3rd Grade LA Planning
March 23 , 2020 Plan for March 30-31, 4/1-3 and 4/6-10
Reading STAAR Blitz
**We will use Option 1 (105 minute model) 1 hour 45 min for reading
**30 minutes for Writing
Reading STAAR Blitz
March 30-31 and April 1-3 Blitz week 1
March 30 Module 8 assessment
March 31-April 1 (Informational) Focus TEKS 3.10C
- Days 1-2 Module 9 story-How Did That Get in My Lunchbox pp. 285-300
April 2-3 (Informational/Poetry) Focus TEKS 3.10 D, 3.9 B
- Days 3-4 Module 9 story- How Do You Raise a Raisin pp. 311-318
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April 6-9 Blitz week 2 (Holiday 4/10)
April 6 (Informational Text) Focus TEKS 3.10 C
- Day 5 Module 9 story-Great Ideas from Great Parents pp. 282-283
April 7-8 (Informational Text) Focus TEKS 3.9 D
- Days 6-7 Module 9 story-It's Our Garden pp. 323-340
April 9 (Informational Text) Focus TEKS 3.10 C
- Days 8-9 Module 9 story-When the Giant Stirred pp. 357-376
Writing Planning - Module 9 Weeks 1-2
Focus Text-Gone Fishing
Writing Genre: Poetry
Writing Form: Poem
Focus Statement: The seasons provide us with interesting changes.
Grammar focus- Abbreviations
Writing Workshop:
Day 1-Priming the Students, priming the text
Day 2-The Read
Day 3-Vocabulary
Day 4-Prewriting I: Preparing to Write a Research Report
Day 5-Prewriting II: Choosing a Topic
April 6-9
Focus Text-Gone Fishing
Writing Genre: Poetry
Writing Form: Poem
Focus Statement: The seasons provide us with interesting changes.
Grammar focus- Abbreviations
Writing Workshop:
Day 6-Prewriting III: Conducting Research
Day 7-Drafting I: Adding Facts
Day 8-Drafting II: Completing the Draft
Day 9-Revising I: Compound Sentences
Writing
Prewrite-
- Brainstorm with circle map
- Bubble map for describing, using vivid language, characteristics, qualities
- Tree map if they need to sort, categorize, give details
- Flow map-sequence ideas and add details for each paragraph (BME)
- Add introduction and conclusion to flow map.
- Take information from the tree or flow to create paragraphs for the story.
Revise and Edit according to the textbook
Circle map-Brainstorm/Plan
Flow map-Sequence/organize/add details
Tree-organize/add details
Social Studies
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Unit 5 Lessons 1-3 (3 weeks)
Essential Questions
1. How can I participate?
2. What are the rights and responsibilities of citizens?
3. What actions were taken by historical figures to secure the rights and freedoms of our country’s citizens?
4. What are the contributions that individuals and organizations have made for causes in our country?
Concepts/Main Idea*
Good citizens participate in their communities and work for the common good.
· Many American heroes have taken risks and overcome obstacles to help others.
· Civic organizations and individuals in our country and around the world have made contributions to important causes that benefit the common good.
TEKS Unit 5
1(A) Describe how individuals, events, and ideas have changed communities, past and present.
9(B) Identify local, state, and national government officials and explain how they are chosen.
9(C) Identify services commonly provided by local, state, and national governments.
10(A) Identify the purposes of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, including the Bill of Rights.
11(A) Identify characteristics of good citizenship, including truthfulness, justice, equality, respect for oneself and others, responsibility in daily life, and participation in government by educating oneself about the issues, respectfully holding public officials to their word, and voting.
11(B) Identify historical figures such as Helen Keller and Clara Barton and contemporary figures such as Ruby Bridges and military and first responders who exemplify good citizenship.
11 (C) Identify and explain the importance of individual acts of civic responsibility, including obeying laws, serving the community, serving on a jury, and voting.
12(A) Give examples of community changes that result from individual or group decisions.
12(B) Identify examples of actions individuals and groups can take to improve the community.
12(C) Identify examples of nonprofit and/or civic organizations such as the Red Cross and explain how they serve the common good.