parts of poems such as stanza to describe how each part builds |CCSSRL 3.2 |

|(CCSSRL3.4) |on earlier parts (CCSSRL3.5) |Refer to parts of poems such as stanza to describe how each part builds on earlier |

|Analyze craft and structure of poems | |parts (CCSSRL3.5) |

|Science |TOPIC: |TOPIC: |

|CCSSRI.3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount |Read experience write draw about BIG idea/BIG question |Read experience write draw about BIG idea/BIG question |

|the key details and explain how they support the main | | |

|idea. |Make picture glossary. |Make picture glossary. |

|CCSSRI3.5. Use text features and search tools to locate| | |

|information relevant to a given topic efficiently.. |Identify important details that support the main idea of a paragraph or |Identify important details that support the main idea of a paragraph or passage. Use |

| |passage. Use text features to locate information. |text features to locate information. |

|Social Science |TOPIC: |TOPIC: |

|CCSSRI.3.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount |Read experience write draw about BIG idea/BIG question |Read experience write draw about BIG idea/BIG question |

|the key details and explain how they support the main | | |

|idea. |Make picture glossary. |Make picture glossary. |

|CCSSRI3.5. Use text features and search tools to locate| | |

|information relevant to a given topic efficiently. |Identify important details that support the main idea of a paragraph or |Identify important details that support the main idea of a paragraph or passage. Use |

| |passage. Use text features to locate information. |text features to locate information. |

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

|Rate, comprehension, expression | | |

|Word Knowledge |Infer from context |Infer from context |

|CCSSRI.3.4 Determine the meaning of general academic | | |

|and domain-specific and phrases in a text relevant to a|Classify words by sub-topic |Classify words by sub-topic |

|grade 3 topic or subject area. | | |

|Writing |Organize and write a poem |Organize and write a poem with a central message. |

|CCSSW3.5. With guidance and support from peers and |with a central message |Use techniques to enhance its communication of the idea. |

|adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by | | |

|planning, revising, and editing. | | |

|MATH |Focus |Focus |

|CCSS Math Practice Standards |Terms |Terms |

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

|6: Attend to precision |Math Digest |Math Digest |

Third Grade: Fourth Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 31-32

| |Week 31 |Week 32 |

|Reading Literature |Write a comparison of one story to another—that also develops the same |Write a comparison of one story to another—that also develops the same |

|CCSSRL.3.5. Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when |theme. Compare the parts of each story. |theme. CCSSRL3.9 |

|writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, | |Analyze how a writer communicates with different techniques—to go “deeper” |

|scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on | |with the comparison of the stories. |

|earlier sections. | | |

|Science |TOPIC: |TOPIC: |

|CCSSRI3.5. Use text features and search tools to locate |Read experience write draw about BIG idea/BIG question |Read experience write draw about BIG idea/BIG question |

|information relevant to a given topic efficiently. | |Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in|

|RI3.9. Compare and contrast the most important points and key |Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in|two texts on the same topic. |

|details presented in two texts on the same topic. |two texts on the same topic. | |

| | |Make picture glossary. |

| |Make picture glossary. | |

|Social Science |TOPIC: Read experience write draw about BIG |TOPIC: Read experience write draw about BIG |

|CCSSRI3.5. Use text features and search tools to locate |idea/BIG question |idea/BIG question |

|information relevant to a given topic efficiently. | | |

|CCSSRI3.9. Compare and contrast the most important points and |Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in|Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in|

|key details presented in two texts on the same topic. |two texts on the same topic. |two texts on the same topic. |

| | | |

| |Make picture glossary. |Make picture glossary. |

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

|Rate, comprehension, expression | | |

|Word Knowledge |Adjectives |Suffixes |

|CCSSRI.3.4 | | |

|Analyze word use of writers. | | |

|Writing |Gather information for a report on a topic (relates to content focus) |Outline the report begun in previous week |

|CCSSW3.8. gather information from print and digital sources; |Recommended: Students work in pairs. | |

|take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided | | |

|categories. | | |

|MATH |Focus |Focus |

|CCSS Math Practice Standards |Terms | |

|1: analyze problem, then solve it | |Terms |

|6: Attend to precision | | |

| |Math Digest |Math Digest |

Third Grade: Fourth Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 33-34

| |Week 33 |Week 34 |

|Reading Literature |Analyze a poem or story –explain how the writer communicates the |Analyze a poem or story –explain how the writer communicates the theme. |

|CCSSRL3.2. determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain |theme. | |

|how it is conveyed through key details in the text. | | |

|Science |TOPIC: |TOPIC: |

|CCSSRI3.5. Use text features and search tools to locate information |Read experience write draw about BIG idea/BIG question |Read experience write draw about BIG idea/BIG question |

|relevant to a given topic efficiently. | |Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented |

|CCSSRI3.9. Compare and contrast the most important points and key details|Compare and contrast the most important points and key details |in two texts on the same topic. |

|presented in two texts on the same topic. |presented in two texts on the same topic. | |

| | |Make picture glossary. |

| |Make picture glossary. | |

|Social Science |TOPIC: |TOPIC: |

|CCSSRI3.5. Use text features and search tools to locate information |Read experience write draw about BIG idea/BIG question |Read experience write draw about BIG idea/BIG question |

|relevant to a given topic efficiently. | | |

|CCSSRI9. Compare and contrast the most important points and key details |Compare and contrast the most important points and key details |Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented |

|presented in two texts on the same topic. |presented in two texts on the same topic. |in two texts on the same topic. |

| | | |

| |Make picture glossary. |Make picture glossary. |

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

|Rate, comprehension, expression | | |

|Word Knowledge |Compound words |Synonyms |

|CCSSRI.3.4 | | |

|Writing |Write the report |Illustrate and edit the report—turn it into a booklet. |

|CCSSW3.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and | |Include graphic organizers |

|strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. | | |

|MATH |Focus: |Focus: |

|CCSS Math Practice Standards | | |

|1: analyze problem, then solve it |Terms |Terms |

|6: Attend to precision | | |

| |Math Digest |Math Digest |

Third Grade: Fourth Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 35-36

| |Week 35 |Week 36 |

|Reading Literature |Extended response—if possible relate fiction and nonfiction to the same |Reading recommendation—write a synopsis of the book/story/poem and tell why you |

|CCSSRL.3.2 |topic—how does each help you understand the event or situation? |recommend it. |

|Summarize and infer theme |CCSSRL3.9 | |

|Science |TOPIC: |TOPIC: |

|CCSSRI3.2. Determine the main idea of a text; |Read experience write draw about BIG idea/BIG question |Read experience write draw about BIG idea/BIG question |

|recount the key details and explain how they | | |

|support the main idea. |Identify an important idea stated in the text. |Draw a conclusion—your opinion about what you learned about a topic. |

| | | |

| |Make a graphic organizer (web or other diagram) showing how the information |Use information from your experience and what you learned to support your opinion. |

| |supports that idea. | |

|Social Science |TOPIC: |TOPIC: |

|CCSSRI3.2. Determine the main idea of a text; |Read experience write draw about BIG idea/BIG question |Read experience write draw about BIG idea/BIG question |

|recount the key details and explain how they | | |

|support the main idea. |Identify an important idea stated in the text. |Draw a conclusion—your opinion about what you learned about a topic. |

| | | |

| |Make a graphic organizer (web or other diagram) showing how the information |Use information from your experience and what you learned to support your opinion. |

| |supports that idea. | |

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

|Rate, comprehension, expression | | |

|Word Knowledge |Classify: Words about genres, writing, reading |Explain how to classify words—with examples |

|CCSSRI.3.4 | | |

|Writing |Organize a __poem __story __history __fable that communicates a theme. |Write and edit what was planned week 35. |

|CCSSW3.5 With guidance and |Recommended: students choose the genre to write. | |

|support from peers and adults, |Recommended: Students work in pairs. | |

|develop and strengthen writing as | | |

|needed by planning, revising, and | | |

|editing. | | |

|MATH |Focus: |Focus: |

|CCSS Math Practice Standards | | |

|1: analyze problem, then solve it |Terms |Terms |

|6: Attend to precision | | |

| |Math Digest |Math Digest |

Third Grade: Fourth Quarter Learning Priorities Weeks 37-38

| |Week 37 |Week 38 |

|Reading Literature |Recognize Progress |Recognize Progress |

|CCSSRL.3.1 |My favorite story/poem—students select their favorite story/poem, write why |Book exchange—students choose a book/story they recommend, compare them, identifying |

|Answer with evidence |they like it. |similarities and differences. |

|Science |My career in ________________ |Knowledge bank: students “deposit” important science ideas and information they learned |

|CCSSRI.3.2 |students write about a career they want to have based on science learning |this year, sorted by topic. Can include illustrations. |

|synthesize |this year. | |

| | | |

|Social Science |The future: Students write/draw/diagram/map a kind of progress they want for |Knowledge bank: students “deposit” important ideas and information they learned this year,|

|CCSSRI.3.2 |Chicago in the future. |sorted by topic. Can include illustrations. These can be presented to current 2nd |

|synthesize | |graders. |

|Fluency |Read aloud: My favorite poem or story. |Read aloud: My favorite poem or story. |

|Rate, comprehension, expression |May include poems written by students. |Recommended: include poems written by students. |

| | | |

|Word Knowledge |Words about change. |Words about progress. |

|CCSSRI.3.4 | | |

|Writing |My biography—progress I have made this year. |Write a poem or letter. |

|Apply writing skills to communicate ideas. | | |

| | | |

|MATH |Make a math display--important math we learned this year. |Make a math “yearbook”—each student contributes pages about what we learned. |

|CCSS Math Practice Standards | | |

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

|6: Attend to precision | | |

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