Grade 3

Module 3 Materials and Pacing

Required Materials
EL Grade 3 Module 3

Grade 3 Crosswalk

Speaking and Listening Rubric

​​Project Read Scope and Sequence

Grade 3 Writing Rubrics

​Lucy Caulkins Writing Units (as a resource to supplement where needed)

Required Texts
Classic Starts: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
"Peter Pan: The Author and Historical Context" by EL Education
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie

Foundational Reading - Daily Lessons

Vowel teams (ie/ai/ay/oa/ow/oe/ ee/ea/ie/ey)
Vowel Team Short  /ea/
Silent Letter Combinations -mn, -mb, kn, wr
​Vccv, vccccv
Foundational Reading Daily
Project Read Lessons
Finish Unit 26, 27, 28
Project Read Spelling
Lesson 41
Lesson 42
​Lesson 43 PR

Foundational Skills - Daily Lessons

​Foundational Language (Grammar & Conventions), L2, L4, L6

​Speaking and Listening
SL3, SL4, SL5
​
Writing
W2, W4, W5, W6, W10
*regular informal writing opportunities across genres required


​Handwriting lessons from Project Read
​​Use Lessons from Engage to supplement Project Read and to build Foundational Language (Grammar & Conventions), Speaking and Listening, and Writing Skills.
Coversheet for lessons

Support Resources

Lessons for support

Additional Resources and lessons available through FCCR

​Grammar Practice Book
Skills Lessons and Videos
Learnzillion Practice Videos on Language and Conventions

ReadWorks Lessons on Vocabulary in Context

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Daily
​Incorporate Responsive Classroom activities during Morning Meeting. Use these activities to build the structure, expectations, and language of the classroom throughout the day. 

Suggested Texts
  • ​The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folktales by Diane Wolkstein
  • Peach Boy and Other Japanese Children's Favorite Stories by Florence Sakade
  • Let's Clap, Jump, Sing and Shout; Dance, Spin and Turn it Out! Games, Songs and Stories from an African American Childhood by Patricia McKissack
  • Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales and True Tales by Virginia Hamilton
  • Joha Makes a Wish: A Middle Eastern Tale by Eric A. Kimmel
  • Nasreddine by Odile Weulersse
  • Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale by Verna Aardema
  • The Coyote Under the Table: El Coyote Debajo De La Mesa: Folktales told in Spanish and English by Joe Hayes
  • A Spoon for Every Bite/ Cada Bocado con Nueva Cuchara by Joe Hayes
  • The Storyteller by Evan Turk
  • El Cucuy!: A Bogeyman Cuento
  • The Green Frogs by Yumi Heo
  • Lost Boy: The Story of the Man Who Created Peter Pan by Jane Yolen
  • Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave by Marianna Mayer
  • Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
  • Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales by Nelson Mandela
  • Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Folktale Collection by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy
  • The Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst
  • Native American Stories (Myths and Legends) by Joseph Bruchac and Michael J. Caduto
  • The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton
  • The Random House Book of Fairy Tales by Amy Ehrlich
  • Aesop's Fables by Jerry Pinkney
  • Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: Deluxe Hardcover Classic by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
  • Hans Christian Andersen's Fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen
  • The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
  • Boy: Tales of Childhood by Roald Dahl
  • James and the Giant Peach by Nancy Ekholm Burkert
  • Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
  • Stuart Little by E.B. White
  • The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
  • Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
  • All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
  • Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
  • My Father's Dragon by Ruth Siles Gannett
  • The Borrowers by Mary Norton
  • Some Writer: The Story of E.B. White by Melissa Sweet
  • Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
  • Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson
  • Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
  • The Story of Doctor Doolittle by Hugh Lofting

Optional Lessons

Vocabulary

Academic and topic vocabulary will be recorded using the following EL Vocabuary Log Template. Vocabulary words introduced and taught are stated in each individual lesson. ​
Reading
Foundational Skills
Writing
Speaking and Listening
Language
Details
Main idea/topic
Key detail
Account
Event
Procedure
Idea
Concept
Time
Sequence
Cause/effect
General academic words
Domain-­‐specific words
Text features
Search tool
Point of view
Informational text
Logical
Connection
Sentence
Paragraph
Compare
Contrast
Important point Significant point
Key detail
​Reading strategies
Context clues
Derivational suffixes Latin suffixes
Root word
Syllable
Decode Irregular
Fluency
​Context clue
Linking word/phrase Concluding statement
Writing style
Task
Purpose
Graphic organizer
Prewriting
Strategy
Formulate
Draft
Revise
Edit
Program
Publish
Technology Collaborate Keyboarding
Research
Topic
Print source
Digital source
Notes
Category
Task
Purpose
​Audience
Presentation
Detail
Elaborate
Details
Relevant
Descriptive
​Pace
Visual display
​Complete sentences Clarification
Effect
Spoken language Written language Standard English
Context clues Root/base word
Affix   
Reference material
Literal
Non-­‐literal
Shades of meaning Connection
Mood
State of mind
​Temporal Spatial

Fry Words

important
until
children
side 
feet
car
mile
night
walk
white
sea
began
grow
​took
river
four
​almost
carry
state
once
book
hear
stop
without
second
late
miss
idea
enough
eat
​ace
far
real
​let


​
above
girl
sometimes
mountains
cut
young
talk
soon
list song
being
leave
family
it’s
​

Red Words

aren’t
haven’t
they’d
​you’d