Grade: 3rd

Subject: ELA
Mrs. Cirerol
Mrs. Darden
Ms. Ortiz
Ms. Potter
Quarter 3: Target Standards:

Time:
8:35-10:45am

Week of : Feb. 15-19, 2016

Reading Literature
3.RL.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring to the text as the basis for
the answer.
3.RL.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central
message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
3.RL.3 Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
Reading Informational Text
3.RI.1 Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the
basis for the answer.
3.RI.2 Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
3.RI.8 Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text.
Writing- Informative/Explanatory
Writing
3.W.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by
planning, revising, and editing.
3.W.6 With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing as well as
interact and collaborate with evidence into provided categories.
3.W.7 Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
3.W.8 Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital resources; take brief
notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
3.W.10 Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific
tasks, purposes, and audience.
Language
3.L.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or
speaking.
a. Explain the function of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in general and their function in
particular sentences.
b. Form and use regular and irregular plural nouns.
3.L.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
when writing.
a. Capitalize appropriate words in titles.
e. Use conventional spelling for high-frequency and other studied words and for adding suffixes to base words.
f. Use spelling patterns and generalizations in writing words.
g. Consult reference materials, including dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spelling.
Quarter 3: Complimentary Standards:
Reading Literature
3.RL.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.
3.RL.7 Explain how specific aspects of a texts illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a
story.
Reading Informational Text
3.RI.5 Use text features and search tools to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
3.RI.6 Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text.
3.RI.7 Use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the
text.
3.RI.9 Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same
topic.

3.RI.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies,
science, and technical texts, at
the high end of the grades 23 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
a. By the end of the year, read and comprehend functional texts, including history/social studies,
science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 23 text complexity band independently
and proficiently.
Reading Foundational Skills
3.RF.3 Know and apply gradelevel phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
a. Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes.
b. Decode words with common Latin suffixes.
c. Decode multisyllable words.
d. Read gradeappropriate irregularly spelled words.
Writing
3.W.1 Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
a. Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational
structure that lists reasons.
b. Provide reasons that support the opinion.
c. Use linking words and phrases to connect opinion and reasons.
d. Provide a concluding statement or section.
3.W.4 With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are
appropriate to task and
purpose.
a. With guidance and support from adults, produce functional writing in which the development and
organization are appropriate to task and purpose.
Speaking & Listening
3.SL.5 Create engaging audio recordings of stories or poems that demonstrate fluid reading at an
understandable pace; add visual
displays when appropriate to emphasize or enhance certain facts or details.
Language
3.L.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or
speaking.
e. Form and use the simple verb tenses.
f. Ensure subjectverb and pronounantecedent agreement.
g. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them
depending on what is to be
modified.
h. Use coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
3.L.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
when writing.
d. Form and use possessives.
3.L.3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
b. Recognize and observe differences between the conventions of spoken and written Standard English.
Student Materials
Teacher Materials
Writing journals, trophies student textbook, reading/writing
Trophies Teacher edition Textbook, Anchor Charts, Graphic
notebook, color pencils, outline, graphic organizer,
Organizers, Pared selection passages/articles
Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Story: Yippee Yay:

Theme 192-193

Story: Yippee Yay:

Theme 192-193

Story: Yippee Yay:

Theme 192-193

Continue reading,
analyzing, and writing
about the text.

Continue reading,
analyzing, and writing
about the text.

Continue reading,
analyzing, and writing
about the text.

Skill:
Main Idea & details

Skill:
Main Idea & details

Skill:
Main Idea & details

Thursday

Friday

Story: Yippee Yay:

Theme 192-193

Story: Yippee Yay:

Theme 192-193

Skill:
Main Idea & details

Skill:
Main Idea & details
Comprehension Skill:

Comprehension Skill:
Use context to confirm
meaning
Vocabulary:
Hat, bandanna, vest,
spurs, gloves, chaps,
boots
Writing Prompt:
Explain how one piece
of clothing helps protect
cowboys from the
dangers they face on the
job. Write a paragraph
identifying the main
idea on page 173.
Lesson Target
Standard(s):

3.RL.1,2,3
3.RI.8
3.W.5,6,7,8,10
3.L.1,2
Lesson
Complimentary
Standard(s):
3.RL.6 ,7
3.RI.5,6,7,9,10
3.RF.3
3.W.1,4,5
3.L.1,2,3
Reteach/Enrich
Standard(s)

Comprehension Skill:
Use context to confirm
meaning

Vocabulary:
Saddle horn, bridle, lariat,
stirrups, blanket, cantle

Vocabulary:
Hat, bandanna, vest,
spurs, gloves, chaps,
boots

Comprehension Skill:
Use context to confirm
meaning
Vocabulary:
Saddle horn, bridle,
lariat, stirrups, blanket,
cantle

Writing Prompt:
What kind of animals
would be the hardest to
herd across hundreds of
miles? Why?

Writing Prompt:
Other than moving cattle,
what are some ways in
which railroads changed
life in the Old West?

Writing Prompt:
Have you ever gone to
the rodeo? If you have
what did you see. If not
what do you think a
rodeo is like?

Lesson Target Standard(s):

Lesson Target Standard(s):

Lesson Target
Standard(s):

Use context to confirm

meaning
Vocabulary:
Bronco, buckaroos, corral,
remuda, wrangler, trail
boss, foreman, point rider
Writing Prompt:
Write a story about what
you think a cowboys life
was like. Is it the same
way now? Why or why
not?
Lesson Target Standard(s):

3.RL. 1,2,3
3.RI.8
3.W. 5,6,7,8,10
3.L.1,2

3.RL. 1,2,3
3.RI.8
3.W. 5,6,7,8,10
3.L.1,2

3.RL. 1,2,3
3.RI.8
3.W. 5,6,7,8,10
3.L.1,2

Lesson Complimentary
Standard(s):
3.RL.6 ,7
3.RI.5,6,7,9,10
3.RF.3
3.W.1,4,5
3.L.1,2,3

Lesson Complimentary
Standard(s):
3.RL.6 ,7
3.RI.5,6,7,9,10
3.RF.3
3.W.1,4,5
3.L.1,2,3

Reteach/Enrich
Standard(s)

Reteach/Enrich
Standard(s)
Independent Activity

Direct Explicit Instruction- Teacher

Essential Elements of Instruction
Teacher Model and use of visuals, anchor charts

Comprehension Skill:
Use context to confirm
meaning

Anticipatory Set
State the objective
Review vocabulary
Active Participation for student engagement
Guided practice
Hands-on student activities
Assigned independent practice
Open-ended critical thinking questions
Assessments

Closure
Whole group processing of ELA lesson
objective and link it to other concepts
through open-ended critical thinking
questions.
Whole group student sharing of reading
strategies.
Student to student questioning.
Guided questions to check for understanding.
Review vocabulary and test with students.

Lesson Complimentary
Standard(s):
3.RL.6 ,7
3.RI.5,6,7,9,10
3.RF.3
3.W.1,4,5
3.L.1,2,3
Reteach/Enrich
Standard(s)

3.RL. 1,2,3
3.RI.8
3.W. 5,6,7,8,10
3.L.1,2

Lesson Complimentary
Standard(s):
3.RL.6 ,7
3.RI.5,6,7,9,10
3.RF.3
3.W.1,4,5
3.L.1,2,3

Reteach/Enrich
Standard(s)

Enrichment pgs
Success maker
Quick writes to activate prior knowledge and for assessment.

Assessment
Teacher observation and ongoing
questions.
Quick writes for independent
assessment.
Check assigned activities
Target and Complementary Standards
Assessments

Integrations
Enrichment master
Re-teaching master
Differentiated instruction