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📖 ELA3rd Grade

3rd Grade ELA: the year at a glance

9 units · 49 lessons · based on Common Core State Standards for ELA, Grade 3 — typical US scope & sequence (literacy block). Every unit ends with a review & assessment day.

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Unit 1: Launching a reading life RF.3.4

Read grade-level text with accuracy and fluency · Ask and answer questions referring to the text

  1. Reading identityRL.3.10
  2. Asking questionsRL.3.1
  3. Fluency: phrasingRF.3.4b
  4. Multisyllabic wordsRF.3.3c
  5. Book talksSL.3.1
  6. Review & assessment

Unit 2: Characters: traits, motivations & actions RL.3.3

Describe characters’ traits, motivations and feelings · Explain how their actions affect events

  1. Character traitsRL.3.3
  2. MotivationsRL.3.3
  3. Actions and eventsRL.3.3
  4. Point of viewRL.3.6
  5. Chapters build on each otherRL.3.5
  6. Central messageRL.3.2
  7. Review & assessment

Unit 3: Personal narrative writing W.3.3

Write narratives with dialogue, description and a clear sequence of events

  1. Generating ideasW.3.3
  2. Story arc planningW.3.3a
  3. DialogueW.3.3b
  4. Show, don’t tellW.3.3b
  5. Transitions and endingsW.3.3c
  6. Edit and publishW.3.5
  7. Review & assessment

Unit 4: Informational text: main idea & details RI.3.2

Determine the main idea and recount key details · Use text features and search tools

  1. Main idea vs topicRI.3.2
  2. Key detailsRI.3.2
  3. Text features and search toolsRI.3.5
  4. Sequence and cause-effectRI.3.3
  5. Words in contextRI.3.4
  6. Compare two textsRI.3.9
  7. Review & assessment

Unit 5: Word study: prefixes, suffixes & roots RF.3.3

Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes · Use affixes and roots to determine meaning

  1. PrefixesRF.3.3a
  2. SuffixesRF.3.3b
  3. Root wordsL.3.4c
  4. Irregular spellingsRF.3.3d
  5. Spelling patternsL.3.2f
  6. Review & assessment

Unit 6: Opinion writing W.3.1

Introduce a topic, state an opinion, give reasons with linking words and a conclusion

  1. Opinion vs factW.3.1
  2. Planning reasonsW.3.1b
  3. IntroductionsW.3.1a
  4. Linking wordsW.3.1c
  5. ConclusionW.3.1d
  6. Debate daySL.3.4
  7. Review & assessment

Unit 7: Grammar & conventions L.3.1

Use nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs correctly · Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue and addresses

  1. Parts of speechL.3.1a
  2. Verb tensesL.3.1e
  3. Subject-verb agreementL.3.1f
  4. Comparatives and superlativesL.3.1g
  5. Compound and complex sentencesL.3.1i
  6. Commas and quotation marksL.3.2
  7. Review & assessment

Unit 8: Research & informative writing W.3.2

Conduct short research projects · Write informative texts with facts, definitions, details and illustrations

  1. Choosing a topic and questionsW.3.7
  2. Taking notesW.3.8
  3. Grouping informationW.3.2a
  4. Drafting with facts and definitionsW.3.2b
  5. Text features and conclusionW.3.2d
  6. Review & assessment

Unit 9: Poetry, drama & figurative language RL.3.4

Distinguish literal from nonliteral language · Refer to parts of poems and plays (stanza, scene)

  1. Literal and nonliteralL.3.5a
  2. Stanzas and linesRL.3.5
  3. Reading a playRL.3.5
  4. Write a poemW.3.3
  5. Review & assessment

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