Required Materials |
EL Grade 3 Module 4
Grade 3 Crosswalk Grade 3 Writing Rubrics Speaking and Listening Rubric Project Read Scope and Sequence Lucy Calkins Writing Units (as a resource to supplement where needed) |
Required Texts |
One Well: The Story of Water on Earth by Rochelle Strauss
Water Dance by Thomas Locker The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer Dry Days in Australia by Ann Weil Real Lives: Angola, Africa by UNICEF Population Growth by USGS Access to Freshwater by Triple Pundit |
Daily |
Incorporate Responsive Classroom activities during Morning Meeting. Use these activities to build the structure, expectations, and language of the classroom throughout the day.
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Lessons (Units 1-3) |
Foundational Reading Daily |
Foundational Reading Daily
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Project Read Lessons
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Project Read Spelling
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Schwa
Cutting pattern vv Consonant -le |
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Units 29, 30, 31
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Lesson 44
Lesson 45 Lesson 46 |
Foundational Skills
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Use Lessons from Engage to supplement Project Read and to build Foundational Language (Grammar & Conventions), Speaking and Listening, and Writing Skills.
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Skills Lessons & Videos
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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 |
Suggested Texts |
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems by Joyce Sidman
Rivers of Sunlight: How the Sun Moves Water Around the Earth by Molly Bang & Penny Chisholm Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner Hydrology: The Study of Water by Christine Taylor-Butle A Good Trade by Alma Fullerton Voices of the Dust Bowl by Sherry Garland Water Rolls, Water Rises: El agua rueda, el agua sube by Pat Mora Green River by Lee WonKyeong Clean Water (Sally Ride Science) by Beth Geiger Not a Drop to Drink: Water for a Thirsty World by Michael Burgan A Cool Drink of Water by Barbara Kerley Water Wow! A Visual Exploration by Antonia Banyard and Ayer Paula Our World of Water: Children and Water Around the World by Beatrice Hollyer Water (National Geographic Kids Reader Level 3) by Melissa Stewart Water Is Water: A Book About the Water Cycle by Paul Miranda You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Clean Water! by Roger Canavan Every Last Drop: Bringing Clean Water Home by Michelle Mulder Anna Carries Water by Olive Senior The Water Princess by Susan Verde Hope Springs by Eric Walters Water in the Park: A Book About Water and the Times of the Day by Emily Jenkins The Storyteller by Evan Turk Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema |
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.
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Reading
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Foundational
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Writing
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Speaking and Listening
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Language
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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 |
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
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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
they’ll
we’re
they’re
you’re
beautiful
been
blood
we’re
they’re
you’re
beautiful
been
blood
